Performance of Functions; Claims for Compensation Under the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000,
as Amended
[07/18/2005]
Volume 70, Number 136, Page 41339-41340
[[Page 41339]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Part III
Department of Labor
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
20 CFR Parts 1 and 30
Performance of Functions; Claims for Compensation Under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as
Amended; Final Rule
[[Page 41340]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
20 CFR Parts 1 and 30
RIN 1215-AB51
Performance of Functions; Claims for Compensation Under the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000,
as Amended
AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment Standards
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Interim final rule; compliance with information collection
requirements.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) is
announcing that a revision of a currently approved collection of
information has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as
amended. This notice announces both the OMB approval number and
expiration date for this collection of information.
DATES: Effective Date: The interim final rule published at 70 FR 33590
continues to be effective as of June 8, 2005.
Compliance Date: As of July 18, 2005, affected parties must comply
with the new information collection requirements in Sec. Sec. 30.102,
30.231, 30.232, 30.806, 30.905 and 30.907 of the interim final rule,
which have been approved as a revision of a currently approved
collection by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelby Hallmark, Director, Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment Standards Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3524, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 202-693-0036 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 8, 2005, OWCP published an interim
final rule governing its administration of the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq., and requested OMB approval under the
PRA of a revision of a currently approved collection for the EEOICPA.
The new information collection requirements that needed OMB approval
are found in Sec. Sec. 30.102, 30.231, 30.232, 30.806, 30.905 and
30.907 of the interim final rule.
On June 20, 2005, OMB approved the requested revision to a
currently approved collection for the EEOICPA. This particular
collection now consists of the following forms/reporting requirements:
EE-1, Claim for Benefits Under the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act; EE-2, Claim for Survivor Benefits
Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act; EE-3, Employment History for a Claim Under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act; EE-4, Employment History
Affidavit for a Claim Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act; EE-7, Medical Requirements Under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act; EE-8, letter
to claimant requesting information for lung cancer claim; EE-9, letter
to claimant requesting information for skin cancer claim; EE-10, Claim
for Additional Wage-Loss and/or Impairment Under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act; EE-20, letter requesting
information needed to pay benefits on an accepted claim; 20 CFR 30.106,
employment information requested from an alternate source; 20 CFR
30.112, supplemental employment evidence required when an alleged
employment history cannot be verified; 20 CFR 30.207, 30.215, 30.222,
30.226 and 30.232(c), supplemental medical evidence required to
establish that an injury, illness or disability was sustained as a
consequence of either an occupational illness under Part B of EEOICPA
or a covered illness under Part E of EEOICPA; 20 CFR 30.806, alternate
evidence of wage-loss; and 20 CFR 30.905 and 30.907, medical evidence
required to establish compensable permanent impairment.
The control number assigned to this information collection by OMB
is 1215-0197. The approval for this information collection will expire
on August 31, 2007.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of July, 2005.
Shelby Hallmark,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment
Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-14020 Filed 7-15-05; 8:45 am
|