[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: 20CFR30.231]



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                      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.  30.231  How does a claimant prove employment-related exposure to 

a toxic substance at a DOE facility or a RECA section 5 facility?



    To establish employment-related exposure to a toxic substance at a 

Department of Energy facility or RECA section 5 facility as required by 

Sec.  30.230(d), an employee, or his or her survivor(s), must prove that 

the employee was employed at such facility and that he or she was 

exposed to a toxic substance in the course of that employment.

    (a) Proof of employment may be established by any trustworthy 

records that, on their face or in conjunction with other such records, 

establish that the employee was so employed and the time period(s) of 

such employment.

    (b) Proof of exposure to a toxic substance may be established by the 

submission of any appropriate document or information that is evidence 

that such substance was present at the facility in which the employee 

was employed and that the employee came into contact with such 

substance.