Department of Energy Support to the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)

Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security

July 2015
DOE’s Core Mandate

Work on behalf of the program claimants to ensure 

that all available worker and facility records and 

data are provided to DOL, NIOSH, and the Advisory 

Board.

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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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EEOICPA Site Contacts

• DOE EEOICPA Site POCs: 

– Coordinate all research activities with NIOSH, Advisory Board, DOL and 

various contractors;

– Set up site visits and tours for NIOSH, Advisory Board, DOL as well as 

other groups;

– Work with both DOL and NIOSH to identify site subject matter experts 

and to facilitate interviews with current and former workers;

– Manage site’s response to individual records requests. Ensure DOE 

responses are complete and timely; and

– Provide onsite EEOICPA information to workers.

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Individual Records

Fund and coordinate records retrieval activities at DOE 

sites in support of individual claims. 

• Employment verifications for DOL (~6,000/year) 

• Dose records for NIOSH (~4,500/year) 

• Document Acquisition Requests (DAR) employee work 

history/exposures for DOL (~5,500/year)

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Individual Records

(cont.)

• 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 hard copy 

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. 

• DOE accommodates all requests.

• These projects can take years. 

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Large Scale

Research Projects

(cont.)

• Kansas City Plant

• Hanford

• Pacific Northwest 

National Laboratory

• Savannah River Site

• Lawrence Livermore 

National Lab

• Sandia National Lab

• Los Alamos National 

Lab

• Idaho National Lab

• Oak Ridge National Lab

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Savannah River Site

• In May, SRS sent approximately 10 cubic feet of documents to DOE HQ 

(Germantown) .

• SC&A staff member was given an account on the DOE classified 

computer network to access the SRS documents.

• On June 15th, SC&A staff member visited DOE HQ (Germantown) and 

was provided access to a DOE classified computer terminal to review 

the SRS documents.

• The SRS documents are on the SC&A staff member’s classified DOE 

computer account. Access for additional individuals can be arranged 

with prior notice. 

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LANL Occupational Radiation 

Protection Program

Implementation of 10 CFR 835

1995-2005

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• Reviewed a number of documents and datasets 

including Type A and Type B accident investigations, 

oversight and enforcement reports, NTS reports, and 

safety evaluations and assessments.

• These reports identified some implementation 

weaknesses with regard to meeting radiation 

protection program requirement.
LANL Radiation 

Protection Records

• Due to the complexity of the issue, NIOSH is 

currently working with LANL to set up a site 

visit.

• Specific documents and types of documents 

have been identified by NIOSH.

• LANL will retrieve documents and support 

NIOSH review team during the site visit.

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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.

• The average turn around time for review and 

released documents is typically about 8 work days. 

• In certain cases where an expedited review is 

necessary, DOE has returned documents in one to 

two days.

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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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Outreach 

• Continued to participate in all Joint Outreach Task Group 

meetings that include DOE, DOL and NIOSH, along with the 

DOL Ombudsman and the DOE Former Worker Medical 

Screening Programs. 

• Completed JOTG Video –available online at:

http://energy.gov/ehss/joint-outreach-task-group-video-series

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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.

• Published an annual report.

• Further information on the FWP can be found at: 

– http://energy.gov/ehss/services/worker-health-and-safety/former- worker-medical-screening-program

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FWP 

Idaho National Laboratory

• Worker Health Protection Program (WHPP) and United Steelworkers (USW)

 Production workers 

 1-888-241-1199 or http://www.worker-health.org 

• Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) and the Center 

for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) 

 Construction and subcontractor workers 

 1-800-866-9663 or www.btmed.org 

• National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP) 

 All workers 

 1-866-812-6703 or http://www.orau.org/nssp/

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Questions?

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