83_FR_4540 83 FR 4519 - Amendment of Statement of Organization and Functions; Restructuring of National Labor Relations Board's Field Organization

83 FR 4519 - Amendment of Statement of Organization and Functions; Restructuring of National Labor Relations Board's Field Organization

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 21 (January 31, 2018)

Page Range4519-4520
FR Document2018-01921

The National Labor Relations Board has closed its Anchorage, Alaska Resident Office because it has determined that closing the office and serving the area with resident agents working in the area, will result in significant savings while continuing to effectively serve the area currently served by this office.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4519-4520]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01921]


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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD


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

AGENCY: National Labor Relations Board.

ACTION: Notice of administrative change in status of the Anchorage, 
Alaska Resident Office (Region 19) of the National Labor Relations 
Board, which has been closed and the area will be served by agents 
working from other locations.

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SUMMARY: The National Labor Relations Board has closed its Anchorage, 
Alaska Resident Office because it has determined that closing the 
office and serving the area with resident agents working in the area, 
will result in significant savings while continuing to effectively 
serve the area currently served by this office.

DATES: Applicable Date: The change with respect to the Anchorage, 
Alaska office was announced by press release on December 11, 2017 and 
was effective December 29, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxanne Rothschild, Deputy Executive 
Secretary, 1015 Half Street SE, Room 5011, Washington, DC 20570. 
Telephone: (202) 273-1940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Labor Relations Board has 
closed its Anchorage Resident Office and now services the area through 
full-time Resident Agents. This change was prompted by an examination 
of the staffing, caseloads, and rental and operating costs for the 
Anchorage office. This revision is nonsubstantive or merely procedural 
in nature. The Board expects no adverse impact on the quality of 
casehandling as a result of the office closure.
    Region 19, which handles cases arising in Alaska, is headed by a 
Regional Director, who works in the Seattle, Washington Regional office 
and has full authority for the processing of both unfair labor practice 
and representation cases in that area.

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Currently, the other employees in this Region work in Seattle, 
Washington and Portland, Oregon. The Seattle and Portland offices will 
continue to be open. The geographical area covered by the Region will 
not be changed.
    The most recent list of Regional and Subregional Offices was 
published at 65 FR 53228-53229 on August 29, 2000, as amended at 78 FR 
44602-44603 on Wednesday, July 24, 2012.
    Concurrent with this Notice, the NLRB is revising its Statement of 
Organization and Functions to delete reference to the Anchorage office 
as a place where persons can obtain service in Region 19. The revision 
to the Board's Statement of Organization and Functions is attached.
    Since July 20, 2017, the NLRB has solicited and received feedback 
on the proposed closure of the Anchorage, Alaska office. The decision 
to close this office and restructure the Agency's operations in the 
manner set forth here was informed by comments from stakeholders. 
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 
12866.
    Pursuant to the change set forth here, the National Labor Relations 
Board has amended its Statement of Organization and Functions as 
follows:

Part 201--Description of Organization

Subpart B--Description of Field Organization

    (A) ``Areas Served by Regional and Subregional Offices'' is amended 
in following manner:
    (1) Region 19 is amended to read as follows:
    Region 19. Seattle, Washington. Services Alaska and all counties in 
Washington except Clark; in Idaho, services Adams, Benewah, Bonner, 
Boundary, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Fremont, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, 
Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone, and Valley Counties; and in Montana, 
services Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Flathead, 
Gallatin, Glacia, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis, and Clark, Liberty, 
Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Ravatti, 
Sanders, Silver Bow, Teton, and Toole Counties.
    Subregion 36. Portland, Oregon. Services Oregon and Clark County in 
Washington.
    Persons may also obtain service from a Resident Agent located in 
Anchorage, Alaska.

    By Direction of the Board.

