[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: 2018-27136]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees 
From the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 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 the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, 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: Y-12 Plant.
    Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
    Job Titles and/or Job Duties: ``All employees of the Department 
of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and its contractors and 
subcontractors who worked at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
during the period from January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1976, 
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 SEC.''
    Period of Employment: January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1976.

Frank J. Hearl,
Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2018-27136 Filed 12-13-18; 8:45 am]
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