Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC)

On September 30, 2013, the Secretary of Health and Human Services designated the following classes for addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) in a report to Congress:

  • All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) in Fernald, Ohio, from January 1, 1954 through December 31, 1967, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the SEC.
  • All employees of the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) in Fernald, Ohio, who were not employed by National Lead of Ohio (NLO) or the Department of Energy or its predecessor agencies, who worked at FMPC from January 1, 1951, through December 31, 1983, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the SEC.*

*Excerpt from EEOICPA CIRCULAR NO. 14-02