[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 134 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39996-40000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15785]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. PI2008-1; Order No. 83]


Administrative Practice and Procedure, Postal Service; Correction

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Regulatory Commission published a document in the 
Federal Register on June 25, 2008 seeking comments on a plan for 
service performance measurement and reporting systems for market 
dominant products. The document contained several errors the Commission 
wishes to correct.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 
202-789-6820 and [email protected].

Correction

    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, page 36138, Table 2, correct the row 
beginning with ``Standard Mail'' to delete subscript 7 in column 6, and 
the row beginning with ``Package Services'' to delete subscript 8 in 
column 3, and in footnote 1, change ``Table 1'' to ``Table 2'' and 
delete the word ``mail'' to read:

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                         Table 2.--Postal Service Measurement Approach at Full Rollout \1\ Measurement Approach by Mail Segment
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                                                         Single-piece                                                   Presort
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                                        Letters              Flats              Parcels             Letters              Flats              Parcels
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First-Class Mail................  EXFC..............  EXFC..............  Start: Acceptance   Start: Documented   EXFC as Proxy \2\.  Start: Documented
                                                                           scan.               Arrival Time at                         Arrival Time at
                                                                                               Postal facility.                        Postal facility.
                                                                          Stop: Delivery      Stop: External      ..................  Stop: Delivery
                                                                           Confirmation        reporting.                              Confirmation
                                                                           delivery scan.                                              delivery scan.
Single-Piece First-Class Mail     IMMS \3\..........  EXFC as proxy \4\.  Single-Piece First- N/A...............  N/A...............  N/A.
 International.                                                            Class Mail
                                                                           parcels as proxy
                                                                           \5\.
Periodicals \6\.................  N/A...............  N/A...............  N/A...............  Start: Documented   Start: Documented   N/A.
                                                                                               Arrival Time at     Arrival Time at
                                                                                               Postal facility.    Postal facility.
                                                                                              Stop: External      Stop: External      N/A.
                                                                                               reporting.          reporting.
Standard Mail...................  N/A...............  N/A...............  N/A...............  Start: Documented   Start: Documented   Start: Documented
                                                                                               Arrival Time at     Arrival Time at     Arrival Time at
                                                                                               Postal facility.    Postal facility.    Postal facility.
                                                                                              Stop: External      Stop: External      Stop: Delivery
                                                                                               reporting.          reporting.          Confirmation
                                                                                                                                       delivery scan.
Package Services................  N/A...............  N/A...............  Start: Acceptance   N/A...............  Start: Documented   Start: Documented
                                                                           scan.                                   Arrival Time at     Arrival Time at
                                                                                                                   Postal facility.    Postal facility.
                                                                          Stop: Delivery      ..................  Stop: External      Stop: Delivery
                                                                           Confirmation                            reporting.          Confirmation
                                                                           delivery scan.                                              delivery scan.
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\1\ Special Services are not included in Table 2 as they have different methods to ``start-the-clock'' and ``stop-the-clock'' from the market-dominant
  products.
\2\ The Postal Service will use the External First-Class Mail Measurement System (EXFC) measurement for single-piece flats as a proxy for Presort First-
  Class Mail flats due to the very small volume of Presort flats.
\3\ The International Mail Measurement System (IMMS) is an external measurement system for which an independent measurement contractor seeds mail into
  the mailstream.
\4\ The EXFC measurement for domestic single-piece First-Class Mail flats will serve as a proxy for single-piece First-Class Mail International flats
  due to the small volume in the latter category. After clearing customs, single-piece First-Class Mail International flats enter the domestic
  mailstream and are handled with domestic single-piece First-Class Mail flats.
\5\ The Postal Service will use the measurement for domestic single-piece First-Class Mail parcels as a proxy for single-piece First-Class Mail
  International parcels.
\6\ Two mailer-operated external systems, Red Tag and Time Inc.'s DelTrak, will be used for Periodicals measurement during FY 2009, as the Postal
  Service transitions to a long-term internal solution.

    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36140, Table 3, in the row 
captioned ``Overall Mailstream'' under the column captioned ``Letters 
(percent)'', change the number ``17'' to read ``17.2''.

                                                            Table 3.--First-Class Mail Volume
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                                                          Single-piece                                               Presort
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                                             Letters          Flats          Parcels         Letters          Flats          Parcels
                                            (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)    Total (percent)
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First-Class Mail.......................            38.0             3.3             0.4            57.1             1.0             0.2            100
Overall Mailstream.....................            17.2             1.5             0.2            25.8             0.4             0.1             45.2
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    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36142, Table 4, change 
``South Carolina District'' to read ``Greater South Carolina District'' 
and change all instances of ``xx'' to read ``xx.x''.

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  Table 4.--Quarterly Performance for Single-Piece First-Class Mail; Sample Quarterly Report Format for Single-
                                             Piece First-Class Mail
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                                                                                                  Three-day/four-
                            District                               Overnight (%   Two-day (% On-   day/ five-day
                                                                     On-time)          time)        (% On-time)
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Capital Metro Area..............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Baltimore District..............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Capital District................................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Greater South Carolina District.................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Greensboro District.............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District..........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
No. Virginia District...........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Richmond District...............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
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    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36142, Table 5, change 
``South Carolina District'' to read ``Greater South Carolina District'' 
and change all instances of ``xx'' to read ``xx.x''.

