Relocating Retail Services; Adding New Retail Service Facilities, 9190-9194 [2015-03238]

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9190-9194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03238]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 241


Relocating Retail Services; Adding New Retail Service Facilities

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule revises the Postal Service's current 
procedures concerning the expansion, relocation, and construction of 
Post OfficesTM to clarify these procedures, and to require 
the Postal Service to provide more information to communities and 
elected officials about certain types of projects earlier in the 
planning phase. Under the final rule, the Postal Service will notify 
communities and officials, and solicit and consider their input, 
regarding proposals to relocate retail services or add a new retail 
service facility. The final rule also will require the Postal Service 
to provide information about the anticipated new location for relocated 
services or for a new retail service facility when the Postal Service 
first gives notice of the proposal.

DATES: Effective date: March 23, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Hancock, Real Estate 
Specialist, U.S. Postal Service[supreg], at Richard.A.Hancock2@usps.gov 
or 919-420-5284.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 27, 2014, the Postal Service 
published a proposed rule (79 FR 63880) to revise the Postal Service's 
procedures concerning the expansion, relocation, and construction of 
Post Offices to clarify those procedures, and to require the Postal 
Service to provide more information to communities and elected 
officials about certain types of projects earlier in the planning 
phase. The proposed rule would require the Postal Service to notify 
communities and officials, and solicit and consider their input, 
regarding proposals to relocate retail services or add a new retail 
service facility. As a significant change from the current rule, the 
proposed rule would require the Postal Service to provide information 
about the anticipated new location for relocated services or for a new 
retail service facility when the Postal Service first gives notice of 
the proposal. The Postal Service established a 30-day comment period 
and invited comments on the proposed rule. The Postal Service received 
five responses.

Comments and Response

    Below is a summary of the comments, in order of the specific 
sections of the proposed rule to which they relate.

General Comments; 241.4(a)

    One respondent asserted that there is no substantive reason for 
changing the current rule and that the Postal Service should retain the 
current rule. The respondent suggested that defining ``customer service 
facility'' is unnecessary.
    We disagree with the comment. The Postal Service Office of 
Inspector General (OIG) specifically recommended that the Postal 
Service revise its regulations to enhance transparency and public 
input. Based on past experience, we agreed with the OIG's 
recommendation. The current rule does not define ``customer service 
facility'' and as the Postal Service evolves to adapt to a fast 
changing marketplace, providing definitions in the new rule will 
clarify when the new rule applies.
    Another respondent commented that the new rule should define 
``relocation'' and the definition should state a maximum permitted 
distance for relocating retail services.
    We expect readers of the new rule will understand ``relocation'' to 
have its ordinary dictionary meaning. We also disagree that the new 
rule should include an arbitrary distance limitation because such a 
limitation could prevent appropriately accounting for important 
factors, such as the setting (urban, suburban, or rural), site 
conditions (public transit availability, location on a one-way street, 
etc.) and the proximity of other Postal Service retail locations.

Temporary, Emergency, and Provisional Relocations; 241.4(a)(2)

    One respondent suggested that some causes of relocation added to 
the ``emergency'' category in the proposed rule are inconsistent with a 
definition of ``emergency'' as a sudden event requiring immediate 
action. The respondent also expressed concern that expanding the 
``emergency'' category increases the universe of relocations that can 
occur without community input because the new rule, as proposed, 
provided for the Postal Service to determine when it is prudent to 
obtain community input on the long-term location after an emergency 
relocation. The respondent questioned adding examples of relocations 
arising from safety concerns without limiting those concerns to some 
specified level of seriousness, and the respondent urged retaining a 
180-day limit for both temporary and emergency relocations.
    We appreciate the concerns raised in these comments. The current 
rule lists ``lease termination'' as an example of an event that may 
require an emergency relocation, but the current rule is silent on 
lease expirations. Nor does the current rule recognize that some 
lessors reserve a right during the lease term to require the Postal 
Service to move to a different location, e.g., a substitute space in 
the lessor's project. However, the Postal Service believes it is 
prudent to provide in the final rule for soliciting and considering 
community input regarding relocations arising from such events. While 
these events may not be completely unexpected like other events listed 
as ``emergencies'', their timing is not always predictable. The Postal 
Service may not know when a lessor will exercise its right to terminate 
a lease or its right to require the Postal Service to move to different 
premises. Similarly, a lease may expire unexpectedly when the Postal 
Service

