[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8713]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1167; Docket No. A97-16]


North Shapleigh, Maine 04060 (Harold W. Clark, Petitioner); 
Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule 
Under 39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)

Issued April 1, 1997.
Docket Number: A97-16
Name of Affected Post Office: North Shapleigh, Maine 04060
Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Harold W. Clark
Type of Determination: Closing
Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: March 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 
April 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

March 27, 1997: Filing of Appeal letter
April 1, 1997: Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
April 21, 1997: Last day of filing of petitions to intervene [see 39 
CFR Sec. 3001.111(b)]
May 1, 1997: Petitioner's Participant Statement or Initial Brief 
[see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115 (a) and (b)]
May 21, 1997: Postal Service's Answering Brief [see 39 CFR 
Sec. 3001.115(c)]
June 5, 1997: Petitioner's Reply Brief should Petitioner choose to 
file one [see 39 CFR Sec. 3001.115(d)]
June 12, 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 25, 1997: Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional 
schedule [see 39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)]

[FR Doc. 97-8713 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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