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Download as PDF 98 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 2, 2013 / Notices Technology (the National Coordinator) for the testing of EHR technology to the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria under the ONC HIT Certification Program. The approved test tools and test procedures are identified on the ONC Web site at: https:// www.healthit.gov/policy-researchersimplementers/2014-edition-final-testmethod. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: HHS gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees from the United Nuclear Corporation in Hematite, Missouri, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On December 7, 2012, the 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: SUMMARY: All site employees who worked in any area of the United Nuclear Corporation— Hematite, Missouri, site from January 1, 1958, through December 31, 1973, and the residual period January 1, 1974, through July 31, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1– 877–222–7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2012–31215 Filed 12–31–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Notice of Availability: Test Tools and Test Procedures Approved by the National Coordinator for the ONC HIT Certification Program Carol Bean, Director, Office of Certification, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 202–690–7151. On January 7, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule establishing a permanent certification program for the purposes of testing and certifying health information technology (‘‘Establishment of the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology,’’ 76 FR 1262) (Permanent Certification Program final rule). 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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 United Nuclear Corporation in 
Hematite, Missouri, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On December 7, 2012, the 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 site employees who worked in any area of the United Nuclear 
Corporation--Hematite, Missouri, site from January 1, 1958, through 
December 31, 1973, and the residual period January 1, 1974, through 
July 31, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, 
Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. Information requests 
can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-31215 Filed 12-31-12; 8:45 am]
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