[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40203-40204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15909]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. MC2013-53 and CP2013-69; Order No. 1767]


New Postal Product

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service 
request to add a new product to the competitive product list. This 
document invites public comments on the request and addresses several 
related procedural steps.

DATES: Comments are due: July 8, 2013.

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 the 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, 
202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
II. Postal Service's Filings
III. Notice of Filings
IV. Ordering Paragraphs

I. Introduction

    The Postal Service seeks to add Priority Mail International 
Regional Rate Boxes--Non-Published Rates (PMI RRB-NPR) to the 
competitive product list.\1\ It provides a related model contract 
(Request, Attachment 4) and addresses filing practices for individual 
contracts within the new product. Request at 5.
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    \1\ See Request of the United States Postal Service to Add 
Priority Mail International Regional Rate Boxes--Non-Published Rates 
to the Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing Priority Mail 
International Regional Rate Boxes-Non-Published Rates Model Contract 
and Application for Non-Public Treatment of Materials Filed Under 
Seal, June 25, 2013 (Request).
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II. Postal Service's Filings

    The Postal Service filed the Request, supporting attachments, 
sealed documents, and a public Excel file with redacted financial 
documentation to support the addition of the new product to the 
competitive product list. The Request is based on Governors' Decision 
No. 11-6. Id. at 1-2. It was filed pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 
CFR 3020 et seq. Id. at 1.
    The Postal Service describes PMI RRB-NPR as a product that offers 
incentive pricing to small and medium-size business mailers that 
satisfy prescribed capability requirements and are willing to enter a 
contractual commitment to tender certain minimum levels of postage for 
PMI RRB on an annualized basis. Id. at 4. Certain requirements attach 
if customers use a permit imprint using Postal Service-provided Global 
Shipping Software. Id. at 5.
    Attachments to the Request include:
     Attachment 1--an application for non-public treatment of 
materials filed under seal;
     Attachment 2A--a redacted version of Governors' Decision 
No. 11-6;
     Attachment 2B--a proposed version of the Mail 
Classification Schedule language for the new product;
     Attachment 2C--a redacted version of a management analysis 
of pricing and methodology for the new product;
     Attachment 2D--a redacted version of maximum and minimum 
prices for Priority Mail International Regional Rate Boxes under PMI 
RRB-NPR;
     Attachment 2E--the certified statement required by 39 CFR 
3015.5 (c)(2) concerning prices for applicable negotiated service 
agreements under PMI RRB-NPR;
     Attachment 3--the Statement of Supporting Justification 
required by 39 CFR 3020.32; and
     Attachment 4--a redacted version of the PMI RRB-NPR model 
contract, which includes Annex One (prices) and Annex Two (country 
price groups).
Id. at 2-3.
    The Postal Service addresses several elements of the non-discounted 
price table for PMI RRB-NPR, including the three box types that will be 
offered and related weight limits and dimensions. Id. at 4. It 
identifies eight country price groups. Id. at 5. The Postal Service 
states that the Management Analysis (Attachment 2C) provides an 
explanation of how floor and ceiling prices are established. Id. The 
Postal Service also states it anticipates the Commission will ask that 
PMI RRB-NPR filings be similar to GEPS-NPR 4 filings and that notice of 
new rates for PMI RRB-NPR will necessitate the addition of successor 
filings. Id.
    The Postal Service presents reasons why the proposed new product 
satisfies the criteria in 39 U.S.C. 3642(b)(1) and (2) (concerning 
product category and monopoly status), and states that the Statement of 
Supporting Justification addresses 39 U.S.C. 3642(b)(3) (market 
considerations). Id. at 6-7.
    The Postal Service asserts that redacted portions of materials 
filed under seal should remain confidential as sensitive business 
information. Id. at 7. The Postal Service also intends to rely on the 
application for non-public treatment filed as Attachment 1 in this 
docket when it files actual PMI RRB-NPR customer agreements. Id. at 8.

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III. Notice of Filings

    The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2013-53 and CP2013-69 to 
consider matters raised by the Request. 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, 39 CFR 3015.5, and 39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comments are due 
no later than July 8, 2013. The public portions of these filings can be 
accessed via the Commission's Web site (http://www.prc.gov). 
Information on how to obtain access to sealed portions of the filing 
appears at 39 CFR part 3007.
    The Commission appoints Manon A. Boudreault to serve as Public 
Representative in these dockets.

IV. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2013-53 and CP2013-69 
to consider matters raised in each docket.
    2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Manon A. Boudreault is appointed to 
serve as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to 
represent the interests of the general public in these proceedings.
    3. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no 
later than July 8, 2013.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-15909 Filed 7-2-13; 8:45 am]
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