[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 235 (Thursday, December 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72886-72889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29463]


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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD


Amendment of Statement of Organization and Functions; 
Restructuring of National Labor Relations Board's Field Organization

November 28, 2012.
AGENCY: National Labor Relations Board.

ACTION: Notice of administrative change in status of the following 
offices of the National Labor Relations Board:

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 Kansas City Regional Office (Region 17) to be designated as 
Subregional Office (Subregion 17) of the St. Louis Regional Office 
(Region 14)
 Winston-Salem Regional Office (Region 11) to be designated as 
Subregional Office (Subregion 11) of the Atlanta Regional Office 
(Region 10)
 Hartford Regional Office (Region 34) to be designated as 
Subregional Office (Subregion 34) of the Boston Regional Office (Region 
1)
 Memphis Regional Office (Region 26) to be designated as 
Subregional Office (Subregion 26) of the New Orleans Regional Office 
(Region 15)
 Transfer of supervision over the Little Rock Resident Office 
from the Memphis Regional Office to the New Orleans Regional Office 
(Region 15)
 Transfer of supervision over the Nashville Resident Office 
from Memphis Regional Office to the Atlanta Regional Office (Region 10)
 Transfer of supervision over the Peoria Subregional Office 
(Subregion 33) from the St. Louis Regional Office to the Indianapolis 
Regional Office (Region 25)
SUMMARY: The National Labor Relations Board is restructuring its 
Regional Offices in Kansas City, Winston-Salem, Hartford and Memphis to 
designate them as Subregional Offices assigned to the supervision of 
the St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston and New Orleans Regional Offices, 
respectively. As part of this restructuring, the supervision of the 
Little Rock Resident Office will be transferred from the Memphis 
Regional Office to the New Orleans Regional Office, the supervision of 
the Nashville Resident Office will be transferred from the Memphis 
Regional Office to the Atlanta Regional Office and the supervision of 
the Peoria Subregional Office will be transferred from the St. Louis 
Regional Office to the Indianapolis Regional Office. Concurrent with 
this Notice, the National Labor Relations Board is revising its 
Statement of Organization and Functions accordingly. These revisions 
are nonsubstantive or merely procedural in nature.

DATES: Effective Date: December 10, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lester A. Heltzer, Executive 
Secretary, 1099 14th Street NW., Room 11600, Washington, DC 20570. 
Telephone: (202) 273-1067

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Labor Relations Board has 
decided to restructure the Agency's Regional Offices in Kansas City, 
Winston-Salem, Hartford, and Memphis to designate them as Subregional 
Offices of the St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston and New Orleans Regional 
Offices, respectively. The Kansas City office will be redesignated as 
Subregion 17; the Winston-Salem office will be redesignated as 
Subregion 11; the Hartford office will be redesignated as Subregion 34; 
and the Memphis office will be redesignated as Subregion 26. As part of 
this restructuring, the supervision of the Little Rock Resident Office 
will be transferred from the Memphis Regional Office to the New Orleans 
Regional Office, the supervision of the Nashville Resident Office will 
be transferred from the Memphis Regional Office to the Atlanta Regional 
Office and the supervision of the Peoria Subregional Office will be 
transferred from the St. Louis Regional Office to the Indianapolis 
Regional Office. These changes are prompted by a decline in unfair 
labor practice and representation case filings in each of the Regional 
Offices subject to this restructuring and a desire to equalize caseload 
and case management responsibilities in all affected Offices.
    The Kansas City, Winston-Salem, Hartford, and Memphis Regional 
Offices were headed by a Regional Director, who had full authority for 
the processing of both unfair labor practice and representation cases. 
The newly-designated Subregional Offices will now be headed by an 
Officer-in-Charge, who will report to their respective Regional 
Directors in St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston, and New Orleans. These changes 
will vest these Regional Directors with casehandling authority for the 
geographical area covered by their newly-designated Subregional Office. 
The geographical areas covered by the Regional and Subregional Offices 
will continue to be the same as when they were designated as Regional 
Offices with the following exceptions:
    The Atlanta Regional Office would service the following additional 
counties in Tennessee: Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, 
Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, 
Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, 
Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, 
Moore, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, 
Sequatchie, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, 
Wayne, White, Williamson, and Wilson; as well as the following counties 
in Kentucky: Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, 
Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, 
Cumberland, Edmondson, Fulton, Graves, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hart, 
Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall,

