80 FR 53520 - 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 172 (September 4, 2015)

HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Bloomfield, New Jersey, 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 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 53520]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22042]


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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 Westinghouse 
Electric Corp. in Bloomfield, New Jersey, 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 July 28, 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 Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the facility owned by 
Westinghouse Electric Corp., in Bloomfield, New Jersey, during the 
period from February 1, 1958, through May 31, 1958, or during the 
period from June 1, 1959, through June 30, 1959, 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 August 27, 2015. Therefore, 
beginning on August 27, 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. 2015-22042 Filed 9-3-15; 8:45 am]
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