[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60396-60397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24445]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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 of a decision to designate a class of 
employees from the West Valley Demonstration Project in West Valley, 
New York, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady Calhoun, Director, 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 October 25, 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 Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the West Valley 
Demonstration Project in West Valley, New York, during the period 
from January 1, 1969, through December 31, 1973, 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 will become effective on November 24, 2019, unless 
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this 
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register 
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any 
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to 
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. 2019-24445 Filed 11-7-19; 8:45 am]
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