[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR30.300]

[Page 95]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 30_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D_Adjudicatory Process
 
Sec. 30.300  What process will OWCP use to decide claims and to provide 
for administrative review of those decisions?


    OWCP district offices will issue recommended decisions with respect 
to claims. All recommended decisions, including those granting and 
denying benefits under the Act, will be forwarded to the Final 
Adjudication Branch (FAB). Claimants will be given an opportunity to 
object to all or part of the recommended decision before the FAB. The 
FAB will consider any objections filed by a claimant and conduct a 
hearing, if requested to do so by the claimant, before issuing a final 
decision on the claim.

                     Recommended Decisions on Claims