[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57303-57304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23404]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. CP2010-105 through CP2010-115; Order No. 535]
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 add 11 Global Expedited Package Services 3 contracts to the
Global Expedited Package Services product. This notice addresses
procedural steps associated with this filing.
DATES: Comments are due: September 20, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at http:[sol][sol]www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot
submit their views electronically should contact the person identified
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by telephone for advice on
alternatives to electronic filing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202-789-6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filing
III. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On September 10, 2010, the Postal Service filed a notice announcing
that it has entered into 11 additional Global Expedited Package
Services 3 (GEPS 3) contracts.\1\ The Postal Service believes
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the instant contracts are functionally equivalent to previously
submitted GEPS contracts, and are supported by Governors' Decision No.
08-7, attached to the Notice and originally filed in Docket No. CP2008-
4. Id. at 1, Attachment 3. The Notice explains that Order No. 86, which
established GEPS 1 as a product, also authorized functionally
equivalent agreements to be included within the product, provided that
they meet the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 2. In Order No.
290, the Commission approved the GEPS 2 product.\2\ In Order No. 503,
the Commission approved the GEPS 3 product. Additionally, the Postal
Service requested to have the contract in Docket No. CP2010-71 serve as
the baseline contract for future functional equivalence analyses of the
GEPS 3 product.
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\1\ Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing Eleven
Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited Package Services 3
Negotiated Service Agreements and Application For Non-Public
Treatment of Materials Filed Under Seal, September 10, 2010
(Notice).
\2\ Docket No. CP2009-50, Order Granting Clarification and
Adding Global Expedited Package Services 2 to the Competitive
Product List, August 28, 2009 (Order No. 290).
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The instant contracts. The Postal Service filed the instant
contracts pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition, the Postal Service
contends that each contract is in accordance with Order No. 86. The
Postal Service that relates that two of the instant contracts, which
expire September 30, 2010, are successor contracts for the same
customers as in Docket Nos. CP2009-64 and CP2009-65, respectively. The
term of each contract is 1 year from the date the Postal Service
notifies the customer that all necessary regulatory approvals have been
received. Notice at 3-4.
In support of its Notice, the Postal Service filed four attachments
as follows:
Attachments 1A through 1K--redacted copies of the 11
contracts and applicable annexes;
Attachments 2A through 2K--certified statements required
by 39 CFR 3015.5(c)(2) for each contract;
Attachment 3--a redacted copy of Governors' Decision No.
08-7 which establishes prices and classifications for GEPS contracts, a
description of applicable GEPS contracts, formulas for prices, an
analysis of the formulas, and certification of the Governors' vote; and
Attachment 4--an application for non-public treatment of
materials to maintain redacted portions of the contracts and supporting
documents under seal.
The Notice advances reasons why the instant GEPS 3 contracts fit
within the Mail Classification Schedule language for GEPS. The Postal
Service identifies customer-specific information and general contract
terms that distinguish the instant contracts from the baseline GEPS 3
agreement. Id. at 5. It states that the differences, which include
price variations based on updated costing information and volume
commitments, do not alter the contracts' functional equivalency. Id. at
4-5. The Postal Service asserts that ``[b]ecause the agreements
incorporate the same cost attributes and methodology, the relevant
characteristics of these 11 GEPS contracts are similar, if not the
same, as the relevant characteristics of previously filed contracts.''
Id. at 5.
The Postal Service concludes that its filings demonstrate that each
of the new GEPS 3 contracts complies with the requirements of 39 U.S.C.
3633 and is functionally equivalent to the baseline GEPS 3 contract.
Therefore, it requests that the instant contracts be included within
the GEPS 3 product. Id. at 6.
II. Notice of Filing
The Commission establishes Docket Nos. CP2010-105 through CP2010-
115 for consideration of matters related to the contracts identified in
the Postal Service's Notice.
These dockets are addressed on a consolidated basis for purposes of
this order. Filings with respect to a particular contract should be
filed in that docket.
Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal
Service's contracts are consistent with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632,
3633, or 3642. Comments are due no later than September 20, 2010. The
public portions of these filings can be accessed via the Commission's
Web site (http:[sol][sol]www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Paul L. Harrington to serve as Public
Representative in the captioned proceedings.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. CP2010-105 through
CP2010-115 for consideration of matters raised by the Postal Service's
Notice.
2. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no
later than September 20, 2010.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. Harrington is appointed to
serve as the officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general public in these proceedings.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-23404 Filed 9-17-10; 8:45 am]
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