[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44881-44882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20934]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2009-40 and CP2009-61; Order No. 288]
Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service
request to add Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to the
Competitive Product List. The Postal Service has also filed a related
contract. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with these
filings.
DATES: Comments are due September 2, 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,
at 202-789-6829 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filings
III. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On August 21, 2009, the Postal Service filed a formal request
pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq. to add Parcel
Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to the Competitive Product
List.\1\ The Postal
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Service asserts that Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2
is a competitive product ``not of general applicability'' within the
meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). The Request has been assigned Docket
No. MC2009-40.
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\1\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Parcel
Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to Competitive Product
List and Notice of Establishment of Rates and Class Not of General
Applicability, August 21, 2009 (Request).
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The Postal Service contemporaneously filed a contract related to
the proposed new product pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 CFR
3015.5. The contract has been assigned Docket No. CP2009-61.
Request. The Request includes (1) a redacted version of the
Governors' Decision authorizing the new product; (2) a redacted version
of the contract; (3) requested changes in the Mail Classification
Schedule product list; (4) a Statement of Supporting Justification as
required by 39 CFR 3020.32; (5) a certification of compliance with 39
U.S.C. 3633(a); and (6) an application for the non-public treatment of
materials.\2\ Substantively, the Request seeks to add Parcel Select &
Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to the Competitive Product List. Id.
at 1-2.
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\2\ Attachment A to the Request is a redacted version of the
Governors' Decision authorizing the new product; Attachment B to the
Request is the redacted version of the contract. Attachment C shows
the requested changes to the Mail Classification Schedule product
list. Attachment D provides a statement of supporting justification
for this Request. Attachment E provides the certification of
compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Attachment F is the Postal
Service's Application for the treatment of Non-Public materials.
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II. Notice of Filings
The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2009-40 and CP2009-61 for
consideration of the Request pertaining to the proposed Parcel Select &
Parcel Return Service Contract 2 product and the related contract,
respectively. In keeping with practice, these dockets are addressed on
a consolidated basis for purposes of this Order; however, future
filings should be made in the specific docket to which issues being
addressed pertain.
Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal
Service's filings in the captioned dockets are consistent with the
policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642 and 39 CFR part 3015 and 39
CFR 3020 subpart B. Comments are due no later than September 2, 2009.
The public portions of these filings can be accessed via the
Commission's Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Paul L. Harrington to serve as Public
Representative in these dockets.
III. Supplemental Information
Pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.6, the Commission requests the Postal
Service to provide the following supplemental information by August 31,
2009:
1. In the Postal Service's Application for Non-Public Treatment of
Materials, section (3), the Postal Service states: ``However, in a
limited number of cases, narrative passages or notes were redacted in
their entirety due to the practical difficulties of redacting
particular words or numbers within the text as presented in a
spreadsheet format.'' Request, Attachment F, at 3. In accordance with
39 CFR 3007.10(c), please indicate the number of lines or number of
pages removed at each redaction; and
2. The cost coverage in the Governors' Decision differs from the
calculated cost coverage in the accompanying spreadsheets filed under
seal. Please explain this discrepancy.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2009-40 and CP2009-61
for consideration of the matter raised in each docket.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. Harrington is appointed to
serve as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent
the interests of the general public in these proceedings.
3. The Postal Service is to provide the information requested in
section III of this Order no later than August 31, 2009.
4. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no
later than September 2, 2009.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
Issued: August 25, 2009.
By the Commission.
Judith M. Grady,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-20934 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]
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