[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 67941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26748]


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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 Y-12 Plant in Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000.

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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor 
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the 
Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during the period between 
January 1, 1977, and July 31, 1979, 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 November 24, 2019. Therefore, 
beginning on November 24, 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. 2019-26748 Filed 12-11-19; 8:45 am]
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