[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 36550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14389]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees 
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 determination concerning a petition to 
add a class of employees from the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 
Upton, New York, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA). On June 7, 2013, the Secretary of HHS determined that the 
following class of employees does not meet the statutory criteria for 
addition to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA:

    All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor 
agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who worked at 
Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, from January 1, 
1994, to December 31, 2007.


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 1-877-222-7570. Information requests 
can also be submitted by email to [email protected].

    Dated: June 11, 2013.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2013-14389 Filed 6-17-13; 8:45 am]
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