  Table 5.--Quarterly Performance for Single-Piece First-Class Mail Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format With Service Variance for Single-
                                                                 Piece First-Class Mail
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                                                           Overnight                            Two-day                   Three-day/four-day/five-day
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                  District                     Within +    Within +    Within +    Within +    Within +    Within +    Within +    Within +    Within +
                                                 1-day      2-days      3-days       1-day      2-days      3-days       1-day      2-days      3-days
                                               (percent)   (percent)   (percent)   (percent)   (percent)   (percent)   (percent)   (percent)   (percent)
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Capital Metro Area..........................        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
Baltimore District..........................        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
Capital District............................        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
Greater South Carolina District.............        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
Greensboro District.........................        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District......................        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
No. Virginia District.......................        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
Richmond District...........................        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x        xx.x
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    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36142 in the third column, 
add a paragraph to read, ``The Annual Compliance Report format for 
First-Class Mail is as follows:''.
    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36142, Table 6, change all 
instances of ``xx'' to read ``xx.x''.

   Table 6.--Annual Compliance Report; Sample Annual Report Format for
                            First-Class Mail
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                                              Target       Percent  on-
               Mail Class                    (percent)         time
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First-Class Mail:
    Single-Piece Overnight..............            xx.x            xx.x
    Single-Piece Two-Day................            xx.x            xx.x
    Single-Piece Three-Day/Four-Day.....            xx.x            xx.x
    Presort Overnight...................            xx.x            xx.x
    Presort Two-Day.....................            xx.x            xx.x
    Presort Three-Day/Four-Day..........            xx.x            xx.x
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    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36144, Table 8, in the column 
captioned ``Area'' add a row for ``Southwest Area'' following the row 
``Western Area''.

   Table 8.--Quarterly Performance for Single-Piece International Mail Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format With the Service Variance for
                                                       Single-Piece First-Class Mail International
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                                                                              Inbound                                        Outbound
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                          Area                            Within + 1-day  Within + 2-day  Within + 3-day  Within + 1-day  Within + 2-day  Within + 3-day
                                                             (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)
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Northeast Area..........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x

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New York Metro Area.....................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Eastern Area............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Capital Metro Area......................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Southeast Area..........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Great Lakes Area........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Western Area............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Southwest Area..........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Pacific Area............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
    National............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
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    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36146, Table 12, add a table 
footnote following the table title to read, ``Destination Entry 
includes Destination Bulk Mail Center, Destination Area Distribution 
Center, Destination Sectional Center Facility, and Destination Delivery 
Unit.''

       Table 12.--Quarterly Performance for Standard Mail Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format for Standard Mail Service Variance \1\
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                                                                         Destination entry                                  End-to-end
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                        District                                           Within +  2-    Within +  3-                    Within +  2-    Within +  3-
                                                          Within + 1-day       days            days       Within + 1-day       days            days
                                                             (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)       (percent)
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Capital Metro Area......................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Baltimore District......................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Capital District........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Greater South Carolina District.........................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Greensboro District.....................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District..................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
No. Virginia District...................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Richmond District.......................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x           xx.x
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\1\ Destination Entry includes Destination Bulk Mail Center, Destination Area Distribution Center, Destination Sectional Center Facility, and
  Destination Delivery Unit.

    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36148, Table 16, change 
``Letters, Flats, and Parcels'' to read ``Letters and Flats''.

  Table 16.--Annual Compliance Report; Sample Annual Report Format for
                               Periodicals
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                                              Target       Percent  on-
               Mail Class                    (percent)         time
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Periodicals.............................  ..............  ..............
Letters and Flats.......................            xx.x            xx.x
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    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36149, Table 19, add the 
heading ``District'' to the first column to read:

   Table 19.--Quarterly Performance for Package Services Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format With
                                  Service Variance for Package Services Parcels
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                                                                                   Within +  2-    Within +  3-
                            District                              Within + 1-day       days            days
                                                                     (percent)       (percent)       (percent)
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Capital Metro Area..............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Baltimore District..............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Capital District................................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Greater South Carolina District.................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Greensboro District.............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District..........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x

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No. Virginia District...........................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
Richmond District...............................................            xx.x            xx.x            xx.x
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    In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 36156, Table 25, delete 
superscript 1 from the table title.

                                   Table 25.--Domestic Destination Entry Mail
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                                                                 End-to-end flow range (days) \1\
                   Mail class                    ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    DDU  (days)     SCF  (days)     ADC  (days)     BMC  (days)
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Periodicals.....................................               1               1             1-2          \2\1-2
Standard Mail...................................               2               3  ..............               5
Package Services................................               1               2  ..............              3
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\1\ See 72 FR 72216 (December 19, 2007) for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
\2\ Only applies to Periodicals receiving the DBMC Container rate.


    By the Commission.
Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-15785 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
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