Notice2024-02995
Proposed Information Collection; Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EE-1A)
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Published
February 14, 2024
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Labor DepartmentWorkers' Compensation Programs Office
Abstract
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance request for comment to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This request helps to ensure that: requested data can be provided in the desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the OWCP/DEEOIC is soliciting comments on the information collection for Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act Form (EE-1A). The form is required to determine a claimant's eligibility for compensation and medical benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and is required to enable eligible claimants to receive benefits.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11320-11321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02995]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
[OMB Control No. 1240-0NEW]
Proposed Information Collection; Claim for Consequential Illness
Benefits Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act (EE-1A)
AGENCY: Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation,
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (DEEOIC), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
request for comment to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This request
helps to ensure that: requested data can be provided in the desired
format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized;
collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the OWCP/DEEOIC is soliciting comments on the information
collection for Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act Form (EE-1A). The form is required to determine a
claimant's eligibility for compensation and medical benefits under the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and is
required to enable eligible claimants to receive benefits.
DATES: All comments must be received on or before April 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Written/Paper
Submissions: Submit written/paper submissions in the following way:
<bullet> Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit DOL-OWCP/DEEOIC, Office
of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room C-3510, Washington, DC 20210.
<bullet> Email: Send comments on this collection by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfacaab8b8acf1beb1b5beb1baababba9fbbb0b3f1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abd8deccccd885cac5c1cac5cedfdfceebcfc4c785ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a> and mention Form EE-1A in the subject line.
<bullet> Please use only one method of transmission for comments.
OWCP/DEEOIC will post your comment as well as any attachments, except
for information submitted and marked as confidential, in the docket at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, Division of Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation, OWCP/DEEOIC, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d6e687a7a6e337c73777c73786969785d797271337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ddaea8babaaef3bcb3b7bcb3b8a9a9b89db9b2b1f3bab2ab">[email protected]</span></a>; (202) 354-
9660 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the primary
agency responsible for administration of the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. EEOICPA provides for the payment of
compensation to covered employees and, where applicable, survivors of
deceased employees, who sustained either an ``occupational illness'' or
a ``covered illness'' in the performance of duty for the Department of
Energy and certain of its contractors and subcontractors. Following
acceptance of an occupational illness or a covered illness, claimants
can file for ``consequential illnesses.''
A consequential illness is a newly diagnosed medical condition that
a physician links to a previously accepted work-related illness.
Currently, OWCP does not have a specific form that claimants can
utilize to file a claim for consequential illnesses. The absence of a
specific form to file claims for consequential illnesses has made it
difficult for stakeholders to submit these types of claims and/or
understand the
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process. The use of a standardized form, along with instructions, will
provide claimants with a more precise filing mechanism. In addition,
OWCP will be able to differentiate claims more easily for consequential
illnesses from other claim types, increase the accuracy of claim
tracking, and improve consequential illness claim adjudication
timeliness. The collection of this information is authorized by 20 CFR
30.100, 30.103, 30.505 and 30.620.
The information collection in this Information Collection Request
collects demographic, factual and medical information that OWCP needs
to process claims for consequential illnesses. The collection in this
ICR and the purpose is listed below. The associated regulatory
authority for this ICR is listed above.
EE-1A--Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits Under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act will be used to
initiate claims for consequential illnesses under the Act. It requests
information about the employee/claimant, the specific medical diagnoses
that they claim as consequential illness(es), and previous awards or
settlements received in connection with the claimed consequential
illnesses.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
OWCP is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information
collection titled, ``Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits, EE-1A.
OWCP/DEEOIC is particularly interested in comments that:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information has practical utility;
<bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of OWCP/DEEOIC's estimate of the
burden related to the information collection, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used in the estimate;
<bullet> Suggest methods to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and
<bullet> Minimize the burden of the information collection on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Background documents related to this information collection request
are available at <a href="https://regulations.gov">https://regulations.gov</a> and at DOL-OWCP/DEEOIC located
at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room C-3510, Washington, DC 20210.
Questions about the information collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request concerns Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act Form EE-1A, Claim for
Consequential Illness Benefits. OWCP/DEEOIC has estimated the data with
respect to the number of respondents, responses, burden hours, and
burden costs supporting this information collection request from the
current claim statistics derived from OWCP/DEEOIC's case management
system.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation, OWCP/DEEOIC.
OMB Number: 1240-0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Number of Respondents: 2,425.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Number of Responses: 4,850.
Annual Burden Hours: 810 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $1,120.35.
OWCP/DEEOIC Form EE-1A, Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized in
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the
proposed information collection request; they will become a matter of
public record and will be available at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a>.
Anjanette Suggs,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-02995 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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