QUESTION: Would reasonable man agree that the department employees have been delegated by an executive branch of Congress to interpret the Rule of Law?
The following are dictates expressed by USDOL representative John Vance, Chief of the Branch of Outreach and Technical Assistance and direct report to USDOL Employment Standards Administration (ESA) director Peter Turcic—
“We hear your concerns and we want to help you, but we're merely an agent of the government," he said. . . "It's important that youprovide us with the information we request." — USDOL’s Oak Ridge Towne Hall meeting held June 23, 2005Essentially, USDOL employee John Vance indicates to the sick workers and survivors, “WE come under the executive branch and can do nothing to change the intent of the law after WE are delegated to interpret the law.” Mr. Vance feels that the majority of the members of Congress believe the USDOL is doing a good job. —USDOL’s Hanford Towne Hall meeting held June 28, 2005.* * * * * * * * * *
Historians report that during the Manhattan Project era, an 130,000 person workforce came and went just at Hanford. According to historians, “All the workers were told was that their work was important.” Before the enactment of the “Energy Employees Occupational Illness Program Act of 2000” (EEOICPA, Public Law 106-398), the USDOE estimated that there were about 600,000 potential claimants who were/are eligible for the compensation awards. The USDOE identified 350 qualified nuclear facilities across Nation. During the early days of production, the workforce was mostly comprised of 40 to 50 year old laborers. The rest of the workforce included very select, young engineers and other professionals. After the Manhattan Project era, the government’s weapons production industry evolved until about 1986. Thereafter, the nuclear waste cleanup era was mandated which costs the taxpayer billions of dollars each fiscal year. The superfund sites are administered by the USDOE and contractors who expect the workers to ignore the consequences of their acute, chronic, or potential exposure to the most dangerous and harmful toxins known to man.
By year 2000, US President William “Bill” Jefferson Clinton structured and signed his “EXECUTIVE ORDER” No. 13179 on December 7, 2000. The ORDER and U.S. Codes (U.S.C.) Title 42 USC § 7384 and 42 USC § 7385 established the rules of procedure to abide by when the EEOICPA was overwhelmingly approved by the members of Congress on October 30, 2000.
