82 FR 59626 - Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 240 (December 15, 2017)

HHS gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees from the Carborundum Company, in Niagara Falls, New York, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 240 (Friday, December 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 59626]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27039]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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, Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to 
add a class of employees from the Carborundum Company, in Niagara 
Falls, New York, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (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: 

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

    On November 16, 2017, the Acting 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 employees who worked in any area of the Carborundum Company 
facility on Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York, from January 1, 
1943, through December 31, 1976.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-27039 Filed 12-14-17; 8:45 am]
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