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46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24409 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

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. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Winchester Engineering and Analytical 

Center Site, in Winchester, 

Massachusetts, as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On August 23, 2012, as provided 

for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), 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 

at the Winchester Engineering and Analytical 

Center in Winchester, Massachusetts, from 

January 1, 1952, through December 31, 1961, 

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 became effective on 

September 22, 2012, as provided for 

under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, 

beginning on September 22, 2012, 

members of this class of employees, 

defined as reported in this notice, 

became members of 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 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24411 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue 

Debts 

Section 30.18 of the Department of 

Health and Human Services’ claims 

collection regulations (45 CFR part 30) 

provides that the Secretary shall charge 

an annual rate of interest, which is 

determined and fixed by the Secretary 

of the Treasury after considering private 

consumer rates of interest on the date 

that the Department of Health and 

Human Services becomes entitled to 

recovery. The rate cannot be lower than 

the Department of Treasury’s current 

value of funds rate or the applicable rate 

determined from the ‘‘Schedule of 

Certified Interest Rates with Range of 

Maturities’’ unless the Secretary waives 

interest in whole or part, or a different 

rate is prescribed by statute, contract, or 

repayment agreement. The Secretary of 

the Treasury may revise this rate 

quarterly. The Department of Health and 

Human Services publishes this rate in 

the Federal Register. 

The current rate of 11%, as fixed by 

the Secretary of the Treasury, is certified 

for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. 

This interest rate is effective until the 

Secretary of the Treasury notifies the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services of any change. 

Dated: September 27, 2012. 

Margie Yanchuk, 

Director, Office of Financial Policy and 

Reporting. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24416 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

HIT Standards Committee Advisory 

Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 

(ONC). The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Name of Committee: HIT Standards 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the HIT Policy Committee. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be 

held on October 17, 2012, from 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 

Calvert Street Northwest, Washington, 

DC 20008. For up-to-date information, 

go to the ONC Web site, http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MacKenzie Robertson, Office of the 

National Coordinator, HHS, 355 E Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–205– 

8089, Fax: 202–260–1276, email: 

mackenzie.robertson@hhs.gov. Please 

call the contact person for up-to-date 

information on this meeting. A notice in 

the Federal Register about last minute 

modifications that impact a previously 

announced advisory committee meeting 

cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The committee will hear 

reports from its workgroups and updates 

from ONC and other Federal agencies. 

ONC intends to make background 

material available to the public no later 

than two (2) business days prior to the 

meeting. If ONC is unable to post the 

background material on its Web site 

prior to the meeting, it will be made 

publicly available at the location of the 

advisory committee meeting, and the 

background material will be posted on 

ONC’s Web site after the meeting, at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: ONC is committed to the 

orderly conduct of its advisory 

committee meetings. Interested persons 

may present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the Committee. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before two days prior to 

the Committee’s meeting date. Oral 

comments from the public will be 

scheduled in the agenda. Time allotted 

for each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes. If the number of speakers 

requesting to comment is greater than 

can be reasonably accommodated 

during the scheduled public comment 

period, ONC will take written comments