§ 79.50. Scope of subpart.
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/us/cfr/t28/s§ 79.50·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
The regulations in this subpart define the eligibility criteria for compensation under section 5 of the Act pertaining to millers, i.e., uranium mill workers, and the nature of evidence that will be accepted as proof that a claimant satisfies such eligibility criteria. Section 5 of the Act provides for a payment of \$100,000 to "millers" who contracted primary lung cancer, one of a limited number of nonmalignant respiratory diseases, primary renal cancer, or chronic renal disease, following employment for at least one year as a uranium mill worker in specified states during the period beginning January 1, 1942, and ending December 31, 1971.