New Postal Product, 4376-4377 [2012-1688]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 4376 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2012 / Notices General description of collection: The Health History Form is used to document the medical history of each individual Applicant. It is a self-report of pre-existing medical conditions and is used to help determine whether the Applicant will, with reasonable accommodation, be able to perform the essential functions of a Peace Corps Volunteer and complete a tour of service without undue disruption due to health problems. The current process requires all Applicants to complete in its entirety a Health Status Review form (OMB form 0420–0510: Peace Corps Form PC– 1789). Under the new system, the Applicant will begin the medical part of the application process by completing the Health History Form. The Health History Form will replace OMB form 0420–0510 and is expected to significantly reduce the need for medical office visits and tests. The Health History Form will be completed online in an interactive process in which only questions relevant to each Applicant’s medical history (based on responses to previous questions) are presented. After completion of the Health History Form and after passing preliminary non-health-related assessments, the Applicant will be ‘‘nominated’’ to a program. This nomination does not guarantee an invitation to serve, but it does hold a place so the Applicant may proceed with the process. After a review by the Peace Corps pre-service medical staff of the self-reported information on the Health History Form, along with any supplemental forms that the Applicant may be required to submit following nomination, the Applicant may be medically pre-cleared. An Applicant who is medically pre-cleared and who accepts an invitation to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer undergoes a final medical clearance. Final medical clearance is on the basis of a complete physical examination, as documented in a Report of Physical Examination. Old Title: Peace Corps Volunter Medical Application Health Status Review which consist of two forms: The Health Status Review form (PC 1789) and the Report of Medical Examination also referred to as the Report of Physical Examination (PC 1790 S). New Title: Report of Physical Examination (PC 1790 S). OMB Control Number: 0420–pending. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved information collection. Burden to the public: (a) Estimated number of applicants/ physicians: 4,000/4,000. (b) Frequency of response: One time. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:14 Jan 26, 2012 Jkt 226001 (c) Estimated average burden per response: 90 minutes/45 minutes. (d) Estimated total reporting burden: 6,000 hours/3,000 hours. (e) Estimated annual cost to respondents:Indeterminate. General description of collection: The current process requires almost all Applicants to undergo a costly and time consuming full medical evaluation. Under the current process, it sometimes happens that after an Applicant has spent large amounts of time and money, the Peace Corps finds that the Applicant is not medically qualified to serve. In 2012, the Peace Corps will change the current process in order to reduce the time and expense of Applicants and to ensure that only those who accept an invitation to serve undergo a complete medical evaluation. However, Applicants who have certain particularly difficult to accommodate conditions will be evaluated early in the process. This will reduce the time and expense for those Applicants who would, even with reasonable accommodation, not be likely to be able to perform the essential functions of a Peace Corps Volunteer and complete a tour of service without undue disruption due to health problems. Under the new system, the Applicant will begin the medical part of the application process by completing a comprehensive health history form. After completion of the Health History Form and after passing preliminary nonhealth-related assessments, the Applicant will be ‘‘nominated’’ to a program. This nomination does not guarantee an invitation to serve, but it does hold a place so the Applicant may proceed with the process. After a review by the Peace Corps pre-service medical staff of the Health History Form and any supplemental forms that the Applicant may be required to submit following nomination, the Applicant may be medically pre-cleared. An Applicant who is medically pre-cleared and who accepts an invitation to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer undergoes a final medical clearance. Final medical clearance is on the basis of a complete physical examination, as documented in a Report of Physical Examination which is covered by this Supporting Statement. The information contained in the Report of Physical Examination will be used to make an individualized determination as to whether an Applicant for Volunteer service will, with reasonable accommodation, be able to perform the essential functions of a Peace Corps Volunteer and complete a tour of service without undue disruption due to health problems. PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Request For Comment: Peace Corps invites comments on whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for proper performance of the functions of the Peace Corps, including whether the information will have practical use; the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the information to be collected; and, ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information technology. This notice is issued in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2012. Garry W. Stanberry, Acting Associate Director, Management. [FR Doc. 2012–1758 Filed 1–26–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6051–01–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. MC2012–7 and CP2012–15; Order No. 1163] New Postal Product Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Priority Mail Contract 38 to the competitive product list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with the filing. DATES: Comments are due: January 31, 2012. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically by accessing the ‘‘Filing Online’’ link in the banner at the top of the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.prc.gov) or by directly accessing the Commission’s Filing Online system at https://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/filingonline/login.aspx. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as the source for case-related information for advice on alternatives to electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, at (202) 789–6820 (case-related information) or DocketAdmins@prc.gov (electronic filing assistance). