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provided additional information that
clarified the application, did not expand
the scope of the application as originally
noticed, and did not change the staff’s
original proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination as
published in the Federal Register.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC,
Docket No. 50–410, Nine Mile Point
Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (NMP2), Oswego
County, New York
Date of application for amendment:
May 27, 2009, as supplemented on
August 28, 2009, December 23, 2009,
February 19, 2010, April 16, 2010, May
7, 2010, June 3, 2010, June 30, 2010,
July 9, 2010, July 30, 2010, September
16, 2010, October 8, 2010, October 28,
2010, November 5, 2010, December 10,
2010, December 13, 2010, January 19,
2011, January 31, 2011, February 4,
2011, March 23, 2011, May 9, 2011, June
13, 2011, July 15, 2011, August 5, 2011,
August 19, 2011, September 23, 2011,
October 27, 2011, and November 1,
2011.
Brief description of amendment: The
amendment changes the NMP2
Technical Specifications to increase the
maximum steady-state reactor core
power level from 3,467 megawatts
thermal (MWt) to 3,988 MWt, which is
an increase from the current license of
approximately 15 percent. The proposed
increase in power level is considered an
extended power uprate.
Date of issuance: December 22, 2011.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance to be implemented within 90
days.
Amendment No.: 140.
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF–69: The amendment revises
the License and TSs.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: October 10, 2009 (74 FR
53778). The supplemental letters dated
August 28, 2009, December 23, 2009,
February 19, 2010, April 16, 2010, May
7, 2010, June 3, 2010, June 30, 2010,
July 9, 2010, July 30, 2010, September
16, 2010, October 8, 2010, October 28,
2010, November 5, 2010, December 10,
2010, December 13, 2010, January 19,
2011, January 31, 2011, February 4,
2011, March 23, 2011, May 9, 2011, June
13, 2011, July 15, 2011, August 5, 2011,
August 19, 2011, September 23, 2011,
October 27, 2011, and November 1,
2011, provided additional information
that clarified the application and did
not expand the scope of the application
as originally noticed, and did not
change the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission staff’s initial proposed no
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significant hazards consideration
determination.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated December 22,
2011.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day
of December 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele G. Evans,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Comment Request
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Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
The Postal Service has filed
an Annual Compliance Report on the
costs, revenues, rates, and quality of
service associated with its products in
fiscal year 2011. Within 90 days, the
Commission must evaluate that
information and issue its determination
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as to whether rates were in compliance
with title 39, chapter 36 and whether
service standards in effect were met. To
assist in this, the Commission seeks
public comments on the Postal Service’s
Annual Compliance Report.
Comments are due: February 3,
2012.
Reply comments are due: February 17,
2012.
DATES:
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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or (202)
789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Introduction
II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY 2011
ACR
III. Procedural Steps
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
On December 29, 2011, the United
States Postal Service (Postal Service)
filed with the Commission, pursuant to
39 U.S.C. 3652, its Annual Compliance
Report (ACR) for fiscal year (FY) 2011.1
Section 3652 requires submission of
data and information on the costs,
revenues, rates, and quality of service
associated with postal products within
90 days of the closing of each fiscal
year. In conformance with other
statutory provisions and Commission
rules, the ACR includes the Postal
Service’s FY 2011 Comprehensive
Statement, its FY 2011 annual report to
the Secretary of the Treasury on the
Competitive Products Fund, and certain
related Competitive Products Fund
material. See, respectively, 39 U.S.C.
3652(g), 39 U.S.C. 2011(i), and 39 CFR
3060.20–23. In line with past practice,
some of the material in the FY 2011
ACR appears in non-public annexes.
The filing begins a review process that
results in an Annual Compliance
Determination (ACD) issued by the
Commission to determine whether
Postal Service products offered during
FY 2011 are in compliance with
applicable title 39 requirements.
1 United States Postal Service FY 2011 Annual
Compliance Report, December 29, 2011 (FY 2011
ACR). Public portions of the Postal Service’s filing
are available at the Commission’s Web site,
https://www.prc.gov.
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II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY
2011 ACR
Contents of the filing. The Postal
Service’s FY 2011 ACR consists of a 72page narrative; extensive additional
material appended as separate folders
and identified in Attachment One; and
an application for non-public treatment
of certain materials, along with a
supporting rationale filed as Attachment
Two. The filing also includes the
Comprehensive Statement, Report to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and
information on the Competitive
Products Fund filed in response to
Commission rules. This material has
been filed electronically with the
Commission, and some also has been
filed in hard-copy form.