    Dated: January 26, 2018.
Roxanne Rothschild,
Deputy Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01921 Filed 1-30-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2018 / Notices 4519 through the 5300 Call Report, credit similar review and redesign, eliminating be used to formally announce planned unions will need to maintain supporting outdated data elements and attributes changes. documentation for the information resulting in a reduction of By the National Credit Union typically requested during examination approximately 150 data elements and Administration, this 25th day of January and supervision contacts. The NCUA attributes. All of these changes 2018. uses the Call Report and Profile to incorporate the stakeholder feedback Gerard Poliquin, collect financial and nonfinancial received. Secretary of the Board. information from federally insured credit unions. The resulting data are Request for Comment [FR Doc. 2018–01879 Filed 1–30–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7535–01–P integral to risk supervision at institution The NCUA is seeking comments on and industry levels, which is central to all proposed changes to the Call Report safeguarding the integrity of the form 5300, the Profile form 4501A, and National Credit Union Share Insurance their accompanying instructions. The NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS Fund. proposed forms and instructions are BOARD After extensive outreach, the working available on the NCUA’s Call Report group developed a prototype of Modernization web page. When Amendment of Statement of streamlined Call Report and Profile reviewing the comment documents, Organization and Functions; forms. The current Call Report has please consider the following questions. Restructuring of National Labor 1,523 1 account codes (the September 1. Are there account codes that are Relations Board’s Field Organization 2017 post-MBL/Commercial loan proposed to be retired that are still AGENCY: National Labor Relations changes). The prototype retires 1,017 pertinent? If so, please provide the Board. account codes. Most of the account account code(s) and the reason for ACTION: Notice of administrative change codes proposed to be retired are no maintaining it. in status of the Anchorage, Alaska longer needed, but some would be 2. Are there additional account codes Resident Office (Region 19) of the collected through another means, such that should be retired or consolidated? National Labor Relations Board, which as the exam process. If so, please provide the account code(s) has been closed and the area will be The prototype Call Report adds 413 and the reason for retiring it. served by agents working from other new account codes to accommodate 3. Are relocated account codes locations. necessary changes such as for ASC grouped logically? If not, please propose Topic 326, Financial Instruments a location you feel is more logically SUMMARY: The National Labor Relations Current Expected Credit Losses and for suited. Board has closed its Anchorage, Alaska the risk-based capital rule currently 4. Should any of the schedules be Resident Office because it has scheduled to go into effect in January expanded to assist in analysis based on determined that closing the office and 2019.2 new rules or accounting changes? If so, serving the area with resident agents After these additions, the final please provide details of data the NCUA working in the area, will result in number of total account codes on the should also collect. significant savings while continuing to prototype Call Report is 919—a net 5. Are the instructions adequate in effectively serve the area currently reduction of approximately 40 percent.3 both content and design? If not, please served by this office. The schedules have been reorganized so cite specific sections that require DATES: Applicable Date: The change they are separated by programs and improvement or correction. with respect to the Anchorage, Alaska significantly smaller. The reorganization 6. How much lead time do credit office was announced by press release of the schedules would also facilitate an unions need to work with vendors to on December 11, 2017 and was effective adaptive user interface the NCUA plans make changes to their systems in order to provide for CU Online as part of the December 29, 2017. to support such changes to the Call Enterprise Solutions Modernization. Report? FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The prototype also includes improved 7. Are there any other operational Roxanne Rothschild, Deputy Executive instructions. The Profile underwent a issues the NCUA should be aware of Secretary, 1015 Half Street SE, Room prior to implementing the proposed 5011, Washington, DC 20570. 1 Of the 1,523 account codes, 1,179 account codes changes? Telephone: (202) 273–1940. are for data input. The remaining accounts are 8. From your perspective, do you SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The calculated or prepopulated. 2 The NCUA is considering delaying the effective think this is a reduction in your National Labor Relations Board has date of this rule, as well as modifying or eliminating reporting burden? Please explain. closed its Anchorage Resident Office the rule. This schedule would revert to the current Information received will not be used and now services the area through full- risk-based net worth requirement collection if the for statistical purposes. Responses time Resident Agents. This change was risk-based capital rule is delayed or eliminated, and would otherwise be modified based on any changes containing references to studies, prompted by an examination of the to the capital rules the Board might adopt. The risk- research, or data not widely available to staffing, caseloads, and rental and based schedule was designed as a stand-alone the public should include copies of operating costs for the Anchorage office. schedule so it could be removed or modified referenced materials. A description of This revision is nonsubstantive or without impacting any other schedules of the Call Report. the commenter’s organization and its merely procedural in nature. The Board 3 Of the 919 account codes, 753 account codes are interest in the Call Report and Profile expects no adverse impact on the for data input and the remaining account codes are will help the NCUA use the input quality of casehandling as a result of the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES calculated or prepopulated. However, the proposed provided. office closure. new form provides for credit unions to report Next Steps: The NCUA will review all Region 19, which handles cases information based on ASC 326 (CECL) if they have chosen to adopt it early. Otherwise, credit unions comments and make necessary changes arising in Alaska, is headed by a would continue to report based on current account before implementing the future Call Regional Director, who works in the standards. CECL is an either or selection in the new Report and Profile forms. When the Seattle, Washington Regional office and form; thus the total account codes and the fillable account codes for a credit union adopting CECL is NCUA is ready to implement the future has full authority for the processing of 891 and 733 respectively, and 871 and 716 Call Report and Profile forms, the OMB both unfair labor practice and respectively if they have not early adopted CECL. Paperwork Reduction Act process will representation cases in that area. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31JAN1.SGM 31JAN1

