Appeal of Post Office Closing in Ecorse, MI, 45834-45836 [E7-15953]
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[FR Doc. E7–16014 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am]
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
Required Interest Rate Assumption for
Determining Variable-Rate Premium for
Single-Employer Plans; Interest
Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan
Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of interest rates and
assumptions.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public
of the interest rates and assumptions to
be used under certain Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation regulations. These
rates and assumptions are published
elsewhere (or can be derived from rates
published elsewhere), but are collected
and published in this notice for the
convenience of the public. Interest rates
are also published on the PBGC’s Web
site (https://www.pbgc.gov).
DATES: The required interest rate for
determining the variable-rate premium
under part 4006 applies to premium
payment years beginning in August
2007. The interest assumptions for
performing multiemployer plan
valuations following mass withdrawal
under part 4281 apply to valuation dates
occurring in September 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine B. Klion, Manager, Regulatory
and Policy Division, Legislative and
Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326–
4024. (TTY/TDD users may call the
Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800–
877–8339 and ask to be connected to
202–326–4024.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Variable-Rate Premiums
Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA) and § 4006.4(b)(1)
of the PBGC’s regulation on Premium
Rates (29 CFR part 4006) prescribe use
of an assumed interest rate (the
‘‘required interest rate’’) in determining
a single-employer plan’s variable-rate
premium. Pursuant to the Pension
Protection Act of 2006, for premium
payment years beginning in 2006 or
2007, the required interest rate is the
‘‘applicable percentage’’ of the annual
rate of interest determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury on amounts
invested conservatively in long-term
investment grade corporate bonds for
the month preceding the beginning of
the plan year for which premiums are
being paid (the ‘‘premium payment
year’’).
On February 2, 2007 (at 72 FR 4955),
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
published final regulations containing
updated mortality tables for determining
current liability under section 412(l)(7)
of the Code and section 302(d)(7) of
ERISA for plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 2007. As a result, in
accordance with section
4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of ERISA, the
‘‘applicable percentage’’ to be used in
determining the required interest rate
for plan years beginning in 2007 is 100
percent.
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The required interest rate to be used
in determining variable-rate premiums
for premium payment years beginning
in August 2007 is 6.33 percent (i.e., 100
percent of the 6.33 percent composite
corporate bond rate for July 2007 as
determined by the Treasury).
The following table lists the required
interest rates to be used in determining
variable-rate premiums for premium
payment years beginning between
September 2006 and August 2007.
For premium payment years
beginning in
The
required interest rate is
September 2006 .......................
October 2006 ............................
November 2006 ........................
December 2006 ........................
January 2007 ............................
February 2007 ..........................
March 2007 ...............................
April 2007 .................................
May 2007 ..................................
June 2007 .................................
July 2007 ..................................
August 2007 .............................
5.19
5.06
5.05
4.90
5.75
5.89
5.85
5.84
5.98
6.01
6.32
6.33
Multiemployer Plan Valuations
Following Mass Withdrawal
The PBGC’s regulation on Duties of
Plan Sponsor Following Mass
Withdrawal (29 CFR part 4281)
prescribes the use of interest
assumptions under the PBGC’s
regulation on Allocation of Assets in
Single-Employer Plans (29 CFR part
4044). The interest assumptions
applicable to valuation dates in
September 2007 under part 4044 are
contained in an amendment to part 4044
published elsewhere in today’s Federal
Register. Tables showing the
assumptions applicable to prior periods
are codified in appendix B to 29 CFR
part 4044.
Issued in Washington, DC, on this 8th day
of August 2007.
Vincent K. Snowbarger,
Deputy Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
[FR Doc. E7–15987 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. A2007–1; Order No. 24]
Appeal of Post Office Closing in
Ecorse, MI
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice and order.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This document informs the
public that an appeal of the closing of
the Ecorse, MI, Classified Finance
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Station has been filed. It identifies
preliminary steps and provides a
procedural schedule. Publication of this
document will allow the Postal Service,
petitioner, and others to take
appropriate action.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
202–789–6820 and
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.