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had believed it would be renewed. Accordingly, the final rule retains 
the ``temporary'' and ``emergency'' categories, but adds a third 
category, ``provisional relocations,'' to include relocations made 
necessary by lease terminations, expirations and lessor-required moves 
to substitute locations, when the Postal Service has not undertaken the 
community input process prior to the relocation. However, the final 
rule requires the Postal Service to undertake the community input 
process within 180 days following a provisional relocation.
    We disagree with the portion of the comment concerning relocations 
arising from safety concerns. Because a relocation is a significant 
project, the Postal Service would not undertake a relocation without 
good cause. We place great importance on the security of the mail and 
the safety of our customers and personnel. We see no reason to identify 
arbitrarily a threshold level of risk to persons or the mail.
    With regard to applying a 180-day limitation on the duration of a 
relocation, such a limitation is appropriate for temporary relocations 
as described in the rule because temporary relocations can be expected 
to require less than 180 days to fulfill their purposes. In contrast, a 
180-day limitation would be arbitrary and imprudent for emergency 
relocations because the required duration of emergency relocations is 
not predictable, and the actual required duration may depend on the 
severity of the event, such as an earthquake. With regard to 
provisional relocations, the final rule adds a requirement to undertake 
the community input process within 180 days, which allows time for the 
Postal Service to tentatively identify potential permanent relocation 
sites, but assures that provisional relocations will not become 
permanent without undertaking the community input process.

Engaging Local Officials; 241.4(c)(1)

    One respondent urged the Postal Service to revise the new rule to 
require personal visits to local officials to discuss proposed 
projects.
    The new rule requires the Postal Service to provide local elected 
officials with a written outline of the Postal Service's proposed 
project and to offer to discuss the project with the officials. In the 
Postal Service's experience, not all local officials welcome a personal 
visit, and a personal visit is not always the best use of scarce 
resources. Therefore, the new rule permits the Postal Service the 
flexibility to personally visit officials or to discuss the same 
information through other forms of communication.

Notifying the Community; 241.4(c)(2)

    Another comment expressed concern that without a requirement for 
the Postal Service to notify lessors when the Postal Service proposes 
to relocate out of a leased facility, the new rule could deprive some 
lessors of an opportunity for comment on the proposed relocation.
    Under the proposed rule, lessors who reside in the community would 
receive the same notice as the rest of the community, making a separate 
notice unnecessary. However, the comment raises concern for lessors 
that are located outside the community and lease a facility to the 
Postal Service in the community. Those lessors may be unaware of a 
notice and, therefore, miss an opportunity to comment. The Postal 
Service values its business relations as well as its community 
relations, so the final rule incorporates a requirement to notify 
lessors, except when the lessor itself has terminated or declined to 
renew a Postal Service lease and therefore is presumed to anticipate a 
relocation.
    One comment pertained to notifying customers in ``exceptional 
circumstances,'' e.g., a sparsely populated area without a convenient 
forum for a public meeting. The proposed rule would have included an 
option for posting notice in the affected retail service facility in 
lieu of the current rule's requirement to distribute notification cards 
to customers. The comment expressed concern that some customers could 
miss the notice.
    While the proposed rule incorporated flexibility for notifications 
in these exceptional circumstances, we agree that in sparsely populated 
areas some customers may visit the affected retail service facility 
only infrequently and miss the notice. Therefore, the final rule 
requires the Postal Service to mail notice to customers in such 
exceptional circumstances.

