Notice2025-03680
Proposed Extension Without Change of a Currently Approved Collection; Request for Electronic Service Orders-Waiver of Certified Mail Requirement (LS-801, LS-802)
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Published
March 7, 2025
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Labor DepartmentWorkers' Compensation Programs Office
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL), 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, DLHWC is soliciting comments on the information collection for "Waiver of Service by Registered or Certified Mail for Employers and/or Insurance Carriers" (LS-801) and "Waiver of Service by Registered or Certified Mail for Claimants and Authorized Representatives" (LS-802).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 44 (Friday, March 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11555-11556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03680]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
[OMB Control No. 1240-0053]
Proposed Extension Without Change of a Currently Approved
Collection; Request for Electronic Service Orders--Waiver of Certified
Mail Requirement (LS-801, LS-802)
AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Longshore
and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLHWC), Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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, DLHWC is soliciting comments on the information
collection for ``Waiver of Service by Registered or Certified Mail for
Employers and/or Insurance Carriers'' (LS-801) and ``Waiver of Service
by Registered or Certified Mail for Claimants and Authorized
Representatives'' (LS-802).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
May 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered.
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments for WCPO-2025-0001.
Comments submitted electronically, including attachments, to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will be posted to the docket, with no changes.
Because your comment will be made public, you are responsible for
ensuring that your comment does not include any confidential
information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such
as your or anyone else's Social Security number or confidential
business information.
<bullet> If your comment includes confidential information that you
do not wish to be made available to the public, submit the comment as a
written/paper submission.
Written/Paper Submissions: Submit written/paper submissions in the
following way:
<bullet> Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit DOL-DLHWC, Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-
3323, Washington, DC 20210.
<bullet> DLHWC 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: Contact Anjanette Suggs, Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Federal Employees',
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation, OWCP/DFELHWC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e29197858591cc838c88838c87969687a2868d8ecc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e6d6b79796d307f70747f707b6a6a7b5e7a717230797168">[email protected]</span></a> (email); or (202) 354-9660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) (33 U.S.C. 901
et seq.), <a href="http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/lhwca.htm">http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/lhwca.htm</a>; and its extensions:
the Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act, <a href="http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/nfia.htm">http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/nfia.htm</a>; the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, <a href="http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/ocsla.htm">http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/ocsla.htm</a> and the Defense Base Act, <a href="http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/dba.htm">http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/dba.htm</a>. These Acts provide compensation
benefits to injured workers. The Secretary of Labor is authorized to
make rules and regulations to administer the Act and its extensions. 33
U.S.C. 939.
The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), at 33
U.S.C. 919(e), requires that any order rejecting or making an LHWCA
award (a compensation order) be filed in the appropriate district
director's office of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
(OWCP), and that copies be sent by registered or certified mail to the
claimant and the employer. The implementing regulations at 20 CFR
702.349 require the district director to serve the compensation order
on the parties and their representatives by certified mail. The
compensation order notifies Employers/Carriers that payment of LHWCA
compensation is due within 10 days of filing. If compensation is not
paid within that time frame, an additional 20% in compensation must be
paid [see LHWCA sec. 914(f)].
Given the short time frame within which Employers/Carriers must
issue payments under compensation orders, many industry stakeholders
prefer email over certified mail because it is a more expedient method.
Thus, the Department's rules allow parties and their representatives to
waive their statutory and regulatory rights to receive compensation
orders by registered or certified mail and instead to receive them by
email. See 20 CFR 702.349(b). Because this waiver is of a statutory and
regulatory right, it is formalized in a uniform manner in a clear
writing that reflects a knowing relinquishment of rights.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
OWCP is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information
collection related to the Request for Electronic Service Orders--Waiver
of Certified Mail Requirement. OWCP/DLHWC 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/DLHWC'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
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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 located at 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-3323, 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 Request for Electronic
Service of Orders--Waiver of Certified Mail Requirement. OWCP has
updated the data with respect to the number of respondents, responses,
burden hours, and burden costs supporting this information collection
request from the previous information collection request.
Type of Review: Extension, without change, of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
OMB Number: 1240-0053.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Number of Respondents: 62,881.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 62,881.
Annual Burden Hours: 5,240.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $0.
OWCP Forms: Waiver of Service by Registered or Certified Mail for
Employers and/or Insurance Carriers (LS-801) and Waiver of Service by
Registered or Certified Mail for Claimants and Authorized
Representatives (LS-802).
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>.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(C)(2)(A).
Anjanette Suggs,
Agency Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-03680 Filed 3-6-25; 8:45 am]
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