Notice2021-19167
Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
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Published
September 7, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
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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: 2021-19167]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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 Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, as an
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady Calhoun, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f4b4c4e5c4f4c4b4c21484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57131416041714131479101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 18, 2021, 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 construction trade employees of Department of Energy
subcontractors [excluding employees of the following prime contractors
who worked at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, during
the specified time periods: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company,
October 1, 1972, through March 31, 1989; and Westinghouse Savannah
River Company, April 1, 1989, through December 31, 1990], who worked at
the Savannah River Site from October 1, 1972, through December 31,
1990, 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 will become effective on September 17, 2021,
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.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C))
Frank J. Hearl,
Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-19167 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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