Notice2025-18776
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Claim for Reimbursement of Benefit Payments and Claims Expense Under the War Hazards Compensation Act; Correction
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Published
September 29, 2025
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentWorkers' Compensation Programs Office
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register on September 10, 2025, at 90 FR 43642. The information provided in the Background section contained an error. DOL is issuing this correction to provide the correct information.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 186 (Monday, September 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46639-46640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18776]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Claim
for Reimbursement of Benefit Payments and Claims Expense Under the War
Hazards Compensation Act; Correction
AGENCY: Division of Federal Employees' Compensation, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, US Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is correcting a notice that
appeared in the Federal Register on September 10, 2025, at 90 FR 43642.
The information provided in the Background section contained an error.
DOL is issuing this correction to provide the correct information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, OWCP at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5320263434207d323d39323d3627273613373c3f7d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1665637171653877787c7778736262735672797a38717960">[email protected]</span></a> (email); (202)
354-9660 (phone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc 2025-17326 appearing at 90 FR
436462 in the Federal Register of September 10, 2025, on page 43642 in
the 1st column,
[[Page 46640]]
the following corrections are made to the Current Actions section:
Under ``OWCP/DFEC Forms'' a form was omitted. The Notice of Injury
or Disease and Claim for Benefits under the War Hazards Compensation
Act (WH-1) should have also been listed as a form added to this
collection and the burden totals are corrected as below.
Currently, OWCP utilizes the CA-278 form for insurance carriers and
self-insured to request reimbursement. The form is used for submission
of reimbursement requests. While the form is also used for initial
claim intake, it was not designed for this purpose. There is currently
no adequate form for beneficiaries to file initial claims under the
WHCA.
Under section 1701, the WHCA states that compensation for injury or
death resulting from a war-risk hazard may be claimed by person covered
as specified in this section of the WHCA. Section 1701 provides the
authority to administer benefits for persons covered under the WHCA.
The CA-278 form exists that allows insurance carriers or self-insured
to claim reimbursements of benefits paid due to an injury or death
resulting from a covered War Hazard under the WHCA.
To this end, the Department of Labor is proposing a new form
allowing beneficiaries to file a claim under the WHCA. This new form,
WH-1, will simplify the process of filing an initial claim for benefits
and gather the necessary information to expedite claim decisions and
reimbursements. The regulations under the WHCA and the FECA that
support the creation of the new WH-1 form are also the regulations used
to implement the existing CA-278 form. Therefore, the revision to the
existing OMB Control No. 1240-0006 will include the new WH-1 form.
OMB Control Number: 1240-0006.
Number of Respondents: 14.
Number of Responses: 2,528.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,264 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $5,840.00.
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. 2025-18776 Filed 9-26-25; 8:45 am]
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