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79068 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 249 / Friday, December 27, 2002 / Notices Applications) in the application Access at: http://www/access.gpo.gov/nara/ developed illnesses as a result of their package. index.html. employment in nuclear weapons For Applications Contact: Education Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–1138d. production-related activities and at Publications Center (ED Pubs), PO Box certain federally-owned facilities in Dated: December 20, 2002. 1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398. which radioactive materials were used. Telephone (toll free): 1–877–433–7827. Jeffrey R. Andrade, On December 7, 2000, the President FAX: (301) 470–1244. If you use a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, issued Executive Order 13179 (‘‘Order’’) telecommunications device for the deaf Planning and Innovation. directing the Department of Energy (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1–877– [FR Doc. 02–32714 Filed 12–26–02; 8:45 am] (‘‘Department’’ or ‘‘DOE’’) to list covered 567–7734. BILLING CODE 4001–01–P facilities in the Federal Register, which You may also contact ED Pubs at its the Department did on January 17, 2001, Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ and again on June 11, 2001. This notice edpubs.html. Or you may contact ED DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY revises the previous lists and provides Pubs at its e-mail address: additional information about the [email protected]. Energy Employees Occupational covered facilities, atomic weapons If you request an application from ED Illness Compensation Act of 2000; employers, and beryllium vendors. Pubs, be sure to identify this Revision to List of Covered Facilities Section 2. c. iv of the Order instructs competition as follows: CDFA number AGENCY: Department of Energy. the Department to designate, pursuant to sections 3621(4)(B) and 3622 of the 84.116A. ACTION: Notice of revision of listing of Act, atomic weapons employers and Note: Application text and forms are covered facilities. available on the FIPSE website (see FOR additions to the list of designated FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). SUMMARY: On January 17, 2001, and beryllium vendors. In addition, section again on June 11, 2001, the Department 2. c. vii of the Order instructs the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of Energy (‘‘Department’’ or ‘‘DOE’’) Department to list three types of Fund for the Improvement of published a list of facilities covered facilities defined in the Act: Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. under the Energy Employees (1) Atomic weapons employer Department of Education, 1990 K Street, Occupational Illness Compensation Act facilities, as defined in section 3621(4); NW., Washington, DC 20006–8544. of 2000 (‘‘Act’’), title 36 of Public Law (2) Department of Energy facilities, as Telephone: (202) 502–7500. The 106–398. (66 FR 4003; 66 FR 31218). defined by section 3621(12); and (3) Beryllium vendors, as defined by application text and forms may be The Act establishes a program to obtained from the Internet address: section 3621(6). provide compensation to individuals Compensation options and http://www.ed.gov/FIPSE/. who developed illnesses as a result of If you use a telecommunications mechanisms are defined differently for their employment in nuclear weapons each of these facility categories. The device for the deaf (TDD), you may call production-related activities and at the Federal Information Relay Service atomic weapons employer category certain federally-owned facilities in includes atomic weapons employer (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. which radioactive materials were used. Individuals with disabilities may facilities in which the primary work was This notice revises the previous lists obtain this document in an alternative not related to atomic weapons, and and provides additional information format (e.g., Braille, large print, consequently these facilities are not about the covered facilities, atomic audiotape, or computer diskette) on commonly known as atomic weapons weapons employers, and beryllium request to the contact listed under FOR facilities. Their inclusion in this list is vendors. The original notice provides FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. consistent with the Act, and is not detailed background information about Individuals with disabilities also may intended as a classification for any other this matter. obtain a copy of the application package purpose. in an alternative format. However, the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The list at the end of this notice Department is not able to reproduce in Office of Worker Advocacy, 1–877–447– represents the Departments best efforts alternative format the standard forms 9756. to date to compile a list of facilities included in the application package. ADDRESSES: The Department welcomes under these three categories. This listing comments on this list. Individuals who includes 350 facilities in 42 Electronic Access to This Document wish to suggest additional facilities for jurisdictions. It designates 29 additional You may view this document, as well inclusion on the list or indicate why one beryllium vendor facilities, two as all other Department of Education or more facilities should be removed additional Atomic Weapons Employer documents published in the Federal from the list should provide information facilities and clarifies the status as Register, in text or Adobe Portable to the Department. Comments should be Department of Energy facility for 13 Document Format (PDF) on the Internet addressed to: Office of Worker facilities. The designation of the 29 at the following site: www.ed.gov/ Advocacy (EH–8), U.S. Department of additional beryllium vendor facilities legislation/FedRegister. Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, represents the Departments best efforts To use PDF you must have Adobe SW., Washington, DC 20585. Email: to meet its statutory deadline in Pub. L. Acrobat Reader, which is available free [email protected]. Tollfree: 106–398 § 3622 which sets a December on this site. If you have questions about 1–877–447–9756. 31, 2002, deadline for designating using PDF, call the U.S. Government URL: http://tis.eh.doe.gov/advocacy/. additional beryllium vendors. Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To assist the public in understanding 888–293–6498; or in the Washington, changes made in this list, the DC area at (202) 512–1530. Purpose Department has prepared a description Note: The official version of this document The Energy Employees Occupational of these changes and made it available is the document published in the Federal Illness Compensation Act of 2000 at the website noted. A copy may also Register. Free Internet access to the official (‘‘Act’’), title 36 of Public Law 106–398, be obtained by request to the Office of edition of the Federal Register and the Code establishes a program to provide Worker Advocacy. The Department is of Federal Regulations is available on GPO compensation to individuals who continuing its research efforts, and VerDate Dec<13>2002 06:21 Dec 27, 2002 Jkt 200001 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 249 / Friday, December 27, 2002 / Notices 79069 continued revisions to this list should whose work involved radioactive obligations or ownership at any of the be expected. The public is invited to material that was connected to the facilities named on this list. comment on the list and to provide atomic weapons production chain are 3. Beryllium Vendors and Beryllium additional information. included. This includes facilities that Vendor Facilities In addition to continuing its research received radioactive material that had efforts, the Department has developed been used in the production of an Section 3621(6) of the Act defines information dissemination mechanisms atomic weapon, or the back end of the beryllium vendor as the following: to make facility-specific data available production cycle, such as waste ‘‘(A) Atomics International. to the public. Information about each handling or reprocessing operations. For (B) Brush Wellman, Incorporated, and listed facility, including the dates and the purposes of this listing, the its predecessor, Brush Beryllium type of work done there, is available by Department considers commercial Company. contacting the Office of Worker nuclear fuel fabrication facilities to be (C) General Atomics. Advocacy. These descriptions are covered facilities for those periods when (D) General Electric Company. available in print form and also they either supplied radioactive (E) NGK Metals Corporation and its electronically (via the World Wide Web materials to the Department or received predecessors, Kawecki-Berylco, Cabot at http://tis.eh.doe.gov/advocacy/). radioactive materials that had been used Corporation, BerylCo, and Beryllium The list that follows covers facilities in the Departments production reactors. Corporation of America. under the three categories of employers Corporate information regarding many (F) Nuclear Materials and Equipment defined by the Act: atomic weapons of the listed facilities is often not readily Corporation. employers (‘‘AWE’’), Department of available. The Department welcomes (G) StarMet Corporation, and its Energy facilities (‘‘DOE’’), and beryllium comments or additional information predecessor, Nuclear Metals, vendors (‘‘BE’’). Each of the categories regarding facilities that may have Incorporated. has been defined in the original notice supported atomic weapons production (H) Wyman Gordan, Incorporated. and include: that are not on this list, as well as (I) Any other vendor, processor, or