[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8325-8326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3192]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

39 CFR Part 3050

[Docket No. RM2011-7; Order No. 664]


Periodic Reporting

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; availability of rulemaking 
petition.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is establishing a docket to consider certain 
temporary waivers from periodic reporting of service performance 
measurement. Establishing this docket will allow the Commission to 
consider the Postal Service's proposal and comments from the public.

DATES: Comments are due: February 15, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically by accessing the ``Filing 
Online'' link in the banner at the top of the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.prc.gov) or by directly accessing the Commission's Filing 
Online system at https://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/filing-online/login.aspx. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically 
should contact the person identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section as the source for case-related information for advice on 
alternatives to electronic filing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 
at 202-789-6820 (case-related information) or [email protected] 
(electronic filing assistance).

SUPPLEMENTARY HISTORY: On February 3, 2011, the Postal Service filed a 
request for temporary waivers from periodic reporting of service 
performance measurement for various market dominant postal services, or 
components of postal services, pursuant to Commission Order No. 465.\1\
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    \1\ United States Postal Service Request for Temporary Waivers 
from Periodic Reporting of Service Performance Measurement, February 
3, 2011 (Request); see also Docket No. RM2009-11, Order Establishing 
Final Rules Concerning Periodic Reporting of Service Performance 
Measurements and Customer Satisfaction, May 25, 2010, at 22-24 
(Order No. 465).
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    Order No. 465 established a process for the Postal Service to 
achieve full compliance with all periodic service performance reporting 
requirements by the filing date of the FY 2011 Annual Compliance 
Report. Order No. 465 at 18-24. As part of the process, the Commission 
directed the Postal Service to seek temporary waivers where it cannot 
immediately comply with specific reporting requirements. As a condition 
of granting any waiver, the Commission directed the Postal Service to 
develop and present implementation plans addressing each reporting 
requirement for which the Postal Service cannot provide the required 
information. The ``plans at a minimum should provide an explanation of 
why a reporting requirement cannot be complied with, the steps 
necessary to come into compliance, and a timeline of events necessary 
to achieve compliance. Interim milestones shall be included in the 
plans where applicable such that both the Postal Service and the 
Commission can evaluate progress being made.'' Id. at 23.
    In the instant docket, the Postal Service requests certain 
temporary waivers from periodic reporting (quarterly) of service 
performance measurements for Standard Mail, Bound Printed Matter Flats, 
and certain area and district level data for Presort First-Class Mail, 
and End-to-End Periodicals. Request at 1. The Request includes 
proposals for interim service performance measurement reporting.
    Two related dockets are pending before the Commission. Docket No. 
RM2011-1 concerns a Postal Service request which seeks temporary 
waivers for First-Class Mail Flats at the district level, non-retail 
First-Class Mail Parcels,

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all categories of Standard Mail, Outside County Periodicals, non-retail 
Media Mail, Library Mail, Bound Printed Matter Parcels, and Stamp 
Fulfillment Services.\2\ Docket No. RM2011-4 concerns a Postal Service 
request for a semi-permanent exception from periodic reporting of 
service performance measurement for First-Class Mail Flats at the 
district level or other relief as appropriate.\3\ Interested persons 
are encouraged to review the filings presented in both related dockets 
when considering the instant request for waivers.
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    \2\ See Docket No. RM2011-1, United States Postal Service 
Request for Temporary Waivers from Periodic Reporting of Service 
Performance Measurement, October 1, 2010.
    \3\ See Docket No. RM2011-4, United States Postal Service 
Request for Semi-Permanent Exception from Periodic Reporting of 
Service Performance Measurement or, in the Alternative, Petition for 
Rulemaking Concerning 39 CFR 3055.45(c).
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    The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2011-7 for consideration of 
matters related to the proposed temporary waivers from periodic 
reporting of service performance measurement identified in the Postal 
Service's Request.
    Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal 
Service's Request is consistent with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 
3652(a)(2) and with the directions given in Order No. 465. Interested 
persons also may comment on interim measurement proposals. Comments are 
due no later than February 15, 2011. The Postal Service's Request can 
be accessed via the Commission's Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
    The Commission appoints Emmett Rand Costich to serve as Public 
Representative in the captioned proceeding.
    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2011-7 for consideration 
of matters raised by the Postal Service's Request.
    2. Comments by interested persons in this proceeding are due no 
later than February 15, 2011.
    3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Emmett Rand Costich is appointed to 
serve as the officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to 
represent the interests of the general public in this proceeding.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-3192 Filed 2-11-11; 8:45 am]
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