Department of Energy Support to the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)

Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security

August 2023
Program News

• Recently participated in several Joint Outreach 

meetings; NM and AZ, two employment verification 

webinar (public and DOL claims examiners), upcoming 

on 19th in Ohio 

• In the process of updating EEOICPA MOU with DOL, will 

be updating NIOSH MOU shortly. 

• EEOICPA site POC workshop Aug 22-23; DOL, NIOSH 

participating

• Federal Register Notice; clarify statutory Be 

vendor/facility

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DOE Responsibilities

• Respond via the SERT system to DOL and NIOSH

requests for information related to individual claims

(employment verification, exposure records).

• Provide support and assistance to DOL, NIOSH, and

Advisory Board on large-scale research and site

characterization projects through records research and

retrieval efforts at various DOE sites.

• Conduct research, in coordination with DOL and

NIOSH, on issues related to covered facilities

designations.

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Individual Records

• Claimants often worked at multiple DOE sites, for multiple

contractors and subcontractors, and in different jobs or

divisions over a career.

• For a typical request for a worker’s records, DOE may have

to go to many different site departments and within those

departments many different records sources or databases.

• For example, one DOE site routinely checks approximately

40 different sources for responsive records, including

hardcopy paper records, microfilm, microfiche, databases,

and scanned electronic records.

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Large-Scale

Research Projects

• Large-scale research projects are driven by the needs of DOL

and NIOSH.

• Recent data capture requests for the following DOE sites:

– Pacific Northwest National Lab

– Legacy Management

– Los Alamos National Lab

– Sandia

– Nevada

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Document Reviews

• DOE committed to providing documents to NIOSH, DOL, and 

the Advisory Board, but must do so in a responsible manner.

• DOE HQ reviews NIOSH generated reports but DOE field sites 

review the DOE source documents

– The average turnaround time for reports reviewed at DOE 

HQ is typically about 8 workdays. (but there are fewer 

reports and they are typically shorter)

– The turnaround time for source documents reviewed in 

the field can vary considerably because there can be 

hundreds of documents requested and thousands of pages 

to review. 

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Facility Research

Research and maintain the Covered Facilities Database

• Database of over 300 facilities covered under EEOICPA. This

includes DOE facilities, AWEs and Beryllium Vendors whose

employees are eligible for benefits under EEOICP.

• Full listing can be found at:

https://ehss.energy.gov/Search/Facility/findfacility.aspx

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Former Worker Medical 

Screening Program

• Mission: To identify and notify former workers at risk for

occupational disease and offer them medical screening that

can lead to treatment.

• Program now serves all former workers from all DOE sites in

locations close to their residences.

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Former Worker 

Program

FWP website: 

• http://energy.gov/ehss/services/worker-health-andsafety/former-worker-medical-screening-program

FWP brochure: 

• http://energy.gov/ehss/downloads/former-worker-medicalscreening-program-brochure

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Questions?

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