[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5496-5497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2786]
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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
[Docket No. A97-9]
Eddyville, Nebraska 68834 (Ruth Yentes, et al., Petitioners);
Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule
Under 39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)
January 30, 1997.
Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman; H. Edward Quick,
Jr., Vice-Chairman; George W. Haley; W.H. ``Trey'' LeBlanc III.
Docket Number: A97-9.
Name of Affected Post Office: Eddyville, Nebraska 68834.
Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Ruth Yentes, et al.
Type of Determination: Consolidation.
Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: January 27, 1997.
Categories of Issues Apparently Raised:
1. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(2)(A)].
2. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(2)(C)].
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
February 11, 1997.
(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
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January 27, 1997..................... Filing of Appeal letter.
January 30, 1997..................... Commission Notice and Order of
Filing of Appeal.
February 20, 1997.................... Last day of filing of petitions
to intervene [see 39 CFR Sec.
3001.111(b)]
March 3, 1997........................ Petitioners' Participant
Statement or Initial Brief [see
39 CFR Sec. 3001.115 (a) and
(b)]
March 24, 1997....................... Postal Service's Answering Brief
[see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115(c)]
April 8, 1997........................ Petitioners' Reply Brief should
Petitioner choose to file one
[see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115(d)]
April 15, 1997 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]
May 27, 1997 Expiration of the Commission's
120-day decisional schedule [see
39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)]
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