Notice is
hereby given that pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
404(d), the Commission has received an
appeal of the closing of the Ecorse
Classified Finance Station, Ecorse, MI.
The appeal was postmarked and
therefore deemed filed on July 27, 2007,
and a supplemental letter detailing the
appeal was deemed filed with the
Commission on July 30, 2007.1 The
Commission hereby institutes a
proceeding under 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5)
and designates the case as Docket No.
A2007–1 to consider the petitioner’s
appeal.
Categories of issues apparently raised.
The categories of issues that appear to
be raised include:
2. Observance of procedure required
by law [39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5)(B)];
3. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C.
404(d)(2)(A)(i)]; and
4. Effect on employees [39 U.S.C.
404(d)(2)(A)(ii)].
After the Postal Service files the
administrative record and the
Commission reviews it, the Commission
may find that there are more legal issues
than those set forth above. Or, the
Commission may find that the Postal
Service’s determination disposes of one
or more of those issues. The deadline for
the Postal Service to file the
administrative record with the
Commission, or otherwise file a
responsive pleading, is August 13, 2007.
39 CFR 3001.113.
Availability; Web site posting. The
Commission has posted the appeal and
supporting material on its Web site at
https://www.prc.gov. Additional filings
in this case and participants’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
submissions also will be posted on the
Web site, if provided in electronic
format or amenable to conversion, and
not subject to a valid protective order.
Information on how to use the
Commission’s Web site is available
online or by contacting the
Commission’s webmaster via telephone
at 202–789–6873 or via electronic mail
at prc-webmaster@prc.gov.
The appeal and all related documents
are also available for public inspection
in the Commission’s docket section.
Docket section hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on
Federal Government holidays. Docket
section personnel may be contacted via
electronic mail at prc-dockets@prc.gov
or via telephone at 202–789–6846.
Filing of documents. All filings of
documents in this case shall be made
using the Internet (Filing Online)
pursuant to Commission rules 9(a) and
10(a) at the Commission’s Web site
https://www.prc.gov, unless a waiver is
obtained. 39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 10(a).
Instructions for obtaining an account to
file documents online may be found on
the Commission’s Web site, https://
www.prc.gov, or by contacting the
Commission’s docket section at prcdockets@prc.gov or via telephone at
202–789–6846. The petitioner is granted
a waiver from Filing Online.
Intervention. Those, other than the
petitioner and respondent, wishing to be
heard in this matter are directed to file
a notice of intervention on or before
September 4, 2007 in accordance with
39 CFR 3001.111. The notice of
intervention shall be filed using the
Internet (Filing Online) at the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.prc.gov), unless a waiver is
obtained for hardcopy filing. Rules 9(a)
and 10(a) [39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 10(a).]
Further procedures. The Postal
Reorganization Act requires that the
Commission issue its decision within
120 days from the date this appeal was
filed [39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5)]. A procedural
schedule has been developed to
accommodate this statutory deadline. In
the interest of expedition, in light of the
120-day decision schedule, the
Commission may request the Postal
Service or other participants to submit
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memoranda of law on any appropriate
issue. If requested, such memoranda
will be due 14 days from the issuance
of the request. Responses to such
memoranda will be due 14 days from
the date the memoranda are filed. As
required by the Commission rules, if
any motions are filed, responses are due
7 days after any such motion is filed. 39
CFR 3001.21. If necessary, the
Commission also may ask petitioners or
the Postal Service for more information.
Suspension application. Petitioner’s
supplemental letter filed on July 30,
2007, requests that the Commission
suspend the effectiveness of the Postal
Service’s determination to close the
Ecorse Classified Finance Station. Rule
114(b) [39 CFR 3001.114(b)] requires the
Postal Service to file and serve on the
petitioner an answer to the suspension
application by August 9, 2007, unless an
extension under rule 16 is granted 2 [39
CFR 3001.16(b)]. The Commission finds
that the Postal Service would be unduly
prejudiced if it had to file a response to
the suspension application by that date.
