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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Designation of a Class of Employees
for Addition to the Special Exposure
Cohort
National Institutes of Health
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 of a
decision to designate a class of
employees from the Argonne National
Laboratory-West site in Scoville, Idaho,
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, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–
46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938,
Telephone 1–877–222–7570.
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).
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All employees of the Department of
Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their
contractors and subcontractors who worked
at the Argonne National Laboratory-West
during the time period from April 10, 1951,
through December 31, 1957, 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 in the
Special Exposure Cohort.
This designation will become
effective on July 3, 2016, unless
Congress provides otherwise prior to the
effective date. After this effective date,
HHS will publish a notice in the
Federal Register reporting the addition
of this class to the SEC or the result of
any provision by Congress regarding the
decision by HHS to add the class to the
SEC.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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On behalf of the Interagency
Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
(https://www.iacc.hhs.gov/), the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Office
of Autism Research Coordination
(OARC) is seeking public comments to
assist the IACC in identifying priorities
for the 2016 update of the IACC
Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) (current IACC Strategic
Plan can be viewed at https://
iacc.hhs.gov/publications/strategicplan/2013/) as required by the Autism
Collaboration, Accountability, Research,
Education and Support (CARES) Act of
2014 (Pub. L. 113–157).
The IACC is requesting public
comments on research, services, and
policy issues related to the seven topics
addressed by the IACC Strategic Plan:
Screening and Diagnosis, Underlying
Biology of ASD, Risk Factors,
Treatments and Interventions, Services,
Lifespan Issues, and Surveillance and
Infrastructure.
SUMMARY:
Responses to this notice are
voluntary and the public comment
period will be open from June 15, 2016–
July 29, 2016.
ADDRESSES: All comments must be
submitted electronically via the webbased form at: https://iacc.hhs.gov/
meetings/public-comments/requests-forinformation/2016/strategic-plan.shtml.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Specific questions about this Request for
Public Comment should be directed to:
IACCRFI@mail.nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IACC,
a federal advisory committee composed
of federal and public members, was
established under the Combating
Autism Act of 2006. The Committee was
most recently reauthorized under the
Autism CARES Act of 2014. The law
requires that the IACC develop a
strategic plan for autism research and
update the Plan annually. The IACC last
provided an update on the progress of
the Strategic Plan in 2013. The IACC
Strategic Plan is organized around seven
questions that are important for people
with ASD and their families:
1. When should I be concerned?
(Screening and Diagnosis)
2. How can I understand what is
happening? (Underlying Biology of
ASD)
DATES:
On June 3, 2016, 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:
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3. What caused this to happen and
can this be prevented? (Risk Factors)
4. Which treatments and interventions
will help? (Treatments and
Interventions)
5. Where can I turn for services?
(Services)
6. What does the future hold,
especially for adults? (Lifespan Issues)
7. What other infrastructure and
surveillance needs must be met?
(Surveillance and Infrastructure)
Submission Information. For each
chapter of the IACC Strategic Plan,
commenters may provide input on what
they consider to be the most important
research, services and policy issues and
remaining gaps in the subject area
covered by that chapter. Please note that
the web form will accept a maximum of
1,500 characters (including letters,
numbers, punctuation, etc.) per topic
area. A valid email address is required
for submission, and only one
submission per email address will be
accepted. If duplicate submissions are
received, only one example of such a
submission will be included in the final
set of comments.
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any personally identifiable or
confidential information in the
comments. The web form will provide
the option of submitting responses
anonymously, or the choice to include
a name and/or organization associated
with the comment. Comments are
subject to redaction in accordance with
federal policies. All comments or
summaries of comments received will
be made publicly available on the IACC
Web site (www.iacc.hhs.gov) within 90
days of the closing deadline for this
notice. Email addresses associated with
comments will not be included as part
of the public disclosure. After the
closing deadline, responses cannot be
edited or withdrawn. No basis for
claims against the U.S. Government
shall arise as a result of a response to
this request for information or from the
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submitted through the Web form at
https://iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/publiccomments/requests-for-information/
2016/strategic-plan.shtml. Individuals
submitting comments will receive an
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receipt of the comment, but commenters
will not receive individualized feedback
or responses from the IACC. Only one
comment per email address will be
accepted, and if duplicate comments are
received, only one example will be
provided to the IACC. For further
submission details and requirements
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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 of a decision to designate a class of
employees from the Argonne National Laboratory-West site 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 1-877-222-7570.
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 June 3, 2016, 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 employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor
agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the
Argonne National Laboratory-West during the time period from April
10, 1951, through December 31, 1957, 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 in
the Special Exposure Cohort.
This designation will become effective on July 3, 2016, unless
Congress provides otherwise prior to the effective date. After this
effective date, HHS will publish a notice in the Federal Register
reporting the addition of this class to the SEC or the result of any
provision by Congress regarding the decision by HHS to add the class to
the SEC.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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