[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16064-16065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06236]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. CP2012-59 and CP2014-36; Order No. 2025]


International Mail Contract

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing 
concerning an International Business Reply Service Competitive Contract 
3 (IBRS Competitive Contract 3) negotiated service agreement. This 
notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and 
takes other administrative steps.

DATES: Comments are due: March 25, 2014.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Corcoran, Acting General 
Counsel, at 202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filings
III. Ordering Paragraphs

I. Introduction

    On March 14, 2014, the Postal Service filed notice that it has 
established contingency prices pursuant to an existing, albeit expired, 
International Business Reply Service Competitive Contract 3 (IBRS 
Competitive Contract 3) negotiated service agreement.\1\
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    \1\ Notice of United States Postal Service of Prices Under 
Functionally Equivalent International Business Reply Service 
Competitive Contract 3 Negotiated Service Agreement, March 14, 2014 
(Notice).
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    The Notice includes four attachments: A redacted copy of the notice 
to the customer of the contingency prices, a redacted copy of 
Governors' Decision No. 08-24, a certification of compliance with 39 
U.S.C. 3633(a), and an application for non-public treatment of certain 
materials. It also includes supporting financial workpapers.

II. Notice of Filings

    The Postal Service filed its Notice in Docket No. CP2014-36. 
However, the contingency prices described in the Notice were 
established pursuant to a term of an agreement approved by the 
Commission in Docket No. CP2012-59 that continued in effect after the 
agreement expired.\2\ As such, the contingency prices are more properly

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considered in connection with the docket relating to the expired 
agreement.\3\ Consequently, the Commission reopens Docket No. CP2012-59 
for consideration of matters raised by the Notice. Docket No. CP2014-36 
is closed.
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    \2\ Notice at 2. See also Docket No. CP2012-59, Order No. 1480, 
Order Approving New International Business Reply Service Competitive 
Contract 3 Agreement, September 27, 2012.
    \3\ The Commission previously established separate dockets for 
the consideration of contingency prices established pursuant to an 
IBRS Competitive Contract 1 agreement. See, e.g., Docket No. CP2013-
28, Order No. 1587, Notice and Order Concerning International 
Business Reply Service Competitive Contract 1 Product, December 18, 
2012. However, unlike the instant contract, the IBRS Competitive 
Contract 1 agreement was executed before the Commission's rules 
governing competitive products took effect. Id. at 3. As a result, 
there was no docket for the underlying agreement that the Commission 
could have reopened.
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    Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal 
Service's filing is consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642, 39 
CFR part 3015, and 39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comments are due no 
later than March 25, 2014. The public portions of the filing can be 
accessed via the Commission's Web site (http://www.prc.gov).
    The Commission appoints Manon A. Boudreault to serve as Public 
Representative in this docket.

III. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission reopens Docket No. CP2012-59 for consideration of 
the matters raised by the Postal Service's Notice.
    2. Docket No. CP014-36 is closed.
    3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Manon A. Boudreault is appointed to 
serve as an officer of the Commission to represent the interests of the 
general public in these proceedings (Public Representative).
    4. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no 
later than March 25, 2014.
    5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-06236 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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