[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42987-42988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15304]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

39 CFR Part 3050

[Docket No. RM2022-10; Order No. 6225]


Periodic Reporting

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is acknowledging a recent filing requesting the 
Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to 
analytical principles relating to periodic reports (Proposal Four). 
This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, 
and takes other administrative steps.

DATES: Comments are due: August 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing 
Online system at https://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: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 
202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Proposal Four
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs

I. Introduction

    On July 11, 2022, the Postal Service filed a petition pursuant to 
39 CFR 3050.11 requesting that the Commission initiate a rulemaking 
proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to 
periodic reports.\1\ The Petition identifies the proposed analytical 
changes filed in this docket as Proposal Four.
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    \1\ Petition of the United States Postal Service for the 
Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed Changes in 
Analytical Principles (Proposal Four), July 11, 2022 (Petition). The 
Postal Service also filed a notice of filing of non-public materials 
relating to Proposal Four. Notice of Filing of USPS-RM2022-10-NP1 
and Application for Nonpublic Treatment, July 11, 2022.
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II. Proposal Four

    Proposal. The Postal Service proposes the following five changes to 
improve and streamline the International Cost and Revenue Analysis 
(ICRA) model: (1) using Outbound International Service Agreement 
(negotiated service agreement, referred to as NSA) System for 
International Revenue and Volume, Outbound (SIRVO) data to attribute 
outbound settlement expenses and international transportation expenses 
to NSA products; (2) adding all countries to the outbound piece of the 
ICRA database and eliminating the 999X countries; (3) using the 
Settlement Workbooks file as the source for outbound settlement 
calculations instead of manually entering rates; (4)

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removing obsolete sections of the ICRA model identified in the Response 
to CHIR No. 14, Questions 3-4; \2\ (5) replacing International 
Accounting Branch (IAB) country numbers with International Organization 
for Standardization (ISO) codes. See Petition, Proposal Four at 1-3.
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    \2\ Docket No. ACR2021, Responses of the United States Postal 
Service to Questions 1-6 of Chairman's Information Request, No. 14, 
February 18, 2022, questions 3-4 (Response to CHIR No. 14).
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    Rationale. The Postal Service states that the first proposed change 
would add a second aggregation step solely for NSA products in order to 
weight the various NSA product rate groups more accurately and improve 
the ICRA cost estimates for both NSA and non-NSA products. See id. at 
3. The Postal Service states the other four proposed changes would take 
advantage of additional data sources available to the ICRA, eliminate 
sections that are no longer used or serve no purpose, and streamline 
the ICRA model. See id. at 3-4.
    Impact. The Postal Service states that non-public materials filed 
as part of Library Reference USPS-RM2022-10-NP1 accompanying this 
proposal show the impact of the proposed changes. See id. at 4. The 
Postal Service maintains these materials show a net impact of zero on 
total costs of market dominant and competitive products. See id. at 5. 
For the proposed change on the cost attribution of NSA products, the 
Postal Service states that for FY 2021, the proposal would not have 
caused any positive contribution products to turn negative or any 
negative products to turn positive, there would have been no impact on 
Inbound NSAs, and all Outbound NSAs would have remained positive. See 
id.
    Mechanics. The Postal Service details a list of changes, 
adjustments, and eliminations that would be made to various files by 
the proposal. See id. at 5-14.

III. Notice and Comment

    The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2022-10 for consideration 
of matters raised by the Petition. More information on the Petition may 
be accessed via the Commission's website at http://www.prc.gov. 
Interested persons may submit comments on the Petition and Proposal 
Four no later than August 31, 2022. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Samuel 
Koroma is designated as an officer of the Commission (Public 
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in 
this proceeding.

IV. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2022-10 for 
consideration of the matters raised by the Petition of the United 
States Postal Service for the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider 
Proposed Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Four), filed July 
11, 2022.
    2. Comments by interested persons in this proceeding are due no 
later than August 31, 2022.
    3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Samuel Koroma 
to serve as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to 
represent the interests of the general public in this docket.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-15304 Filed 7-18-22; 8:45 am]
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