Proposed Information Collection; Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EE-1A), 11320-11321 [2024-02995]
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applicant lists the identifying vehicle
information and an independent
mechanic attests that the vehicle meets
the required safety standards. Form
WH–515 is a doctor’s certificate used to
document that a motor vehicle driver or
operator meets the minimum DOT
physical requirements that the
Department has adopted.
The Department proposes a
substantive change with the proposed
debut of the FLCE portal, which will
allow respondents to fill out WH–530,
WH–535, and WH–540 online and
submit electronically. Respondents will
be able to upload WH–514 and WH–
514a to the portal as well. The
Department also proposes minor
revisions to forms WH–515, WH–530,
WH–535, and WH–540. These revisions
clarify the instructions and ensure that
applicants provide a contact email
address. There are no revisions to the
WH–514 and WH–514a forms.
II. Review Focus: The Department is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department
seeks approval to revise this information
collection to ensure effective
administration of the requirements
governing FLCs and FLCEs under
MSPA.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Titles: Application for a Farm Labor
Contractor or a Farm Labor Contractor
Employee Certificate of Registration.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0016.
Agency Numbers: Forms WH–514,
WH–514a, WH–515, WH–530, WH–540,
WH–535.
Affected Public Businesses or other
for-profits, Farms.
Total Estimated Respondents: 35,224.
Total Annual responses:
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Estimated Total Burden Hours:
58,570.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes for the vehicle mechanical
inspection reports (WH–514 or WH–
514a) and 26 minutes for MSPA
Doctor’s Certification (WH–515) and 30
minutes for the Farm Labor Contractor
and the FLCE Applications (WH–530
and WH–535) and 30 minutes for the
Application Amendment (WH–540).
Frequency: On Occasion, but no more
often than annual.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $1,486,984.37.
AGENCY:
required to enable eligible claimants to
receive benefits.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before April 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment
as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be
considered. Written/Paper Submissions:
Submit written/paper submissions in
the following way:
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit
DOL–OWCP/DEEOIC, Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs,
Division of Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room C–3510,
Washington, DC 20210.
• Email: Send comments on this
collection by email to suggs.anjanette@
dol.gov and mention Form EE–1A in the
subject line.
• Please use only one method of
transmission for comments. OWCP/
DEEOIC will post your comment as well
as any attachments, except for
information submitted and marked as
confidential, in the docket at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Division of
Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation, OWCP/DEEOIC,
suggs.anjanette@dol.gov; (202) 354–
9660 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance request for
comment to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. This request helps to ensure that:
requested data can be provided in the
desired format; reporting burden (time
and financial resources) is minimized;
collection instruments are clearly
understood; and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
OWCP/DEEOIC is soliciting comments
on the information collection for Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act Form (EE–
1A). The form is required to determine
a claimant’s eligibility for compensation
and medical benefits under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act and is
I. Background
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. Following acceptance of
an occupational illness or a covered
illness, claimants can file for
‘‘consequential illnesses.’’
A consequential illness is a newly
diagnosed medical condition that a
physician links to a previously accepted
work-related illness. Currently, OWCP
does not have a specific form that
claimants can utilize to file a claim for
consequential illnesses. The absence of
a specific form to file claims for
consequential illnesses has made it
difficult for stakeholders to submit these
types of claims and/or understand the
Dated: February 8, 2024.
Amy Hunter,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation,
& Interpretation.
[FR Doc. 2024–03076 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
[OMB Control No. 1240–0NEW]
Proposed Information Collection;
Claim for Consequential Illness
Benefits Under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act (EE–1A)
Division of Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation,
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs (DEEOIC), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
SUMMARY:
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process. The use of a standardized form,
along with instructions, will provide
claimants with a more precise filing
mechanism. In addition, OWCP will be
able to differentiate claims more easily
for consequential illnesses from other
claim types, increase the accuracy of
claim tracking, and improve
consequential illness claim adjudication
timeliness. The collection of this
information is authorized by 20 CFR
30.100, 30.103, 30.505 and 30.620.
The information collection in this
Information Collection Request collects
demographic, factual and medical
information that OWCP needs to process
claims for consequential illnesses. The
collection in this ICR and the purpose
is listed below. The associated
regulatory authority for this ICR is listed
above.
EE–1A—Claim for Consequential
Illness Benefits Under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act will be used
to initiate claims for consequential
illnesses under the Act. It requests
information about the employee/
claimant, the specific medical diagnoses
that they claim as consequential
illness(es), and previous awards or
settlements received in connection with
the claimed consequential illnesses.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
OWCP is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection titled, ‘‘Claim for
Consequential Illness Benefits, EE–1A.
OWCP/DEEOIC is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of OWCP/
DEEOIC’s estimate of the burden related
to the information collection, including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used in the estimate;
• Suggest methods to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Background documents related to this
information collection request are
available at https://regulations.gov and
at DOL–OWCP/DEEOIC located at 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room C–3510,
Washington, DC 20210. Questions about
the information collection requirements
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may be directed to the person listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of
this notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request
concerns Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act Form EE–1A, Claim for
Consequential Illness Benefits. OWCP/
DEEOIC has estimated the data with
respect to the number of respondents,
responses, burden hours, and burden
costs supporting this information
collection request from the current
claim statistics derived from OWCP/
DEEOIC’s case management system.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Division of
Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation, OWCP/DEEOIC.
OMB Number: 1240–0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Number of Respondents: 2,425.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Number of Responses: 4,850.
