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Dated: August 29, 2005. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–17531 Filed 8–30–05; 1:53 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 14 

RIN 2900–AM20 

Jurisdictions and Addresses of 

Regional Counsels 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document amends the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

regulations regarding the jurisdictions 

and addresses of the General Counsel’s 

Regional Counsels. This amendment is 

necessary to update Title 38, Code of 

Federal Regulations, to reflect recent 

jurisdiction and address changes. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 1, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Sokoll, Deputy Director, Legal 

Information Division, Office of General 

Counsel (026H), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, telephone (202) 

273–6558. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA’s 

regulation 38 CFR 14.501, ‘‘Functions 

and responsibilities of Regional 

Counsels,’’ has the jurisdictions and 

addresses of Regional Counsels in 

paragraph (f). This amendment removes 

obsolete information in that paragraph, 

regarding the jurisdictions and 

addresses of Regional Counsels and 

replaces it with current information. 

The rule provides updated addresses for 

several Regional Counsels. Additionally, 

it reflects a reorganization of the 

jurisdictions of some Regional Counsels. 

The 23 regions previously referenced in 

§ 14.501(f) have been consolidated into 

22 regions. Accordingly, this rule 

removes reference to former Region 17 

and reflects the revised jurisdictions of 

Regions 18 and 19 as a result of that 

reorganization. 

Administrative Procedure Act 

These changes to 38 CFR 14.501(f) are 

being published without regard to 

notice-and-comment procedures of 5 

U.S.C. 553(b) because they involve only 

matters of agency organization, which 

are exempted from such procedures by 

virtue of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A). Further, 

because these changes do not involve 

substantive rules, they are not subject to 

the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(d) 

providing for a 30-day delay in the 

effective date of substantive rules. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This document contains no provisions 

constituting a collection of information 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521). 

Unfunded Mandates 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

developing any rule that may result in 

an expenditure by State, local, or tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

given year. This rule would have no 

such effect on State, local, or tribal 

governments, or the private sector. 

Executive Order 12866 

This document has been reviewed by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Secretary hereby certifies that 

this regulatory amendment will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities as 

they are defined in the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. This 

regulation deals with the internal 

organization of the VA Regional 

Counsels and primarily impacts VA and 

beneficiaries. To the extent that any 

small entities deal with VA Regional 

Counsels, this rule merely provides 

information to assist such entities in 

identifying and locating the proper 

Regional Counsel and thus will not have 

any significant economic impact upon a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), 

this amendment is exempt from the 

initial and final regulatory flexibility 

analysis requirements of sections 603 

and 604. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

There is no Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance program number 

associated with this rulemaking. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 14 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Claims, Courts, Foreign 

relations, Government employees, 

Lawyers, Legal services, Organization 

and functions (Government agencies), 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Surety bonds, Trusts and 

trustees, Veterans. 

Approved: August 11, 2005. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 38 CFR part 14 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 14—LEGAL SERVICES, 

GENERAL COUNSEL, AND 

MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 14 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2671–

2680; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 512, 515, 5502, 5902–

5905; 28 CFR part 14, appendix to part 14, 

unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Section 14.501(f) is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 14.501 Functions and responsibilities of 

Regional Counsels. 

* * * * * 

(f) The jurisdictions and addresses of 

Regional Counsels are as follows: 

(1) Region 1: (JURISDICTION) 

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 

New Hampshire, Rhode Island; 

(ADDRESS) VAMC, 200 Springs Road, 

Bldg. 61, Bedford, MA 01730. 

(2) Region 2: (JURISDICTION) New 

Jersey, Metropolitan New York City; 

(ADDRESS) 800 Poly Place, Building 14, 

Brooklyn, NY 11209. 

(3) Region 3: (JURISDICTION) District 

of Columbia; Fairfax, Virginia; 

Arlington, Virginia; Alexandria, 

Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; 

and Maryland; (ADDRESS) 3900 Loch 

Raven Blvd., Bldg. 4, Baltimore, MD 

21218. 

(4) Region 4: (JURISDICTION) 

Pennsylvania, Delaware; (ADDRESS) 

University & Woodland Avenues, 

Philadelphia, PA 19104. 

