[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33873]



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Part II





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; 
Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal Employees 
Outside the United States; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

20 CFR Part 10

RIN 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 corrections 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: January 4, 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 these corrections 
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 contain the following errors:
    Secs. 10.7, 10.102, 10.112, and 10.331. The program has 
discontinued use of Forms CA-8 and CA-20a. In their stead, additional 
Forms CA-7 and CA-20 are to be filed. These sections are corrected to 
reflect this change.
    Sec. 10.215. Through oversight, the reference to the number of days 
within which use of continuation of pay must begin is stated 
incorrectly.
    Sec. 10.216. Tours of duty no longer include a category for on-call 
employees. The reference to such employees is therefore removed from 
this section.

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. 10.7  [Corrected]

    1. On page 65311, in the second column, the chart in paragraph (a) 
is corrected by removing item (10), CA-8, and item (14), CA-20a, and 
renumbering current items (11) through (13) as (10) through (12).


Sec. 10.102  [Corrected]

    2. On page 65313, in the first column, paragraph (b) is corrected 
to read: ``Additional Forms CA-7 are used to claim compensation for 
additional periods of disability after the first Form CA-7 is submitted 
to OWCP.'' In paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3), each iteration of 
``CA-8'' is corrected to read ``CA-7''. In paragraph (b)(3), ``CA-20a'' 
is corrected to read ``CA-20''.


Sec. 10.112  [Corrected]

    3. On page 65314, in the first column, paragraph (a) is corrected 
by replacing ``Form CA-8'' with ``another Form CA-7''. In paragraph 
(b), both iterations of ``CA-8'' are corrected to read ``CA-7''.


Sec. 10.215  [Corrected]

    4. On page 65316, in the second column, paragraph (b) is corrected 
by replacing ``30'' with ``45''.


Sec. 10.216  [Corrected]

    5. On page 65316, in the third column, paragraph (b)(3) is 
corrected by replacing the phrase ``For intermittent, seasonal and on-
call workers,'' with, ``For intermittent and seasonal workers,''


Sec. 10.331  [Corrected]

    6. On page 65319, in the third column, the first sentence of 
paragraph (a) is corrected to read: Form CA-16 may be used for the 
initial medical report, while ``Form CA-20 may be used for the initial 
report and for subsequent reports, including where continued 
compensation is claimed.''

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of December, 1998.
Bernard E. Anderson,
Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration.
T. Michael Kerr,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Workers' Compensation.
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