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CHAPTER 0-602 - ABBREVIATIONS

1. Purpose and Scope. This Chapter provides a list of abbreviations frequently used in the LHWCA PM.

2. Abbreviations.

ADP Automated Data Processing

ALJ Administrative Law Judge

APA Administrative Procedures Act

AWW Average Weekly Wage

BLBA Black Lung Benefits Act

BRB Benefits Review Board

CA Compensation Act (Generally used in form designation, e.g., CA-58)

CE Claims Examiner

CEC Claims Examiner Clerk

CFR Code of Federal Regulations (Generally used when citing a specific regulation, e.g., 20 C.F.R. section 702.100)

CR Claims Representative

DBA Defense Base Act

DCCA District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (Also DCWCA)

DD District Director

DI Disability Insurance

DLHWC Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation

DMMI Date of Maximum Medical Improvement

DO District Office

DOL U.S. Department of Labor

EC Employer/Carrier

ESA Employment Standards Administration

FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Act

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FR Federal Register (Generally used in citing a specific page within a Federal Register volume, e.g., 46 FR 135)

LCMS Longshore Case Management System

LHWCA Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act

LS Longshore (Generally used in form designation, e.g., LS-202)

LT Lost Time

MEMO LHWCA Program Memorandum

MMI Maximum Medical Improvement

MWD Minimum Wage Determination

NAWW National Average Weekly Wage

NFI Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities

NFIA Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NLT No Lost Time

NO National Office

OALJ Office of Administrative Law Judges

OCSLA Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

OD Occupational Disease

OMAP Office of Management, Administration and Planning

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act/Administration

OWCP Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

PM Procedure Manual (e.g., LHWCA PM)

PPD Permanent Partial Disability

PPI Permanent Partial Impairment

PTD Permanent Total Disability

RD Regional Director, OWCP

RS Rehabilitation Specialist

SSA Social Security Administration

SSN Social Security Number

TPD Temporary Partial Disability

TTD Temporary Total Disability

USC United States Code (Generally used in citing a section with the Code, e.g., 33 U.S.C. section 921)

WHA War Hazards Compensation Act