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X ADM 11 

U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration 

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 

Division of Longshore a'1d 

November 3, 1981 

Harbor 'Norkers' Compensation 

Washington, D.C. 20210 

No. 51 

NOTICE TO INSURANCE CARRIERS, SELF-INSURED EMPLOYERS UNDER 

THE LONGSHOREMEN I S AND HARBOR WORKERS 1 . COMPENSA'I'ION ACT 

Subject: Realignment of District Boundaries of the Office 

of Workers' Compensation Proqrams - Longshoremen's 

and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 

This is to advise all companies and individuals having an 

interest in the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation 

Act and its various extensions of a realignment in the 

territorial boundaries of the compensation districts. 

The States and district offices affected by this change are:· 

District No. 11, Kansas City, is eliminated. Iowa, Kansas, 

Misso.uri and Nebraska are transferred to District No. 10 with 

headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. 

District No. 12, Denver, is eliminated. Colorado, Montana, 

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming are transferred 

to District No. 14 with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. 

The address of the Chicago office is: 

U.S. Department of Labor 

ESA/OWCP/DLHWC 

8th Floor 

230 South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, Illinois 60604 

The address of the Seattle office is: 

u.s. Department of Labor 

ESA/OWCP /DLHWC 

4010 Federal Office Building 

909 First Avenue 

Seattle, Washington 98174 

The changed boundaries will affect the reporting and processing 

of injury and death cases under the Longshoremen's and Harbor 

Workers• Compensation Act and its extensions, primarily the 

Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act, in the areas where 

boundaries are changed. The boundaries of these districts 

follow those of the States comprising them. 
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Effective immediately all reports of injuries or deaths 

covered by any of the Acts mentioned above will be submitted 

to the Deputy Commissioner of the territorial jurisdiction 

within which they occur, according to the revised boundaries. 

Active cases of injuries or deaths already on file in Denver 

or Kansas City will be transferred in accordance with the 

new boundaries as the cases come forward for attention, and 

further handling or adjudication of such cases will be done 

by the receiving Deputy Commissioner. 

Individual notices of case transfers are being sent to 

insurance carriers and self-insured employers for each open 

case being moved from the Kansas City and Denver District 

Offices. However, insurance companies receiving this notice 

should inform their regional and local offices having business 

with OWCP District Offices of the changes indicated in this 

anouncement, and advise their offices to send coverage cards 

to the Deputy Commissioner in whose district the insured 

employer does business. Questions about submitting coverage 

cards for individual employers or about reporting or handling 

cases should be directed to the Deputy Commissioner. 

Que.stions on the general effect of the boundary changes or 

the effect of the changes on your company's authorization 

under any of the Acts in a particular area should be sent 

to: Associate Director, Division of Longshore and Harbor 

Workers' Compensation, Office of Workers' Compensation 

Prog.cams, Room C-4315, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, 

D.C. 20210. 

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t

NEIL A. MONTONE 

Associate Director, 

Longshore and Harbor 

Workers' Compensation