[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1235-1236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-36]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. ACR2007]


Notice of Technical Conferences

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Technical conferences have been scheduled in Docket No. 
ACR2007. The conferences will discuss the cost model for Periodicals 
the Postal Service uses in its Cost and Revenue Analysis Report for FY 
2007.

DATES: January 11, 2008 (2 p.m.); January 23, 2008 (2 p.m.).

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held in the Commission's hearing room 
at 901 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann C. Fisher, Chief of Staff, Postal 
Regulatory Commission, at 202-789-6803 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3652 of title 39 of the United 
States Code requires the Postal Service to file an annual report with 
the Commission analyzing postal costs, revenues, rates, and service 
within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year. From that report, the 
Commission and the public are to determine whether the Postal Service 
has complied with all of the policies of title 39. See 39 U.S.C. 3653. 
The Commission shortly will receive from the Postal Service its annual 
compliance report for FY 2007. Upon its receipt, the Commission will 
promptly issue a formal notice announcing its receipt, and set a 
schedule for public comment, as 39 U.S.C. 3653(a) requires.
    The Postal Service has notified the Commission informally that its 
Cost and Revenue Analysis Report for FY 2007 will employ a cost model 
for Periodicals that corrects and refines the model that the Commission 
used in Docket No. R2006-1 to design rates for Periodicals.
    Under section 3653, the Commission has 90 days after receipt of the 
Postal Service's annual report to evaluate whether postal rates and 
services in FY 2007 complied with the policies of title 39. This brief 
evaluation period requires that the Commission set an early date for 
public comments. To facilitate interested parties to evaluate the 
anticipated changes to the Periodical cost model quickly enough to 
incorporate their conclusions in their comments on the Postal Service's 
compliance report, the Commission is scheduling an informal technical 
conference on January 11, 2008, at 2 p.m., in the Commission's hearing 
room, 901 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC. At the 
conference,

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Postal Service analysts will describe the model refinements that they 
have made, the reasons that they made them, and respond to questions 
from the Commission's technical staff and the public designed to 
clarify the nature of, and the reasons for, the Postal Service's 
changes to the model.
    To allow further clarification once interested persons have the 
benefit of the Postal Service's explanations, a second conference is 
scheduled for January 23, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the Commission's hearing 
room. At this second conference, interested persons may seek additional 
information from Postal Service analysts, and explore the reasons for 
the methodologies and data employed by the Postal Service. At this 
conference, interested persons may also, if they wish, offer potential 
additional improvements or alternatives for discussion prior to 
submitting written comments on the Postal Service's filing.

Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-36 Filed 1-4-08; 8:45 am]
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