# Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Amendments
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final Rule. · Published 2007-07-10 · Effective 2007-07-10 · 72 FR 37455
## Document
- **Document number:** E7-13233
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 72 FR 37455
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 83
- **Publication date:** 2007-07-10
- **Effective date:** 2007-07-10
## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services is amending its procedures for designating classes of employees to be added to the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA). The final rule adds and revises deadlines for evaluating petitions for cohort status, clarifies when time periods commence and how they toll, and provides information relevant to these deadlines on the content of petition evaluation reports.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/07/10/E7-13233/procedures-for-designating-classes-of-employees-as-members-of-the-special-exposure-cohort-under-the)
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