[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 1041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-314]
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[Federal Register: January 7, 1994]
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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
[Docket No. A94-5; Order No. 998]
Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural
Schedule Under 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)
Issued January 3, 1994.
Before Commissioners: W.H. ``Trey'' LeBlanc, III, Vice Chairman;
George W. Haley; H. Edward Quick, Jr.; Wayne A. Schley.
Docket Number: A94-5.
Name of Affected Post Office: Moriah, New York 12960.
Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Donald M. Baker and others.
Type of Determination: Closing.
Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: December 23, 1993.
Categories of Issues Apparently Raised: 1. Effect on postal
services (39 U.S.C. 404(b)(2)(C)).
2. Effect on the community (39 U.S.C. 404(b)(2)(A)).
After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the
Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more
legal issues than those set forth above. Or, the Commission may find
that the Postal Service's determination disposes of one or more of
those issues.
The Postal Reorganization Act requires that the Commission issue
its decision within 120 days from the filing date of this appeal (39
U.S.C. 404(b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in the light of the
120-day decision schedule, the Commission reserves the right to request
the Postal Service to submit memoranda of law on any appropriate issue.
If requested, such memoranda will be due 20 days from the issuance of
the request and the Postal Service shall serve a copy of its memoranda
on the petitioners. The Commission reserves the right to ask
petitioners for more information.
If the Postal Service files a brief or motion to dismiss or a
motion to affirm the appeal, the Postal Service may incorporate by
reference any memoranda it previously filed in this docket.
The Commission Orders
(a) The Postal Service shall file the record in this appeal by
January 7, 1994.
(b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate Commission shall publish this
Notice and Order and Procedure Schedule in the Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Charles L. Clapp,
Secretary.
Appendix
Dec. 23, 1993....... Filing of Appeal Letter.
Jan. 3, 1994........ Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal.
Jan. 18, 1994....... Last day of filing of petitions to intervene (see
39 CFR 3001.111(b)).
Jan. 27, 1994....... Petitioners' Participant Statements or Initial
Briefs (see 39 CFR 3001.115(a) and (b)).
Feb. 16, 1994....... Postal Service's Answering Brief (see 39 CFR
3001.115(c)).
Mar. 3, 1994........ Petitioners' Reply Briefs should Petitioners
choose to file them (see 39 CFR 3001.115(d)).
Mar. 10, 1994....... Deadline for motions by any party requesting oral
argument. The Commission will schedule oral
argument only when it is a necessary addition to
the written filings (see 39 CFR 3001.116).
Apr. 21, 1994....... Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional
schedule (see 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)).
[FR Doc. 94-314 Filed 1-6-94; 8:45 am]
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