Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation
Act; Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal
Employees Outside the United States [03/12/1999]
(CORRECTION to the Final Rule issued
11/25/98.)
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Part V
Department of Labor
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Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
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20 CFR Part 10
Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act;
Final Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
20 CFR Part 10
RIN Number 1215-AB07
Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation
Act; Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal
Employees Outside the United States
AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.
ACTION: Correction to final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final regulations,
which were published Wednesday, November 25, 1998 (63 FR 65284). The
regulations address the administration of the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act (FECA).
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas M. Markey, Director for Federal
Employees' Compensation, Employment Standards Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S-3229, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20210; Telephone (202) 693-0040.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final regulations that are the subject of this correction
represent a complete revision of the regulations governing claims under
the FECA, which provides benefits to all civilian Federal employees and
certain other groups of employees and individuals who are injured or
killed while performing their jobs.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations contained several errors.
Corrections were published Wednesday, December 23, 1998 (63 FR 71202).
However, through oversight, an error remained in Sec. 10.220(g), where
the reference to the number of days within which use of continuation of
pay must begin is stated incorrectly.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the Publication on November 25, 1998 of the final
regulations, which were the subject of FR Doc. 98-31190, is corrected
as follows:
Sec. 10.220 [Corrected]
On page 65317, in the first column, paragraph (g) is corrected by
replacing ``30'' with ``45''.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of March, 1999.
Bernard E. Anderson,
Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration.
T. Michael Kerr,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Worker's Compensation.
[FR Doc. 99-6083 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]
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