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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
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
HHS gives notice concerning
the final effect of the HHS decision to
designate a class of employees from the
Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado,
as an addition to the Special Exposure
Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division
of Compensation Analysis and Support,
NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS
C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone
877–222–7570. Information requests can
also be submitted by email to
DCAS@CDC.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C.
7384l(14)(C).
On December 12, 2013, as provided
for under the 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 Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado,
from April 1, 1952, through December 31,
1983, 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
January 11, 2014. Hence, beginning on
January 11, 2014, 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.
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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 Rocky Flats Plant
in Golden, Colorado, 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, 4676 Columbia
Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877-222-7570.
Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).
On December 12, 2013, as provided for under the 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
Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, from April 1, 1952, through
December 31, 1983, 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 January 11, 2014. Hence,
beginning on January 11, 2014, 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. 2014-00932 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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