(5) Region 5: (JURISDICTION) 

Georgia, South Carolina; (ADDRESS) 

1700 Clairmont Rd., Decatur, GA 

30033–4032. 

(6) Region 6: (JURISDICTION) Florida, 

Puerto Rico; (ADDRESS) P.O. Box 5005, 

Building 22, Room 333, Bay Pines, FL 

33744. 

(7) Region 7: (JURISDICTION) Ohio, 

West Virginia (excluding Martinsburg, 

West Virginia); (ADDRESS) 10000 

Brecksville Rd., Bldg. 1, 5th Floor, 

Brecksville, OH 44141. 

(8) Region 8: (JURISDICTION) 

Arkansas, Tennessee; (ADDRESS) 110 

9th Ave., South Room A–201A, 

Nashville, TN 37203. 

(9) Region 9: (JURISDICTION) 

Alabama, Mississippi; (ADDRESS) 1500 

E. Woodrow Wilson Dr., Jackson, MS 

39216. 

(10) Region 10: (JURISDICTION) 

Illinois, Iowa; (ADDRESS) VA Medical 

Center, Bldg. 1, G Section 1st Floor, P. 

O. Box 1427, Hines, IL 60141. 

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(11) Region 11: (JURISDICTION) 

Michigan, Wisconsin; (ADDRESS) 

Patrick V. McNamara Federal Bldg., 

Suite 1460, 477 Michigan Ave., Detroit, 

MI 48226. 

(12) Region 12: (JURISDICTION) 

Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; (ADDRESS) 

1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, St. Louis, 

MO 63125–4185. 

(13) Region 13: (JURISDICTION) 

Oklahoma, Northern Texas; (ADDRESS) 

4800 Memorial Drive, Bldg. 12, Waco, 

TX 76711. 

(14) Region 14: (JURISDICTION) 

Louisiana, Southern Texas; (ADDRESS) 

6900 Almeda Road, Houston, TX 77030. 

(15) Region 15: (JURISDICTION) 

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota; 

(ADDRESS) VA Medical Center, One 

Veterans Drive, Bldg. 73, Minneapolis, 

MN 55417. 

(16) Region 16: (JURISDICTION) 

Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana; 

(ADDRESS) Box 25126, 155 Van Gordon 

Street, Denver, CO 80225. 

(17) Region 18: (JURISDICTION) 

California, Hawaii, and Philippine 

Islands; (ADDRESS) VA Medical Center, 

4150 Clement Street, Bldg. 210, San 

Francisco, CA 94121. 

(18) Region 19: (JURISDICTION) 

Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico; 

(ADDRESS) 650 E. Indian School Rd., 

Bldg. 24, Phoenix AZ 85012. 

(19) Region 20: (JURISDICTION) 

Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska; 

(ADDRESS) 1220 S.W. Third Ave., Suite 

1224, Portland, OR 97204. 

(20) Region 21: (JURISDICTION) New 

York (except Metropolitan New York 

City), Vermont; (ADDRESS) 120 LeBrun, 

Buffalo, NY 14215. 

(21) Region 22: (JURISDICTION) 

Indiana, Kentucky; (ADDRESS) 575 N. 

Pennsylvania Street, Room 309, 

Indianapolis, IN 46204. 

(22) Region 23: (JURISDICTION) 

North Carolina, Virginia (excluding 

Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria); 

(ADDRESS) Hiram H. Ward Federal 

Bldg., 251 N. Main Street, WinstonSalem, NC 27155. 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 265 

Release of Information, Privacy of 

Information 

AGENCY: Postal Service. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule amends the Postal 

ServiceTM regulations on the release of 

information and privacy of information. 

DATES: This rule is effective September 

1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Eyre at (202) 268–2608. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal 

Service is revising the format required 

for requests from process servers for 

change of address or boxholder 

information, and the format required for 

requests from government agencies for 

address information. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 265 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Courts, Freedom of 

information. 

■ For the reasons set forth in this 

document, the Postal Service is 

amending 39 CFR part 265 as follows: 

PART 265—RELEASE OF 

INFORMATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 265 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. App. 3; 

39 U.S.C. 401, 403, 410, 1001, 2601. 

§ 265.6 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 265.6, following paragraph (g), 

the two figures are revised to read as 

follows: 

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