Presentations to Community; 241.4(c)(3)

    One respondent agreed that the public will benefit from the new 
rule's requirement for the Postal Service to include the proposed 
relocation site in the information provided to a community about a 
proposed relocation, but then asserted that the new rule is a step 
backwards for community input because it requires the Postal Service to 
advance the planning process to site selection before presenting the 
relocation proposal to the community. This respondent also objected to 
permitting the Postal Service to identify a relocation ``area'' and 
asserted that the new rule will not change current Postal Service 
practice.
    We disagree with these comments. Some communities and elected 
officials, as well as the Office of Inspector General, strongly 
suggested that communities could not effectively provide input on a 
proposed relocation decision without an understanding of the proposed 
new location for the retail services. To address that concern, the new 
rule requires the Postal Service to identify and discuss the proposed 
new site(s) or area, or both, for the relocated retail services as part 
of the discussion of the relocation proposal, which is a significant 
change from current practice. Necessarily then, under the new rule the 
Postal Service must tentatively identify a relocation site or area, or 
both, before presenting the proposal to the community. However, the 
requirement to identify a potential site and then obtain community 
input before committing to that site can create a conundrum for the 
Postal Service in some markets. For example, in some markets, 
identifying only one proposed site during the community input process 
could undercut the Postal Service's bargaining position with that 
site's landlord, which could force the Postal Service to agree to an 
unfairly high rent. As another example, in markets where landlords are 
rapidly leasing the available spaces that are suitable for a retail 
postal facility, a tentatively identified site may no longer be 
available for lease at the conclusion of the community input process. 
Accordingly, for proposed relocations and for additions of retail 
service facilities, the new rule permits the Postal Service to identify 
more than one site and/or area, which allows the Postal Service to 
mitigate those identification risks, while also giving the community an 
opportunity to voice its preference among the proposed sites or areas. 
The Postal Service then would consider that community input before 
selecting a specific location.

Considering Comments and Appeals; 241.4(c)(4)

    One comment advocated extending the public comment period, noting 
that 15 days is not enough time for a public comment period.
    We agree that the current rule's 15-day comment period following 
the public meeting is too brief. Therefore, the new rule provides a 30-
day period following the public meeting for the community and their 
elected officials to appeal the Postal Service's tentative decision 
proposing to relocate retail

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services or add a retail service facility and to comment on the 
proposal.
    One respondent objected that the new rule calls for comments on 
whether the Postal Service proposal is the optimal solution for the 
``identified need,'' asserting that phrase likely means the Postal 
Service's needs, not the ``global needs'' of the community or the need 
for service furthering the ``broader public or common good.''
    As set forth by Congress in 39 U.S.C. 101, 403 and 404(b), the 
Postal Service's mission is to provide, on a self-sufficient basis 
without tax support, universal postal services efficiently and 
economically. The new rule will help focus comments, and the Postal 
Service's consideration of the comments, on the matters that are 
relevant to the Postal Service's mission.
    Two comments sought a more elaborate appeal process, with one 
suggesting the Postal Service create public project files to serve as 
the basis for appeals and a second respondent arguing that the new rule 
should require a review of the public's comments and appeals by someone 
who had no prior involvement in the project and who is insulated from 
career repercussions.
    The purpose of the new rule is to incorporate consideration of 
community input into Postal Service decisions to relocate retail 
services or add a retail service facility, not to create an adversarial 
process pitting community input against Postal Service objectives. The 
final rule requires the Postal Service to present project information 
to the community, its local elected officials, and when applicable, a 
lessor, and solicit and consider their input. Such input presumably 
will reflect the concerns important to those parties, but it cannot be 
expected to reflect the operational and business factors the Postal 
Service must also take into account. Ultimately, it is the Postal 
Service that is responsible for fulfilling its statutory obligations to 
provide efficient and economical universal postal services. The final 
rule provides for the Postal Service to make an informed decision by 
requiring consideration of community input.
    Another comment argued that the new rule should give priority to 
remaining at the same site or at least in the downtown area.
    An arbitrary requirement to give priority to remaining at the same 
site could thwart a project that would more efficiently and 
economically provide services to the community. The new rule, like the 
current rule, focuses on retail services in the community, not at a 
particular site, in furtherance of the Postal Service's statutory 
obligation to provide universal service efficiently and economically.

