[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58381-58382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23207]


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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 Clarksville Modification Center, Ft. Campbell, in 
Clarksville, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000. On August 23, 2012, 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 
Clarksville Modification Center, Fort Campbell, in Clarksville, 
Tennessee, from August 1, 1949, through December 31, 1967, 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 will become effective on September 22, 2012, 
unless Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After 
this effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the

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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. 2012-23207 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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