Information collected with this form
is used to evaluate the financial profile of OWCP beneficiaries who
have been overpaid benefits, and their ability to repay. OWCP
beneficiaries are typically retired coal miners disabled by black
lung disease, Federal employees injured on the job, and their
survivors.
US Code:
42
USC 7385j-2 Name of Law: Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety
Act
US Code: 5
USC 8129(b) Name of Law: Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety
Act
US Code: 5
USC 923(b) Name of Law: Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
of 1969
There was no change to the
burden hours to the Black Lung (BL) related to instances where
benefits checks were issued after a beneficiary's death and prior
to receipt of notification of the death by the BL program. Under
new Treasury procedures with post mortem overpayments, repayment of
the debt is not the burden of the person that received a
descendant's benefits. The burden is on the bank that improperly
failed to close the account and paid out the money. Rather than
using the OWCP-20 form that a claimant debtor would complete, these
overpayments are recovered by using a protected need-to-know
Department of the Treasury Web site service to collect from the
liable bank. This service is currently called by Treasury PACER for
Payment and Claims Enhanced Reconciliation and is commonly referred
to as POL for PACER-On-Line. There has been no change in the annual
responses. FOR DFEC. The number of newly identifiable overpayments
has decreased over the last few years. Consequently, reduction in
burden hours and costs associated with the requirement to complete
this form has been reduced. DFEC attributes these reductions in
part due to claimants and employing agencies reporting return to
work promptly to DFEC. Additionally, the reduction is also due to
DFEC staff, employing agencies, and claimants more promptly
identifying and/or reporting changes in dependency which affects
the entitled compensation rate. Presently, if a claimant has
dependents, their FECA benefits to compensation are based on 3/4 of
their weekly pay. However, if they have no dependents (as a result
of divorce, death, no eligible children), the entitlement is
reduced to two-thirds. While not affecting the burden, this ICR has
been characterized as a revision because the agency has reformatted
elements of Forms (e.g., replaced an obsolete logo with the DOL
Seal, OMB Control Number, and removed references to the no longer
existent Employment Standards Administration). Upon OMB's clearance
of this request OWCP will update the forms to show the new
expiration date.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form OWCP-20 Overpayment Recovery Questionnaire
1240-0051 (OWCP-20) 2012.docx
FECARegulationsSec8129.pdf
FECAoverpaymentregs.doc
Overpayment Recovery Questionnaire