U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS A:oMINISTlU.TION 

Office of Workmen's Compensation Programs Washington, D.C 20211 

January 30, 1973 No. 8 ,~;;, 

NOTICE TO INSURANCE CARRIERS AND SELF-INSURED EMPLOYERS 

.f!(~<llY~ 

SUBJECT: Realignment of Territorial Boundaries of Compensation Districts of the Office of Workmen's Compensation Programs 

The Secretary of Labor has promulgated regulations under the 

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions, 

realigning the territorial boundaries of the compensation districts of 

the Office of Workmen's Compensation Programs to parallel generally the Department of Labor regions. Attached are copies of the appropriate portions of the revised regulations published January 26, 1972, in 

the Federal Register and a map showing the areas of the compensation districts as they are now constituted. The offices will remain in 

their present locations. 

The States, territories, and distr1ct offices affected by this change 

are: 

State or Territory 

Alabama (except Gulf Coast) 

Colorado 

KentuckY 

Michigan (Upper Peninsula) 

Mississippi (except Gulf Coast) New Jersey · New Mexico 

New York - Great Lakes, St. 

Lawrence & Niagara Rivers 

North Carolina 

North Dakota 

Oklahoma 

Pennsylvania - Lake Erie 

South Dakota 

Tennessee 

Utah 

West Virginia 

OWCP District Offices 

From 

New Orleans 

San Francisco 

Cleveland 

Chicago 

New Orleans 

Philadelphia 

San Francisco 

Cleveland 

Norfolk 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Cleveland 

Chicago 

Cleveland 

San Francisco 

Cleveland 

To 

Jacksonville 

Seattle 

Jacksonville 

Cleveland 

Jacksonville 

New York 

Galveston 

New York 

Jacksonville 

Seattle 

Galveston 

Phi 1 ade l phi a 

Seattle 

Jacksonville 

Seattle 

Philadelphia 

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Jan. 1973 
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The changes from present boundaries will affect the reporting and 

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

Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, the Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The 

boundaries of districts, except those between Districts 6 and 7, 

will strictly follow the borders of States comprising the districts. 

Effective immediately all reports of injuries or deaths covered by 

any of the Acts mentioned above will be submitted to the Deputy Cofll!lissioner within those territorial jurisdiction they occurred, 

according to the revised boundaries. Active cases of. injuries or 

deaths already on file will be transferred to receiving district 

offices in conformity 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 Conmissioner. Claimants, 

the local offices of the insurance carriers, and employers will be 

notified of each transfer of an individual case file. In addition 

they will be advised of the address of the receiving Deputy Commissioner. 

Insurance companies receiving this notice should inform their 

regional and local offices having business with OWCP District Offices 

of the changes indicated in this announcement, and advise their offices 

to send coverage cards to the Deputy Commissioner in whose district the 

assured employer does business. Questions about submitting coverage cards for individual employers or about reporting or handling cases 

should be directed to the Deputy Commissioner. 

Questions 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: Director, Office of Workmen's 

Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. 

20211. 

~4~/ 

HERBERT A. DOYLE, JR. 

Acting Director, Office of 

Workmen's Compensation Programs 

·Attachments - 2 
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Tiffe 20-EMPLDYEES' 

BENEFITS 

Chapter VI--Employment Standards 

Administration, Department of Labor 

SU&CHAPTD A-t.ONGSHOUMIN'S ANO ffAR .. 

IOI WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT ANO 

IUATED STATUTES 

IMPLEMENTATION REGULATIONS 

PART 702-AOMINISTRATION ANO 

PROCEDURES 

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S.bpart A-General Provi,iont 

AD-.aNIS'l'ltATtON 

§ 702,101 Establishment of compensation districts. 

Punruant to section 39Cb) of the Longshoremen'• and Harbor Workers' O>mpensation Act, the followlng compensa,-

t!on districts have been establlshed: 

District No. 1. Comprises the States Qf 

Mt.tne, New Ham.pahtte, vennont, Me.ssaehusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut; wtth 

hee.dqua.rtera a.t Boston, MMsacbusett.s. 

Dtstrfct No. a. OOmprlses the- States or New 

York and New Jersey; with headquarters at N~ York, N.Y. 

Dflltrlct No. 3. Comprises the States oC 

Pennsy'lvanta.. Delaware, and west Vlrgtnla: 

With headquarters at Phlladalphta. Pennsytva.nta. 

l)(stTfct No. 4. Comprises the Sta.t.e of Maryland and the Dlstrlct of Col:umbt&; with 

headqua.rten a.t Baltimore, Me.ryland. 

District No. 5. oomprJses ~ state Of Vll'-

g1.nia: with hee.dquarters at Norfolk, Virginia. 

