Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000; Revision to List of Covered Facilities
On January 17, 2001, and again on June 11, 2001, the Department of Energy ("Department" or "DOE") published a list of facilities covered under the Energy Employees Occupational ...
Notice of revision of listing of covered facilities.
SUMMARY:
On January 17, 2001, and again on June 11, 2001, the Department of Energy (“Department” or “DOE”) published a list of facilities covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000 (“Act”), title 36 of Public Law 106-398. (66 FR 4003; 66 FR 31218). The Act establishes a program to provide compensation to individuals who developed illnesses as a result of their employment in nuclear weapons production-related activities and at certain federally-owned facilities in which radioactive materials were used. This notice revises the previous lists and provides additional information about the covered facilities, atomic weapons employers, and beryllium vendors. The original notice provides detailed background information about this matter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Worker Advocacy, 1-877-447-9756.
ADDRESSES:
The Department welcomes comments on this list. Individuals who wish to suggest additional facilities for inclusion on the list or indicate why one or more facilities should be removed from the list should provide information to the Department. Comments should be addressed to: Office of Worker Advocacy (EH-8), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. Email:
worker_advocacy@eh.doe.gov.
Tollfree: 1-877-447-9756.
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000 (“Act”), title 36 of Public Law 106-398, establishes a program to provide compensation to individuals who developed illnesses as a result of their employment in nuclear weapons production-related activities and at certain federally-owned facilities in which radioactive materials were used. On December 7, 2000, the President issued Executive Order 13179 (“Order”) directing the Department of Energy (“Department” or “DOE”) to list covered facilities in the
Federal Register,
which the Department did on January 17, 2001, and again on June 11, 2001. This notice revises the previous lists and provides additional information about the covered facilities, atomic weapons employers, and beryllium vendors.
Section 2. c. iv of the Order instructs the Department to designate, pursuant to sections 3621(4)(B) and 3622 of the Act, atomic weapons employers and additions to the list of designated beryllium vendors. In addition, section 2. c. vii of the Order instructs the Department to list three types of facilities defined in the Act:
(1) Atomic weapons employer facilities, as defined in section 3621(4);
(2) Department of Energy facilities, as defined by section 3621(12); and
(3) Beryllium vendors, as defined by section 3621(6).
Compensation options and mechanisms are defined differently for each of these facility categories. The atomic weapons employer category includes atomic weapons employer facilities in which the primary work was not related to atomic weapons, and consequently these facilities are not commonly known as atomic weapons facilities. Their inclusion in this list is consistent with the Act, and is not intended as a classification for any other purpose.
The list at the end of this notice represents the Departments best efforts to date to compile a list of facilities under these three categories. This listing includes 350 facilities in 42 jurisdictions. It designates 29 additional beryllium vendor facilities, two additional Atomic Weapons Employer facilities and clarifies the status as Department of Energy facility for 13 facilities. The designation of the 29 additional beryllium vendor facilities represents the Departments best efforts to meet its statutory deadline in Pub. L. 106-398 § 3622 which sets a December 31, 2002, deadline for designating additional beryllium vendors.
To assist the public in understanding changes made in this list, the Department has prepared a description of these changes and made it available at the website noted. A copy may also be obtained by request to the Office of Worker Advocacy. The Department is continuing its research efforts, and
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continued revisions to this list should be expected. The public is invited to comment on the list and to provide additional information.
In addition to continuing its research efforts, the Department has developed information dissemination mechanisms to make facility-specific data available to the public. Information about each listed facility, including the dates and type of work done there, is available by contacting the Office of Worker Advocacy. These descriptions are available in print form and also electronically (via the World Wide Web at
https://tis.eh.doe.gov/advocacy/).
The list that follows covers facilities under the three categories of employers defined by the Act: atomic weapons employers (“AWE”), Department of Energy facilities (“DOE”), and beryllium vendors (“BE”). Each of the categories has been defined in the original notice and include:
1. Atomic Weapons Employers and Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities
The lines between research, atomic weapons production, and non-weapons production are often difficult to draw. For the purposes of this notice, and as directed by the Act, only those facilities whose work involved radioactive material that was connected to the atomic weapons production chain are included. This includes facilities that received radioactive material that had been used in the production of an atomic weapon, or the back end of the production cycle, such as waste handling or reprocessing operations. For the purposes of this listing, the Department considers commercial nuclear fuel fabrication facilities to be covered facilities for those periods when they either supplied radioactive materials to the Department or received radioactive materials that had been used in the Departments production reactors.
