[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 12667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6705]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1163; Docket No. A97-15]


Lasker, North Carolina 27848 (Leon D. Collier, Petitioner); 
Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule 
Under 39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)

Issued March 12, 1997.
    Docket Number: A97-15.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Lasker, North Carolina 27848.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Leon D. Collier.
    Type of Determination: Closing.
    Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: March 10, 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 
March 25, 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 10, 1997
    Filing of Appeal letter
March 12, 1997
    Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
April 4, 1997
    Last day of filing of petitions to intervene [see 39 CFR 
Sec. 3001.111(b)]
April 14, 1997
    Petitioner's Participant Statement or Initial Brief [see 39 CFR 
Sec. 3001.115 (a) and (b)]
May 5, 1997
    Postal Service's Answering Brief [see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115(c)]
May 20, 1997
    Petitioner's Reply Brief should Petitioner choose to file one 
[see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115(d)]
May 27, 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]
July 8, 1997
    Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional schedule [see 
39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)]

[FR Doc. 97-6705 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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