[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44881-44882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20934]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. MC2009-40 and CP2009-61; Order No. 288]


Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service 
request to add Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to the 
Competitive Product List. The Postal Service has also filed a related 
contract. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with these 
filings.

DATES: Comments are due September 2, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing 
Online system at http://www.prc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 
at 202-789-6829 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filings
III. Ordering Paragraphs

I. Introduction

    On August 21, 2009, the Postal Service filed a formal request 
pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq. to add Parcel 
Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to the Competitive Product 
List.\1\ The Postal

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Service asserts that Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2 
is a competitive product ``not of general applicability'' within the 
meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). The Request has been assigned Docket 
No. MC2009-40.
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    \1\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Parcel 
Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to Competitive Product 
List and Notice of Establishment of Rates and Class Not of General 
Applicability, August 21, 2009 (Request).
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    The Postal Service contemporaneously filed a contract related to 
the proposed new product pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 CFR 
3015.5. The contract has been assigned Docket No. CP2009-61.
    Request. The Request includes (1) a redacted version of the 
Governors' Decision authorizing the new product; (2) a redacted version 
of the contract; (3) requested changes in the Mail Classification 
Schedule product list; (4) a Statement of Supporting Justification as 
required by 39 CFR 3020.32; (5) a certification of compliance with 39 
U.S.C. 3633(a); and (6) an application for the non-public treatment of 
materials.\2\ Substantively, the Request seeks to add Parcel Select & 
Parcel Return Service Contract 2 to the Competitive Product List. Id. 
at 1-2.
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    \2\ Attachment A to the Request is a redacted version of the 
Governors' Decision authorizing the new product; Attachment B to the 
Request is the redacted version of the contract. Attachment C shows 
the requested changes to the Mail Classification Schedule product 
list. Attachment D provides a statement of supporting justification 
for this Request. Attachment E provides the certification of 
compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Attachment F is the Postal 
Service's Application for the treatment of Non-Public materials.
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II. Notice of Filings

    The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2009-40 and CP2009-61 for 
consideration of the Request pertaining to the proposed Parcel Select & 
Parcel Return Service Contract 2 product and the related contract, 
respectively. In keeping with practice, these dockets are addressed on 
a consolidated basis for purposes of this Order; however, future 
filings should be made in the specific docket to which issues being 
addressed pertain.
    Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal 
Service's filings in the captioned dockets are consistent with the 
policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642 and 39 CFR part 3015 and 39 
CFR 3020 subpart B. Comments are due no later than September 2, 2009. 
The public portions of these filings can be accessed via the 
Commission's Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
    The Commission appoints Paul L. Harrington to serve as Public 
Representative in these dockets.

III. Supplemental Information

    Pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.6, the Commission requests the Postal 
Service to provide the following supplemental information by August 31, 
2009:
    1. In the Postal Service's Application for Non-Public Treatment of 
Materials, section (3), the Postal Service states: ``However, in a 
limited number of cases, narrative passages or notes were redacted in 
their entirety due to the practical difficulties of redacting 
particular words or numbers within the text as presented in a 
spreadsheet format.'' Request, Attachment F, at 3. In accordance with 
39 CFR 3007.10(c), please indicate the number of lines or number of 
pages removed at each redaction; and
    2. The cost coverage in the Governors' Decision differs from the 
calculated cost coverage in the accompanying spreadsheets filed under 
seal. Please explain this discrepancy.

IV. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2009-40 and CP2009-61 
for consideration of the matter raised in each docket.
    2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. Harrington is appointed to 
serve as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent 
the interests of the general public in these proceedings.
    3. The Postal Service is to provide the information requested in 
section III of this Order no later than August 31, 2009.
    4. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no 
later than September 2, 2009.
    5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    Issued: August 25, 2009.

    By the Commission.
Judith M. Grady,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-20934 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]
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