[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR30.220]

[Page 94]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 30_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Eligibility Criteria
 
Sec. 30.220  What are the criteria for eligibility for benefits relating 
to chronic silicosis?

    To establish eligibility for benefits for chronic silicosis, an 
employee or his or her survivor must show that:
    (a) The employee is a DOE employee, or a 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 
Sec. 30.5(v)) located in Nevada or Alaska for tests or experiments 
related to an atomic weapon, and has been diagnosed with chronic 
silicosis (as defined in Sec. 30.5(j)); or
    (b) The employee has been diagnosed with an illness or disease that 
arose as a consequence of the accepted chronic silicosis.