[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 1746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00018]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees 
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 determination concerning a petition to 
add a class of employees from the Blockson Chemical Co. site in Joliet, 
Illinois, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (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].

    On December 21, 2016, the Secretary of HHS determined that the 
following class of employees does not meet the statutory criteria for 
addition to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA:

    ``All employees who worked in any area at the Blockson Chemical 
Co. site in Joliet, Illinois, during the period from July 1, 1960, 
through December 31, 1991.''

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-00018 Filed 1-5-17; 8:45 am]
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