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), 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 Bliss & Laughlin Steel site in Buffalo, New York, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to *[email protected].*

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

**Authority:**

[42 U.S.C. 7384q].

On December 21, 2016, 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 in any area at Bliss and Laughlin Steel in Buffalo, New York, from January 1, 1999, through December 31, 1999.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.