[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 327-328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31374]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CP2009-18; Order No. 159]
International Mail Contracts
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces a recently-filed Postal Service notice
of an additional Global Direct Contracts agreement. It addresses
procedural steps associated with this filing.
DATES: Comments are due January 5, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at http://www.prc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
202-789-6820 and [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On December 23, 2008, the Postal Service filed a notice announcing
that it has entered into an additional Global
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Direct Contracts agreement.\1\ Global Direct Contracts provide a rate
for mail acceptance within the United States and transportation to a
receiving country, with the addition by the customer of appropriate
foreign indicia, and payment by the Postal Service of the appropriate
settlement charges to the receiving country. The Postal Service
believes the instant agreement is functionally equivalent to previously
submitted Global Direct Contracts agreements, and supported by the
Governors' Decision filed in Docket No. MC2008-7.\2\ The Postal Service
contends that the instant agreement should be included within the
Global Direct Contracts product.
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\1\ Notice of United States Postal Service Filing of
Functionally Equivalent Global Direct Contracts Negotiated Service
Agreement, December 23, 2008 (Notice).
\2\ Notice at 1-2. See Docket No. MC2008-7, Request of the
United States Postal Service to Add Global Plus 2 Negotiated Service
Agreements to the Competitive Product List, and Notice of Filing
(Under Seal) the Enabling Governors' Decision and Two Functionally
Equivalent Agreements, Attachment A, August 8, 2008, for a redacted
version of Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal
Service on the Establishment of Prices and Classifications for
Global Direct, Global Bulk Economy, and Global Plus Contracts
(Governors' Decision No. 08-10), July 16, 2008. The Postal Service
also filed under seal an unredacted version of the Governors'
Decision in that docket.
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The instant contract. The Postal Service filed the instant
agreement pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition, the Postal Service
contends that the agreement is in accordance with PRC Order No. 153. It
submitted the contract and supporting material under seal, and attached
a redacted copy of the certified statement required by 39 CFR
3015.5(c)(2) to the Notice.
The Notice identifies the instant agreement as fitting within the
Mail Classification Schedule language for Global Direct Contracts, and
indicates that this agreement is set to expire no later than January
31, 2010.\3\ The Notice discusses the Postal Service's interest in the
confidential treatment of the contract and related material. Id. at 2-
3. The Notice also provides the Postal Service's rationale for
concluding that the instant contract is functionally equivalent to the
initial contracts filed in Docket Nos. CP2009-10 and CP2009-11. Id. at
2-6.
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\3\ The Postal Service also states that this agreement has the
same duration, basically a one-year period, as the previously
approved Global Direct Contracts agreements. Notice at 5.
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II. Notice of Filing
The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2009-18 for consideration
of matters related to the agreement identified in the Postal Service's
Notice.
Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal
Service's agreement is consistent with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632,
3633, or 3642. Comments are due no later than January 5, 2009. The
public portions of these filings can be accessed via the Commission's
Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Michael J. Ravnitzky to serve as Public
Representative in the captioned filings.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is Ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2009-18 for
consideration of the matters raised in this docket.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Michael J. Ravnitzky is appointed to
serve as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent
the interests of the general public in these proceedings.
3. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no
later than January 5, 2009.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-31374 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]
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