[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4376-4377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1688]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2012-7 and CP2012-15; Order No. 1163]
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 Priority Mail Contract 38 to the competitive product
list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with the
filing.
DATES: Comments are due: January 31, 2012.
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:
I. Introduction
In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the
Postal Service filed a formal request and
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associated supporting information to add Priority Mail Contract 38 to
the competitive product list.\1\ Priority mail contracts enable the
Postal Service to provide Priority Mail service to an individual
customer at customized rates.\2\ The Postal Service asserts that
Priority Mail Contract 38 is a competitive product ``not of general
applicability'' within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). Request at
1. The Request has been assigned Docket No. MC2012-7.
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\1\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority
Mail Contact 38 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing
(Under Seal) of Contract and Supporting Data, January 19, 2012
(Request).
\2\ Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal
Service on Establishment of Rates and Classes Not of General
Applicability for Priority Mail Contract Group, Docket No. MC2009-
25, issued April 27, 2009, at 1 (Governors' Decision No. 09-6).
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The Postal Service contemporaneously filed a redacted contract
related to the proposed new product under 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39
CFR 3015.5. Id. Attachment B. The instant contract has been assigned
Docket No. CP2012-15.
Request. To support its Request, the Postal Service filed six
attachments as follows:
Attachment A--a redacted copy of Governors' Decision No.
09-6, authorizing certain Priority Mail contracts, and a certification
of the Governors' vote;
Attachment B--a redacted copy of the contract;
Attachment C--proposed changes to the Mail Classification
Schedule competitive product list that would add Priority Mail Contract
38 under Domestic Negotiated Service Agreements;
Attachment D--a Statement of Supporting Justification as
required by 39 CFR 3020.32;
Attachment E--a certification of compliance with 39 U.S.C.
3633(a); and
Attachment F--an application for non-public treatment of
materials to maintain redacted portions of the contract, customer-
identifying information, and related financial information under seal.
In the Statement of Supporting Justification, Dennis R. Nicoski,
Manager, Field Sales Strategy and Contracts, asserts that the contract
will cover its attributable costs, make a positive contribution to
covering institutional costs, and increase contribution toward the
requisite 5.5 percent of the Postal Service's total institutional
costs. Id. Attachment D at 1. Mr. Nicoski contends that there will be
no issue of market dominant products subsidizing competitive products
as a result of this contract. Id.
Related contract. The Postal Service included a redacted version of
the related contract with the Request. Id. Attachment B. The contract
is scheduled to become effective on the day the Commission issues all
necessary regulatory approval. Id. at 2. The contract will expire 3
years from the effective date unless, among other things, either party
terminates the agreement upon 30 days' written notice to the other
party. Id. at 2. The Postal Service represents that the contract is
consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Id. Attachment D at 2.
The Postal Service filed much of the supporting materials,
including the related contract, under seal. Id. Attachment F. It
maintains that the redacted portions of the contract, customer-
identifying information, and related financial information, should
remain confidential. Id. at 2-3. This information includes the price
structure, underlying costs and assumptions, pricing formulas,
information relevant to the customer's mailing profile, and cost
coverage projections. Id. The Postal Service asks the Commission to
protect customer-identifying information from public disclosure
indefinitely. Id. at 7.
II. Notice of Filings
The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2012-7 and CP2012-15 to
consider the Request pertaining to the proposed Priority Mail Contract
38 product and the related contract, respectively.
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, 39 CFR 3015.5, and 39 CFR
part 3020, subpart B. Comments are due no later than, January 31, 2012.
The public portions of these filings can be accessed via the
Commission's Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Natalie Rea Ward to serve as Public
Representative in these dockets.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2012-7 and CP2012-15 to
consider the matters raised in each docket.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Natalie Rea Ward 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 January 31, 2012.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-1688 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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