[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 32387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13929]


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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 Dow Chemical Company in Pittsburg, 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 1-877-222-7570. 
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 May 21, 2015, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), the 
Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an 
addition to the SEC:

    All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked for Dow 
Chemical Company in Pittsburg, California, from October 1, 1947, 
through June 30, 1957, 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 June 20, 2015, 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.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-13929 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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