Effect on Other Obligations and Policies; 241.4(d)

    One respondent urged the Postal Service to revise the new rule to 
mirror the procedures under 39 U.S.C. 404(d) that apply to a Postal 
Service decision to close or consolidate a Post Office. Specifically, 
the respondent argued for adopting those same requirements for 
notifying communities, for separate public meetings, and for public 
comment periods. Another respondent suggested that the new definition, 
``retail service facility,'' does not comport with 39 U.S.C. 404(d). 
Another comment suggested the ``retail service facility'' definition 
should expressly exclude consolidations of postal facilities.
    This final rule pertains only to relocations of retail services and 
additions of retail service facilities. It is separate from the rules 
that apply to discontinuances of Post Offices, which can have a 
significantly greater effect on a community. Accordingly, this final 
rule, including its definitions, does not adopt the requirements for 
discontinuances under 39 U.S.C. 404(d).
    The new rule requires posting notice in the affected postal 
facility and issuing a news release outlining the proposal to one or 
more news media serving the community. In the case of a relocation, 
posting notice in the affected postal facility should be sufficient in 
most instances to alert the customers who visit the postal facility, 
and they are the customers who likely would be most affected by the 
relocation. In contrast, customers who use the USPS[supreg] Web site 
may be unaffected by a relocation because the Web site offers all the 
retail postal services they would purchase at a physical retail 
location.
    The new rule permits the Postal Service to present the proposal 
either as part of the agenda of a scheduled community meeting, or at a 
separate meeting scheduled by the Postal Service. Such flexibility is 
appropriate to allow the Postal Service to accommodate local officials' 
preference. Although in our experience presentations at regular 
community meetings often are well attended, to further ensure community 
members are aware of the presentation and have an opportunity for 
input, the new rule bolsters notice and comment period requirements. 
Where the current rule requires 7 days' advance notice of the meeting, 
the new rule increases the requirement to 15 days' advance notice, to 
be published in local news media and posted in the affected facility. 
Where the current rule requires a 15-day public comment period 
following the public meeting, the new rule requires a 30-day public 
comments and appeals period.
    Three respondents contended that the new rule should expressly 
adopt a position that the National Historic Preservation Act requires 
the Postal Service to engage in the Section 106 consultation process at 
the time the Postal Service considers relocation.
    The Postal Service highly values its historic properties and 
follows the requirements of Sections 106, 110, and 111 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act and its implementing regulations. As the new 
rule states, those requirements are independent of the requirements set 
forth in the rule for community input regarding relocations and adding 
retail service facilities. Because the National Historic Preservation 
Act and its implementing regulations sufficiently express their 
requirements, there is no need to restate those requirements in the 
final rule.

Summary

    To continue operating on a self-funding basis without tax dollars 
and to fulfill its statutory obligations, the Postal Service must make 
efficient and economical use of its postal facilities. As a result, the 
Postal Service will have an ongoing need to relocate retail services 
and to add retail service facilities to account for factors such as 
population shifts and growth, and a dynamic marketplace with changing 
customer needs and evolving technologies and retail servicing options. 
Accordingly, the Postal Service is publishing this final rule to 
clarify the rule's application and procedures for relocating retail 
services and adding retail service facilities. At the same time, this 
final rule also responds to concerns that communities and their elected 
officials should have information about the proposed new location for 
relocated retail postal services in order to comment effectively on a 
proposal to relocate those services. This final rule provides for 
additional transparency, clarity, and opportunity for soliciting and 
considering public input as the Postal Service pursues its mission to 
efficiently and economically provide universal postal services to the 
nation.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 241

    Organization and functions (Government agencies), Retail service 
facilities.

    Accordingly, the Postal Service amends 39 CFR part 241 as set forth 
below.

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PART 241--ESTABLISHMENT CLASSIFICATION, AND DISCONTINUANCE

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1. The authority citation for Part 241 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 410, 1001.


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2. Revise Sec.  241.4 to read as follows:


Sec.  241.4  Relocating retail services; adding new retail service 
facilities.

