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ESA-OWCP New Release: [03/17/2008]
Contact Name: Dolline Hatchett Loren Smith
Phone Number: (202) 693-4650 (202) 693-4676
Release Number: 08-0374-NAT
U.S. Labor Department pairs town hall meetings, Traveling
Resource Center for visits to Santa Fe, White Rock and Albuquerque, N.M.
Department to provide information for nuclear weapons workers who became ill
WASHINGTON During the first week of April, the
U.S. Department of Labor will visit Santa Fe, White Rock and Albuquerque, N.M., to provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act (EEOICPA).
Through town hall meetings, officials will present details
about the two classes of former employees of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
in Los Alamos, N.M., added to the act’s Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), as well
as an overview of EEOICPA Parts B and E. Additionally, the department’s Traveling Resource Center personnel will be available to help individuals interested in
filing compensation claims. Representatives from the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health will be in attendance to provide information, as
well.
The EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to
employees who became ill as a result of working in the nuclear weapons
industry. The SEC allows eligible claims to be compensated without the
completion of a radiation dose reconstruction or determination of the
probability of causation. For additional information about the meetings or to
schedule an appointment for claim-filing assistance, call 866-272-3622
toll-free. Pre-registration is not required to participate in these activities.
TOWN HALL MEETING: |
April 1 – 7 p.m. MDT |
TRAVELING RESOURCE CENTER: |
April 1 – 5 to 9 p.m. MDT |
LOCATION:
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Cities of Gold Hotel
10-A Cities of Gold Road
Santa Fe, N.M
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TOWN HALL MEETINGS: |
April 2 – 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. MDT |
TRAVELING RESOURCE CENTER: |
April 2 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MDT |
LOCATION: |
Los Alamos Fire Department Training Center, Fire Station 3
129 State Road 4
White Rock, N.M.
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TOWN HALL MEETING: |
April 3 – 7 p.m. MDT |
TRAVELING RESOURCE CENTER: |
April 3 – 5 to 9 p.m. MDT |
LOCATION: |
Marriott Hotel
2101 Louisiana Blvd., N.E.
Albuquerque, N.M.
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