83 FR 3748 - 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 83, Issue 18 (January 26, 2018)

HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS 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 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3748-3749]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01449]


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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 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: 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 November 22, 2017, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), 
the Acting 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, 1975, and December 31, 1980, for a number of 
work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring 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 became effective on December 22, 2017. Therefore, 
beginning on December 22, 2017, members of this class of employees,

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defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2018-01449 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am]
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