[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: 2011-15827]


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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 Wah Chang facility in Albany, Oregon, 
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 worked in any building at the 
Wah Chang facility in Albany, Oregon, for the entire residual 
contamination period from January 1, 1973, through October 31, 2009.


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. 2011-15827 Filed 6-23-11; 8:45 am]
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