Notice2026-04999
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; War Hazards Compensation Act Claims, Benefits, and Notices
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Published
March 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12623-12624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04999]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; War Hazards Compensation Act Claims, Benefits,
and Notices
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency
receives on or before April 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of
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the functions of the Department, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of
the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#74303b382b2426352b242136383d3734101b185a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5b1bab9aaa5a7b4aaa5a0b7b9bcb6b5919a99db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information collected using OWCP Form CA-
278, Claim for Reimbursement of Benefit Payments and Claims Expense
Under the War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA), allows OWCP to consider
requests filed by insurance carriers and self-insured that have paid
benefits to workers injured due to a war-risk hazard to be reimbursed
for such benefits out of the Employees' Compensation Fund. The WH-1
Form, Notice of Injury or Disease and Claim for Benefits under the War
Hazards Compensation Act, allows beneficiaries to file a claim under
the WHCA and will simplify the process of filing an initial claim for
benefits and gather the necessary information to expedite claim
decisions and reimbursements. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on April 2, 2025 (90 FR 14483).
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-OWCP.
Title of Collection: War Hazards Compensation Act Claims, Benefits,
and Notices.
OMB Control Number: 1240-0006.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 2,528.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,264 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $5,840.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2026-04999 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
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