Therefore, it, sua sponte, extends the
Postal Service’s time to answer the
suspension application until August 16,
2007. The petitioner may file a reply to
the Postal Service’s answer within 7
days of the Postal Service filing such
answer.
Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Postal Service shall file the
administrative record in this appeal, or
otherwise file a responsive pleading to
the appeal, by August 13, 2007.
2. The Postal Service shall file an
answer to the suspension application by
August 16, 2007.
3. The petitioner may file a reply to
the Postal Service’s answer to the
suspension application within 7 days of
the Postal Service filing such answer.
4. The procedural schedule is listed
below.
5. The petitioner is granted a waiver
from Online Filing.
6. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this notice and order and
procedural schedule in the Federal
Register.
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PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE
July 27, 2007 .......................................................
August 9, 2007 ....................................................
August 13, 2007 ..................................................
August 16, 2007 ..................................................
September 4, 2007 .............................................
1 The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
section 1006 amends 39 U.S.C. 404(d) to make the
date of receipt by the Commission of a post office
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Filing of Appeal.
Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal.
Deadline for Postal Service to file administrative record in this appeal.
Deadline for Postal Service to file an answer to suspension application [39 CFR 3001.114(b)].
Last day of filing of petitions to intervene [see 39 CFR 3001.111(b)].
closing appeal the date on which it receives a Postal
Service postmark.
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2 Given the changes in the law discussed in
footnote 1, the Postal Service’s time to respond to
a suspension application is shortened considerably.
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PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE—Continued
August 31, 2007 ..................................................
September 20, 2007 ...........................................
October 5, 2007 ..................................................
October 12, 2007 ................................................
November 26, 2007 .............................................
Dated: August 9, 2007.
By the Commission.
Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–15953 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am]
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Sunshine Act Meeting; Notification of
Item Added to Meeting Agenda
DATE OF MEETING:
STATUS:
August 7, 2007.
Closed.
71 FR 42445,
August 2, 2007.
ADDITION: Filing with the Postal
Regulatory Commission for a Negotiated
Service Agreement.
At its closed meeting on August 7,
2007, the Board of Governors of the
United States Postal Service voted
unanimously to add this item to the
agenda of its closed meeting and that no
earlier announcement was possible. The
General Counsel of the United States
Postal Service certified that in her
opinion discussion of this item could be
properly closed to public observation.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Wendy A. Hocking, Secretary of the
Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20260–
1000.
PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT:
Wendy A. Hocking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 07–4002 Filed 8–10–07; 3:18 pm]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
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[Release No. 34–56219; File No. SR–Amex–
2007–78]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness
of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend
Rule 520 in Order To Clarify Reporting
Requirements
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
15:00 Aug 14, 2007
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on August 2,
2007, the American Stock Exchange LLC
(‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been
substantially prepared by Amex. The
Exchange has filed the proposal
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the
Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6) thereunder,4
which renders the proposal effective
upon filing with the Commission. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
Rule 520 (Options and Selling
Agreements) in order to clarify reporting
requirements. The text of the proposed
rule change is available at Amex, the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
and https://www.amex.com.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission,
Amex included statements concerning
the purpose of and basis for the
proposed rule change and discussed any
comments it received on the proposed
rule change. The text of these statements
may be examined at the places specified
in Item IV below. Amex has prepared
summaries, set forth in Sections A, B,
and C below, of the most significant
aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule
change is to clarify the reporting
requirements of Rule 520. The proposal
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August 8, 2007.
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Petitioner’s Participant Statement or Initial Brief due [see 39 CFR 3001.115(a) and (b)].
Postal Service’s Answering Brief due [see 39 CFR 3001.115(c)].
Petitioner’s Reply Brief due should petitioner choose to file one [see 39 CFR 3001.115(d)].
Deadline for motions by any party requesting oral argument. The Commission will schedule
oral argument only when it is a necessary addition to the written filings [see 39 CFR
3001.116].
