HHS to Evaluate Petition for Santa Susana Field Laboratory Employees

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its decision to evaluate a petition to include a class of employees from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The proposed definition includes all employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked in Area IV from January 1, 1959 to December 31, 1964.