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Introduction In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal Service filed a formal request and E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2012 / Notices tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES associated supporting information to add Priority Mail Contract 38 to the competitive product list.1 Priority mail contracts enable the Postal Service to provide Priority Mail service to an individual customer at customized rates.2 The Postal Service asserts that Priority Mail Contract 38 is a competitive product ‘‘not of general applicability’’ within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). Request at 1. The Request has been assigned Docket No. MC2012–7. The Postal Service contemporaneously filed a redacted contract related to the proposed new product under 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 CFR 3015.5. Id. Attachment B. The instant contract has been assigned Docket No. CP2012–15. Request. To support its Request, the Postal Service filed six attachments as follows: • Attachment A—a redacted copy of Governors’ Decision No. 09–6, authorizing certain Priority Mail contracts, and a certification of the Governors’ vote; • Attachment B—a redacted copy of the contract; • Attachment C—proposed changes to the Mail Classification Schedule competitive product list that would add Priority Mail Contract 38 under Domestic Negotiated Service Agreements; • 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, customer-identifying information, and related financial information under seal. In the Statement of Supporting Justification, Dennis R. Nicoski, Manager, Field Sales Strategy and Contracts, asserts that the contract will cover its attributable costs, make a positive contribution to covering institutional costs, and increase contribution toward the requisite 5.5 percent of the Postal Service’s total institutional costs. Id. Attachment D at 1. Mr. Nicoski contends that there will be no issue of market dominant 1 Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail Contact 38 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of Contract and Supporting Data, January 19, 2012 (Request). 2 Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on Establishment of Rates and Classes Not of General Applicability for Priority Mail Contract Group, Docket No. MC2009–25, issued April 27, 2009, at 1 (Governors’ Decision No. 09–6). VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:14 Jan 26, 2012 Jkt 226001 products subsidizing competitive products as a result of this contract. Id. Related contract. The Postal Service included a redacted version of the related contract with the Request. Id. Attachment B. The contract is scheduled to become effective on the day the Commission issues all necessary regulatory approval. Id. at 2. The contract will expire 3 years from the effective date unless, among other things, either party terminates the agreement upon 30 days’ written notice to the other party. Id. at 2. The Postal Service represents that the contract is consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Id. Attachment D at 2. The Postal Service filed much of the supporting materials, including the related contract, under seal. Id. Attachment F. It maintains that the redacted portions of the contract, customer-identifying information, and related financial information, should remain confidential. Id. at 2–3. This information includes the price structure, underlying costs and assumptions, pricing formulas, information relevant to the customer’s mailing profile, and cost coverage projections. Id. The Postal Service asks the Commission to protect customer-identifying information from public disclosure indefinitely. Id. at 7. II. Notice of Filings The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2012–7 and CP2012–15 to consider the Request pertaining to the proposed Priority Mail Contract 38 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, 39 CFR 3015.5, and 39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comments are due no later than, January 31, 2012. The public portions of these filings can be accessed via the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.prc.gov). The Commission appoints Natalie Rea Ward to serve as Public Representative in these dockets. III. Ordering Paragraphs It is ordered: 1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2012–7 and CP2012–15 to consider the matters raised in each docket. 2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Natalie Rea Ward is appointed to serve as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in these proceedings. PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4377 3. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no later than January 31, 2012. 4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the Federal Register. By the Commission. Shoshana M. Grove, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–1688 Filed 1–26–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. A2012–111; Order No. 1154] Post Office Closing Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Randolph, Iowa post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action. DATES: Deadline for Petitioner’s Form 61: February 3, 2012, 4:30 p.m., eastern time; deadline for answering brief in support of the Postal Service: February 23, 2012, 4:30 p.m., eastern time. See the Procedural Schedule in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for other dates of interest. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically by accessing the ‘‘Filing Online’’ link in the banner at the top of the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.prc.gov) or by directly accessing the Commission’s Filing Online system at https://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/filingonline/login.aspx. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as the source for case-related information for advice on alternatives to electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, at (202) 789–6820 (case-related information) or DocketAdmins@prc.gov (electronic filing assistance). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 404(d), the Commission received a petition for review of the Postal Service’s determination to close the Randolph post office in Randolph, Iowa. The petition for review received December 30, 2011, was filed by Vance A. Trively, Mayor of the City of Randolph and is postmarked December 22, 2011. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4376-4377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1688]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. MC2012-7 and CP2012-15; Order No. 1163]