Expiration of the Commission’s 120-day decisional schedule [see 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5)].
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
2 17
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seeks to amend Rule 520 to make clear
that it does not apply to standardized
options and corporate stock options.5
Rule 520 is designed to facilitate the
Exchange’s surveillance for and
enforcement of rules against
manipulation in connection with
private or over-the-counter options.
Because standardized options and
corporate stock options are already
subject to similar reporting
requirements, via a prospectus or a
registration statement, the Exchange
believes it is redundant and needlessly
burdensome to also require each
member and member organization to
submit reports to the Exchange under
Rule 520 for standardized options and
corporate stock options.
The Exchange submits that the
proposed amendment to Rule 520 will
provide additional transparency and
clarity to the Rule. Furthermore, the
Exchange believes that the proposed
amendment to Rule 520 will enable
Amex standards to be more consistent
with those of the New York Stock
Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE’’) 6 and the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘Phlx’’),7 and therefore facilitate
uniform application of the reporting
requirements.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes the proposed
rule change is consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act,8 in general, and furthers
the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the
Act,9 in particular, in that it is designed
to promote just and equitable principles
of trade, to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and
5 The Commission notes that revised Rule 520
requires each member and member organization to
report to the Exchange such information as may be
required with respect to any substantial option
relating to listed securities, or securities admitted
to unlisted trading privileges on the Exchange,
acquired over-the-counter, in which such member,
member organization, or allied member therein is
directly or indirectly interested or of which such
member, member organization, or allied member
has knowledge by reason of transactions executed
by or through such member or organization.
6 See NYSE Rule 424.
7 See Phlx Rule 784.
8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. A2007-1; Order No. 24]
Appeal of Post Office Closing in Ecorse, MI
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice and order.
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SUMMARY: This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing
of the Ecorse, MI, Classified Finance
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Station has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a
procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal
Service, petitioner, and others to take appropriate action.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at https://www.prc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
202-789-6820 and stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that pursuant to 39
U.S.C. 404(d), the Commission has received an appeal of the closing of
the Ecorse Classified Finance Station, Ecorse, MI. The appeal was
postmarked and therefore deemed filed on July 27, 2007, and a
supplemental letter detailing the appeal was deemed filed with the
Commission on July 30, 2007.\1\ The Commission hereby institutes a
proceeding under 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5) and designates the case as Docket
No. A2007-1 to consider the petitioner's appeal.
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\1\ The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act section 1006
amends 39 U.S.C. 404(d) to make the date of receipt by the
Commission of a post office closing appeal the date on which it
receives a Postal Service postmark.
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Categories of issues apparently raised. The categories of issues
that appear to be raised include:
2. Observance of procedure required by law [39 U.S.C.
404(d)(5)(B)];
3. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C. 404(d)(2)(A)(i)]; and
4. Effect on employees [39 U.S.C. 404(d)(2)(A)(ii)].
After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the
Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more
legal issues than those set forth above. Or, the Commission may find
that the Postal Service's determination disposes of one or more of
those issues. The deadline for the Postal Service to file the
administrative record with the Commission, or otherwise file a
responsive pleading, is August 13, 2007. 39 CFR 3001.113.
Availability; Web site posting. The Commission has posted the
appeal and supporting material on its Web site at https://www.prc.gov.
Additional filings in this case and participants' submissions also will
be posted on the Web site, if provided in electronic format or amenable
to conversion, and not subject to a valid protective order. Information
on how to use the Commission's Web site is available online or by
contacting the Commission's webmaster via telephone at 202-789-6873 or
via electronic mail at prc-webmaster@prc.gov.
The appeal and all related documents are also available for public
inspection in the Commission's docket section. Docket section hours are
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal
Government holidays. Docket section personnel may be contacted via
electronic mail at prc-dockets@prc.gov or via telephone at 202-789-
6846.
