20 CFR 30.220
§ 30.220 What are the criteria for eligibility for benefits relating to chronic silicosis?
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 30.220, § 30.220 What are the criteria for eligibility for benefits relating to chronic silicosis?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/76726
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To establish eligibility for benefits for chronic silicosis under Part B of EEOICPA, an employee or his or her survivor must show that:
(a) The employee is a civilian DOE employee, or a civilian DOE contractor employee, who was present for a number of workdays aggregating at least 250 workdays during the mining of tunnels at a DOE facility (as defined in § 30.5(y)) located in Nevada or Alaska for tests or experiments related to an atomic weapon, and has been diagnosed with chronic silicosis (as defined in § 30.5(k)); or
(b) The employee has been diagnosed with an injury, illness, impairment or disease that arose as a consequence of the accepted chronic silicosis.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.