84 FR 33266 - Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

HHS gives notice of a 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.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 33266]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14816]


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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 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: Grady Calhoun, Director, Division of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-
46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. 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 will become effective on July 21, 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. 2019-14816 Filed 7-11-19; 8:45 am]
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