[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 60397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24446]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special
Exposure Cohort
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of
employees from the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition
to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady Calhoun, Director, Division of
Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-
46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone: (513) 533-6800. Information
requests can also be submitted by email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2019, as provided for under
42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), the Secretary of HHS designated the following
class of employees as an addition to the SEC:
``All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during the period between
January 1, 1977, through July 31, 1979, for a number of work days
aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under
this employment or in combination with work days within the
parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in
the Special Exposure Cohort.''
This designation will become effective on November 24, 2019, unless
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to
the SEC.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-24446 Filed 11-7-19; 8:45 am]
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