Notice2021-22132
Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
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Published
October 12, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS 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 194 (Tuesday, October 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 56711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22132]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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 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 513-533-6800. Information
requests can also be submitted by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e5a1a6a4b6a5a6a1a6cba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6125222032212225224f262e37">[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 became effective on September 17, 2021. Therefore,
beginning on September 17, 2021, members of this class of employees,
defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C).
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-22132 Filed 10-8-21; 8:45 am]
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