[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 53486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21160]


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POSTAL SERVICE


Addition of Round-Trip Mailer Product to the Competitive Product 
List

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Service hereby provides notice that it has filed a 
request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a product called 
``Round-Trip Mailer'' to the competitive product list.

DATES: Effective: August 29, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Rosato, 202-268-8597.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 26, 2013, the United States Postal 
Service[supreg] filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) a request to add a ``Round-Trip Mailer'' product to its 
competitive product list, pursuant to Commission Order No. 1793 and 39 
U.S.C. 3642. The Round-Trip Mailer product would be identical to the 
existing First-Class Mail[supreg] round-trip option for DVD mail on the 
market-dominant product list. Documents pertinent to this request are 
available at http://www.prc.gov, Docket No. MC2013-57. The Governors' 
Decision and the record of proceedings in connection with the above 
filing are reprinted below in accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2).

Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.

Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on 
Establishment of Rate and Classification of General Applicability for 
Competitive Round-Trip Mailer Product (Governors' Decision No. 13-01)

July 31, 2013

Statement of Explanation and Justification

    In compliance with Order No. 1763 (June 26, 2013), and pursuant to 
section 3642 of title 39, United States Code, the Postal Service is 
pursuing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a new 
Competitive Round-Trip Mailer product to the competitive product list. 
And pursuant to our authority under section 404(b) and Chapter 36 of 
title 39, United States Code, the Governors establish price and 
classification changes for the new Round-Trip Mailer product.
    The new Round-Trip Mailer product allows a mailer to send a letter-
shaped or flat-shaped mailpiece to a subscriber and pay postage for the 
return of the contents of that mailpiece. The outbound pieces must be 
presorted, and the return piece is single-piece. The appropriate prices 
for First-Class Mail Presorted and Single-Piece letters are set as the 
prices for Return-Trip Mailer pieces (letters or flats). Qualifying 
pieces must include a standard 12 cm or smaller optical disc, and may 
include an invoice, receipt, instructional document, or advertisement 
that conforms to the exceptions or suspensions in the Private Express 
Statutes. Qualifying pieces must weigh no more than two (2) ounces.
    We have reviewed management's analysis of this proposal. We have 
evaluated the new price and classification changes in this context in 
accordance with 39 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  3632-3633 and 39 C.F.R. Sec. Sec.  
3015.5 and 3015.7. We approve the changes, finding that they are 
appropriate, and are consistent with the regulatory criteria, as 
indicated by management.

Order

    We approve of filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission 
appropriate notice of these classification and rate changes and 
requesting the needed addition to the competitive product list. The 
changes in price and class set forth therein shall be effective 
September 30, 2013, assuming the Commission approves the required 
addition to the product list under 39 C.F.R. Sec.  3020 Subpart B.

By The Governors:

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Mickey D. Barnett
Chairman

CERTIFICATION OF GOVERNORS' VOTE ON THE GOVERNORS' DECISION NO. 13-01

    Consistent with 39 USC 3632(a), I hereby certify the that following 
Governors voted at the July 31, 2013, Board Meeting in favor of 
Governors' Decision No. 13-01:

Mickey D. Barnett
James H. Bilbray
Louis J. Giuliano
Dennis J. Toner
Ellen C. Williams

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Date: July 31, 2013
Julie S. Moore
Secretary of the Board of Governors

[FR Doc. 2013-21160 Filed 8-28-13; 8:45 am]
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