# Requests for Reconsideration and Appeals Within the Board; Correction
**AGENCY:**
Railroad Retirement Board.
**ACTION:**
Final rule; correction.
**SUMMARY:**
The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) published in the *Federal Register* of December 17, 2002, a document that simplified the procedures that govern requests for reconsideration and appeals within the Board. Sections 260.9(b) and 320.39(a) inadvertently contained inaccurate terminology. This document corrects that terminology.
**DATES:**
Effective on February 11, 2003.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Marguerite P. Dadabo, Assistant General Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, (312) 751-4945, TDD (312) 751-4701.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Railroad Retirement Board published a document in the *Federal Register* of December 17, 2002 (67 FR 77152). That document simplified the procedures that govern requests for reconsideration and appeals within the Board. We discovered that inaccurate terminology was contained in § 260.9(b) and § 320.39(a). This document corrects that terminology.
In rule FR Doc. 02-31640 published on December 17, 2002 (67 FR 77152), make the following corrections. On page 77156 in § 260.9(b), in the first column (line 4 thereof), and on page 77157 in § 320.39(a), in the third column (line 21 thereof), remove the word “reconsideration” and insert in their place the words “hearings officer's”.
By Authority of the Board.
For the Board.
Dated: February 4, 2003.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.