    (a) Application. (1) Except as otherwise provided, this section 
applies when the Postal Service makes a tentative decision to relocate 
all retail services from a retail service facility to a separate 
existing physical building, or to add a new retail service facility for 
a community. As used in this section, ``retail services'' means the 
single-piece mail services offered to individual members of the public 
on a walk-in basis at a retail service facility, and a ``retail service 
facility'' is a physical building where Postal Service employees 
provide such retail services.
    (2) The rules of this paragraph (a)(2) apply to temporary additions 
of retail service facilities, temporary or emergency relocations of 
retail services, and to provisional relocations of retail services.
    (i) The Postal Service may implement temporary additions or 
relocations without undertaking the process in paragraph (c) of this 
section when necessary to support Postal Service business for holidays, 
special events, or overflow business. Temporary additions and 
relocations normally will be limited to 180 days in duration. Any 
additional incremental time periods of up to 180 days each must be 
approved by the vice president, Facilities or his designee.
    (ii) The Postal Service may implement emergency relocations without 
first undertaking the process in paragraph (c) of this section when the 
Postal Service determines relocation is required to protect Postal 
Service business due to events such as earthquakes, floods, fire, 
potential or actual OSHA violations, safety factors, environmental 
causes, other business disrupting events, or as necessary to protect 
employees, customers, or the security of the mail. Following an 
emergency relocation, as soon as the Postal Service determines it is 
feasible to identify the long-term location for the retail services, 
the Postal Service will make a tentative decision to remain in the 
emergency relocation site on a long-term basis, to return to the 
original retail service facility (if feasible), or to relocate to 
another site. Unless the decision is to return to the original retail 
service facility, the Postal Service then will follow the process in 
paragraph (c) of this section with respect to collecting and 
considering community input on a proposal to implement that decision.
    (iii) The Postal Service may implement provisional relocations in 
connection with lease terminations or expirations, or in connection 
with a lessor exercising a right to require the Postal Service to move 
to alternate premises, when the Postal Service has not already 
undertaken the process in paragraph (c) of this section for such 
relocations. Not later than 180 days following a provisional 
relocation, the Postal Service will make a tentative decision to remain 
in the provisional relocation site on a long-term basis or to relocate 
to another site. After that decision, the Postal Service will follow 
the process in paragraph (c) of this section with respect to collecting 
and considering community input on a proposal to implement that 
decision.
    (3) This section applies to tentative decisions described in 
paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) made on or after March 23, 2015. The rules 
under Sec.  241.4 in effect prior to that date shall apply to projects 
described in paragraph (a) of this section undertaken prior to that 
date.
    (b) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide 
opportunities for community members and their elected local officials 
to appeal Postal Service tentative decisions described in paragraphs 
(a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section and to give input on proposals for 
implementing those decisions (each a ``proposal''), and to require the 
Postal Service to consider any appeals and input in arriving at final 
decisions to proceed with, modify, or cancel proposals.
    (c) Collecting and considering community input. When the Postal 
Service makes a tentative decision described in paragraphs (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section, a Postal Service representative will take the 
following steps:
    (1) Identify the community and engage local elected officials. The 
Postal Service representative will identify the community the Postal 
Service anticipates would be affected by implementing the proposal, 
taking into account such factors as the Postal Service determines are 
appropriate for the proposal. The Postal Service representative then 
will deliver to one or more local elected public officials a written 
outline of the proposal and offer to discuss the proposal with them. 
The Postal Service representative may elect to conduct that discussion 
either in person or using any other appropriate communication tool, 
including electronic communications. If the officials accept the offer, 
then the Postal Service representative will identify the need and 
outline the proposal that is under consideration to meet it, explain 
the process by which the Postal Service will solicit and consider input 
from the affected community, and solicit input from the local officials 
regarding the proposal.
    (2) Notify the community and arrange for public presentation. The 
Postal Service will send an initial news release outlining the proposal 
to one or more news media serving the community and, if the community 
has a retail service facility, then the Postal Service also will post a 
copy of the information given to local officials or the news release in 
the public lobby of that retail service facility. If the proposal 
concerns relocating retail services from a leased facility, then, using 
the most current notice address information in the Postal Service's 
file for the site, the Postal Service will deliver to the lessor a copy 
of the information given to local officials, provided, however, that no 
such notice will be required when the lessor has terminated the Postal 
Service's lease or has declined to renew the Postal Service lease on 
terms acceptable to the Postal Service. Additionally, the Postal 
Service representative will ask the local officials to place a Postal 
Service presentation of the proposal on the regular agenda of the next 
scheduled public meeting, or will schedule a separate Postal Service 
public meeting concerning the proposal. At least 15 days prior to the 
meeting, the Postal Service will advertise the date, time, and location 
of the public meeting in a local news medium and, if the community has 
an existing retail service facility, then the Postal Service also will 
post in the public lobby of that retail service facility a notice of 
the date, time, and location of the public meeting.
    (3) Present the proposal to the community. At the public meeting, 
the Postal Service will identify the need, e.g., to replace an expiring 
lease or to serve a new population center; identify the tentative 
decision, e.g., to relocate retail services or add a retail service 
facility; outline the proposal to meet the need; invite questions; 
solicit written input on the proposal; and provide an address to which 
the community and local officials may send written appeals of the 
tentative decision and comments on the proposal for a period of 30 days 
following the public meeting. Under exceptional circumstances that 
would prevent a Postal Service representative from attending or 
conducting a public meeting to present the proposal within a reasonable 
time, the Postal Service, in

