80 FR 37641 - Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 126 (July 1, 2015)

HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Hanford site in Richland, Washington, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 37641]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16277]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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 Hanford site in 
Richland, Washington, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum 
Avenue, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone 877-222-7570. 
Information requests can also be submitted by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).
    On May 20, 2015, 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 Department of Energy contractors and 
subcontractors (excluding employees of the following Hanford prime 
contractors during the specified time periods: Battelle Memorial 
Institute, January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1990; Rockwell 
Hanford Operations, January 1, 1984, through June 28, 1987; Boeing 
Computer Services Richland, January 1, 1984, through June 28, 1987; 
UNC Nuclear Industries, January 1, 1984, through June 28, 1987; 
Westinghouse Hanford Company, January 1, 1984, through December 31, 
1990; and Hanford Environmental Health Foundation, January 1, 1984, 
through December 31, 1990), who worked at the Hanford site in 
Richland, Washington, during the period from January 1, 1984, 
through December 31, 1990, 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 included in the Special 
Exposure Cohort.

    This designation became effective on June 21, 2015. Therefore, 
beginning on June 21, 2015, members of this class of employees, defined 
as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-16277 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]
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