[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15759-15760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6473]


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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

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(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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 Linde Ceramics 
Plant in Tonawanda, New York, as an addition to the Special Exposure 
Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000. On February 2, 2012, 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 in any area at the Linde 
Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York, from November 1, 1947, 
through December 31, 1953, 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 March 3, 2012, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on March 3, 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. 2012-6473 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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