76490 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2012 / Notices 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

at the Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, 

from September 1, 1972, through December 

31, 1972, or from January 1, 1975, through 

December 31, 1976, 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 January 6, 2013, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C– 

46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1– 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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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. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees from the Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory (X–10) in Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee, as an addition to the Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

December 7, 2012, 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 

in any area at the Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory (X–10) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 

from June 17, 1943, through July 31, 1955, 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 January 6, 2013, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C– 

46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1– 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

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. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a 

determination concerning a petition to 

add a class of employees from the 

Weldon Spring Plant in Weldon Spring, 

Missouri, to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 

(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. § 7384q. On 

December 7, 2012, 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 employees of the Department of 

Energy, Department of Energy contractors, or 

subcontractors who worked in any area at the 

Weldon Spring Plant in Weldon Spring, 

Missouri, during the applicable covered 

operational period from January 1, 1957, 

through December 31, 1967. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1– 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

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. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a 

determination concerning a petition to 

add a class of employees from the 

Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, to 

the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 

U.S.C. 7384q. On December 7, 2012, 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 employees of the Department of 

Energy, Department of Energy contractors, or 

subcontractors who worked in any area at the 

Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, during 

the period from March 1, 1959, through 

December 31, 2007, except for workers who 

fall within the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

classes established by SEC petitions 00171 

and 00207. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1– 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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