Scope of filing. The material
appended to the narrative consists of (1)
domestic product costing material filed
on an annual basis, summarized in the
Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA); (2)
comparable international costing
material, summarized in the
International Cost and Revenue
Analysis (ICRA); (3) worksharing-related
cost studies; and (4) billing determinant
information for both domestic and
international mail. Id. at 2. Inclusion of
these four data sets is consistent with
the Postal Service’s past ACR practices.
As with past ACRs, the Postal Service
has split certain materials into public
and non-public versions. Id. at 3.
‘‘Roadmap’’ document. A roadmap to
the FY 2011 ACR appears in the form of
library reference USPS–FY11–9. This
document provides brief descriptions of
the materials submitted, as well as the
flow of inputs and outputs among them;
a discussion of differences in
methodology relative to Commission
methodologies in last year’s ACD; a list
of special studies; and, as required by
Commission rule 3050.2, a discussion of
obsolescence. Id. at 3–4.
Methodology. The Postal Service says
the scope of new methodologies has
been minimized because it has placed
heavy reliance on replicating the
methodologies used most recently by
the Commission. However, it observes
that postal operations and data
collection are not entirely static, so
there are some minor changes. These are
identified and discussed in a separate
section of the roadmap document and in
the prefaces to each of the appended
materials. Id. at 5.
Proposals for which the Postal Service
has filed to change analytical principles
since the filing of the FY 2010 ACR are
identified and summarized in a table.
Id. at 4–6. Generally, with respect to
proposed changes that were pending
resolution as of the date of the filing, the
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Postal Service prepared two versions of
the materials for its ACR. Id. at 6.2
Market dominant product-by-product
costs, revenues, and volumes. With one
exception, costs, revenues, and volumes
for all market dominant products of
general applicability are shown directly
in the FY 2011 CRA or ICRA. The one
exception is International Reply Coupon
Service. Id. at 8.
Market dominant negotiated service
agreements. The FY 2011 ACR presents
information on market dominant
negotiated service agreements (NSAs) in
two ways. Id. at 9. First, on a fiscal year
basis, it extracts revenue, cost, and
volume data from the relevant CRA
lines. These data are further
disaggregated by individual NSA in
library reference USPS–FY11–30.
Second, library reference USPS–FY11–
30 also presents similar data for the
NSAs by contract year. Id. This latter
method is required by 39 CFR
3020.21(1) to allow net benefit
calculations for NSAs that have
discounts based on volume thresholds
reached during a contract year. Id. Such
net benefit calculations also appear in
library reference USPS–FY11–30.3
Service performance. The Postal
Service notes that the Commission
issued rules on periodic reporting of
service performance measurement and
customer satisfaction in FY 2011.
Responsive information appears in
library reference USPS–FY11–29. Id. at
10–11. The Postal Service says it set
aggressive on-time targets of 90 percent
or above for all market dominant
products and, overall, has been
successful in continuously improving
these scores. It asserts that its targets
have already been met or exceeded for
some products and in some districts, but
says there are several instances where
target scores have not yet been met at
the national level. Specific reasons for
these results are discussed in library
reference USPS–FY11–29. Id. at 12.
Customer satisfaction. The FY 2011
ACR discusses the Postal Service’s new
approach for measuring customer
experience and satisfaction; describes
the new methodology and other
2 The three exceptions to this practice are with
respect to Proposals Ten, Eleven, and Eighteen. Id.
at 6–7. The Postal Service also identifies the reasons
why it did not prepare two versions for these
proposals in its ACR and requests that the
Commission waive the requirements of 39 CFR
3050.10 with respect to these three proposals. Id.
at 7.
3 The Postal Service notes that there is a
distinction between the ‘‘net benefit calculations’’
and the data reported in the CRA line item for
NSAs. The net benefit calculations are intended to
isolate the incremental benefit of the NSA while the
CRA reports the entire volume to the NSA,
regardless of whether it is deemed ‘‘incremental.’’
Id. at 9.
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changes; presents a table with survey
results; and compares the results from
FY 2010 to FY 2011. Id. at 10–13.
Product analysis and other
information. The FY 2011 ACR includes
a detailed analysis of each market
dominant product, including domestic
NSAs in effect during FY 2011. Id. at
14–48. It also presents information
responsive to 39 U.S.C. 3652(b) on
worksharing discounts. Id. at 50–60.