Filing of documents. All filings of documents in this case shall be
made using the Internet (Filing Online) pursuant to Commission rules
9(a) and 10(a) at the Commission's Web site https://www.prc.gov, unless
a waiver is obtained. 39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 10(a). Instructions for
obtaining an account to file documents online may be found on the
Commission's Web site, https://www.prc.gov, or by contacting the
Commission's docket section at prc-dockets@prc.gov or via telephone at
202-789-6846. The petitioner is granted a waiver from Filing Online.
Intervention. Those, other than the petitioner and respondent,
wishing to be heard in this matter are directed to file a notice of
intervention on or before September 4, 2007 in accordance with 39 CFR
3001.111. The notice of intervention shall be filed using the Internet
(Filing Online) at the Commission's Web site (https://www.prc.gov),
unless a waiver is obtained for hardcopy filing. Rules 9(a) and 10(a)
[39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 10(a).]
Further procedures. The Postal Reorganization Act requires that the
Commission issue its decision within 120 days from the date this appeal
was filed [39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5)]. A procedural schedule has been
developed to accommodate this statutory deadline. In the interest of
expedition, in light of the 120-day decision schedule, the Commission
may request the Postal Service or other participants to submit
memoranda of law on any appropriate issue. If requested, such memoranda
will be due 14 days from the issuance of the request. Responses to such
memoranda will be due 14 days from the date the memoranda are filed. As
required by the Commission rules, if any motions are filed, responses
are due 7 days after any such motion is filed. 39 CFR 3001.21. If
necessary, the Commission also may ask petitioners or the Postal
Service for more information.
Suspension application. Petitioner's supplemental letter filed on
July 30, 2007, requests that the Commission suspend the effectiveness
of the Postal Service's determination to close the Ecorse Classified
Finance Station. Rule 114(b) [39 CFR 3001.114(b)] requires the Postal
Service to file and serve on the petitioner an answer to the suspension
application by August 9, 2007, unless an extension under rule 16 is
granted \2\ [39 CFR 3001.16(b)]. The Commission finds that the Postal
Service would be unduly prejudiced if it had to file a response to the
suspension application by that date. Therefore, it, sua sponte, extends
the Postal Service's time to answer the suspension application until
August 16, 2007. The petitioner may file a reply to the Postal
Service's answer within 7 days of the Postal Service filing such
answer.
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\2\ Given the changes in the law discussed in footnote 1, the
Postal Service's time to respond to a suspension application is
shortened considerably.
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Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Postal Service shall file the administrative record in this
appeal, or otherwise file a responsive pleading to the appeal, by
August 13, 2007.
2. The Postal Service shall file an answer to the suspension
application by August 16, 2007.
3. The petitioner may file a reply to the Postal Service's answer
to the suspension application within 7 days of the Postal Service
filing such answer.
4. The procedural schedule is listed below.
5. The petitioner is granted a waiver from Online Filing.
6. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this notice and
order and procedural schedule in the Federal Register.
Procedural Schedule
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July 27, 2007..................... Filing of Appeal.
August 9, 2007.................... Commission Notice and Order of
Filing of Appeal.
August 13, 2007................... Deadline for Postal Service to file
administrative record in this
appeal.
August 16, 2007................... Deadline for Postal Service to file
an answer to suspension application
[39 CFR 3001.114(b)].
September 4, 2007................. Last day of filing of petitions to
intervene [see 39 CFR 3001.111(b)].
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August 31, 2007................... Petitioner's Participant Statement
or Initial Brief due [see 39 CFR
3001.115(a) and (b)].
September 20, 2007................ Postal Service's Answering Brief due
[see 39 CFR 3001.115(c)].
October 5, 2007................... Petitioner's Reply Brief due should
petitioner choose to file one [see
39 CFR 3001.115(d)].
October 12, 2007.................. Deadline for motions by any party
requesting oral argument. The
Commission will schedule oral
argument only when it is a
necessary addition to the written
filings [see 39 CFR 3001.116].
November 26, 2007................. Expiration of the Commission's 120-
day decisional schedule [see 39
U.S.C. 404(d)(5)].
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Dated: August 9, 2007.
By the Commission.
Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-15953 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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