[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 66913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27701]


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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 Hooker 
Electrochemical Corporation in Niagara Falls, New York, 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 22, 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 Employees who worked at the Hooker 
Electrochemical Corporation in Niagara Falls, New York, during the 
operational period from July 1, 1944, through December 31, 1948, 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 became effective on October 22, 2015. Therefore, 
beginning on October 22, 2015, 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. 2015-27701 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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