Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort

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September 7, 2021

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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

HHS gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees from Superior Steel Company, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 50122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19166]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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 Superior Steel Company, in Carnegie, 
Pennsylvania, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(EEOICPA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady Calhoun, Director, Division of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-45, Cincinnati, 
OH 45226-1938, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. Information requests can also 
be submitted by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#591d1a180a191a1d1a771e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a7e797b697a797e79147d756c">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 19, 2021, 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 atomic weapons employees who worked in any area at Superior 
Steel Co. in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, during the period from January 1, 
1952, through December 31, 1957.''

(Authority: 42 U.S.C.7384q.)

Frank J. Hearl,
Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-19166 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P


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