[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 10666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part III





Department of Labor





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Benefits Review Board



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20 CFR Parts 801 and 802



Change of Address; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Benefits Review Board

20 CFR Parts 801 and 802


Change of Address

AGENCY: Benefits Review Board, Labor.

ACTION: Technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document amends two sections of the Benefits Review 
Board's regulation in order to notify the public that the Board will be 
soon be moving to a new address, and that correspondence and legal 
pleadings are to be mailed to and filed at this new address.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lisa Lahrman, Associate General Counsel, telephone (202) 565-7500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By March 10, 1997, the Benefits Review Board 
will have moved to new offices in the Frances Perkins Department of 
Labor Building in Washington, D.C. The new address is: Benefits Review 
Board, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Rooms 
N-5101 and S-5220, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone (202) 565-7500.
    This document amends the two relevant sections in the Code of 
Federal Regulations in order to present the new address.

Publication in Final

    The Department has determined that these amendments need not be 
published as a proposed rule, as generally required by the 
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) since this rulemaking 
merely reflects agency organization, procedure, or practice. It is thus 
exempt from notice and comment by virtue of section 553(b)(A) of the 
APA (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A)).

Effective Date

    This document will become effective upon publication pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 553(d). The undersigned have determined that good cause exists 
for waiving the customary requirement for delay in the effective date 
of a final rule for 30 days following its publication. This 
determination is based upon the fact that the rule is technical and 
non-substantive, and merely reflects agency organization, practice and 
procedure.

Executive Order 12866

    This rule is not classified as a ``rule'' under Executive Order 
12866 on federal regulations, because it is a regulation relating to 
agency organization, management or personnel. See section 3(d)(3).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required for this rule 
under section 553(b) of the APA, the requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601) pertaining to regulatory flexibility 
analysis do not apply to this rule. See 5 U.S.C. 601(2).

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This final rule is not subject to section 3504(h) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) since it does not contain any new 
collection of information requirements.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    This rule is not classified as a ``rule'' under the Small Business 
Reduction Regulatory Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 
(SBREFA) because it is a regulation relating to agency organization, 
procedure, or practice that does not substantially affect the rights or 
obligations of non-agency parties. See section 804 (3)(C) of SBREFA.

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Parts 801 and 802

    Coal mine workers, Longshore and harbor workers, Worker's 
compensation.

    Accordingly, parts 801 and 802 of Title 20 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations are amended as follows:

PART 801--ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE BOARD

    1. The authority citation for Part 801 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et 
seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary of 
Labor's Order 38-72, 38 FR 90, January 3, 1973.

    2. Section 801.303 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 801.303  Location of Board's proceedings.

    The Board shall hold its proceedings at 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Room N-5101, Washington, DC 20210, unless for good cause the Board 
orders that proceedings in a particular matter be held in another 
location.

PART 802--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

    3. The authority citation for Part 802 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et 
seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary of 
Labor's Order 38-72, 38 FR 90, January 3, 1973.

    4. Section 802.204 is amended by revising the first sentence to 
read as follows:


Sec. 802.204  Place for filing notice of appeal

    Any notice of appeal shall be sent by mail to the U.S. Department 
of Labor, Benefits Review Board, P.O. Box 37601, Washington, DC 20013-
7601, or otherwise presented to the Clerk of the Board at 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5220, Washington, DC 20210. * * *

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of February, 1997.
Cynthia A. Metzler,
Acting Secretary of Labor.
Betty Jean Hall,
Chairman of the Board and Chief Administrative Appeals Judge.
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