Corporate information regarding many of the listed facilities is often not readily available. The Department welcomes comments or additional information regarding facilities that may have supported atomic weapons production that are not on this list, as well as information that clarifies the work done at facilities named below.
2. Department of Energy Facilities
The listing of Department of Energy facilities is only intended for the context of implementing this Act and does not create or imply any new Departmental obligations or ownership at any of the facilities named on this list.
3. Beryllium Vendors and Beryllium Vendor Facilities
Section 3621(6) of the Act defines beryllium vendor as the following:
“(A) Atomics International.
(B) Brush Wellman, Incorporated, and its predecessor, Brush Beryllium Company.
(C) General Atomics.
(D) General Electric Company.
(E) NGK Metals Corporation and its predecessors, Kawecki-Berylco, Cabot Corporation, BerylCo, and Beryllium Corporation of America.
(F) Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation.
(G) StarMet Corporation, and its predecessor, Nuclear Metals, Incorporated.
(H) Wyman Gordan, Incorporated.
(I) Any other vendor, processor, or producer of beryllium or related products designated as a beryllium vendor for purposes of this title under Section 3622.”
The list identifies facilities that processed, produced, or provided beryllium metal for the Department, as defined by the Act.
Jurisdiction and facility name
Location
Facility type
State
AL—Southern Research Institute
Birmingham
AWE
Alabama.
AL—Speedring, Inc
Culman
BE
Alabama.
AL—Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
AWE
Alabama.
AK—Amchitka Nuclear Explosion Site
Amchitka Island
DOE
Alaska.
AK—Project Chariot Site Cape
Cape Thompson
DOE
Alaska.
CA—Arthur D. Little Co
San Francisco
AWE
California.
CA—Atomics International
Los Angeles County
BE DOE
California.
CA—California Research Corp
Richmond
AWE
California.
CA—Ceradyne, Inc
Costa Mesa
BE
California.
CA—Ceradyne, Inc
Santa Ana
BE
California.
CA—City Tool & Die MFG
Santa Clara
BE
California.
CA—C.L. Hann Industries
San Jose
BE
California.
CA—Dow Chemical Co
Walnut Creek
AWE
California.
CA—EDM Exotics
Hayward
BE
California.
CA—Electro Circuits, Inc
Pasadena
AWE
California.
CA—Electrofusion
Fremont
BE
California.
CA—Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC)
Santa Susana, Area IV
DOE
California.
CA—General Atomics
La Jolla
AWE BE DOE
California.
CA—General Electric Vallecitos
Pleasanton
AWE DOE
California.
CA—Hafer Tool
Oakland
BE
California.
CA—Hexcel Products
Berkeley
BE
California.
CA—Hunter Douglas Aluminum Corp
Riverside
AWE
California.
CA—Jerry Carroll Machining
San Carlos
BE
California.
CA—Lab. for Biomedical & Environmental Sciences
Los Angeles
DOE
California.
CA—Lab. for Energy-Related Health Research
Davis
DOE
California.
CA—Lab. of Radiobiology and Environmental Health
San Francisco
DOE
California.
CA—Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley
DOE
California.
CA—Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore
DOE
California.
CA—Lebow
Goleta
BE
California.
CA—Philco-Ford
Newport Beach
BE
California.
CA—Pleasanton Tool & Manufacturing
Pleasanton
BE
California.
CA—Poltech Precision
Fremont
BE
California.
CA—Robin Materials
Mountain View
BE
California.
CA—Ron Witherspoon, Inc
Campbell
BE
California.
CA—Sandia Laboratory, Salton Sea Base
Imperial County
DOE
California.
CA—Sandia National Laboratories Livermore
Livermore
DOE
California.
CA—Stanford Linear Accelerator
Palo Alto
DOE
California.
CA—Stauffer Metals, Inc
Richmond
AWE
California.
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CA—Tapemation
Scotts Valley
BE
California.
CA—University of California
Berkeley
AWE DOE
California.
CO—Coors Porcelain
Golden
BE
Colorado.
CO—Grand Junction Operations Office
Grand Junction
DOE
Colorado.
CO—Project Rio Blanco Nuclear Explosion Site
Rifle
DOE
Colorado.
