[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 76490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31285]


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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 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 
2000. On December 7, 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 in any 
area at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, from June 17, 1943, through July 31, 1955, 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 in the Special Exposure Cohort.

    This designation will become effective on January 6, 2013, 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. 2012-31285 Filed 12-27-12; 8:45 am]
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