DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service 

National Institute for Occupational

 Safety and Health

 Robert A. Taft Laboratories

 4676 Columbia Parkway

 Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998 

Phone: 877-222-7570 

Fax: 513-533-6826

 [Month Day, Year] 

SEC Tracking Number: SEC00[ID] 

[Name]
 

[Street] 

[City, State ZIP] 

Dear [Name]: 

NIOSH released its evaluation report for your Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petition. I have 

enclosed the report in this letter. We also sent the report to the Advisory Board on Radiation and
 

Worker Health (the Advisory Board). The Advisory Board makes recommendations whether the 

class of workers should become members of SEC. In the report, we proposed the following 

worker class be added to the SEC:
 

“[NIOSH recommended class definition or if none, note NIOSH is not recommending a 

class].” 

The above proposed worker class is based on the following: 

	 [Cite reason from evaluation report summary page]. 

	 [Cite reason from evaluation report summary page]. 

	 [Cite reason from evaluation report summary page]. 

[Insert a brief paragraph noting any special changes to the class definition and why.] 

Now that we submitted the report to the Advisory Board, the Board will: 

1. Discuss your petition and our report on [Month Date, Year], during its meeting. 

2. Make a recommendation whether to add the class of employees from your petition to the 

SEC. 

3. After the Advisory Board makes a recommendation, it will send the recommendation to 

the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

The Secretary will then review the NIOSH evaluation report and the Advisory Board’s 

recommendation to make a final decision on whether to add the class of employees in your 

petition to the SEC. If the Secretary’s decision is to add a class, the Secretary will report this 

decision to Congress. Congress has 30 days to take action on the Secretary’s decision. If no 

action is taken by the end of the 30 days, the Secretary’s decision becomes final. 

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The [Month Date, Year], Advisory Board meeting is a teleconference meeting. It will begin at 

[Time] ([Specify Time Zone]). This meeting is open to the public. You will have an opportunity 

comment about this report during the meeting. You can also address the Advisory Board in 

writing, if you wish. You do not have to participate and may choose to only listen to the meeting. 

The final agenda for this meeting is not available at this time. When it is available to us, we will 

send the agenda for this meeting with the call-in number and pass code, should you choose to 

listen or participate. 

If you have any questions about the report or how to address the Advisory Board regarding your 

petition, please feel free to contact the NIOSH SEC petition counselor, Josh Kinman. During this 

process, Mr. Kinman can be contacted directly at 513-533-6831 or toll-free at 1-877-222-7570. 

You can also contact Mr. Kinman by email at dcas@cdc.gov. Additional information about 

DCAS and the SEC process can be found on the DCAS Web site 

(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas). 

Sincerely, 

 Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director 

 Division of Compensation Analysis and Support 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

Enclosure: SEC00[ID] Evaluation Report 

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