82_FR_11984 82 FR 11947 - Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: Working Group on Presumptions

82 FR 11947 - Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: Working Group on Presumptions

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 37 (February 27, 2017)

Page Range11947-11948
FR Document2017-03794

The working group will meet via teleconference on March 14, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11947-11948]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03794]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: Working 
Group on Presumptions

AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting of the Working Group on Presumptions of 
the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory 
Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act (EEOICPA).

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SUMMARY: The working group will meet via teleconference on March 14, 
2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Douglas Fitzgerald, 
Designated Federal Officer, at [email protected], or Carrie 
Rhoads, Alternate Designated Federal Officer, at [email protected], 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Suite S-3524, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 343-5580.
    This is not a toll-free number.
    For press inquiries: Ms. Amanda McClure, Office of Public Affairs, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1028, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-4672; email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board is mandated by Section 
3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of Labor established the Board under 
this authority and Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 2015). The purpose 
of the Advisory Board is to advise the Secretary with respect to: (1) 
The Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the Department of Labor; (2) 
medical guidance for claims examiners for claims with the EEOICPA 
program, with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence of 
claimants; (3) evidentiary requirements for claims under Part B of 
EEOICPA related to lung disease; and (4) the work of industrial 
hygienists and staff physicians and consulting physicians of the 
Department of Labor and reports of such hygienists and physicians to 
ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency. The Advisory Board 
sunsets on December 19, 2019. This working group is being assembled to 
gather and analyze data and continue working on providing EEOICP with 
updated presumptions.
    The Advisory Board operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and its implementing regulations 
(41 CFR part 102-3).
    Agenda: The tentative agenda for the meeting of the Working Group 
on Presumptions includes: Review of draft changes in current 
presumptions; discuss candidate topics for new presumptions. OWCP will 
transcribe the Advisory Board working group meeting. OWCP will post the 
transcripts on the Advisory Board Web page, http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written comments 
and other materials submitted to the working group or presented at the 
working group meeting.

Public Participation, Submissions, and Access to the Public Record

    Working group meeting: The working group will meet via 
teleconference on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
Eastern Time. Advisory Board working group meetings are open to the 
public. The teleconference number and other details

