[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15968]


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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), 
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 Electro 
Metallurgical site in Niagara Falls, New York, as an addition to the 
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On May 11, 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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor 
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the 
Electro Metallurgical site in Niagara Falls, New York, from August 
13, 1942 through December 31, 1947, 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 June 10, 2012, as provided for 
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on June 10, 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. 2012-15968 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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