[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11938-11939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6350]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1162; Docket No. A97-14]


Spottswood, Virginia 24475 (Regina Kesterson, Petitioner); Notice 
and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule Under 
39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

Issued March 10, 1997.
    Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman; H. Edward 
Quick, Jr., Vice-Chairman; George W. Haley; W.H. ``Trey'' LeBlanc 
III.

    Docket Number: A97-14.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Spottswood, Virginia 24475.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Regina Kesterson.
    Type of Determination: Closing.
    Date of filing of Appeal Papers: March 3, 1997.
    Categories of issues apparently raised:

1. Effect on the community (39 U.S.C. 404(b)(2)(A)).
2. Effect on postal services (39 U.S.C. 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

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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 
March 18, 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

March 3, 1997--Filing of Appeal letter
March 10, 1997--Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
March 28, 1997--Last day of filing of petitions to intervene (see 39 
CFR 3001.111(b))
April 7, 1997--Petitioner's Participant Statement or Initial Brief (see 
39 CFR 3001.115(a) and (b))
April 28, 1997--Postal Service's Answering Brief (see 39 CFR 
3001.115(c))
May 13, 1997--Petitioner's Reply Brief should Petitioner choose to file 
one (see 39 CFR 3001.115(d))
May 20, 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 3001.116)
July 1, 1997--Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional 
schedule (see 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5))

[FR Doc. 97-6350 Filed 3-12-97; 8:45 am]
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