Competitive products. The FY 2011
ACR provides costs, revenues, and
volumes for competitive products of
general applicability in the FY 2011
CRA (or ICRA). For competitive
products not of general applicability,
data are provided in non-public library
references USPS–FY11–NP2 and USPS–
FY11–NP27. The FY 2011 ACR also
addresses the competitive product
pricing standards of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id.
at 60–64.
Market tests; nonpostal services. The
Postal Service also addresses the three
market dominant market tests
conducted during FY 2011, the two
competitive market tests conducted
during FY 2011, and nonpostal services.
Id. at 64–68. With respect to the latter,
it notes that in the last ACD, the
Commission linked further reporting on
nonpostal services to the approval of
classification language in Docket No.
MC2010–24, and that docket was still
pending as of the end of FY 2011. The
Postal Service states that it has
attempted to improve its nonpostal
services reporting in this ACR, but it
considers the information it is providing
as generally comparable to what it
previously provided. Id. at 67.
III. Procedural Steps
Statutory requirements. Section 3653
of title 39 requires the Commission to
provide interested persons with an
opportunity to comment on the ACR
and to appoint a Public Representative
to represent the interests of the general
public. The Commission hereby solicits
public comment on the Postal Service’s
FY 2011 ACR and on whether any rates
or fees in effect during FY 2011 (for
products individually or collectively)
were not in compliance with applicable
provisions of chapter 36 of title 39 (or
regulations promulgated thereunder).
Commenters addressing market
dominant products are referred in
particular to the applicable
requirements (39 U.S.C. 3622(d) and (e)
and 3626); objectives (39 U.S.C.
3622(b)); and factors (39 U.S.C. 3622(c)).
Commenters addressing competitive
products are referred to in 39 U.S.C.
3633.
The Commission also invites public
comment on the cost coverage matters
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the Postal Service addresses in its filing;
service performance results; levels of
customer satisfaction achieved; progress
toward goals established in the annual
Comprehensive Statement; and such
other matters that may be relevant to the
Commission’s review. Comments on
these topics will, inter alia, assist the
Commission in developing appropriate
recommendations to the Postal Service
related to the protection or promotion of
the public policy objectives of title 39.
Access to filing. The Commission has
posted the publicly available portions of
the FY 2011 ACR on its Web site,
https://www.prc.doc.
Comment deadlines. Comments by
interested persons are due on or before
February 3, 2012. Reply comments are
due on or before February 17, 2012. The
Commission, upon completion of its
review of the FY 2011 ACR, public
comments, and other data and
information submitted in this
proceeding, will issue its ACD. Those
needing assistance filing electronically
may contact the Docket Section
supervisor at (202) 789–6846 or via
email at PRC–DOCKETS@prc.gov.
Inquiries about access to non-public
materials should also be directed to the
Docket Section.
Public representative. Kenneth E.
Richardson is designated to serve as the
Public Representative to represent the
interests of the general public in this
proceeding, assisted by Lawrence
Fenster and Elena Patel. Neither the
Public Representative nor any
additional persons assigned to assist
him shall participate in or advise as to
any Commission decision in this
proceeding other than in their
designated capacity.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. ACR2011 to consider matters raised
by the United States Postal Service’s FY
2011 Annual Compliance Report.
2. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission appoints Kenneth E.
Richardson as officer of the Commission
(Public Representative) in this
proceeding to represent the interests of
the general public.
3. Comments on the United States
Postal Service’s FY 2011 Annual
Compliance Report to the Commission,
including the Comprehensive Statement
of Postal Operations and other reports,
are due on or before February 3, 2012.
4. Reply comments are due on or
before February 17, 2012.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
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Shoshana M. Grove,
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. ACR2011; Order No. 1095]
FY 2010 Annual Compliance Report; Comment Request
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service has filed an Annual Compliance Report on
the costs, revenues, rates, and quality of service associated with its
products in fiscal year 2011. Within 90 days, the Commission must
evaluate that information and issue its determination
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as to whether rates were in compliance with title 39, chapter 36 and
whether service standards in effect were met. To assist in this, the
Commission seeks public comments on the Postal Service's Annual
Compliance Report.
DATES: Comments are due: February 3, 2012.
Reply comments are due: February 17, 2012.
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. Overview of the Postal Service's FY 2011 ACR
III. Procedural Steps
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
On December 29, 2011, the United States Postal Service (Postal
Service) filed with the Commission, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3652, its
Annual Compliance Report (ACR) for fiscal year (FY) 2011.\1\ Section
3652 requires submission of data and information on the costs,
revenues, rates, and quality of service associated with postal products
within 90 days of the closing of each fiscal year. In conformance with
other statutory provisions and Commission rules, the ACR includes the
Postal Service's FY 2011 Comprehensive Statement, its FY 2011 annual
report to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Competitive Products
Fund, and certain related Competitive Products Fund material. See,
respectively, 39 U.S.C. 3652(g), 39 U.S.C. 2011(i), and 39 CFR 3060.20-
23. In line with past practice, some of the material in the FY 2011 ACR
appears in non-public annexes.
