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See below for the Defense Base Act (DBA) jurisdictional
boundries and the appropriate Longshore District office contacts.
Defense Base Act jurisdiction - East of the 75th degree
west longitude, Newfoundland, and Greenland.
Boston Longshore District Office David B. Groeneveld, District
Director U.S. Department of Labor ESA/OWCP/DLHWC JFK Federal
Building, Room E-260 Boston, MA 02203 Phone: (617) 624-6750
Defense Base Act jurisdiction - Mexico, Central and
South America (including coastal islands); areas east of the continents of
North and South America to the 60th degree east longitude (including Iran,
Iraq, Afghanistan) and any other areas or locations not covered under any other
district office.
New York Longshore District Office Richard V. Robilotti, District
Director U.S. Department of Labor ESA/OWCP/DLHWC 201 Varick Street,
Room 750 Post Office Box 249 New York, NY 10014-0249 Phone: (646)
264-3010
Houston Longshore District Office (Defense Base Act
jurisdiction - Canada, west of the 75th degree and east of the 110th degree
west longitude.)
Brad Soshea, District Director U.S. Department of Labor
ESA/OWCP/DLHWC 8866 Gulf Freeway Suite 140 Houston, TX 77017
Phone: (713) 943-1605
Honolulu Longshore District Office (Defense Base Act
cases jurisdiction - all areas west of the continents of North and South
America (excluding coastal islands) to 60 degrees east longitude (excluding
Iran, Iraq and Aghanistan)).
R. Todd Bruininks, District Director U.S. Department of Labor
ESA/OWCP/DLHWC 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 5-135 Post Office Box
50209 Honolulu, HI 96850 Phone: (808) 541-1983
Defense Base Act jurisdiction - Canada, west of the
110th degree west longitude, and all areas in the Pacific Ocean north of the
45th degree north latitude.
Seattle Longshore District Office Karen Staats, District
Director U.S. Department of Labor ESA/OWCP/DLHWC 1111 Third Avenue,
Suite 620 Seattle, WA 98101-3212 Phone: (206) 398-8255
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