Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort

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#  Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort

**AGENCY:**

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 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 Dow Chemical Company in Madison, Illinois, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation  Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On June 3, 2011, 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 Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at Dow Chemical Company in Madison, Illinois, from January 1, 1961 through November 30, 2007.

**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 e-mail to *[email protected].*

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.