[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 5254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2249]


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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 Pantex Plant in 
Amarillo, Texas, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000. On December 21, 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 the 
Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, during the period from January 1, 
1958 through December 31, 1983, 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 SEC.

    This designation became effective on January 20, 2012, as provided 
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on January 20, 2012, 
members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, 
became members of the SEC.

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. 2012-2249 Filed 2-1-12; 8:45 am]
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