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for listening to the meeting will be posted on the Advisory Board's Web 
site no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting. This information will 
be posted at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm.
    Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for 
special accommodations to participate in the working group meeting by 
email, telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Carrie Rhoads, OWCP, Room S-3524, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20210; telephone (202) 343-5580; email [email protected].
    Submission of written comments for the record: You may submit 
written comments, identified by the working group name and the meeting 
date of March 14, 2017, by any of the following methods:
     Electronically: Send to: [email protected] 
(specify in the email subject line, ``Working Group on Presumptions'').
     Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger, or 
courier service: Submit one copy to the following address: U.S. 
Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Advisory 
Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, Room S-3522, 200 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210. Due to security-related 
procedures, receipt of submissions by regular mail may experience 
significant delays.
    Comments must be received by March 7, 2017. OWCP will make 
available publically, without change, any written comments, including 
any personal information that you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions 
interested parties against submitting personal information such as 
Social Security numbers and birthdates.
    Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at 
http://www.regulations.gov.
    This notice, as well as news releases and other relevant 
information, are also available on the Advisory Board's Web page at 
http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17 day of February, 2017.
Gary Steinberg,
Deputy Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-03794 Filed 2-24-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 37 / Monday, February 27, 2017 / Notices 11947 transmission for comments (mail, fax, or III. Current Actions: The Department Officer, at rhoads.carrie@dol.gov, U.S. Email). of Labor seeks extension of approval to Department of Labor, 200 Constitution SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: collect this information collection in Avenue NW., Suite S–3524, I. Background: The collection of this order to ensure that compensation being Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) information is necessary under paid on the periodic roll is correct. 343–5580. provisions of the Federal Employees’ Type of Review: Extension. This is not a toll-free number. Compensation Act (FECA) which states: Agency: Office of Workers’ For press inquiries: Ms. Amanda (1) Compensation must be adjusted to Compensation Programs. McClure, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. reflect a claimant’s earnings while in Title: Request for Information on Department of Labor, Room S–1028, 200 receipt of benefits (5 U.S.C. 8106); (2) Earnings, Dual Benefits, Dependents Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, compensation is payable at the and Third Party Settlement. DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–4672; OMB Number: 1240–0016. email mcclure.amanda.c@dol.gov. augmented rate of 75 percent only if the claimant has one or more dependents as Agency Number: CA–1032. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The defined by the FECA (5 U.S.C. 8110); (3) Affected Public: Individuals or Advisory Board is mandated by Section compensation may not be paid household. 3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of Total Respondents: 45,161. Labor established the Board under this concurrently with certain benefits from Total Annual Responses: 45,161. authority and Executive Order 13699 other Federal Agencies, such as the Average Time per Response: 20 Office of Personnel Management, Social (June 26, 2015). The purpose of the minutes. Advisory Board is to advise the Security, and the Veterans Estimated Total Burden Hours: Administration (5 U.S.C. 8116); (4) Secretary with respect to: (1) The Site 15,054. Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the compensation must be adjusted to Frequency: Annually. reflect any settlement from a third party Department of Labor; (2) medical Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): guidance for claims examiners for responsible for the injury for which the $0. claimant is being paid compensation (5 claims with the EEOICPA program, with Total Burden Cost (operating/ respect to the weighing of the medical U.S.C. 8132); (5) an individual maintenance): $23,484. evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary convicted of any violation related to Comments submitted in response to requirements for claims under Part B of fraud in the application for, or receipt this notice will be summarized and/or EEOICPA related to lung disease; and of, any compensation benefit, forfeits (as included in the request for Office of (4) the work of industrial hygienists and of the date of such conviction) any Management and Budget approval of the staff physicians and consulting entitlement to such benefits, for any information collection request; they will physicians of the Department of Labor injury occurring on or before the date of also become a matter of public record. and reports of such hygienists and conviction (5 U.S.C. 8148(a)); (6) no Dated: February 14, 2017. physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, Federal compensation benefit can be Yoon Ferguson, and consistency. The Advisory Board paid to any individual for any period Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ sunsets on December 19, 2019. This during which such individual is working group is being assembled to incarcerated for any felony offense (5 Compensation Programs, US Department of Labor. gather and analyze data and continue U.S.C. 8148(b)(1)). The information working on providing EEOICP with collected through Form CA–1032 is [FR Doc. 2017–03758 Filed 2–24–17; 8:45 am] updated presumptions. used to ensure that compensation being BILLING CODE 4510–CH–P The Advisory Board operates in paid on the periodic roll is correct. This accordance with the Federal Advisory information collection is currently Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. approved for use through May 31, 2017. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 2) and its implementing regulations (41 II. Review Focus: The Department of Office of Workers’ Compensation CFR part 102–3). Labor is particularly interested in Programs Agenda: The tentative agenda for the comments which: meeting of the Working Group on * Evaluate whether the proposed Advisory Board on Toxic Substances Presumptions includes: Review of draft collection of information is necessary and Worker Health: Working Group on changes in current presumptions; for the proper performance of the Presumptions discuss candidate topics for new functions of the agency, including presumptions. OWCP will transcribe the whether the information will have AGENCY: Office of Workers’ Advisory Board working group meeting. practical utility; Compensation Programs, Labor. OWCP will post the transcripts on the * Evaluate the accuracy of the ACTION: Announcement of meeting of Advisory Board Web page, http:// agency’s estimate of the burden of the the Working Group on Presumptions of www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ proposed collection of information, the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, along including the validity of the and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for with written comments and other methodology and assumptions used; the Energy Employees Occupational materials submitted to the working * Enhance the quality, utility and Illness Compensation Program Act group or presented at the working group clarity of the information to be (EEOICPA). meeting. collected; and * Minimize the burden of the SUMMARY: The working group will meet Public Participation, Submissions, and collection of information on those who via teleconference on March 14, 2017, Access to the Public Record mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES are to respond, including through the from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Working group meeting: The working use of appropriate automated, Time. group will meet via teleconference on electronic, mechanical, or other FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You Tuesday, March 14, 2017, from 1:00 technological collection techniques or may contact Douglas Fitzgerald, p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. other forms of information technology, Designated Federal Officer, at Advisory Board working group meetings e.g., permitting electronic submissions fitzgerald.douglas@dol.gov, or Carrie are open to the public. 