42 CFR § 83.7 - Who can submit a petition on behalf of a class of employees?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s83.7"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 83.7 - Who can submit a petition on behalf of a class of employees?"
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "83.7"
section_name: "Who can submit a petition on behalf of a class of employees?"
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "83"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR DESIGNATING CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES AS MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7384q; E.O. 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 30780, May 28, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "83"
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# 83.7 Who can submit a petition on behalf of a class of employees?
A petitioner or petitioners for a petition must be one or more, up to a maximum of three, of the following:
(a) One or more DOE, DOE contractor or subcontractor, or AWE employees, who would be included in the proposed class of employees, or their survivors; or
(b) One or more labor organizations representing or formerly having represented DOE, DOE contractor or subcontractor, or AWE employees, who would be included in the proposed class of employees; or
(c) One or more individuals or entities authorized in writing by one or more DOE, DOE contractor or subcontractor, or AWE employees, who would be included in the proposed class of employees, or their survivors.