Toxic Substances Board Meets at Nuclear Site
Published Date: 1/8/2025
Notice
Summary
The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health is meeting February 5-6, 2025, in Pasco, Washington, to discuss health issues affecting energy workers exposed to harmful substances. If you want to speak or send comments, do it by January 29, 2025. This meeting helps protect workers and improve compensation programs, making sure those affected get the support they deserve.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Board Advises on Energy Worker Claims
The Advisory Board will review and advise the Secretary of Labor on the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA), including Site Exposure Matrices, medical guidance for claims examiners, evidentiary requirements for Part B lung disease claims, and the claims adjudication process. The Board’s work (the Board sunsets on December 19, 2029) is intended to help protect energy workers and improve compensation programs.
Public Participation Rules and Privacy Tradeoffs
If you want to submit comments, request to speak, or provide materials for the February 5-6, 2025 meeting, you must do so by January 29, 2025. OWCP will make submitted comments, requests to speak, and speaker presentations publicly available without change (so do not include personal information like Social Security numbers or birthdates); the public comment session is scheduled for February 5, 2025 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time and remote participation details will be posted 72 hours before the meeting.
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