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McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, 
Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Wayne, and Webster.
    The New Orleans Regional Office would now also service Arkansas 
with the exception of the following counties: Clay, Craighead, 
Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett, and 
St. Francis.
    The Subregional Office in Memphis would service in Tennessee only 
the following counties: Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, 
Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Lake, 
Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Shelby, Tipton, and Weakley; in 
Arkansas the following counties: Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, 
Greene, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett, and St. Francis; and it 
would no longer service any portion of Kentucky.
    The most recent list of Regional and Subregional Offices was 
published at 65 FR 53228-53229 on August 29, 2000.
    Concurrent with this Notice, the NLRB is revising its Statement of 
Organization and Functions to reflect the addition of Subregions 17, 
11, 34 and 26 supervised by their respective Regional Offices; the 
elimination of Regions 17, 11, 34 and 26 as Regional Offices; the 
removal of the Little Rock Resident Office from supervision by the 
Memphis Regional Office and its assignment instead as a Resident Office 
of the New Orleans Regional Office; the removal of the Nashville 
Resident Office from supervision by the Memphis Regional Office and its 
assignment instead as a Resident Office of the Atlanta Regional Office; 
and the removal of Subregion 33 Peoria from supervision by Region 14 
St. Louis, and its assignment instead as a Subregional Office of Region 
25 Indianapolis. The revisions to the Board's Statement of Organization 
and Functions are attached hereto.
    Since May 2012, the NLRB has solicited and received feedback on the 
proposed restructuring of these offices. The decision to restructure 
the Agency's operations in the manner set forth herein was informed by 
comments from stakeholders, members of Congress and Agency employees. 
Because this is a general notice that is related to the organization of 
the NLRB, it is not a regulation or rule subject to Executive Order 
12,866.
    Pursuant to the changes set forth herein, the National Labor 
Relations Board is amending its Statement of Organization and Functions 
as follows:

Part 201--Description of Organization

Subpart B--Description of Field Organization

    (A) Section 203 is amended to read as follows:
    Sec. 203 Regional Offices. There are 28 Regional Offices through 
which the Board conducts its business. Certain of the Regions have 
Subregional Offices or Resident Offices in addition to the central 
Regional Office. The areas constituting the Regions and the location of 
the Regional, Subregional, and Resident Offices are set forth in an 
appendix hereto. Each Regional Office staff is headed by a Regional 
Director appointed by the Board on the recommendation of the General 
Counsel and includes a Regional Attorney, Assistant to the Regional 
Director, field attorneys, field examiners, and clerical staff. Each 
Subregional Office is headed by an Officer-in-Charge appointed in the 
same manner as the Regional Directors. Each Resident Office is headed 
by a Resident Officer.
    (B) ``Appendix--Regional and Subregional Offices'' is amended to 
read as follows:

Appendix--Regional and Subregional Offices

    Alphabetical list of States showing location in relation to 
Regions and Subregions. (Note that respective Region number follows 
Subregion number to facilitate locating areas serviced.)

                        Region and Subregion Nos.
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Alabama.............................  10, 15
Alaska..............................  19
Arizona.............................  28
Arkansas............................  15, 16, S-26 (15)
California..........................  20, 21, 31, 32
Colorado............................  27
Connecticut.........................  S-34 (1)
Delaware............................  4, 5
District of Columbia................  5
Florida.............................  12, 15
Georgia.............................  10, 12
Hawaii..............................  S-37 (20)
Idaho...............................  19, 27
Illinois............................  13, 14, S-33 (25)
Indiana.............................  9, 13, 25
Iowa................................  S-17 (14), 18, S-33 (25)
Kansas..............................  S-17 (14)
Kentucky............................  9, 10, 25
Louisiana...........................  15
Maine...............................  1
Maryland............................  5
Massachusetts.......................  1
Michigan............................  7, 30
Minnesota...........................  18
Mississippi.........................  15, S-26 (15)
Missouri............................  14, S-17 (14), S-26 (15)
Montana.............................  19, 27
Nebraska............................  27, S-17 (14)
Nevada..............................  28, 32
New Hampshire.......................  1
New Jersey..........................  4, 22
New Mexico..........................  28
New York............................  2, 3, 29
North Carolina......................  S-11 (10)
North Dakota........................  18
Ohio................................  8, 9
Oklahoma............................  S-17 (14)
Oregon..............................  S-36 (19)
Pennsylvania........................  4, 5, 6
Rhode Island........................  1
South Carolina......................  S-11 (10)
South Dakota........................  18
Tennessee...........................  10, S-11 (10), S-26 (15)
Texas...............................  16, 28
Utah................................  27
Vermont.............................  1
Virginia............................  5, S-11 (10)
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    (C) ``Areas Served by Regional and Subregional Offices'' is amended 
in following manner:
    (1) Delete reference to Region 34
    (2) Region 1 is amended to read as follows:
    Region 1. Boston, Massachusetts. Services Maine, New Hampshire, 
Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
    Subregion 34. Hartford, Connecticut. Services Connecticut.
    (3) Delete reference to Region 11
    (4) Region 10 is amended to read as follows:
    Region 10. Atlanta, Georgia. In Georgia, services Baker, Baldwin, 
Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, 
Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Chatham, 
Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Cobb, 
Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, 
DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Effingham, Elbert, 
Emanuel, Evans, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, 
Gilmer, Glascock, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, 
Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, 
Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, 
Lincoln, Long, Lumpkin, McDuffie, McIntosh, Macon, Madison, Marion, 
Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, 
Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pike, 
Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, 
Schley, Screven, Spalding, Stevens, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, 
Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Tift, Toombs, Towns, 
Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Warren, 
Washington, Webster, Wheeler,