CO—Project Rulison Nuclear Explosion Site
Grand Valley
DOE
Colorado.
CO—Rocky Flats Plant
Golden
DOE
Colorado.
CO—Shattuck Chemical
Denver
AWE
Colorado.
CO—University of Denver Research Institute
Denver
AWE BE
Colorado.
CT—American Chain and Cable Co
Bridgeport
AWE
Connecticut.
CT—Anaconda Co
Waterbury
AWE
Connecticut.
CT—Bridgeport Brass Co., Havens Laboratory
Bridgeport
AWE
Connecticut.
CT—Combustion Engineering
Windsor
AWE DOE
Connecticut.
CT—Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory
Middletown
BE DOE
Connecticut.
CT—Dorr Corp
Stamford
AWE
Connecticut.
CT—Fenn Machinery
Hartford
AWE
Connecticut.
CT—Machlett Laboratories
Springdale
BE
Connecticut.
CT—New England Lime Co
Canaan
AWE
Connecticut.
CT—Seymour Specialty Wire
Seymour
AWE DOE
Connecticut.
CT—Sperry Products, Inc
Danbury
AWE
Connecticut.
CT—Torrington Co
Torrington
AWE
Connecticut.
DE—Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
North Claymont
AWE
Delaware.
DC—National Bureau of Standards
Washington
AWE
District of Columbia.
DC—Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
AWE DOE
District of Columbia.
FL—American Beryllium Co
Sarasota
BE
Florida.
FL— Armour Fertilizer Works
Bartow
AWE
Florida.
FL— Gardinier, Inc
Tampa
AWE
Florida.
FL— International Minerals and Chemical Corp
Mulberry
AWE
Florida.
FL— Pinellas Plant
Clearwater
DOE
Florida.
FL— University of Florida
Gainesville
AWE
Florida.
FL— Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp
Nichols
AWE
Florida.
FL—W.R. Grace Co., Agricultural Chemical Div.
Ridgewood
AWE
Florida.
HI—Kauai Test Facility
Kauai
DOE
Hawaii.
ID—Argonne National Laboratory—West
Scoville
DOE
Idaho.
ID—Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Scoville
DOE
Idaho.
ID—Northwest Machining & Manufacturing
Meridian
BE
Idaho.
IL—Allied Chemical Corp Plant
Metropolis
AWE
Illinois.
IL—American Machine and Metals, Inc
E. Moline
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Argonne National Laboratory—East
Argonne
DOE
Illinois.
IL—Armour Research Foundation
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Blockson Chemical Co
Joliet
AWE
Illinois.
IL—C-B Tool Products Co
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Crane Co
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—ERA Tool and Engineering Co
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Fansteel Metallurgical Corp
North Chicago
BE
Illinois.
IL—Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Batavia
DOE
Illinois.
IL—Granite City Steel
Granite City
AWE DOE
Illinois.
IL—Great Lakes Carbon Corp
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—GSA 39th Street Warehouse
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—International Register
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Kaiser Aluminum Corp
Dalton
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Lindsay Light and Chemical Co
W. Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Madison Site (Spectrulite)
Madison
AWE DOE
Illinois.
IL—Metallurgical Laboratory
Chicago
AWE BE DOE
Illinois.
IL—Midwest Manufacturing Co
Galesburg
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—National Guard Armory
Chicago
AWE DOE
Illinois.
IL—Podbeliniac Corp
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Precision Extrusion Co
Bensenville
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Quality Hardware and Machine Co
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—R. Krasburg and Sons Manufacturing Co
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Sciaky Brothers, Inc
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Swenson Evaporator Co
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IL—W.E. Pratt Manufacturing Co
Joliet
AWE
Illinois.
IL—Wyckoff Drawn Steel Co
Chicago
AWE
Illinois.
IN—American Bearing Corp
Indianapolis
AWE
Indiana.
IN—Dana Heavy Water Plant
Dana
DOE
Indiana.
IN—General Electric Plant
Shelbyville
AWE
Indiana.
IN—Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co
Ft. Wayne
AWE
Indiana.
IN—Purdue University
Lafayette
AWE
Indiana.
IN—Wash-Rite
Indianapolis
AWE
Indiana.
IA—Ames Laboratory
Ames
DOE
Iowa.
IA—Bendix Aviation (Pioneer Division)
Davenport
AWE
Iowa.