4520 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2018 / Notices Currently, the other employees in this Dated: January 26, 2018. email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Region work in Seattle, Washington and Roxanne Rothschild, ADAMS accession number for each Portland, Oregon. The Seattle and Deputy Executive Secretary. document referenced (if it is available in Portland offices will continue to be [FR Doc. 2018–01921 Filed 1–30–18; 8:45 am] ADAMS) is provided the first time that open. The geographical area covered by BILLING CODE 7545–01–P it is mentioned in this document. the Region will not be changed. Revision 3 to RG 1.174 and the The most recent list of Regional and regulatory analysis may be found in Subregional Offices was published at 65 NUCLEAR REGULATORY ADAMS under Accession Nos. FR 53228–53229 on August 29, 2000, as COMMISSION ML17317A256 and ML16358A156 amended at 78 FR 44602–44603 on respectively. Wednesday, July 24, 2012. [NRC–2012–0110] • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at Concurrent with this Notice, the An Approach for Using Probabilistic the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One NLRB is revising its Statement of Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Organization and Functions to delete Decisions on Plant-Specific Changes Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. reference to the Anchorage office as a to the Licensing Basis Regulatory guides are not place where persons can obtain service copyrighted, and NRC approval is not in Region 19. The revision to the AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. required to reproduce them. Board’s Statement of Organization and ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Functions is attached. Anders Gilbertson, telephone: 301–415– Since July 20, 2017, the NLRB has SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 1541, email: Anders.Gilbertson@nrc.gov, solicited and received feedback on the Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 and Harriet Karagiannis, telephone: proposed closure of the Anchorage, to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.174, ‘‘An 301–415–2493, email: Alaska office. The decision to close this Approach for Using Probabilistic Risk Harriet.Karagiannis@nrc.gov. Both are office and restructure the Agency’s Assessment in Risk-Informed Decisions staff of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory operations in the manner set forth here on Plant-Specific Changes to the Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory was informed by comments from Licensing Basis.’’ This proposed guide, Commission, Washington, DC 20555– stakeholders. Because this is a general Revision 3, has been revised to 0001. notice that is related to the organization incorporate additional information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: of the NLRB, it is not a regulation or related to the evaluation of defense-in- rule subject to Executive Order 12866. depth since Revision 2 of RG 1.174 was I. Discussion Pursuant to the change set forth here, issued in 2011. The proposed revision The NRC is issuing a revision to an the National Labor Relations Board has includes additional guidance on existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory amended its Statement of Organization defense-in-depth to assure the defense- Guide’’ series. This series was and Functions as follows: in-depth philosophy is interpreted and developed to describe and make implemented consistently. available to the public information Part 201—Description of Organization DATES: Revision 3 to RG 1.174 is regarding methods that are acceptable to Subpart B—Description of Field available on January 31, 2018. the NRC staff for implementing specific Organization ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID parts of the agency’s regulations, NRC–2012–0110 when contacting the techniques that the NRC staff uses in (A) ‘‘Areas Served by Regional and NRC about the availability of evaluating specific issues or postulated Subregional Offices’’ is amended in information regarding this document. events, and data that the NRC staff following manner: You may obtain publicly-available needs in its review of applications for (1) Region 19 is amended to read as information related to this document permits and licenses. Revision 3 of RG follows: using any of the following methods: 1.174 describes an approach that is Region 19. Seattle, Washington. • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to acceptable to the staff of the NRC when Services Alaska and all counties in http://www.regulations.gov and search developing risk-informed applications Washington except Clark; in Idaho, for Docket ID NRC–2012–0110. Address for a licensing basis change that services Adams, Benewah, Bonner, questions about NRC dockets to Carol considers engineering issues and Boundary, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; applies risk insights. Fremont, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For Revision 3 of RG 1.174 was issued Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone, and Valley technical questions, contact the with a temporary identification of Draft Counties; and in Montana, services individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER Regulatory Guide, DG–1285. This Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Deer INFORMATION CONTACT section of this revision (Revision 3) presents up-to-date Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacia, document. defense-in-depth guidance using precise Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis, and • NRC’s Agencywide Documents language to assure the defense-in-depth Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, Access and Management System philosophy is interpreted and Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Pondera, (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- implemented consistently. Revision 3 Powell, Ravatti, Sanders, Silver Bow, available documents online in the contains significant changes including Teton, and Toole Counties. ADAMS Public Documents collection at expansion of the guidance on the http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Subregion 36. Portland, Oregon. meaning of, and the process for Services Oregon and Clark County in adams.html. To begin the search, select assessing, the defense-in-depth Washington. ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then considerations. select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS In addition, this revision adopts the Persons may also obtain service from Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, term ‘‘PRA Acceptability,’’ including a Resident Agent located in Anchorage, please contact the NRC’s Public related phrasing variants, in place of Alaska. Document Room (PDR) reference staff at terms such as ‘‘PRA quality,’’ ‘‘PRA By Direction of the Board. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by technical adequacy,’’ and ‘‘technical VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31JAN1.SGM 31JAN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of administrative change in status of the Anchorage, Alaska Resident Office (Region 19) of the National Labor Relations Board, which has been closed and the area will be served by agents working from other locations.
DatesApplicable Date: The change with respect to the Anchorage, Alaska office was announced by press release on December 11, 2017 and was effective December 29, 2017.
ContactRoxanne Rothschild, Deputy Executive Secretary, 1015 Half Street SE, Room 5011, Washington, DC 20570. Telephone: (202) 273-1940.
FR Citation83 FR 4519 
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