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 Priority Mail Contract 38 to the competitive product 
list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with the 
filing.

DATES: Comments are due: January 31, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically by accessing the ``Filing 
Online'' link in the banner at the top of the Commission's Web site 
(https://www.prc.gov) or by directly accessing the Commission's Filing 
Online system at https://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/filing-online/login.aspx. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically 
should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section as the source for case-related information for advice 
on alternatives to electronic filing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 
at (202) 789-6820 (case-related information) or DocketAdmins@prc.gov 
(electronic filing assistance).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the 
Postal Service filed a formal request and

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associated supporting information to add Priority Mail Contract 38 to 
the competitive product list.\1\ Priority mail contracts enable the 
Postal Service to provide Priority Mail service to an individual 
customer at customized rates.\2\ The Postal Service asserts that 
Priority Mail Contract 38 is a competitive product ``not of general 
applicability'' within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). Request at 
1. The Request has been assigned Docket No. MC2012-7.
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    \1\ Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority 
Mail Contact 38 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing 
(Under Seal) of Contract and Supporting Data, January 19, 2012 
(Request).
    \2\ Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal 
Service on Establishment of Rates and Classes Not of General 
Applicability for Priority Mail Contract Group, Docket No. MC2009-
25, issued April 27, 2009, at 1 (Governors' Decision No. 09-6).
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    The Postal Service contemporaneously filed a redacted contract 
related to the proposed new product under 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 
CFR 3015.5. Id. Attachment B. The instant contract has been assigned 
Docket No. CP2012-15.
    Request. To support its Request, the Postal Service filed six 
attachments as follows:
     Attachment A--a redacted copy of Governors' Decision No. 
09-6, authorizing certain Priority Mail contracts, and a certification 
of the Governors' vote;
     Attachment B--a redacted copy of the contract;
     Attachment C--proposed changes to the Mail Classification 
Schedule competitive product list that would add Priority Mail Contract 
38 under Domestic Negotiated Service Agreements;
     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, customer-
identifying information, and related financial information under seal.
    In the Statement of Supporting Justification, Dennis R. Nicoski, 
Manager, Field Sales Strategy and Contracts, asserts that the contract 
will cover its attributable costs, make a positive contribution to 
covering institutional costs, and increase contribution toward the 
requisite 5.5 percent of the Postal Service's total institutional 
costs. Id. Attachment D at 1. Mr. Nicoski contends that there will be 
no issue of market dominant products subsidizing competitive products 
as a result of this contract. Id.
    Related contract. The Postal Service included a redacted version of 
the related contract with the Request. Id. Attachment B. The contract 
is scheduled to become effective on the day the Commission issues all 
necessary regulatory approval. Id. at 2. The contract will expire 3 
years from the effective date unless, among other things, either party 
terminates the agreement upon 30 days' written notice to the other 
party. Id. at 2. The Postal Service represents that the contract is 
consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Id. Attachment D at 2.
    The Postal Service filed much of the supporting materials, 
including the related contract, under seal. Id. Attachment F. It 
maintains that the redacted portions of the contract, customer-
identifying information, and related financial information, should 
remain confidential. Id. at 2-3. This information includes the price 
structure, underlying costs and assumptions, pricing formulas, 
information relevant to the customer's mailing profile, and cost 
coverage projections. Id. The Postal Service asks the Commission to 
protect customer-identifying information from public disclosure 
indefinitely. Id. at 7.

II. Notice of Filings

    The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2012-7 and CP2012-15 to 
consider the Request pertaining to the proposed Priority Mail Contract 
38 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, 39 CFR 3015.5, and 39 CFR 
part 3020, subpart B. Comments are due no later than, January 31, 2012. 
The public portions of these filings can be accessed via the 
Commission's Web site (https://www.prc.gov).
    The Commission appoints Natalie Rea Ward to serve as Public 
Representative in these dockets.

III. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. MC2012-7 and CP2012-15 to 
consider the matters raised in each docket.
    2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Natalie Rea Ward 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 31, 2012.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.

Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-1688 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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