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\1\ United States Postal Service FY 2011 Annual Compliance
Report, December 29, 2011 (FY 2011 ACR). Public portions of the
Postal Service's filing are available at the Commission's Web site,
https://www.prc.gov.
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The filing begins a review process that results in an Annual
Compliance Determination (ACD) issued by the Commission to determine
whether Postal Service products offered during FY 2011 are in
compliance with applicable title 39 requirements.
II. Overview of the Postal Service's FY 2011 ACR
Contents of the filing. The Postal Service's FY 2011 ACR consists
of a 72-page narrative; extensive additional material appended as
separate folders and identified in Attachment One; and an application
for non-public treatment of certain materials, along with a supporting
rationale filed as Attachment Two. The filing also includes the
Comprehensive Statement, Report to the Secretary of the Treasury, and
information on the Competitive Products Fund filed in response to
Commission rules. This material has been filed electronically with the
Commission, and some also has been filed in hard-copy form.
Scope of filing. The material appended to the narrative consists of
(1) domestic product costing material filed on an annual basis,
summarized in the Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA); (2) comparable
international costing material, summarized in the International Cost
and Revenue Analysis (ICRA); (3) worksharing-related cost studies; and
(4) billing determinant information for both domestic and international
mail. Id. at 2. Inclusion of these four data sets is consistent with
the Postal Service's past ACR practices. As with past ACRs, the Postal
Service has split certain materials into public and non-public
versions. Id. at 3.
``Roadmap'' document. A roadmap to the FY 2011 ACR appears in the
form of library reference USPS-FY11-9. This document provides brief
descriptions of the materials submitted, as well as the flow of inputs
and outputs among them; a discussion of differences in methodology
relative to Commission methodologies in last year's ACD; a list of
special studies; and, as required by Commission rule 3050.2, a
discussion of obsolescence. Id. at 3-4.
Methodology. The Postal Service says the scope of new methodologies
has been minimized because it has placed heavy reliance on replicating
the methodologies used most recently by the Commission. However, it
observes that postal operations and data collection are not entirely
static, so there are some minor changes. These are identified and
discussed in a separate section of the roadmap document and in the
prefaces to each of the appended materials. Id. at 5.
Proposals for which the Postal Service has filed to change
analytical principles since the filing of the FY 2010 ACR are
identified and summarized in a table. Id. at 4-6. Generally, with
respect to proposed changes that were pending resolution as of the date
of the filing, the Postal Service prepared two versions of the
materials for its ACR. Id. at 6.\2\
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\2\ The three exceptions to this practice are with respect to
Proposals Ten, Eleven, and Eighteen. Id. at 6-7. The Postal Service
also identifies the reasons why it did not prepare two versions for
these proposals in its ACR and requests that the Commission waive
the requirements of 39 CFR 3050.10 with respect to these three
proposals. Id. at 7.
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Market dominant product-by-product costs, revenues, and volumes.
With one exception, costs, revenues, and volumes for all market
dominant products of general applicability are shown directly in the FY
2011 CRA or ICRA. The one exception is International Reply Coupon
Service. Id. at 8.
Market dominant negotiated service agreements. The FY 2011 ACR
presents information on market dominant negotiated service agreements
(NSAs) in two ways. Id. at 9. First, on a fiscal year basis, it
extracts revenue, cost, and volume data from the relevant CRA lines.
These data are further disaggregated by individual NSA in library
reference USPS-FY11-30. Second, library reference USPS-FY11-30 also
presents similar data for the NSAs by contract year. Id. This latter
method is required by 39 CFR 3020.21(1) to allow net benefit
calculations for NSAs that have discounts based on volume thresholds
reached during a contract year. Id. Such net benefit calculations also
appear in library reference USPS-FY11-30.\3\
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\3\ The Postal Service notes that there is a distinction between
the ``net benefit calculations'' and the data reported in the CRA
line item for NSAs. The net benefit calculations are intended to
isolate the incremental benefit of the NSA while the CRA reports the
entire volume to the NSA, regardless of whether it is deemed
``incremental.'' Id. at 9.
