20 CFR § 30.602 - Who is responsible for paying the representative's fee?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s30.602"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 30.602 - Who is responsible for paying the representative's fee?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "30.602"
section_name: "Who is responsible for paying the representative's fee?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; 42 U.S.C. 7384d, 7384t, 7384u and 7385s-10; Executive Order 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "30"
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# 30.602 Who is responsible for paying the representative's fee?

A representative may charge the claimant a fee for services and for costs associated with the representation before OWCP. The claimant is solely responsible for paying the fee and other costs. OWCP will not reimburse the claimant, nor is it in any way liable for the amount of the fee and costs.