[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 62409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26004]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Final 
Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition 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 concerning the final effect of the HHS 
decision to designate a class of employees from the General Electric 
Co. in Evendale, Ohio, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On August 31, 2011, as provided for under 42 
U.S.C. 7384q(b), 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 
General Electric Co. in Evendale, Ohio, from January 1, 1961 through 
June 30, 1970, 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 included in the Special Exposure 
Cohort.

    This designation became effective on September 30, 2011, as 
provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on 
September 30, 2011, members of this class of employees, defined as 
reported in this notice, became members of the Special Exposure Cohort.

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 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. 2011-26004 Filed 10-6-11; 8:45 am]
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