[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 1576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-442]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Workers' Compensation Assistance Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Establish the Workers' Compensation 
Assistance Advisory Committee.

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    Pursuant to Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463), and in accordance with title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, section 102-3.65, this is notice of intent to 
establish the Workers' Compensation Assistance Advisory Committee. This 
intent to establish follows consultation with the Committee Management 
Secretariat of the General Services Administration, pursuant to 41 CFR 
Subpart 102-3.60.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of Energy 
and the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health with 
advice, information, and recommendations on the operation of the Office 
of Worker Advocacy, focusing on its case management and physician panel 
processes. The Committee will provide:
    a. Advice on worker compensation policies and procedures as they 
relate to Subtitle D of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000.
    b. Periodic reviews of Worker Advocacy Program operations and 
milestones.
    c. Advice on improving the processing of requests for assistance in 
filing for state workers' compensation.
    d. Advice on improving the operation and productivity of the 
physician panels.
    Committee members will be chosen to ensure an appropriately 
balanced membership to bring into account a diversity of viewpoints, 
including state and Federal workers' compensation specialists, workers, 
union representatives, occupational physicians, DOE contractors, the 
insurance industry, and the public at large who may significantly 
contribute to the deliberations of the Committee. All meetings of this 
Committee will be published ahead of time in the Federal Register.
    Additionally, the establishment of the Workers' Compensation 
Assistance Advisory Committee is essential to the conduct of Department 
of Energy business, and is in the public interest. Further information 
regarding this committee may be obtained from Tom Rollow, Director, 
Office of Worker Advocacy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 
20585, phone (202) 586-7449.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 5, 2004.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-442 Filed 1-8-04; 8:45 am]
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