[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR232.2]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 232_TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL, REVIEW OF ORDERS OF POSTMASTER GENERAL

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Sec. 232.2  Answers to applications for review.



    (a) Any interested person may, within not more than ten days after 

the filing of an application for review, serve and file with the 

Department an answer in opposition to, or in support of, such 

applications. Such answer shall set forth the economic data and other 

facts upon which it is based.

    (b) An answer of the Postmaster General or U.S. Postal Service shall 

contain the following particular information, where applicable:

    (1) The Postal Service's critical time frame for the movement of the 

mail in question together with a detailed explanation of the operational 

factors which support that estimate;

    (2) The alternate air and surface services (including air taxi 

service) available in the market in question together with a statement 

of the costs of using such alternate services and, where appropriate, an 

explanation of why such services are unacceptable;

    (3) An estimate of the average amount and expected actual density of 

mail which will be tendered to the carrier if the order in question is 

upheld;

    (4) An estimate of the amount and type of containers which will be 

tendered to the carrier if the order in question is upheld;

    (5) The volume (including density of mail, amount and types of 

containers) of mail historically carried on the flight or flights in 

question;

    (6) An estimate of the volume (including density of mail, amount and 

types of containers) of mail historically carried on the flight or 

flights in question which could be accommodated on other flights serving 

the market without significant impairment of service under the mail 

delivery time standards of the Postal Service, together with an 

explanation of how that estimate was computed; and

    (7) An estimate of the impact of the flight or flights in question 

on mail delivery time standards of the Postal Service, together with an 

explanation of how that estimate was computed.



[41 FR 49479, Nov. 9, 1976, as amended by Docket No. 47939, 57 FR 40102, 

Sept. 2, 1992]