[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12406-12407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6419]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2009-21 and CP2009-26; Order No. 193]
New Competitive Postal Product
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service
request to add Priority Mail Contract Mail 5 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 March 25, 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. Introduction
On March 13, 2009, the Postal Service filed a formal request
pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq. to add Priority
Mail Contract 5 to the Competitive Product List.\1\ The Postal Service
asserts that Priority Mail Contract 5 is a competitive product ``not of
general applicability'' within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). Id.
at 1. The Request has been assigned Docket No. MC2009-21.
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\1\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority
Mail Contract 5 to Competitive Product List and Notice of
Establishment of Rates and Class Not of General Applicability, March
13, 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. CP2009-26.
Request. The Request incorporates (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; and (5) certification of compliance with 39
U.S.C. 3633(a).\2\ Substantively, the Request seeks to add Priority
Mail Contract 5 to the Competitive Product List. Id. at 1-2.
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\2\ Attachment A to the Request consists of the redacted
Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on
Establishment of Rate and Class Not of General Applicability for
Priority Mail Service (Governors' Decision No. 09-4). The Governors'
Decision includes an attachment which provides an analysis of the
proposed Priority Mail Contract 5. Attachment B 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).
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In the statement of supporting justification, Mary Prince Anderson,
Acting Manager, Sales and Communications, Expedited Shipping, asserts
that the service to be provided under the contract will cover its
attributable costs, make a positive contribution to institutional
costs, and increase contribution toward the requisite 5.5 percent of
the Postal Service's total institutional costs. Id., Attachment D.
Thus, Ms. Anderson contends there will be no issue of subsidization of
competitive products by market dominant products as a result of this
contract. Id.
Related Contract. A redacted version of the specific Priority Mail
Contract 5 is included with the Request. The contract is for 1 year and
is to be effective 1 day after the Commission provides all necessary
regulatory approvals. The Postal Service represents that the contract
is consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a) and 39 CFR 3015.7(c). See id.,
Attachment A and Attachment E. It notes that actual performance under
this contract could vary from estimates, but concludes that the risks
are manageable. Id. at Attachment A.
The Postal Service filed much of the supporting materials,
including the Governors' Decision and the specific Priority Mail
Contract 5, under seal. In its Request, the Postal Service maintains
that the contract and related financial information, including the
customer's name and the accompanying analyses that provide prices,
terms, conditions, and financial projections should remain under seal.
Id. at 2-3.
II. Notice of Filings
The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2009-21 and CP2009-26 for
consideration of the Request pertaining to the proposed Priority Mail
Contract 5 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 in 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 March 25, 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.
It is Ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2009-21 and CP2009-26
for
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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. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no
later than March 25, 2009.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6419 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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