IA—Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
DOE
Iowa.
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IA—Titus Metals
Waterloo
AWE
Iowa.
KS—Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawk Works
Pittburg
AWE
Kansas.
KY—Paducah Gaseous Diffusion
Paducah
DOE
Kentucky.
LA—Ethyl Corp
Baton Rouge
BE
Louisiana.
MD—Armco-Rustless Iron & Steel
Baltimore
AWE
Maryland.
MD—W.R. Grace and Company
Curtis Bay
AWE DOE
Maryland.
MA—American Potash & Chemical
West Hanover
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—C.G. Sargent & Sons
Graniteville
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Chapman Valve
Indian Orchard
AWE DOE
Massachusetts.
MA—Edgerton Germeshausen & Grier, Inc
Boston
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Fenwal, Inc
Ashland
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Franklin Institute
Boston
BE
Massachusetts.
MA—Heald Machine Co
Worcester
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—La Pointe Machine and Tool Co
Hudson
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
AWE BE
Massachusetts.
MA—Metals and Controls Corp
Attleboro
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—National Research Corp
Cambridge
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Norton Co
Worcester
AWE BE
Massachusetts.
MA—Nuclear Metals, Inc
Concord
AWE BE
Massachusetts.
MA—Reed Rolled Thread Co
Worcester
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Shpack Landfill
Norton
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Ventron Corporation
Beverly
AWE DOE
Massachusetts.
MA—Watertown Arsenal
Watertown
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Winchester Engineering & Analytical Center
Winchester
DOE
Massachusetts.
MA—Woburn Landfill
Woburn
AWE
Massachusetts.
MA—Wyman Gordon Inc
Grayton, North Grafton
BE
Massachusetts.
MI—AC Spark Plug
Flint
AWE BE
Michigan.
MI—Baker-Perkins Co
Saginaw
AWE
Michigan.
MI—Bridgeport Brass Co
Adrian
AWE DOE
Michigan.
MI—Brush Beryllium Co
Detroit
AWE
Michigan.
MI—Carboloy Co
Detroit
AWE
Michigan.
MI—Extruded Metals Co
Grand Rapids
AWE
Michigan.
MI—Gerity-Michigan Corp
Adrian
BE
Michigan.
MI—Mitts & Merrel Co
Saginaw
AWE
Michigan.
MI—Oliver Corp
Battle Creek
AWE
Michigan.
MI—Revere Copper and Brass
Detroit
AWE BE
Michigan.
MI—Speedring Systems, Inc
Detroit
BE
Michigan.
MI—Star Cutter Corp
Farmington
AWE
Michigan.
MI—University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
AWE
Michigan.
MI—Wolverine Tube Division
Detroit
AWE BE
Michigan.
MN—Elk River Reactor
Elk River
DOE
Minnesota.
MS—Salmon Nuclear Explosion Site
Hattiesburg
DOE
Mississippi.
MO—Kansas City Plant
Kansas City
DOE
Missouri.
MO—Latty Avenue Properties
Hazelwood
AWE DOE
Missouri.
MO—Mallinckrodt Chemical Co., Destrehan St. Plant
St. Louis
DOE
Missouri.
MO—Medart Co
St. Louis
AWE
Missouri.
MO—Roger Iron Co
Joplin
AWE
Missouri.
MO—Spencer Chemical Co
Kansas City
AWE
Missouri.
MO—St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS)
St. Louis
AWE DOE
Missouri.
MO—Tyson Valley Powder Farm
St. Louis
AWE
Missouri.
MO—United Nuclear Corp
Hematite
AWE
Missouri.
MO—Weldon Spring Plant
Weldon Spring
DOE
Missouri.
NE—Hallam Sodium Graphite Reactor
Hallam
DOE
Nebraska
NV—Nevada Test Site
Mercury
DOE
Nevada.
NV—Project Faultless Nuclear Explosion Site
Central Nevada Test Site
DOE
Nevada.
NV—Project Shoal Nuclear Explosion Site
Fallon
DOE
Nevada.
NV—Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project
Yucca Mountain
DOE
Nevada.
