[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 30891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14604]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1178; Docket No. A97-20]


Popejoy, Iowa 50227 (Thelma Stewart, Petitioner); Notice and 
Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule Under 39 
U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

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

Issued May 30, 1997.
    Docket Number: A97-20.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Popejoy, Iowa 50227.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Thelma Stewart.
    Type of Determination: Closing.
    Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: May 28, 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 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 June 12, 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.
May 28, 1997--Filing of Appeal letter
May 30, 1997--Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
June 23, 1997--Last day of filing of petitions to intervene (see 39 CFR 
3001.111(b))
July 2, 1997--Petitioners' Participant Statement or Initial Brief (see 
39 CFR 3001.115(a) and (b))
July 22, 1997--Postal Service's Answering Brief (see 39 CFR 
3001.115(c))
August 6, 1997--Petitioners' Reply Brief should Petitioner choose to 
file one (see 39 CFR 3001.115(d))
August 13, 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)
September 25, 1997--Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional 
schedule (see 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5))

[FR Doc. 97-14604 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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