Federal Employees Compensation Act: Correction,

[Federal Register: December 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 246)]

[Rules and Regulations]

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Part II

Department of Labor

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

20 CFR Part 10

Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act; Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal Employees Outside the United States; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

20 CFR Part 10

RIN 1215-AB07

Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act; Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal Employees Outside the United States

AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations, which were published Wednesday, November 25, 1998 (63 FR 65284). The regulations address the administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas M. Markey, Director for Federal Employees' Compensation, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3229, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210; Telephone (202) 693-0040.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The final regulations that are the subject of these corrections represent a complete revision of the regulations governing claims under the FECA, which provides benefits to all civilian Federal employees and certain other groups of employees and individuals who are injured or killed while performing their jobs.

Need for Correction

As published, the final regulations contain the following errors:

Secs. 10.7, 10.102, 10.112, and 10.331. The program has discontinued use of Forms CA-8 and CA-20a. In their stead, additional Forms CA-7 and CA-20 are to be filed. These sections are corrected to reflect this change.

Sec. 10.215. Through oversight, the reference to the number of days within which use of continuation of pay must begin is stated incorrectly.

Sec. 10.216. Tours of duty no longer include a category for on-call employees. The reference to such employees is therefore removed from this section.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the publication on November 25, 1998 of the final regulations, which were the subject of FR Doc. 98-31190, is corrected as follows:

Sec. 10.7 [Corrected]

1. On page 65311, in the second column, the chart in paragraph (a) is corrected by removing item (10), CA-8, and item (14), CA-20a, and renumbering current items (11) through (13) as (10) through (12).

   Sec. 10.102 [Corrected]

2. On page 65313, in the first column, paragraph (b) is corrected to read: ``Additional Forms CA-7 are used to claim compensation for additional periods of disability after the first Form CA-7 is submitted to OWCP.'' In paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3), each iteration of ``CA-8'' is corrected to read ``CA-7''. In paragraph (b)(3), ``CA-20a'' is corrected to read ``CA-20''.

   Sec. 10.112 [Corrected]

3. On page 65314, in the first column, paragraph (a) is corrected by replacing ``Form CA-8'' with ``another Form CA-7''. In paragraph (b), both iterations of ``CA-8'' are corrected to read ``CA-7''.

   Sec. 10.215 [Corrected]

4. On page 65316, in the second column, paragraph (b) is corrected by replacing ``30'' with ``45''.

   Sec. 10.216 [Corrected]

5. On page 65316, in the third column, paragraph (b)(3) is corrected by replacing the phrase ``For intermittent, seasonal and on- call workers,'' with, ``For intermittent and seasonal workers,''

   Sec. 10.331 [Corrected]

6. On page 65319, in the third column, the first sentence of paragraph (a) is corrected to read: Form CA-16 may be used for the initial medical report, while ``Form CA-20 may be used for the initial report and for subsequent reports, including where continued compensation is claimed.''

   Signed at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of December, 1998. Bernard E. Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration. T. Michael Kerr, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Workers' Compensation.

   [FR Doc. 98-33873Filed12-22-98; 8:45 am]

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