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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32955]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. MC2011-14 and CP2011-50; Order No. 615]


New Postal Product

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service 
request to add Express Mail Contract 11 to the competitive product 
list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with this 
filing.

DATES: Comments are due: January 4, 2011.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

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

I. Introduction

    Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal 
Service filed a formal request and associated supporting information to 
add Express Mail Contract 11 to the competitive product list.\1\ The 
Postal Service asserts that Express Mail Contract 11 is a competitive 
product ``not of general applicability'' within the meaning of 39 
U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). Request at 1. The Postal Service states that the 
prices and classification underlying this contract are supported by 
Governors' Decision No. 09-14 in Docket Nos. MC2010-5 and CP2010-5. Id. 
The Request has been assigned Docket No. MC2011-14.
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    \1\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority 
Mail Contract 33 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing 
(Under Seal) of Contract and Supporting Data, December 17, 2010 
(Request).
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    The Postal Service contemporaneously filed a contract related to 
the proposed new product pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 CFR 
3015.5. The contract has been assigned Docket No. CP2011-50.
    Request. In support of its Request, the Postal Service filed six 
attachments as follows:
     Attachment A--a redacted copy of Governors' Decision No. 
09-14, originally filed in Docket Nos. MC2010-5 and CP2010-5, 
authorizing certain Express Mail contracts;
     Attachment B--a redacted copy of the contract;
     Attachment C--a proposed change in the Mail Classification 
Schedule competitive product list;
     Attachment D--a Statement of Supporting Justification as 
required by 39 CFR 3020.32;
     Attachment E--a certification of compliance with 39 U.S.C. 
3633(a); and
     Attachment F--an application for non-public treatment of 
materials to maintain redacted portions of the contract and supporting 
documents under seal.
    In the Statement of Supporting Justification, Josen Punnoose, 
Manager, Shipping Support (A), Shipping Services, asserts that the 
service to be provided under the contract will cover its attributable 
costs, make a positive contribution to institutional costs, and 
increase contribution toward the requisite 5.5 percent of the Postal 
Service's total institutional costs. Id., Attachment D. Thus, Mr. 
Punnoose contends there will be no issue of market dominant products 
subsidizing competitive products as a result of this contract. Id.
    Related contract. A redacted version of the specific Express Mail 
Contract 11 is included with the Request. Id., Attachment B. The 
contract will become effective the day after the Commission provides 
all necessary regulatory approvals. Id., Attachment B, at 3. The 
contract will expire 5 years from the effective date unless, among 
other things, either party terminates the agreement upon 30 days' 
written notice to the other party. Id. The Postal Service represents 
that the contract is consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Id., Attachment 
D.
    The Postal Service filed much of the supporting materials, 
including the specific Express Mail Contract 11, under seal. Id., 
Attachment F. It maintains that the contract, customer-identifying 
information, and related financial information, including the 
accompanying analyses that provide prices, terms, conditions, cost 
data, and financial projections, should remain under seal. Id., 
Attachment F, at 2-3. It also requests that the Commission order all 
customer-identifying information to remain under seal indefinitely, 
instead of ending after 10 years. Id., Attachment F, at 7.

II. Notice of Filings

    The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2011-14 and CP2011-50 for 
consideration of the Request pertaining to the proposed Express Mail 
Contract 11 product and the related contract, respectively.
    Interested persons may submit comments on whether the Postal 
Service's filings in the captioned dockets are consistent with the 
policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642 and 39 CFR part 3015 and 39 
CFR 3020, subpart B. Comments are due no later than January 4, 2011. 
The public portions of these filings can be accessed via the 
Commission's Web site (https://www.prc.gov).
    The Commission appoints Derrick D. Dennis to serve as Public 
Representative in these dockets.

III. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2011-14 and CP2011-50 
for consideration of the matters raised in each docket.
    2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Derrick D. Dennis is appointed to 
serve as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent 
the interests of the general public in these proceedings.
    3. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no 
later than January 4, 2011.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-32955 Filed 12-30-10; 8:45 am]
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