ROCKY FLATS STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

P.O. Box 17670 (303) 412-1200
Boulder, CO 80308-0670 (303) 412-121 (f)
www.rockyflatssc.org

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February 5, 2007

Mr. Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D., Chairman

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
920 Southview Drive North

Lafayette, IN 47909

Dear Dr. Ziemer,

The Board of Directors of the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council is extremely concerned about
ongoing delays former Rocky Flats workers have encountered in achieving just compensation
under the Energy Employees Occupational IlIness Compensation Program Act (EEOIPCA). The
EEOIPCA is critical to ensuring that workers who have suffered as a result of exposures to
radioactive and hazardous materials while working at Rocky Flats would be compensated for
their illnesses.

Like our predecessor organization, the Rocky Flats Coalition of Local Governments, who
supported the EEOIPCA and was concerned about bureaucratic delays that beset the program,
we are concerned about the ongoing delays in providing compensation to those former workers
who fall under the protections provided in the EEOIPCA. That is one of the reasons why the
Rocky Flats Coalition supported special cohort status for these former workers, including
legislative efforts to define the workers as a special cohort class. We too support this important
designation.

Our Congressional leaders have informed us that the Advisory Board on Radiation Health
continues to grapple with how to account for the critical fact that records affecting numerous
former Rocky Flats workers are missing or are otherwise unreliable. We.further understand that
in part based on concerns our representatives raised that the Advisory Board delayed resolution
of the Rocky Flats workers’ petition until at least May 2007, if not longer. While we support our
legislators’ decision to request a delay, we are concerned about the effect of ongoing delays on
our constituents — the workers and their families.

Clearly, with records missing and with ongoing concerns about data reliability it will be hard for
many workers to quantitatively prove that their cancers are a direct result of their years working



at Rocky Flats. That is one of the central reasons why the EEOIPCA shifted the burden of proof
—so that workers would not need to prove a connection based upon data that was not in their
control and otherwise unreliable. The inability of the federal government and its contractors to
maintain reliable data undermines the integrity of the process. The cost of these problems should
not be borne by the workers.

Therefore, consistent with the positions being advocated by our federal representatives, we
strongly recommend that until you resolve these issues regarding missing records and data
reliability that you do not deny the Rocky Flats workers’ special cohort petition. We also
strongly request that should the Advisory Board not be able to resolve these questions then at
your May 2007 meeting you approve the workers’ petition.

Sincerely,

We La
Lori Cox

Chairman

Cc: Senator Wayne Allard
Senator Ken Salazar
Representative Mark Udall
Representative Ed Perlmutter
Michael Owen, DOE