DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service
SEC Tracking Number: SEC00189
Ms. Rachel Leiton, Director
Division of Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room C-3321
Washington, District of Columbia 20210
Dear Ms. Leiton:
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health
Robert A. Taft Laboratories
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
Phone: 513-533-6825
Fax: 513-533-6826
January 7, 2013
On behalf of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and as required
by 42 C.F.R. § 83.17(d), I am notifying you of the final effect of the HHS 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, 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 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 became effective on January 6, 2013, as provided for under 42 U.S.C.
§ 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on January 6, 2013, members of this class of employees, defined
as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC.
Sincerely,
[Signature on File]
Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health