Postal Rate and Classification Changes, 36007 [2017-16199]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 147 / Wednesday, August 2, 2017 / Notices
typical fire probabilistic risk assessment
targets such as electrical cable and
nearby equipment. The experimental
data will be used by the NRC to
determine the adequacy of existing
HEAF ZOIs presented in NUREG/CR–
6850, Appendix M and Supplement 1
and to adjust existing methodology as
necessary. The phase 2 testing will also
focus on the HEAF involving aluminum
components as it pertains to both
increased physical damage states and
electrical conductive products of
combustion concerns. This test program
is also being proposed internationally
through the OECD and the NEA as a
collaborative international nuclear
safety research program.
This document is not intended for
interim use. The NRC will review public
comments received on the document,
incorporate suggested changes as
appropriate, and make the final test plan
available. Consistent with past
experimental programs, the final test
plan will be considered a living
document.
Changes to the final test plan can, and
likely will be made during the testing
phase as insights and observations from
the testing develop that would suggest
changes are necessary to ensure
valuable data from experiments is being
obtained.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
of July, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Henry Salley,
Chief, Fire and External Hazard Analysis
Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2017–16233 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. R2017–7; Order No. 4018]
Postal Rate and Classification
Changes
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is providing
notice of its adjustment to the
procedural schedule to allow for
additional time to file comments
regarding the Postal Service’s filing
amending prices and classification
language for Move Update. This notice
informs the public of the filing, invites
public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due August 9,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
sradovich on DSKBCFCHB2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:43 Aug 01, 2017
Jkt 241001
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: On June
30, 2017, the Postal Service filed a
notice of market dominant price
adjustment and classification changes in
accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3622 and 39
CFR part 3010.1 On July 3, 2017, Order
No. 3990 established the procedural
schedule for this proceeding, including
a comment deadline of July 20, 2017.2
By rule, the Commission determines, at
a minimum, whether the planned
adjustment is consistent with the price
cap 14 days following the comment
deadline. See 39 CFR 3010.11(d). These
dates are predicated on complete
information being available for parties
to comment on and the Commission to
review. See, e.g., 39 CFR 3010.12(b)(3).3
This case represents a series of changes
relating to the Move Update assessment
charge, where complete information
regarding the potential price cap
impacts of the changes was not available
with the Postal Service’s initial filing,
prompting several Chairman’s
Information Requests.4
1 United States Postal Service Notice of Market
Dominant Price Adjustment and Classification
Changes, June 30, 2017 (Notice).
2 Notice and Order on Price Adjustment for Move
Update, July 3, 2017 (Order No. 3990). Comments
for market dominant rate adjustments are due 20
days after the date of filing, pursuant to 39 CFR
3010.11(a)(5).
3 39 CFR 3010.12(b)(3) requires that the Postal
Service include with its notice of rate adjustment
‘‘{t}he percentage change in rates for each class of
mail calculated as required by § 3010.23.’’ It further
requires that this information ‘‘be supported by
workpapers in which all calculations are shown
and all input values, including current rates, new
rates, and billing determinants, are listed with
citations to the original sources.’’ Id. 39 CFR
3010.23(d)(2) requires that the Postal Service ‘‘make
reasonable adjustments to the billing determinants
to account for the effects of classification changes
such as the introduction, deletion, or redefinition
of rate cells.’’ 39 CFR 3010.23(d)(2). In making those
adjustments, the Postal Service is required to
‘‘identify and explain all adjustments’’ and provide
‘‘{a}ll information and calculations relied upon to
develop the adjustments . . . with an explanation
of why the adjustments are appropriate.’’ Id.
4 The Postal Service proposes an increase to the
Move Update assessment charge, an updated
enforcement method for the charge, and a change
to the threshold for its tolerance of change of
address (COA) errors. Notice at 1; id. n.1. There
have been five Chairman’s Information Requests
issued in this case: Chairman’s Information Request
No. 1, July 5, 2017; Chairman’s Information Request
No. 2, July 7, 2017 (CHIR No. 2); Chairman’s
Information Request No. 3, July 13, 2017 (CHIR No.
3); Chairman’s Information Request No. 4, July 20,
PO 00000
Frm 00082
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
36007
Comments filed July 20, 2017, did not
have the benefit of the Postal Service’s
responses to CHIR No. 3 or CHIR No. 4
(and had only one day to review and
consider the Postal Service’s response to
CHIR No. 2). The Association for Postal
Commerce notes that ‘‘a few elements in
the Postal Service’s filing, and in its
proposed Move Update assessment
process generally, . . . warrant further
explanation.’’ 5
The Commission, due to the potential
importance of this missing information
to the issues of the proceeding (for both
informed comments and the
Commission’s review), finds that
commenters and its own review would
be prejudiced without equitably tolling
the time of filing (and deadlines set by
that time of filing). Therefore, the
Commission finds it necessary to
constructively adjust (toll) the filing
date for Postal Service’s Notice to July
20, 2017, at which time the Postal
Service had provided the bulk of the
information necessary to evaluate the
potential impacts of proposed changes
in its Notice. As a result, commenters
may file additional comments by August
9, 2017.6 Likewise, the date required by
39 CFR 3010.11(d) for the Commission’s
determination shall be August 23, 2017.
