[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39273-39274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16055]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CP2012-39; Order No. 1382]


Express Mail Rates

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service 
request to implement prices for a new Express Mail Padded Flat Rate 
Envelope. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with these 
filings.

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DATES: Comments are due: July 9, 2012.

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 FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by telephone for advice on alternatives to 
electronic filing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel 
at 202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 22, 2012, the Postal Service filed 
notice with the Commission of changes in rates of general applicability 
and concomitant classification changes for a competitive product 
pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.2.\1\ The Postal Service seeks to implement 
prices for a new Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope. The prices 
would be the same as the existing Express Mail Regular and Legal Flat 
Rate Envelopes. The Postal Service represents that because these 
changes are only establishing another type of Express Mail Flat Rate 
Envelope at the same prices as the existing Express Mail Regular and 
Legal Flat Rate Envelopes, they will have no effect on the ability of 
the Express Mail product as a whole to cover its costs or make an 
appropriate contribution to institutional costs.
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    \1\ Notice of the United States Postal Service of Changes in 
Rates of General Applicability for a Competitive Product, 
Established in Governors' Decision No. 12-1, June 22, 2012 (Notice).
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    The Postal Service includes three attachments with its Notice in 
support of its proposal to add new prices:
     Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal 
Service on Establishment of Rate and Class of General Applicability for 
Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope (Governors' Decision No. 12-01);
     Management Analysis: Express Mail Padded Flat Rate 
Envelope; and
     Proposed Mail Classification Schedule language.
    The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2012-39 for consideration 
of matters related to the Postal Service's filing.
    Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal 
Service's Notice and other filings are consistent with the policies of 
39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633 and 3642 as well as 39 CFR parts 3015 and 3020. 
Comments are due no later than July 9, 2012. The Postal Service's 
Notice can be accessed via the Commission's Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
    The Commission appoints Natalie Rea Ward to serve as Public 
Representative in this proceeding.
    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2012-39 for 
consideration of matters raised by the Postal Service's Notice.
    2. Comments by interested persons in this proceeding are due no 
later than July 9, 2012.
    3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Natalie Rea Ward 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. 2012-16055 Filed 6-29-12; 8:45 am]
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