[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 71 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 19903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07692]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Division of Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness (DEEOIC) Authorization Forms

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of the 
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 agency receives 
on or before May 17, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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 the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) 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; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) 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: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 
(OWCP) is the primary agency responsible for administration of the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, 
as amended (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. EEOICPA provides for the 
payment of compensation to covered employees and, where applicable, 
survivors of deceased employees, who sustained either an ``occupational 
illness'' or a ``covered illness'' in the performance of duty for the 
Department of Energy and certain of its contractors and subcontractors. 
One element of the compensation provided to covered employees is 
medical benefits for the treatment of their occupational or covered 
illnesses that are accepted as compensable. OWCP contracts with a 
private sector bill processing agent that handles many of the tasks 
associated with paying bills for medical treatment provided to covered 
employees under EEOICPA. This bill processing agent uses an automated 
system that matches incoming bills with the authorized medical 
treatment of covered employees before it issues payments, and a 
provider of medical treatment, supplies or services to covered 
employees must provide the bill processing agent with information 
necessary for creation of an authorization within the agent's automated 
system before a bill can be paid. The collection of this information is 
authorized by 20 CFR 30.400(a) and (c), 30.403, 30.404(b) and 30.700. 
The information collections in this ICR collect demographic, factual 
and medical information that OWCP and/or its bill processing agent 
needs to process bills for medical treatment, supplies or services. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2020 (85 FR 
62327).
    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: Division of Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness (DEEOIC) Authorization Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 1240-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits institutions; 
Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,890.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 66,770.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 11,129 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: April 7, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-07692 Filed 4-14-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-CR-P