Dutnct No. 8. comprises the Sta.tea ot 

North Caroll~ Kentucky. Tennessee, south 

Caroline.. Georgia. P1orld.a.;: Alabam&., except 

that part of the Sta.te south of 31"_ north 

latlt'Ude: and Mtss.1ssippt, except that part or the state south ot 31" north latitude; with 

headquarters at Ja.ctsonvllle, Flo.rid& 

D1$trict No, 1. Comprises the States or Arkansas, Lou!s:iana, _ that part al. the State 

ot Ala.bQDl& south ot 31" north latitude, and 

that·pa:rt of the State o! Mis31&81ppl nouth ot 

31 ~ north Is.tltu.de; w1th be&dquartens at New 

Orleans:, La. 

District No. 8. Coniprtses the States of 

~IM,. Oklahoma, and New Mexico; w1th 

headquarters at Gal~ton, Tu. 

Dtstnct No. 9, COmp:rtses the States of Ohio. 

Xndtan.a, and Miehiga.n.; wtth headquarters 

at Cleveland, Ohio. 

District No. 10. OomprJ.ses the S~tes of 

nunols, Mtsaourt, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, 

Minnesota, and Wisconsin: with hffdquarten at Chicago, llL 

DiliTfet No. 13. comprtsea the Sta.tee ot 

Oal\ronua. Ar17.ona. and Nevada; with head• 

quarters at San Fra.nelsoo, C&.Uf. 

Dbtnct No. 14. Comprises the States or 

Washtngton, oregon, AlMlalt, Idaho, Montana. 

Wyomlng, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, a,nd 

South Da.kota; With he&dquarte-rs at Sea-ttle, 

WMh. 

Dtstrtct Ho. 15. OOmprtaes the State of 

Hawau; With headquarters at Honolulu, 

HawAil. 

RULES AND REGULATIONS 

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PART 704-SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LHWCA EXTENSIONS 

0.""'1!£ BM• AeT 

§ 704.101 Adminietration • oom.pensa- lion distriet&. • 

For the purpose of admlnlst,at!on of 

this Act areas MSigned to the COlll;llen.Satlon distrltts established for administration of the Longshoremen's and Harbor 

Workers' Corrwensatlon Act as sel; forth 

ln Part 702 of this subehapter shall be 

extended ln the following manner to 

include; · 

(aJ Canada, east of the 75th degree 

west longitude, Newfoundland, and 

Greenland are assigned to Dlstrlot No. 1. 

(bJ Canada, west of the '15th degree 

and e&St of the 110th degree west longitude, Is assigned to D!strlct No. 10. 

<cl Canada, west of the 110th degree 

west longitude, and all areas In the Pacltlc Ocean north of the 45th degree 

north latitude are assigned to District 

No. 14. 

<dl All areas west of the continents or 

North and South America (except 

coastal lsland$J to the 60th degree ea.st 

longitude, except for Iran, are assigned 

to Dlstr!et No. 15. 

(el Mexico, Central 1i.tld south America (Including .coastal illl&rulsl ; areas east of the continents of North and South 

America to the 80th degree e8St ]ong!-

tude, Including Iran, and any other areas or loca.tlono not covered under any other 

district office, are 8&31gned to Dlstr:lot 

No. 2. 

DmTIUCT Oi' COLtTMBIA WOHXIO~S CoxPENSATION AcT 

§ 704.201 Ad:ministration; eompensa"' tion districts. 

For the pur])Ol!e of administration of 

this Act, the District of Columbia shall 

be the co,m,enaatlon district and is 

des!anated as District No. 40. 

OlT.rER CON'l'lNl:NTAL SRELr LANDs Act' 

§ 704.301 Administration; compensa~ 

lion distriele. 

For the purpose of administration or 

this act. the compensation districts established under the Longshoremen's and 

Harbor Workers' Compensation Act as set forth in part 702 of this subchapter 

shall ~dmlniSter this .,,t, and their jUJisdictlon for this purpose is extended, 

where appropriate, to include those part.s 

of the Outer Contlnental Shelf adjacent 

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to the State or States In such districts 

having adjacent shelf areas. 

NONAPPROPRIATQ PUlm lNSTRtrMEN'rAI.ITD.S A.er 

§ 7~401 Administration; compensa- tion districts. 

For the purpose of administration of 

t.hls act within the continental United 

States, H&wali, and Alaska, the com- pensation distrlcts established for admlnlstni.tlon of the Longsboremen"s and 

Harbor Workers' Compensation Act as .. t forth In PIU't 702 are established as the adminJstra!Jve districts under this 

act. For the Pllr])Ol!e of admlnistrat!on of 

this act outside the contlnentaJ United 

States, Alaska, Md H&wall, the compensation distriets established for such over- seas adtnlnlsl<atton <>f the Defense B6se 

kt as set forth in § 704.101 are established as the administrative districts under t.hls act. 

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 18th 

day of January 1973. 

JAMES D. HODGSON, 

Secretary of Labor. 

[fflDoe.'73-1416 Filed 1-24-73;8:45 Ml) 

FEDERAL .REGISTER, VOL 386 NO~ 17---RIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1973 
DISTRICT OFFICE TERRITORIAL. JURISDICTION 

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION 

OFFICE OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION PROGRAMS