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lieu of a public meeting, will mail written notification of the 
tentative decision and the proposal to customers within the community 
and post a notice of the proposal in the retail service facility that 
would be affected by the proposal, seeking their written input on the 
proposal and providing an address to which the community and local 
officials may send written appeals of the tentative decision and 
comments on the proposal during the 30 days following that 
notification. An example of exceptional circumstances would be a 
proposal that would be implemented in a sparsely populated area remote 
from the seat of local government or any forum where the public meeting 
reasonably could be held.
    (i)(A) If the proposal concerns relocation, then the Postal Service 
will:
    (1) Discuss the reasons for relocating;
    (2) Identify the site or area, or both, to which the Postal Service 
anticipates relocating the retail services; and
    (3) Describe the anticipated size of the retail service facility 
for the relocated retail services, and the anticipated services to be 
offered at that site or in that area.
    (B) The Postal Service may identify more than one potential 
relocation site and/or area, for example, when the Postal Service has 
not selected among competing sites.
    (ii)(A) If the proposal concerns adding a new retail service 
facility for a community, then the Postal Service will:
    (1) Discuss the reasons for the addition;
    (2) Identify the site or area, or both, to which the Postal Service 
anticipates adding the retail service facility;
    (3) Describe the anticipated size of the added retail service 
facility, and the anticipated services to be offered; and
    (4) Outline any anticipated construction (e.g., of a stand-alone 
building or interior improvements to an existing building (or portion 
thereof) that will be leased by the Postal Service).
    (B) The Postal Service may identify more than one potential site 
and/or area, for example, when the Postal Service has not selected yet 
among competing sites.
    (4) Consider comments and appeals. After the 30-day comment and 
appeal period, the Postal Service will consider the comments and 
appeals received that identify reasons why the Postal Service's 
tentative decision and proposal (e.g., to relocate to the selected 
site, or to add a new retail service facility) is, or is not, the 
optimal solution for the identified need. Following that consideration, 
the Postal Service will make a final decision to proceed with, modify, 
or cancel the proposal. The Postal Service then will inform local 
officials in writing of its final decision and send an initial news 
release announcing the final decision to local news media. If the 
community has a retail service facility, then the Postal Service also 
will post a copy of the information given to local officials or the 
news release in the public lobby of that retail service facility. The 
Postal Service then will implement the final decision.
    (5) Identify any new site or area. After the public meeting under 
paragraph (c)(3) of this section, if the Postal Service decides to use 
a site or area that it did not identify at the public meeting, and this 
section applies with respect to that new site or area, then the Postal 
Service will undertake the steps in paragraphs (c)(2) through (4) of 
this section with regard to the new site or area.
    (d) Effect on other obligations and policies. (1) Nothing in this 
section shall add to, reduce, or otherwise modify the Postal Service's 
legal obligations or policies for compliance with:
    (i) Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, 16 
U.S.C. 470, Executive Order 12072, and Executive Order 13006;
    (ii) 39 U.S.C. 404(d) and 39 CFR 241.3; or
    (iii) 39 U.S.C. 409(f);
    (2) These are independent policies or obligations of the Postal 
Service that are not dependent upon a relocation or addition of a 
retail service facility.

Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Requirements.
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