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Frequently Asked Questions What is the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program ?

OVERVIEW

The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program delivers benefits to eligible employees and former employees of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), its contractors and subcontractors, or to certain survivors of such individuals, as provided in the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). This program also includes benefits for certain beneficiaries of Section Five of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Congress passed a major amendment to the EEOICPA that became effective on October 28, 2004. The amendment replaces Part D of the Act, which provided for assistance from the DOE in obtaining state workers' compensation benefits. The new program, called Part E, is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC), within the Employment and Standards Administration's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP).

COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE MATERIALS

BASIC INFORMATION

• Downloadable Brochures and Frequently Asked Questions About the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP)
• What EEOICP Does
• Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Employees - Information on the Special Exposure Cohort of employees of the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractors and subcontractors who are eligible for certain EEOICP benefits.
• Facilities Covered by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 as of August 23, 2004 (PDF Version)
• Online EEOICP Claim Forms

E-TOOLS

• U.S. Department of Energy Tool for Locating Information on an Individual Facility - Database that provides public access to summaries of information collected on the facilities listed in the Federal Register.

APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS

• Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended, 42 USC - Provides for timely, uniform, and adequate compensation of covered employees and, where applicable, survivors of such employees, suffering from illnesses incurred by such employees in the performance of duty for the Department of Energy and certain of its contractors and subcontractors.
• Executive Order 13179 - Provides compensation to United States nuclear weapons workers.
• 20 CFR Parts 1 and 30 - Interim final rule implementing the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. (PDF version)

RELATED TOPICS AND LINKS

• U.S. Department of Energy: Office of Worker Advocacy
• U.S. Department of Justice: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Resource Centers

DOL CONTACTS*

• Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
  Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
  Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC)
  200 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Room C-3321
  Washington, DC 20210
  Tel: 1-866-888-3322
  TTY: 1-877-889-5627
  Local Offices

• For questions on other DOL laws,
  please call DOL's Toll-Free Help Line at 1-866-4-USA-DOL. Live assistance is available in English and Spanish, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Additional service is available in more than 140 languages through a translation service.
  Tel: 1-866-4-USA-DOL
  TTY: 1-877-889-5627

*Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Labor's Confidentiality Protocol for Compliance Assistance Inquiries, information provided by a telephone caller will be kept confidential within the bounds of the law. Compliance assistance inquiries will not trigger an inspection, audit, investigation, etc.