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 (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

**ACTION:**

Notice.

**SUMMARY:**

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees from the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Grady Calhoun, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-45, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1938, Telephone 1-877-222-7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to *[email protected].*

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

On August 8, 2023, 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 personnel that worked in any area at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the period from January 1, 1997, through May 21, 2011.”

*Authority:* [42 U.S.C. 7384q].

John J. Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.