[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 56665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19198]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
From Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California, To Be 
Included in 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.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NIOSH gives notice of a decision to evaluate a petition to 
designate a class of employees from Area IV of the Santa Susana Field 
Laboratory in California, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort 
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, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, 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 CFR 83.9-83.12. Pursuant to 42 CFR 83.12, the 
initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject 
to revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows:

    Facility: Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
    Location: California.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: ``All employees of the Department of 
Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and 
subcontractors who worked in any area of Area IV of the Santa Susana 
Field Laboratory from January 1, 1965 through December 31, 1988, 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.''
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1965 through December 31, 1988.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-19198 Filed 8-19-16; 8:45 am]
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