FACT SHEET FOR ENERGY OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM

  
 THE FACT SHEET

The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

Act (EEOICPA)

*  was passed in October 2000;
*  became effective on July 31, 2001; and
*  was amended in October and December 2001 and again in October 2004
    and June 2005.

PART B

*  provides a lump-sum compensation of $150,000, as well as related medical
    expenses to workers who contracted certain  illnesses as a result of exposure to
    radiation, beryllium, or silica while working for the Department of Energy
    (DOE) certain DOE contractors or subcontractors, atomic weapons
    employers (AWE)), or beryllium vendors (BV) in the nuclear weapons
    industry;
*  provides a $50,000 lump-sum payment and medical expenses to uranium
    workers who were awarded benefits by the Department of Justice under
    Section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA); and
    provides benefits to qualified survivors of deceased employees.
  
PART E
*  provides variable compensation of up to $250,000 and medical benefits for
    employees of DOE contractors and subcontractors who developed an illness
    as a result of occupational exposure to toxic substances at certain DOE
    facilities;
*  grants covered employees a federal payment based on the level of impairment
    and or wage loss incurred as a result of the covered illness;
*  provides these same payments and benefits to Section 5 uranium miners,
    millers and ore transporters, and certain Section 4 RECA individuals; and
*  provides benefits to qualified survivors of deceased employees.

Covered diseases under Parts B & E include:
    cancer that is at least as likely as not related to radiation exposure at a covered
facility

*  specified cancer for some employees;
*  chronic beryllium disease (CBD);
*  chronic silicosis;
*  beryllium sensitivity (medical monitoring only)
*  any illness that resulted from exposure to a toxic substance.


Agencies with responsibility for administering the Act:

The Department of Labor (DOL), as the primary adjudicating agency, determines eligibility for compensation and payment of benefits for those conditions covered.

*  The DOE provides to DOL work condition exposures, including access to restricted data and  
    verification of covered employment with relevant information.

*  Through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Department of  
    Health and Human Services (HHS) is tasked with establishing procedures for estimating radiation    
    doses, and develops guidelines to determine the probability that a cancer was caused by the exposure
    to radiation.   In addition, HHS is responsible for designating additional classes of the Special
    Exposure Cohort.

*  The Department of Justice notifies beneficiaries who have received an award under RECA Section 5
    of their possible EEOICPA entitlement and provides specific information required by DOL to  
    complete the claim development and adjudication process for RECA claimants (uranium miners,
    uranium millers and ore transporters).

New York DOE Facilities

Brookhaven National Laboratory......... Upton............................................. 1947–Present.

Electro Metallurgical Co. ..................... Niagara Falls ................................. 1942–1953.

Environmental Measurements Laboratory ,   New York............................. 1946–2003.

Lake Ontario Ordnance Works .................. Niagara County..................... 1944–1997.

Linde Ceramics Plant (Buildings 30, 31, 37, 38 only) .. Tonawanda........ 1942–1953; 1988–1992†; 1996†.

Peek Street Facility (Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory) ...Schenectady........ 1947–1954.

Sacandaga Facility............................ Glenville......................................... 1947–1953.

SAM Laboratories, Columbia University,   New York................................... 1942–1947.

Separations Process Research Unit (Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory) Schenectady...... 1950–1965.

University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project ...................................... Rochester ......... 1943–1986.