[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 37115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15826]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees 
to the Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to 
add a class of employees from the Chapman Valve Manufacturing Company 
(i.e., Building 23 and Dean Street facility) in Indian Orchard, 
Massachusetts, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On June 3, 2011, the Secretary of HHS 
determined that the following class of employees does not meet the 
statutory criteria for addition to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA:

    All Atomic Weapons Employees who were monitored, or should have 
been monitored for radiological exposures while performing Atomic 
Energy Commission work at the Chapman Valve Manufacturing Company 
(i.e., Building 23 and Dean Street facility) in Indian Orchard, 
Massachusetts, from January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1949, and 
from January 1, 1991 through December 31, 1993.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, 
Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. Information requests 
can also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-15826 Filed 6-23-11; 8:45 am]
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