[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20014]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket No. A97-25, Order No. 1187]


In the Matter of: Webster Crossing, New York 14584, (Eleanor 
Wong, et al., Petitioners); Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule UNDER 39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)

Issued July 24, 1997.
    Docket Number: A97-25.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Webster Crossing, New York 14584.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Eleanor Wong, et al.
    Type of Determination: Closing.
    Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: July 18, 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 
August 1, 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.
Cyril J. Pittack,
Acting Secretary.

Appendix

July 18, 1997--Filing of Appeal letter.
July 24, 1997--Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal.
August 12, 1997--Last day of filing of petitions to intervene [see 
39 CFR 3001.111(b)].
August 22, 1997--Petitioners' Participant Statement or Initial Brief 
[see 39 CFR 3001.115 (a) and (b)].
September 11, 1997--Postal Service's Answering Brief [see 39 CFR 
3001.115(c)].
September 26, 1997--Petitioners' Reply Brief should Petitioner 
choose to file one [see 39 CFR 3001.115(d)].
October 3, 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].
November 15, 1997--Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional 
schedule [see 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)].

[FR Doc. 97-20014 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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