[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 65660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26340]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Final Effect of 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 concerning the final effect of the HHS 
decision to designate a class of employees from the General Atomics 
facility in La Jolla, California, as an addition to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).

    On September 25, 2014, as provided for under the Secretary of HHS 
designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

    All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked for General Atomics at 
its facility in La Jolla, California, during the period from January 
1, 1960, through December 31, 1969, 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 became effective on October 25, 2014. Therefore, 
beginning on October 25, 2014, members of this class of employees, 
defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-26340 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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