Notice2022-16602
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Revision to the List of Covered Facilities
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Published
August 3, 2022
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Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) has periodically published in the Federal Register a list of facilities covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA or Act). This Notice amends the list of covered facilities by removing the designation of Sciaky Brothers, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois), Swenson Evaporator Co. (Harvey, Illinois), and the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Illinois) as Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) facilities.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47399-47400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16602]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000; Revision to the List of Covered Facilities
AGENCY: Office of Health and Safety, U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of revision of listing of covered facilities.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) has
periodically published in the Federal Register a list of facilities
covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA or Act). This Notice amends
the list of covered facilities by removing the designation of Sciaky
Brothers, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois), Swenson Evaporator Co. (Harvey,
Illinois), and the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Illinois)
as Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) facilities.
DATES: August 3, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kevin Dressman, Director, Office
of Health and Safety (EHSS-10), 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585; (301) 903-5144; or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e08b8596898ece84928593938d818ea08891ce848f85ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0cbc5d6c9ce8ec4d2c5d3d3cdc1cee0c8d18ec4cfc58ec7cfd6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice amends the list of covered
facilities under EEOICPA by removing the designation of Sciaky
Brothers, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois; Swenson Evaporator Co. in Harvey,
Illinois; and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois,
as AWE facilities. Previous lists or revisions were published by DOE on
February 17, 2016 (81 FR 8060); July 16, 2015 (80 FR 42094); February
11, 2013 (78 FR 9678); February 6, 2012 (77 FR 5781); May 26, 2011 (76
FR 30695); August 3, 2010 (75 FR 45608); April 9, 2009 (74 FR 16191);
June 28, 2007 (72 FR 35448); November 30, 2005 (70 FR 71815); August
23, 2004 (69 FR 51825); July 21, 2003 (68 FR 43095); December 27, 2002
(67 FR 79068); June 11, 2001 (66 FR 31218); and January 17, 2001 (66 FR
4003).
Purpose
EEOICPA established a program to provide compensation to
individuals who developed illnesses because of their employment in
nuclear weapons production-related activities of the DOE or its
predecessor agencies. Covered employees include, among others, current
or former employees of an ``atomic weapons employer'' or ``AWE'', also
as defined by the Act. On December 7, 2000, the President issued
Executive Order 13179, ``Providing Compensation to America's Nuclear
Weapons Workers,'' which directed DOE to list covered AWE facilities,
DOE facilities, and beryllium vendor facilities in the Federal
Register. The Department's initial listing was published on January 17,
2001 (66 FR 4003), and DOE has periodically updated the listing as new
information has become available.
Section 3621(4) of EEOICPA (42 U.S.C. 7384l(4)) defines an AWE as
``an entity, other than the United States, that--(A) processed or
produced, for use by the United States, material that emitted radiation
and was used in the production of an atomic weapon, excluding uranium
mining and milling; and (B) is designated by the Secretary of Energy as
an [AWE] for purposes of the compensation program.'' Section 3621(5) of
the Act (42 U.S.C. 7384l(5)) defines an ``atomic weapons employer
facility'' as ``a facility, owned by an [AWE], that is or was used to
process or produce, for use by the United States, material that emitted
radiation and was used in the production of an atomic weapon, excluding
uranium mining or milling.''
DOE has determined that Sciaky Brothers, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois;
Swenson Evaporator Co. in Harvey, Illinois; and the Museum of Science
and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, do not meet the statutory definition
of AWE facilities because none of these entities processed or produced,
for use by the United States, material that emitted radiation and was
used in the production of an atomic weapon. Therefore, the designation
of these three
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facilities as AWE facilities was erroneous.
This Notice formally makes the changes to the listing of covered
facilities as indicated below:
<bullet> Sciaky Brothers, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, is no longer
designated as an AWE facility.
<bullet> Swenson Evaporator Co., Harvey, Illinois, is no longer
designated as an AWE facility.
<bullet> Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, is no
longer designated as an AWE facility.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 27,
2022, by Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy. That document with the
original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the
Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer
has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic
format for publication, as an official document of the Department of
Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect
of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-16602 Filed 8-2-22; 8:45 am]
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