It is ordered:
1. Any additional comments are due
by August 9, 2017.
2. The Commission’s determination,
pursuant to 39 CFR 3010.11(d) shall be
filed by August 23, 2017.
3. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–16199 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P
POSTAL SERVICE
Sunshine Act Meeting
Temporary Emergency Committee of
the Board of Governors
Thursday, August 7,
2017, at 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Washington, DC.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
DATES AND TIMES:
2017 (CHIR No. 4); Chairman’s Information Request
No. 5, July 27, 2017.
5 Comments of the Association for Postal
Commerce, July 20, 2017, at 1 (PostCom
Comments).
6 All comments received to date shall also be
considered.
E:\FR\FM\02AUN1.SGM
02AUN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 36007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16199]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. R2017-7; Order No. 4018]
Postal Rate and Classification Changes
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Commission is providing notice of its adjustment to the
procedural schedule to allow for additional time to file comments
regarding the Postal Service's filing amending prices and
classification language for Move Update. This notice informs the public
of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative
steps.
DATES: Comments are due August 9, 2017.
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: On June 30, 2017, the Postal Service filed a
notice of market dominant price adjustment and classification changes
in accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3622 and 39 CFR part 3010.\1\ On July 3,
2017, Order No. 3990 established the procedural schedule for this
proceeding, including a comment deadline of July 20, 2017.\2\ By rule,
the Commission determines, at a minimum, whether the planned adjustment
is consistent with the price cap 14 days following the comment
deadline. See 39 CFR 3010.11(d). These dates are predicated on complete
information being available for parties to comment on and the
Commission to review. See, e.g., 39 CFR 3010.12(b)(3).\3\ This case
represents a series of changes relating to the Move Update assessment
charge, where complete information regarding the potential price cap
impacts of the changes was not available with the Postal Service's
initial filing, prompting several Chairman's Information Requests.\4\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ United States Postal Service Notice of Market Dominant Price
Adjustment and Classification Changes, June 30, 2017 (Notice).
\2\ Notice and Order on Price Adjustment for Move Update, July
3, 2017 (Order No. 3990). Comments for market dominant rate
adjustments are due 20 days after the date of filing, pursuant to 39
CFR 3010.11(a)(5).
\3\ 39 CFR 3010.12(b)(3) requires that the Postal Service
include with its notice of rate adjustment ``{t{time} he percentage
change in rates for each class of mail calculated as required by
Sec. 3010.23.'' It further requires that this information ``be
supported by workpapers in which all calculations are shown and all
input values, including current rates, new rates, and billing
determinants, are listed with citations to the original sources.''
Id. 39 CFR 3010.23(d)(2) requires that the Postal Service ``make
reasonable adjustments to the billing determinants to account for
the effects of classification changes such as the introduction,
deletion, or redefinition of rate cells.'' 39 CFR 3010.23(d)(2). In
making those adjustments, the Postal Service is required to
``identify and explain all adjustments'' and provide ``{a{time} ll
information and calculations relied upon to develop the adjustments
. . . with an explanation of why the adjustments are appropriate.''
Id.
\4\ The Postal Service proposes an increase to the Move Update
assessment charge, an updated enforcement method for the charge, and
a change to the threshold for its tolerance of change of address
(COA) errors. Notice at 1; id. n.1. There have been five Chairman's
Information Requests issued in this case: Chairman's Information
Request No. 1, July 5, 2017; Chairman's Information Request No. 2,
July 7, 2017 (CHIR No. 2); Chairman's Information Request No. 3,
July 13, 2017 (CHIR No. 3); Chairman's Information Request No. 4,
July 20, 2017 (CHIR No. 4); Chairman's Information Request No. 5,
July 27, 2017.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comments filed July 20, 2017, did not have the benefit of the
Postal Service's responses to CHIR No. 3 or CHIR No. 4 (and had only
one day to review and consider the Postal Service's response to CHIR
No. 2). The Association for Postal Commerce notes that ``a few elements
in the Postal Service's filing, and in its proposed Move Update
assessment process generally, . . . warrant further explanation.'' \5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\5\ Comments of the Association for Postal Commerce, July 20,
2017, at 1 (PostCom Comments).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Commission, due to the potential importance of this missing
information to the issues of the proceeding (for both informed comments
and the Commission's review), finds that commenters and its own review
would be prejudiced without equitably tolling the time of filing (and
deadlines set by that time of filing). Therefore, the Commission finds
it necessary to constructively adjust (toll) the filing date for Postal
Service's Notice to July 20, 2017, at which time the Postal Service had
provided the bulk of the information necessary to evaluate the
potential impacts of proposed changes in its Notice. As a result,
commenters may file additional comments by August 9, 2017.\6\ Likewise,
the date required by 39 CFR 3010.11(d) for the Commission's
determination shall be August 23, 2017.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\6\ All comments received to date shall also be considered.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is ordered:
1. Any additional comments are due by August 9, 2017.
2. The Commission's determination, pursuant to 39 CFR 3010.11(d)
shall be filed by August 23, 2017.
3. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-16199 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710-FW-P