NJ—Alumium Co. of America (Alcoa)
Garwood
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—American Peddinghaus Corp
Garwood
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Baker and Williams Co
Newark
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Bell Telephone Laboratories
Murray Hill
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Bloomfield Tool Co
Bloomfield
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Bowen Laboratory
North Branch
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Callite Tungsten Co
Union City
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Chemical Construction Co
Linden
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Du Pont Deepwater Works
Deepwater
AWE DOE
New Jersey.
NJ—International Nickel Co., Bayonne Laboratories
Bayonne
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—J.T. Baker Chemical Co
Philipsburg
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Kellex/Pierpont
Jersey City
AWE DOE
New Jersey.
NJ—Maywood Chemical Works
Maywood
AWE DOE
New Jersey.
NJ—Middlesex Municipal Landfill
Middlesex
AWE DOE
New Jersey.
NJ—Middlesex Sampling Plant
Middlesex
DOE
New Jersey.
NJ—National Beryllia
Haskell
BE
New Jersey.
NJ—New Brunswick Laboratory
New Brunswick
DOE
New Jersey.
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NJ—Picatinny Arsenal
Dover
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton
DOE
New Jersey.
NJ—Rare Earths/W.R. Grace
Wayne
AWE DOE
New Jersey.
NJ—Standard Oil Development Co of NJ
Linden
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
BE
New Jersey.
NJ—Tube Reducing Co
Wallington
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—U.S. Pipe and Foundry
Burlington
BE
New Jersey.
NJ—United Lead Co
Middlesex
AWE BE
New Jersey.
NJ—Vitro Corp of America (New Jersey)
West Orange
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Westinghouse Electric Corp (New Jersey)
Bloomfield
AWE
New Jersey.
NJ—Wykoff Steel Co
Newark
AWE
New Jersey.
NM—Accurate Machine & Tool
Albuquerque
BE
New Mexico.
NM—Albuquerque Operations Office
Albuquerque
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Chupadera Mesa
Chupadera Mesa
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Los Alamos Medical Center
Los Alamos
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Albuquerque
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Project Gasbuggy Nuclear Explosion Site
Farmington
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Project Gnome Nuclear Explosion Site
Carlsbad
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—South Albuquerque Works
Albuquerque
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Trinity Nuclear Explosion Site
White Sands Missile Range
DOE
New Mexico.
NM—Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Carlsbad
DOE
New Mexico.
NY—Allegheny-Ludlum Steel
Watervliet
AWE
New York.
NY—American Machine and Foundry
Brooklyn
AWE
New York.
NY—Ashland Oil
Tonawanda
AWE DOE
New York.
NY—Baker and Williams Warehouses
New York
AWE DOE
New York.
NY—Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna
AWE
New York.
NY—Bliss & Laughlin Steel
Buffalo
AWE DOE
New York.
NY—Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
DOE
New York.
NY—Burns & Roe, Inc
Maspeth
BE
New York.
NY—Carborundum Company
Niagara Falls
AWE
New York.
NY—Colonie Site (National Lead)
Colonie (Albany)
AWE DOE
New York.
NY—Crucible Steel Co
Syracuse
AWE
New York.
NY—Electro Metallurgical
Niagara Falls
AWE
New York.
NY—Environmental Measurements Laboratory
New York
DOE
New York.
NY—Fairchild Hiller Corporation
Farmingdale
BE
New York.
NY—General Astrometals
Yonkers
BE
New York.
NY—Hooker Electrochemical
Niagara Falls
AWE
New York.
NY— International Rare Metals Refinery, Inc
Mt. Kisco
AWE
New York.
NY—Ithaca Gun Co
Ithaca
AWE
New York.
NY—Lake Ontario Ordnance Works
Niagara Falls
DOE
New York.
NY—Ledoux and Co
New York
AWE
New York.
NY— Linde Air Products
Buffalo
AWE
New York.
NY—Linde Ceramics Plant
Tonawanda
AWE DOE
New York.
NY—New York University
New York
AWE
New York.
NY—Peek Street Facility 1
Schenectady
DOE
New York.
NY—Radium Chemical Co
New York
AWE BE
New York.
NY—Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
BE
New York.
NY—Sacandaga Facility 1
Glenville
DOE
New York.
NY—SAM Laboratories, Columbia Univeristy
New York
DOE
New York.
NY—Seaway Industrial Park
Tonawanda
AWE DOE
New York.
NY—Seneca Army Depot
Romulus
AWE
New York.
NY—Separations Process Research Unit (at Knolls Lab.) 1
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