# Regulations Implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1969, as Amended
> **Office of Workers' Compensation Programs** · Final rule. · Published 2007-01-30 · Effective 2007-01-30 · 72 FR 4204
## Document
- **Document number:** E7-1432
- **Category:** workers-comp
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
- **Federal Register citation:** 72 FR 4204
- **CFR reference:** 20 CFR 725
- **Publication date:** 2007-01-30
- **Effective date:** 2007-01-30
## Abstract

This final rule eliminates the procedural requirement that the Department's administrative law judges include the parties' names in decisions and orders issued in Black Lung Benefits Act claims. The Department is revising the rule to give the Office of Administrative Law Judges more flexibility in captioning these decisions. This will allow the Department the flexibility to limit the amount of personal information about black lung claimants that is included in published final decisions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/01/30/E7-1432/regulations-implementing-the-black-lung-benefits-act-of-1969-as-amended)
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