[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10340]



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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket No. A96-14; Order No. 1109]


Forest Grove, Montana 59441: (May A. Charbonneau, Petitioner); 
Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule 
Under 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

Issued April 22, 1996.
    Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman; W.H. ``Trey'' 
LeBlanc III, Vice-Chairman; George W. Haley; H. Edward Quick, Jr.

    Docket Number: A96-14.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Forest Grove, Montana 59441.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): May A. Charbonneau.
    Type of Determination: Consolidate.
    Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: April 15, 1996.
    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 date this appeal was filed (39 
U.S.C. 404 (b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in light of the 120-
day decision schedule, the Commission may 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 Postal Service may incorporate by reference in its briefs or 
motions, any arguments presented in memoranda it previously filed in 
this docket. If necessary, the Commission also may ask petitioners or 
the Postal Service for more information.

The Commission Orders

    (a) The Postal Service shall file the record in this appeal by 
April 30, 1996.
    (b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate Commission shall publish this 
Notice and Order and Procedural Schedule in the Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Margaret P. Crenshaw,
Secretary.

Appendix

April 15, 1996: Filing of Appeal letter
April 22, 1996: Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
May 10, 1996: Last day of filing of petitions to intervene [see 39 CFR 
3001.111(b)]
May 20, 1996: Petitioner's Participant Statement or Initial Brief [see 
39 CFR 3001.115 (a) and (b)]
June 10, 1996: Postal Service's Answering Brief [see 39 CFR 
3001.115(c)]
June 24, 1996: Petitioner's Reply Brief should Petitioner choose to 
file one [see 39 CFR 3001.115(d)]
July 1, 1996: 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]
August 20, 1996: Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional 
schedule [see 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)]
[FR Doc. 96-10340 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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