[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 3038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1355]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


OMB Approval of Information Collection; Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as Amended

AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment Standards 
Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) is 
announcing that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a new collection of 
information under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended. This notice announces 
both the OMB approval number and expiration date.

Compliance Date: As of January 22, 2003, affected parties must comply 
with the new information collection requirements described below which 
have been approved by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelby Hallmark, Director, Office of 
Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment Standards Administration, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3524, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 202-693-0036 (this is not a toll-free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 6, 2002, OWCP requested OMB 
approval under the PRA of a new information collection for the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as 
amended (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. The new information 
collection requirements that needed OMB approval are derived from 
sections 7384d and 7384v(c) of the EEOICPA, and consists of requests 
for supplemental employment evidence required when an alleged 
employment history cannot be verified by the Department of Energy.
    On January 8, 2003, OMB approved this information collection 
request for three years. The OMB control number assigned to this 
information collection is 1215-0199. The approval for this information 
collection will expire on January 31, 2006.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of January, 2003.
Shelby Hallmark,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment 
Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-1355 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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