[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 42795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17320]


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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 Nuclear Metals, Inc. facility in West Concord, 
Massachusetts, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000. On July 11, 2014, the Secretary of HHS designated the 
following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

    ``All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the facility owned 
by Nuclear Metals, Inc. (or a subsequent owner) in West Concord, 
Massachusetts, during the period from January 1, 1980, through 
December 31, 1990, 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 August 10, 2014, 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, 1090 Tusculum 
Avenue, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, 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. 2014-17320 Filed 7-22-14; 8:45 am]
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