[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10633-10634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04415]


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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 Battelle Laboratories--King Avenue site in

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Columbus, Ohio, 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: On February 18, 2016, 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 facility owned by 
the Battelle Laboratories at the King Avenue site in Columbus, Ohio, 
during the period from July 1, 1956, through December 31, 1970, 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 March 19, 2016, 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.

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

John Howard,
 Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-04415 Filed 2-29-16; 8:45 am]
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