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White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, and Worth Counties; in 
Tennessee, services Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, 
Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carter, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, 
Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, 
Giles, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, 
Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, 
Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Marion, Marshall, 
Maury, Meigs, Monroe, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Overton, Perry, 
Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Scott, 
Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Trousdale, 
Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington Wayne, White, Williamson, 
and Wilson Counties; in Alabama, services Autauga, Bibb, Blount, 
Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, 
Cullman, De Kalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, 
Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, 
Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, St. Clair, 
Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston 
Counties; and in Kentucky services Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, 
Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Clinton, 
Crittenden, Cumberland, Edmondson, Fulton, Graves, Grayson, Green, 
Hancock, Hart, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, 
McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, 
Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Wayne, and Webster Counties.
    Subregion 11. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Services North 
Carolina and South Carolina; in Tennessee, services the city of Bristol 
in Sullivan County; in Virginia, services Alleghany, Amherst, 
Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Campbell, 
Carroll, Charlotte, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, 
Halifax, Henry, Lee, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania, 
Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, 
Washington, Wise, and Wythe Counties, and the independently 
incorporated Virginia cities not part of, but located within or 
adjacent to, the territory by these Virginia counties; and in West 
Virginia, services Greenbriar, Mercer, Monroe, and Summers Counties.
    Persons may also obtain service at the Resident Offices in 
Birmingham, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee.
    (5) Delete reference to Region 17
    (6) Region 14 is amended to read as follows:
    Region 14. St. Louis, Missouri. In Illinois services Adams, 
Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, 
Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, 
Franklin, Gallatin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, 
Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Lawrence, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, 
Massac, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, 
Richland, St. Clair, Saline, Scott, Shelby, Union, Wabash, Washington, 
Wayne, White, and Williamson Counties; and in Missouri, services 
Audrain, Bollinger, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Clark, 
Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Knox, Lewis, 
Lincoln, Madison, Maries, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Oregon, Osage, 
Perry, Phelps, Pike, Ralls, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, St. 
Francois, St. Louis, St. Genevieve, Scotland, Scott, Shannon, Shelby, 
Stoddard, Warren, Washington, and Wayne Counties, and the Independent 
City of St. Louis.
    Subregion 17. Kansas City, Kansas. Services Oklahoma and Kansas; in 
Missouri, services Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Bates, 
Benton, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Camden, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, 
Chariton, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Dade, Dallas, 
Daviess, De Kalb, Douglas, Gentry, Greene, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, 
Hickory, Holt, Howard, Howell, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Laclede, 
Lafayette, Lawrence, Linn, Livingstone, McDonald, Macon, Mercer, 
Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Newton, Nodaway, Ozark, Pettis, Platte, 
Polls, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ray, St. Clair, Saline, Schuyler, 
Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster, Worth, and Wright 
Counties; in Iowa, services Fremont, Mills, and Pottawattamie Counties; 
and in Nebraska, services Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, 
Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Clay, Colfax, 
Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawson, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Filmore, 
Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, 
Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, 
Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Knox, Lancaster, 
Lincoln, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, 
Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Plate, Polls, Red 
Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Sherman, 
Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, 
Wheeler, and York Counties.
    Persons may also obtain service at the Resident Office in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma.
    (7) Delete reference to Region 26
    (8) Region 15 is amended to read as follows:
    Region 15. New Orleans, Louisiana. Services Louisiana; in 
Mississippi, services Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, 
Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, 
Issaquena, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, 
Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Neshoba, 
Newton, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, 
Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson, and Yazoo Counties; 
in Alabama, services Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, 
Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Escambia, 
Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, 
Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Washington, and Wilcox Counties; in Florida, 
services Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, 
Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington Counties; and 
services Arkansas with the exception of Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, 
Cross, Greene, Lee, Miller, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett, and St. 
Francis Counties.
    Subregion 26. Memphis, Tennessee. In Tennessee, services Carroll, 
Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, 
Haywood, Henderson, Lake, Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Shelby, 
Tipton and Weakley; in Mississippi, services Alcorn, Attala, Benton, 
Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, De Soto, 
Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, 
Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, 
Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, 
Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Winston, and Yalobusha Counties; in 
Arkansas services Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee, 
Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett, and St. Francis Counties and in 
Missouri services Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, and Pemiscot 
Counties.
    Persons may also obtain service at the Resident Office in Little 
Rock, Arkansas.
    (9) Delete reference to Subregion 33
    (10) Region 25 is amended to read as follows:
    Region 25. Indianapolis, Indiana. Services Indiana, with the 
exception of Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, and Lake Counties; and in 
Kentucky, services Daviess and Henderson Counties.

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    Subregion 33. Peoria, Illinois. In Illinois, services Boone, 
Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, De Kalb, De Witt, Douglas, Ford, 
Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, 
Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, 
Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Morgan, 
Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt, Putnam, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, 
Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Whiteside, Winnebago, 
and Woodford Counties; and in Iowa, services Clinton, Des Moines, 
Dubuque, Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, and Scott Counties.


    Dated: Washington, DC this 28th day of November, 2012.

    By direction of the Board.
Lester A. Heltzer,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-29463 Filed 12-5-12; 8:45 am]
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