78 FR 169 pgs. 53645-53646 - Black Lung Benefits Act: Standards for Chest Radiographs
Type: RULEVolume: 78Number: 169Pages: 53645 - 53646
Pages: 53645, 53646FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-21029 Filed 8-29-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
Sub Agency: Workers Compensation Programs Office
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
20 CFR Parts 718 and 725
RIN 1240-AA07
Black Lung Benefits Act: Standards for Chest Radiographs
AGENCY:
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.
ACTION:
Direct final rule; withdrawal.
SUMMARY:
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) published a direct final rule in the Federal Register on June 13, 2013, updating existing film-radiograph standards and providing parallel standards for submission of digital radiographs in connection with claims filed under the Black Lung Benefits Act. The comment period closed on August 12, 2013. OWCP is withdrawing the direct final rule because the agency received significant adverse comment.
DATES:
Effective August 30, 2013, the direct final rule published on June 13, 2013, (78 FR 35549) is withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Breeskin, Director, Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Suite N-3464, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-0824 (this is not a toll-free number). TTY/TDD callers may dial toll-free 1-800-877-8339 for further information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[top] On June 13, 2013, OWCP published the direct final rule, Black Lung Benefits Act: Standards for Chest Radiographs (78 FR 35549), to update existing film-radiograph standards and provide parallel standards for digital radiographs submitted in Black Lung Benefits Act claims. OWCP stated that the rule would go into effect unless the agency received significant adverse comment; in that event, OWCP stated that it would withdraw the direct final rule and proceed on the companion proposed rule also published in the Federal Register on June 13, 2013 (78 FR 35575). Because OWCP has received
Dated: August 20, 2013.
Gary A. Steinberg,
Acting Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-21029 Filed 8-29-13; 8:45 am]
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