[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1957-1958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-486]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2012-5, CP2012-10 and CP2012-11; Order No. 1111]
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 Global Plus 2C Contracts to the competitive product
list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with the
filing.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically by accessing the ``Filing
Online'' link in the banner at the top of the Commission's Web site
(http://www.prc.gov) or by directly accessing the Commission's Filing
Online system at https://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/filing-online/login.aspx. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically
should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section as the source for case-related information for advice
on alternatives to electronic filing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
at (202) 789-6820 (case-related information) or DocketAdmins@prc.gov
(electronic filing assistance).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction. The Commission hereby provides notice that the Postal
Service has filed a request to add Global Plus 2C Contracts, consisting
of two Global Plus 2C agreements, to the competitive products list.\1\
The new product covers rates for a combination of Global Bulk Economy
(GBE) and Global Direct (GD) for high-volume mailers or Postal
Qualified Wholesalers. Id. Attachment A-3. The instant agreements are
set to begin January 16, 2012 upon the expiration of customers' current
customized (Global Plus 2B) agreements. Id. at 5.
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\1\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Global
Plus 2C to the Competitive Products List and Notice of Filing Two
Functionally Equivalent Global Plus 2C Contracts Negotiated Service
Agreements and Application for Non-Public Treatment of Materials
Filed Under Seal, December 30, 2011 (Notice). See also Errata
(January 5, 2012) presenting revised Mail Classification Schedule
(MCS). The Notice was filed pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
3020.30 et seq., and Order No. 112. The filing includes Global Plus
1C contracts, which are the subject of Docket Nos. MC2012-6, CP2012-
10 and CP2012. See Notice, Attachment 1 at 1.
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Documentation. The Postal Service has filed the contracts, along
with certain supporting documents, under seal. Attachment 1 to the
Notice is an application for non-public treatment of this material. See
id. Attachment 1 at 1 and n. 4. Attachments 2 though 4 consist of the
pertinent Governors' Decisions; revised Mail Classification Schedule
language; certifications and a statement required under Commission
rules; and contracts.
Postal Service representations. The Postal Service asserts that its
filing establishes that the new Global Plus 2C contracts are in
compliance with the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633; fit within the
proposed MCS language for Global Plus Contracts based on the
controlling Governors' Decisions; and are functionally equivalent to
each other.\2\ It therefore requests that Global Plus 2C be added to
the competitive product list; that the contracts included in this
filing be included within the Global Plus 2C product; and that these
contracts be considered the baseline agreements for future functionally
equivalency analyses for the Global Plus 2C product. Id. at 9-10.
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\2\ Governors' Decision No. 08-10 authorizes Global Plus 2
contracts. Governors' Decision No. 11-6 authorizes Postal Service
management to prepare any necessary product description, including
Mail Classification Schedule text, and to present such description
to the Commission.
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Initial Commission action. The Commission establishes three related
dockets, designated as Docket Nos. MC2012-5, CP2012-10, and CP2012-11,
to consider matters raised in the Notice. The Commission strongly
encourages those interested in the Postal Service's proposal to review
the filing in its entirety, including the proposed revisions to the
MCS. Public portions of the Postal Service's filing can be accessed via
the Commission's Web site, www.prc.gov. Commission rule 3007.40 (39 CFR
3007.40) addresses procedures for obtaining access to non-public
information. Interested persons may submit comments on whether adding
Global Plus 2C to the competitive product list is consistent with the
policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632 or 3633 and 39 CFR part 3015. The date for
filing comments and the designated Public Representative are identified
in the ordering paragraphs.
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2012-5, CP2012-10, and
CP2012-11 to consider matters raised by the Postal Service's Notice.
2. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no
later than January 11, 2012.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, James F. Callow 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.
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By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-486 Filed 1-11-12; 8:45 am]
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