[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 23750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11682]



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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. MC2009-29; Order No. 215]


New Postal Product

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service 
request to amend an earlier filing concerning the addition of Address 
Management Services to the Mail Classification Schedule. The amendment 
affects a Move Update service. This notice addresses procedural steps 
associated with this filing.

DATES: Comments are due May 19, 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: Regulatory History, 74 FR 15784 (April 7, 
2009).
    On May 8, 2009, the Postal Service filed a notice of an amendment 
to its March 10, 2009 request to add Address Management Services to the 
Mail Classification Schedule (MCS) as a market dominant product.\1\ The 
Postal Service states that the amendment is occasioned by recent 
developments regarding the manner in which FASTforward[supreg] Move 
Update Notification (FFMUN) will be offered as a component of Address 
Management Services.\2\ Effective June 1, 2009, FFMUN will no longer be 
offered as a stand-alone component of Address Management Services, but 
will, instead, be included in the existing FASTforward MLOCR service 
with no change in the annual fee for FASTforward MLOCR service. There 
will no longer be a separate charge for FFMUN service.
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    \1\ Notice of the United States Postal Service of Amendment to 
Its Request to Add Postal Products to the Mail Classification 
Schedule in Response to Order No. 154, May 8, 2009 (Amendment). 
Included as part of the Amendment are revised pages 4 and 8 to 
Attachment A to the Postal Service's initial filing in this docket. 
Address Management Services is one of seven postal services that the 
Postal Service has proposed to add to the MCS in this proceeding. 
The Commission's notice and order of the Postal Service's initial 
filing was issued on March 30, 2009. PRC Order No. 198, Notice and 
Order Concerning Request to Add Seven Postal Services to the Mail 
Classification Schedule Product Lists, March 30, 2009 (Order No. 
198). Comments on the initial request have been received and are 
currently under review by the Commission.
    \2\ Address Management Services was one of the products proposed 
in its March 10, 2009 filing to add to the Market Dominant Product 
List. Order No. 198 at 3.
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    The Postal Service states that notice of the proposed changes has 
already been given to FASTforward licensees through the Postal 
Service's RIBBS Web site at http://www.usps.com and at the National 
Association of Presort Mailers conference.
    The Commission will review the request and the comments of 
interested parties and may approve the request, institute further 
proceedings, permit the Postal Service to modify the request, or take 
other appropriate action under rule 3020.34.
    In Order No. 198, the Commission appointed Robert Sidman to serve 
as the Public Representative in this proceeding. Mr. Sidman will 
continue to represent the interests of the general public with respect 
to the Amendment.
    Pursuant to rule 3020.33, the Commission provides interested 
persons an opportunity to express views and offer comments on whether 
the planned modifications are consistent with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 
3622 and 3642. Comments are due no later than May 19, 2009.
    It is Ordered:
    1. Comments on the Amendment are due no later than May 19, 2009.
    2. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-11682 Filed 5-19-09; 8:45 am]
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