Vermont Disaster Number VT-00021, 66767 [2011-27815]
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agreement on an effective date. Id.
Attachment 2 at 1. The Agreement,
however, may be terminated by either
party on no less than 30 days’ written
notice. Id. at 3. The Postal Service and
Australia Post, the postal operator for
Australia, are parties to the Agreement.
The portions of the Agreement at issue
in this docket cover inbound letter post
in the form of Letters, Flats, Small
Packets, Registered Mail, and Small
Packets with Delivery Scanning. Id. at
9.2
Requirements under part 3010. The
Postal Service states that the financial
performance of the Australia Post
Agreement is provided in the Excel file
included with the filing. Notice at 1–2.
It contends that improvements should
enhance mail efficiency and other
functions for letter post items under the
Agreement. Id. at 4.
The Postal Service asserts that the
instant Agreement should not cause
unreasonable harm in the marketplace
since it is unaware of any significant
competition in this market. Id. at 4–5.
Under 39 CFR 3010.43, the Postal
Service is required to submit a data
collection plan. The Postal Service
indicates that it intends to report
information on this Agreement through
its Annual Compliance Report. While
indicating its willingness to provide
information on mailflows within the
annual compliance review process, the
Postal Service proposes no special data
collection plan for this Agreement. With
respect to performance measurement, it
requests that the Commission exempt
this Agreement from separate reporting
requirements under 39 CFR 3055.3 and
establish a standing exemption to
performance reporting requirements for
all contracts added to the product
Inbound Market Dominant MultiService Agreements with Foreign Postal
Operators. Id. at 6, 10.
The Postal Service advances reasons
why the Agreement is functionally
equivalent to previously filed
agreements.3 It asserts that the instant
Agreement fits within the Mail
2 Notice at 5–6. The Agreement also covers
competitive products such as M–Bags, parcels, and
Express Mail. See Docket No. CP2012–1, Notice of
United States Postal Service of Filing Functionally
Equivalent Inbound Competitive Multi-Service
Agreement with a Foreign Postal Operator, October
17, 2011.
3 Id. at 7–9. It cites the following orders: Order
No. 549; Docket No. R2011–4, Order No. 700, Order
Approving Rate Adjustment for HongKong Post—
United States Postal Service Letter Post Bilateral
Agreement Negotiated Service Agreement, March
18, 2011; Docket No. R2011–7, Order No. 871,
Order Concerning an Additional Inbound
Competitive Multi-Service Agreements with
Foreign Postal Operators 1 Negotiated Service
Agreement, September 23, 2011. See id. at 1 n.1.
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Classification Schedule language for the
Inbound Multi-Service Agreements with
the Foreign Postal Operators 1 product.
Additionally, it states that the
Australian Post Agreement includes
similar terms and conditions, e.g., is
with a foreign postal operator, conforms
to a common description, and relates to
rates for letter post tendered from the
postal operator’s territory. Notice at 8.
The Postal Service identifies a
specific term, Article 22, which refers to
the duration of the Agreement, that
distinguishes the instant Agreement
from the existing China Post Agreement
(Docket No. R2010–6). This distinction
is the duration that the Agreement will
be in effect. Id. at 8–9. The Postal
Service contends that the instant
Agreement is nonetheless functionally
equivalent to existing agreements. Id. at
9.
In its Notice, the Postal Service
maintains that certain portions of the
agreement, prices, and related financial
information should remain under seal.
Id. at 10; id. Attachment 1.
The Postal Service concludes that the
Australian Post Agreement should be
added as a functionally equivalent
agreement under the Inbound Market
Dominant Multi-Service Agreements
with Foreign Postal Operators 1
product. Notice at 10.
II. Notice of Filing
Interested persons may submit
comments on whether the Postal
Service’s filing in the captioned docket
is consistent with the policies of 39
U.S.C. 3622 and 39 CFR 3010.40. Under
rule 3010.44(a)(5), comments on the
Postal Service’s filing would be due
October 24, 2011, 10 days after the filing
of the Postal Service’s Notice.
Recognizing that rates under the instant
Agreement are scheduled to become
effective January 1, 2012, the
Commission will establish October 27,
2011 as the due date for comments. The
public portions of these filings can be
accessed via the Commission’s Web site
(https://www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints James F.
Callow to serve as Public Representative
in this docket.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. R2012–2 to consider matters raised
by the Postal Service’s notice.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, James F.
Callow is appointed to serve as officer
of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in this
proceeding.
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3. Comments by interested persons in
this proceeding are due no later than
October 27, 2011.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #12784 and #12785]
Vermont Disaster Number VT–00021
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Amendment 6.
This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Vermont
(FEMA–4022–DR), Dated 09/01/2011.
Incident: Tropical Storm Irene.
Incident Period: 08/27/2011 through
09/02/2011.
Effective Date: 10/18/2011.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 11/15/2011.
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date:
06/01/2012.
SUMMARY:
Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
ADDRESSES:
A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for the State of Vermont,
dated 09/01/2011 is hereby amended to
extend the deadline for filing
applications for physical damages as a
result of this disaster to 11/15/2011.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration 12784 and 12785]
Vermont Disaster Number VT-00021
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 6.
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SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a
major disaster for the State of Vermont (FEMA-4022-DR), Dated 09/01/
2011.
Incident: Tropical Storm Irene.
Incident Period: 08/27/2011 through 09/02/2011.
Effective Date: 10/18/2011.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/15/2011.
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/01/2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Escobar, Office of Disaster
Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW.,
Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of the President's major disaster
declaration for the State of Vermont, dated 09/01/2011 is hereby
amended to extend the deadline for filing applications for physical
damages as a result of this disaster to 11/15/2011.
All other information in the original declaration remains
unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-27815 Filed 10-26-11; 8:45 am]
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