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- Purpose and Scope. This Chapter provides a list of
abbreviations frequently used in the LHWCA PM.
- Abbreviations.
- ADP Automated Data Processing
- ALJ Administrative Law Judge
- APA Administrative Procedures Act
- AWW Average Weekly Wage
- BLBA Black Lung Benefits Act
- BRB Benefits Review Board
- CA Compensation Act (Generally used in form designation, e.g., CA-58)
- CE Claims Examiner
- CEC Claims Examiner Clerk
- CFR Code of Federal Regulations (Generally used when citing a specific
regulation, e.g., 20 C.F.R. section 702.100)
- CR Claims Representative
- DBA Defense Base Act
- DCCA District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (Also DCWCA)
- DD District Director
- DI Disability Insurance
- DLHWC Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
- DMMI Date of Maximum Medical Improvement
- DO District Office
- DOL U.S. Department of Labor
- EC Employer/Carrier
- ESA Employment Standards Administration
- FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Act
- FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
- FOIA Freedom of Information Act
- FR Federal Register (Generally used in citing a specific page within a
Federal Register volume, e.g., 46 FR 135)
- LCMS Longshore Case Management System
- LHWCA Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
- LS Longshore (Generally used in form designation, e.g., LS-202)
- LT Lost Time
- MEMO LHWCA Program Memorandum
- MMI Maximum Medical Improvement
- MWD Minimum Wage Determination
- NAWW National Average Weekly Wage
- NFI Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities
- NFIA Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act
- NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- NLT No Lost Time
- NO National Office
- OALJ Office of Administrative Law Judges
- OCSLA Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
- OD Occupational Disease
- OMAP Office of Management, Administration and Planning
- OMB Office of Management and Budget
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act/Administration
- OWCP Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
- PM Procedure Manual (e.g., LHWCA PM)
- PPD Permanent Partial Disability
- PPI Permanent Partial Impairment
- PTD Permanent Total Disability
- RD Regional Director, OWCP
- RS Rehabilitation Specialist
- SSA Social Security Administration
- SSN Social Security Number
- TPD Temporary Partial Disability
- TTD Temporary Total Disability
- USC United States Code (Generally used in citing a section with the
Code, e.g., 33 U.S.C. section 921)
- WHA War Hazards Compensation Act
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