[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 38031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16602]


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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 Idaho National 
Laboratory in Scoville, Idaho, as an addition to the Special Exposure 
Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Division of Compensation Analysis 
and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 
45226-1938, Telephone 513-533-6800. Information requests can also be 
submitted by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 21, 2019, 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 their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the 
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Scoville, Idaho, and who were 
monitored for external radiation at the Idaho Chemical Processing 
Plant (CPP) (e.g., at least one film badge or TLD dosimeter from 
CPP) between January 1, 1963, and February 28, 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 in the Special Exposure Cohort.

    This designation became effective on July 21, 2019. Therefore, 
beginning on July 21, 2019, members of this class of employees, defined 
as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.

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

John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-16602 Filed 8-2-19; 8:45 am]
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