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Service performance. The Postal Service notes that the Commission
issued rules on periodic reporting of service performance measurement
and customer satisfaction in FY 2011. Responsive information appears in
library reference USPS-FY11-29. Id. at 10-11. The Postal Service says
it set aggressive on-time targets of 90 percent or above for all market
dominant products and, overall, has been successful in continuously
improving these scores. It asserts that its targets have already been
met or exceeded for some products and in some districts, but says there
are several instances where target scores have not yet been met at the
national level. Specific reasons for these results are discussed in
library reference USPS-FY11-29. Id. at 12.
Customer satisfaction. The FY 2011 ACR discusses the Postal
Service's new approach for measuring customer experience and
satisfaction; describes the new methodology and other
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changes; presents a table with survey results; and compares the results
from FY 2010 to FY 2011. Id. at 10-13.
Product analysis and other information. The FY 2011 ACR includes a
detailed analysis of each market dominant product, including domestic
NSAs in effect during FY 2011. Id. at 14-48. It also presents
information responsive to 39 U.S.C. 3652(b) on worksharing discounts.
Id. at 50-60.
Competitive products. The FY 2011 ACR provides costs, revenues, and
volumes for competitive products of general applicability in the FY
2011 CRA (or ICRA). For competitive products not of general
applicability, data are provided in non-public library references USPS-
FY11-NP2 and USPS-FY11-NP27. The FY 2011 ACR also addresses the
competitive product pricing standards of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 60-64.
Market tests; nonpostal services. The Postal Service also addresses
the three market dominant market tests conducted during FY 2011, the
two competitive market tests conducted during FY 2011, and nonpostal
services. Id. at 64-68. With respect to the latter, it notes that in
the last ACD, the Commission linked further reporting on nonpostal
services to the approval of classification language in Docket No.
MC2010-24, and that docket was still pending as of the end of FY 2011.
The Postal Service states that it has attempted to improve its
nonpostal services reporting in this ACR, but it considers the
information it is providing as generally comparable to what it
previously provided. Id. at 67.
III. Procedural Steps
Statutory requirements. Section 3653 of title 39 requires the
Commission to provide interested persons with an opportunity to comment
on the ACR and to appoint a Public Representative to represent the
interests of the general public. The Commission hereby solicits public
comment on the Postal Service's FY 2011 ACR and on whether any rates or
fees in effect during FY 2011 (for products individually or
collectively) were not in compliance with applicable provisions of
chapter 36 of title 39 (or regulations promulgated thereunder).
Commenters addressing market dominant products are referred in
particular to the applicable requirements (39 U.S.C. 3622(d) and (e)
and 3626); objectives (39 U.S.C. 3622(b)); and factors (39 U.S.C.
3622(c)). Commenters addressing competitive products are referred to in
39 U.S.C. 3633.
The Commission also invites public comment on the cost coverage
matters the Postal Service addresses in its filing; service performance
results; levels of customer satisfaction achieved; progress toward
goals established in the annual Comprehensive Statement; and such other
matters that may be relevant to the Commission's review. Comments on
these topics will, inter alia, assist the Commission in developing
appropriate recommendations to the Postal Service related to the
protection or promotion of the public policy objectives of title 39.
Access to filing. The Commission has posted the publicly available
portions of the FY 2011 ACR on its Web site, https://www.prc.doc.
Comment deadlines. Comments by interested persons are due on or
before February 3, 2012. Reply comments are due on or before February
17, 2012. The Commission, upon completion of its review of the FY 2011
ACR, public comments, and other data and information submitted in this
proceeding, will issue its ACD. Those needing assistance filing
electronically may contact the Docket Section supervisor at (202) 789-
6846 or via email at PRC-DOCKETS@prc.gov. Inquiries about access to
non-public materials should also be directed to the Docket Section.
Public representative. Kenneth E. Richardson is designated to serve
as the Public Representative to represent the interests of the general
public in this proceeding, assisted by Lawrence Fenster and Elena
Patel. Neither the Public Representative nor any additional persons
assigned to assist him shall participate in or advise as to any
Commission decision in this proceeding other than in their designated
capacity.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. ACR2011 to consider
matters raised by the United States Postal Service's FY 2011 Annual
Compliance Report.
2. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Kenneth E.
Richardson as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) in this
proceeding to represent the interests of the general public.
3. Comments on the United States Postal Service's FY 2011 Annual
Compliance Report to the Commission, including the Comprehensive
Statement of Postal Operations and other reports, are due on or before
February 3, 2012.
4. Reply comments are due on or before February 17, 2012.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-164 Filed 1-9-12; 8:45 am]
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