Annual Burden Hours: 810 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper
Cost: $1,120.35.
OWCP/DEEOIC Form EE–1A, Claim
for Consequential Illness Benefits.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the proposed
information collection request; they will
become a matter of public record and
will be available at https://
www.reginfo.gov.
Anjanette Suggs,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024–02995 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[NOTICE: 24–009]
Name of Information Collection: NASA/
KSC Business Opportunities Expo
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
SUMMARY:
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DATES:
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Comments are due by April 15,
2024.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 60 days
of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
60-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to NASA PRA Clearance
Officer, Bill Edwards-Bodmer, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JF0000,
Washington, DC 20546, phone 757–864–
7998, or email hq-ocio-pra-program@
mail.nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
The NASA Business Opportunities
Expo is an annual event sponsored by
the NASA KSC Prime Contractor Board,
U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing, and
Canaveral Port Authority. Attendees
include small businesses who want to
meet and network with NASA and KSC
prime contractors, large contractors
seeking teaming opportunities with
small businesses, and construction
companies interested in learning more
about NASA contract opportunities.
Exhibitors include businesses offering a
variety of products and services,
representatives from each NASA center,
the Patrick Air Force Base 45th Space
Wing, prime contractors, and other
government agencies.
Attendee information collected is
name, company, address, email,
telephone. Exhibitors are asked to
provide the same information, plus
company information that is published
in the event program: Commercial and
Government Entity (CAGE) Code,
Primary North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) Code
Business Categories, Core company
capabilities and Past or current work/
contracts with NASA.
The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) is committed to
effectively performing the Agency’s
communication function in accordance
with the Space Act Section 203(a)(3) to
‘‘provide for the widest practicable and
appropriate dissemination of
information concerning its activities and
the results there of,’’ and to enhance
public understanding of, and
participation in, the nation’s space
program in accordance with the NASA
Strategic Plan.
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[FR Doc No: 2024-02995]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
[OMB Control No. 1240-0NEW]
Proposed Information Collection; Claim for Consequential Illness
Benefits Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act (EE-1A)
AGENCY: Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation,
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (DEEOIC), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
request for comment to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This request
helps to ensure that: requested data can be provided in the desired
format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized;
collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the OWCP/DEEOIC is soliciting comments on the information
collection for Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act Form (EE-1A). The form is required to determine a
claimant's eligibility for compensation and medical benefits under the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and is
required to enable eligible claimants to receive benefits.
DATES: All comments must be received on or before April 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Written/Paper
Submissions: Submit written/paper submissions in the following way:
Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit DOL-OWCP/DEEOIC, Office
of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room C-3510, Washington, DC 20210.
Email: Send comments on this collection by email to
[email protected] and mention Form EE-1A in the subject line.
Please use only one method of transmission for comments.
OWCP/DEEOIC will post your comment as well as any attachments, except
for information submitted and marked as confidential, in the docket at
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, Division of Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation, OWCP/DEEOIC, [email protected]; (202) 354-
9660 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
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. Following
acceptance of an occupational illness or a covered illness, claimants
can file for ``consequential illnesses.''
A consequential illness is a newly diagnosed medical condition that
a physician links to a previously accepted work-related illness.
Currently, OWCP does not have a specific form that claimants can
utilize to file a claim for consequential illnesses. The absence of a
specific form to file claims for consequential illnesses has made it
difficult for stakeholders to submit these types of claims and/or
understand the
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process. The use of a standardized form, along with instructions, will
provide claimants with a more precise filing mechanism. In addition,
OWCP will be able to differentiate claims more easily for consequential
illnesses from other claim types, increase the accuracy of claim
tracking, and improve consequential illness claim adjudication
timeliness. The collection of this information is authorized by 20 CFR
30.100, 30.103, 30.505 and 30.620.
The information collection in this Information Collection Request
collects demographic, factual and medical information that OWCP needs
to process claims for consequential illnesses. The collection in this
ICR and the purpose is listed below. The associated regulatory
authority for this ICR is listed above.
EE-1A--Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits Under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act will be used to
initiate claims for consequential illnesses under the Act. It requests
information about the employee/claimant, the specific medical diagnoses
that they claim as consequential illness(es), and previous awards or
settlements received in connection with the claimed consequential
illnesses.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
OWCP is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information
collection titled, ``Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits, EE-1A.
OWCP/DEEOIC is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information has practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of OWCP/DEEOIC's estimate of the
burden related to the information collection, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used in the estimate;
Suggest methods to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the information collection on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Background documents related to this information collection request
are available at https://regulations.gov and at DOL-OWCP/DEEOIC located
at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room C-3510, Washington, DC 20210.
Questions about the information collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request concerns Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act Form EE-1A, Claim for
Consequential Illness Benefits. OWCP/DEEOIC has estimated the data with
respect to the number of respondents, responses, burden hours, and
burden costs supporting this information collection request from the
current claim statistics derived from OWCP/DEEOIC's case management
system.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation, OWCP/DEEOIC.
OMB Number: 1240-0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Number of Respondents: 2,425.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Number of Responses: 4,850.
Annual Burden Hours: 810 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $1,120.35.
OWCP/DEEOIC Form EE-1A, Claim for Consequential Illness Benefits.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized in
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the
proposed information collection request; they will become a matter of
public record and will be available at https://www.reginfo.gov.
Anjanette Suggs,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-02995 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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