[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19755]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
[Docket No. A96-21; Order No. 1127]


Moriah, New York 12960 (Katherine E. Baker, Petitioner); Notice 
and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule Under 
39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

    Issued July 30, 1996.

    Docket Number: A96-21.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Moriah, New York 12960.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Katherine E. Baker.
    Type of Determination: Closing.
    Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: July 29, 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. Sec. 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 
August 13, 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.
Cyril J. Pittack,
Acting Secretary.

Appenidx

July 29, 1996: Filing of Appeal letter
July 30, 1996: Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
August 23, 1996: Last day of filing of petitions to intervene [see 
39 C.F.R. Sec. 3001.111(b)]
September 3, 1996: Petitioner's Participant Statement or Initial 
Brief m[see 39 C.F.R. Sec. 3001.115(a) and (b)]
September 23, 1996: Postal Service's Answering Brief [see 39 C.F.R. 
Sec. 3001.115(c)]
October 8, 1996: Petitioner's Reply Brief should Petitioner choose 
to file one [see 39 C.F.R. Sec. 3001.115(d)]
October 15, 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 C.F.R. 
Sec. 3001.116]
November 26, 1996: Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional 
schedule [see 39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)]

[FR Doc. 96-19755 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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