[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 69 (Friday, April 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 18988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8053]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


OMB Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection

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

ACTION: Notice of OMB extension 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 extended, 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a currently approved 
collection of information under the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act, and the Black Lung Benefits Act. This notice 
announces both the OMB number and expiration date.
    Compliance Date: As of April 9, 2004, affected parties must 
continue to comply with the information collection requirements 
described below, which have been extended 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 25, 2003, OWCP requested that 
OMB extend under the PRA a currently approved information collection 
for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq., the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act, as amended (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., 
and the Black Lung Benefits Act, as amended (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 et 
seq. The information collection requirements that needed to be extended 
by OMB are derived from regulations that implement these three statutes 
at 20 CFR 10.801, 30.701, 725.701 and 725.705, and consist of pharmacy 
billing data requirements that must be followed so bills that are 
submitted to OWCP for payment by the responsible program can be 
processed automatically.
    On March 31, 2004, OMB approved this extension of a currently 
approved collection of information for three years. The OMB control 
number assigned to this information collection is 1215-0194. The 
approval for this information collection will expire on March 31, 2007.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of April, 2004.
Shelby Hallmark,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment 
Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-8053 Filed 4-8-04; 8:45 am]
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