[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 23824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10362]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. MC2009-19; Order No. 449]


New Postal Products

AGENCY:  Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service 
request to add postal products to the Mail Classification Schedule. 
This notice addresses procedural steps associated with this filing.

DATES:  Comments are due: May 19, 2010.

ADDRESSES:  Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing 
Online system at http://www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot submit their 
views electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on 
alternatives to electronic filing.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On January 13, 2010, the Commission issued 
an order approving the addition of certain postal services to the Mail 
Classification Schedule (MCS) product lists.\1\ In approving these 
additions, the Commission directed the Postal Service to file product 
descriptions for eight additional services that were being added to the 
Market Dominant Product List as elements of Address Management Services 
(AMS). Order No. 391 at 31, Ordering Paragraph 4. In addition, Order 
No. 391 directed the Postal Service to file an appropriate request to 
add Stamp Fulfillment Services (SFS) to the MCS Market Dominant Product 
List.\2\ Order No. 391 at 31, Ordering Paragraph 5.
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    \1\ Order Approving Addition of Postal Services to the Mail 
Classification Schedule Product Lists, January 13, 2010 (Order No. 
391). See Notice of Filing of Library Reference, January 13, 2010 
(Library Reference).
    \2\ At the request of the Postal Service, the deadline for the 
SFS filing was subsequently extended to April 30, 2010. See Order 
Granting Extension of Time, March 24, 2010.
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    As directed, the Postal Service has filed product descriptions for 
the eight additional elements of AMS that were being added to the 
Market Dominant Product List.\3\ The Postal Service has also filed a 
request to add SFS to the Market Dominant Product List.\4\
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    \3\ First Response of the United States Postal Service to Order 
No. 391, Amending Requested MCS Language for Address Management 
Services, February 23, 2010 (First Response).
    \4\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Stamp 
Fulfillment Services to the Mail Classification Schedule in Response 
to Order No. 391, April 26, 2010 (Request). In its filing, the 
Postal Service states that it is filing separate requests to add 
charges for orders of philatelic items to the provisional Philatelic 
Sales nonpostal product and to add charges for personalized stamped 
envelopes to the Stamped Envelopes ancillary Special Services 
section of the Mail Classification Schedule. See Docket No. MC2009-
20, Notice of the United States Postal Service of Amendment to Mail 
Classification Schedule Language for Nonpostal Activities Required 
to be Filed By Order No. 154, April 26, 2010; see also Docket No. 
MC2010-23, Notice of the United States Postal Service of 
Classification Change to Add Existing Shipping Charges to the Mail 
Classification Schedule Section for Stamped Envelopes, April 26, 
2010.
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    In its First Response, the Postal Service has proposed AMS product 
description language based upon the Library Reference, but revised in 
several respects. First, language concerning one of the eight services 
that the Commission had directed be added to the Market Dominant 
Product List, Mailpiece Quality Control Certification, has been removed 
because the service is no longer being offered. Second, Address 
Management Services Prices have been edited to remove references to 
Cartridge pricing since this format is no longer available; to add a 
description of the Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) No Stat service 
to reflect the fact that the minimum price for this service is treated 
separately from the CDS service minimum; and to add a previously 
omitted price for retesting FASTforward MLOCR. Finally, the Postal 
Service adds information regarding two existing services or license 
types that were previously overlooked: 99 Percent Accurate Method and 
NCOA\Link\ Mail Processing Equipment.
    In its Request, the Postal Service states that Stamp Fulfillment 
Services is an existing product and that the Request relates only to 
the charges for ordering stamps. Attachment A to the Request shows the 
proposed changes to the MCS in legislative format. Attachment B 
provides a statement of supporting justification for the Request. The 
Postal Service asserts these classification changes are consistent with 
the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3642. Request at 2-3.
    The Commission hereby provides notice of the Postal Service's First 
Response and its Request, and affords interested persons an opportunity 
to express views and offer comments on those filings. Comments are due 
May 19, 2010.
    The Commission appoints Emmett Rand Costich to serve as Public 
Representative in this docket.
    It is ordered:
    1. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Emmett Rand Costich is appointed to 
serve as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent 
the interests of the general public in these proceedings.
    2. Comments by interested persons in this proceeding are due no 
later than May 19, 2010.
    3. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-10362 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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