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11948 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 37 / Monday, February 27, 2017 / Notices for listening to the meeting will be NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS In this notice, NARA solicits posted on the Advisory Board’s Web site ADMINISTRATION comments concerning the following no later than 72 hours prior to the information collection: meeting. This information will be [NARA–2017–029] Title: Application and permit for use posted at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/ of space in Presidential library and energy/regs/compliance/ Agency Information Collection grounds. AdvisoryBoard.htm. Activities: Proposed Collection; OMB number: 3095–0024. Comment Request Agency form number: NA Form Requests for special accommodations: 16011. Please submit requests for special AGENCY: National Archives and Records Type of review: Regular. accommodations to participate in the Administration (NARA). Affected public: Private organizations. working group meeting by email, Estimated number of respondents: ACTION: Notice of proposed extension telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Carrie 1,000. request. Rhoads, OWCP, Room S–3524, U.S. Estimated time per response: 20 Department of Labor, 200 Constitution SUMMARY: NARA proposes to request an minutes. Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; extension from the Office of Frequency of response: On occasion. telephone (202) 343–5580; email Management and Budget (OMB) of Estimated total annual burden hours: EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov. approval to use the information 333 hours. Submission of written comments for collection described in this notice, Abstract: Regulations at 36 CFR the record: You may submit written which is the application organizations 1280.94 require this information comments, identified by the working submit to a Presidential library to collection. The application is submitted group name and the meeting date of request use of space in the library for a to a Presidential library to request the March 14, 2017, by any of the following privately sponsored activity. We invite use of space in the library for a privately methods: you to comment on this proposed sponsored activity. NARA uses the information collection. information to determine whether use • Electronically: Send to: EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov (specify DATES: We must receive written will meet the criteria in 36 CFR 1280.94 comments on or before April 28, 2017. and to schedule the date. in the email subject line, ‘‘Working Group on Presumptions’’). ADDRESSES: Send comments to Swarnali Haldar, • Mail, express delivery, hand Paperwork Reduction Act Comments Executive for Information Services/CIO. delivery, messenger, or courier service: (ID), Room 4400; National Archives and [FR Doc. 2017–03725 Filed 2–24–17; 8:45 am] Submit one copy to the following Records Administration; 8601 Adelphi BILLING CODE 7515–01–P address: U.S. Department of Labor, Road; College Park, MD 20740–6001, fax them to 301–713–7409, or email them to Office of Workers’ Compensation tamee.fechhelm@nara.gov. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, Room FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ADMINISTRATION S–3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., Contact Tamee Fechhelm by telephone [NARA–2017–027] Washington, DC 20210. Due to security- at 301–837–1694 or fax at 301–713– related procedures, receipt of 7409 with requests for additional Agency Information Collection submissions by regular mail may information or copies of the proposed Activities: Submission for OMB experience significant delays. information collection and supporting Review; Comment Request statement. Comments must be received by March AGENCY: National Archives and Records 7, 2017. OWCP will make available SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant Administration (NARA). publically, without change, any written to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ACTION: Notice. comments, including any personal (Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the information that you provide. Therefore, public and other Federal agencies to SUMMARY: NARA has submitted to OMB OWCP cautions interested parties comment on proposed information for approval the information collections against submitting personal information collections. described in this notice. We invite you such as Social Security numbers and You should address one or more of to comment on them. birthdates. the following points in any comments or DATES: OMB must receive written suggestions you submit: (a) Whether the comments on or before March 29, 2017. Electronic copies of this Federal proposed information collection is Register notice are available at http:// ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. necessary for NARA to properly perform www.regulations.gov. its functions; (b) NARA’s estimate of the Nicholas A. Fraser, desk officer for This notice, as well as news releases burden of the proposed information NARA, by mail to Office of Management and other relevant information, are also collection and its accuracy; (c) ways and Budget; New Executive Office available on the Advisory Board’s Web NARA could enhance the quality, Building; Washington, DC 20503; fax to page at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/ utility, and clarity of the information it 202–395–5167; or by email to Nicholas_ energy/regs/compliance/ collects; (d) ways NARA could A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. AdvisoryBoard.htm. minimize the burden on respondents of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: collecting the information, including Direct requests for additional mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Signed at Washington, DC, this 17 day of information or copies of the proposed February, 2017. through information technology; and (e) whether this collection affects small information collections and supporting Gary Steinberg, businesses. We will summarize any statements to Tamee Fechhelm by Deputy Director, Office of Workers’ comments you submit and include the phone at 301–837–1694 or by fax at Compensation Programs. summary in our request for OMB 301–713–7409. [FR Doc. 2017–03794 Filed 2–24–17; 8:45 am] approval. All comments will become a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant BILLING CODE 4510–24–P matter of public record. to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:23 Feb 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27FEN1.SGM 27FEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of meeting of the Working Group on Presumptions of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).
ContactYou may contact Douglas Fitzgerald, Designated Federal Officer, at [email protected], or Carrie Rhoads, Alternate Designated Federal Officer, at [email protected], U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Suite S-3524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 343-5580.
FR Citation82 FR 11947 
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