# 2026-23004: Savannah River Construction Workers Join a Very Specific Exposure Club

2026-23004, Final Effect of the Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published 2026-11-12, effective 2026-08-07; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-23004
- As of: 2026-11-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-23004
- Title: Final Effect of the Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Citation: 91 FR 72872
- Published: 2026-11-12
- Effective: 2026-08-07
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-12

## In one line

Savannah River Construction Workers Join a Very Specific Exposure Club

## Summary

The government just added certain construction workers from the Savannah River Site (1991-1993) to a special group that helps people exposed to harmful stuff on the job. If you worked at least 250 days as a subcontractor there during that time, you’re now covered for easier health claims starting August 7, 2026. This means faster help and possible compensation for those affected—no extra cost to workers!

## Abstract

HHS gives notice of the final effect of a decision to add a class of employees from the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

## Effects PRIA read

- Savannah River construction workers added to SEC: benefit, medium. If you worked as a construction trade employee for a Department of Energy subcontractor at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina between January 1, 1991 and December 31, 1993, and you worked at least 250 workdays in total, you became a member of the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) on Augus…

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## Sources
- [2026-23004 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/12/2026-23004/final-effect-of-the-designation-of-a-class-of-employees-for-addition-to-the-special-exposure-cohort)
- [2026-23004 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-12/pdf/2026-23004.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-23004 (as of 2026-11-12).