[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 40059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16591]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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 of a decision to designate a class of 
employees from the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) in Fernald, 
Ohio, also known as the Fernald Environmental Management Project 
(FEMP), as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. 
On June 27, 2012, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class 
of employees as an addition to the SEC:

    All employees of DOE, DOE contractors, or subcontractors who 
worked at all locations at the Feed Materials Production Center 
(FMPC) in Fernald, Ohio, also known as the Fernald Environmental 
Management Project (FEMP), from January 1, 1968, through December 
31, 1978, 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 classes of employees included in the Special Exposure 
Cohort.

This designation will become effective on July 27, 2012, unless 
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this 
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register 
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any 
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to 
the SEC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia 
Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. 
Information requests can also be submitted by email to [email protected].

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-16591 Filed 7-5-12; 8:45 am]
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