[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 65394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20538]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees 
to the Special Exposure Cohort

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice 
of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees 
from the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the 
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady Calhoun, Director, Division of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-45, Cincinnati, OH 45226-
1938, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. Information requests can also be 
submitted by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 8, 2023, the Secretary of HHS 
determined that the following class of employees does not meet the 
statutory criteria for addition to the SEC as authorized under EEOICPA:

    ``All personnel that worked in any area at Sandia National 
Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the period from January 
1, 1997, through May 21, 2011.''

    Authority: [42 U.S.C. 7384q].

John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-20538 Filed 9-21-23; 8:45 am]
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