Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Revision to the List of Covered Facilities, 47399-47400 [2022-16602]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47399-47400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 
[email protected].

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:
     Sciaky Brothers, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, is no longer 
designated as an AWE facility.
     Swenson Evaporator Co., Harvey, Illinois, is no longer 
designated as an AWE facility.
     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.
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