[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 240 (Friday, December 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 64344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27135]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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 Sandia National 
Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 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 October 18, 2018, 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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor 
agencies, and its contractors or subcontractors who worked in any 
area at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 
during the period from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1996, 
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 became effective on October 18, 2018. Therefore, 
beginning on November 17, 2018, members of this class of employees, 
defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.

Frank J. Hearl,
Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2018-27135 Filed 12-13-18; 8:45 am]
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