[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14006]



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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket No. A96-15; Order No. 1113]


Lewiston, Nebraska 68380 (Lois Tegtmeier, Petitioner); Notice and 
Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule Under 29 
U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

    Issued May 30, 1996.

Docket Number: A96-15.
Name of Affected Post Office: Lewiston, Nebraska 68380.
Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Lois Tegtmeier.
Type of Determination: Consolidate.
Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: May 20, 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 June 
4, 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

May 20, 1996
    Filing of Appeal letter
May 30, 1996
    Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
June 14, 1996
    Last day of filing of petitions to intervene [see 39 CFR 
Sec. 3001.111(b)]
June 24, 1996
    Petitioner's Participant Statement or Initial Brief [see 39 CFR 
Sec. 3001.115 (a) and (b)]
July 15, 1996
    Postal Service's Answering Brief [see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115(c)]
July 30, 1996
    Petitioner's Reply Brief should Petitioner choose to file one 
[see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115(d)]
August 6, 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 Sec. 3001.116]
September 17, 1996
    Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional schedule [see 
39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)]

[FR Doc. 96-14006 Filed 6-4-96; 8:45 am]
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