[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 72928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30593]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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 W.R. Grace and Company 
in Curtis Bay, Maryland, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On October 18, 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 Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at any building or area 
at the facility owned by W.R. Grace and Company in Curtis Bay, 
Maryland, for the operational period from May 1, 1956 through 
January 31, 1958, 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 November 17, 2011, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on November 17, 
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 email to [email protected].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-30593 Filed 11-25-11; 8:45 am]
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