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behavior or manner of compliance a
regulated entity must adopt; and
(5) Identify and assess available
alternatives to direct regulation,
including economic incentives—such as
user fees or marketable permits—to
encourage the desired behavior, or
provide information that enables the
public to make choices.
Executive Order 13563 also requires
an agency ‘‘to use the best available
techniques to quantify anticipated
present and future benefits and costs as
accurately as possible.’’ The Office of
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OMB has emphasized that these
techniques may include ‘‘identifying
changing future compliance costs that
might result from technological
innovation or anticipated behavioral
changes.’’
We are issuing the proposed priority
and requirements only on a reasoned
determination that their benefits justify
their costs. In choosing among
alternative regulatory approaches, we
selected those approaches that
maximize net benefits. Based on the
analysis that follows, the Department
believes that this regulatory action is
consistent with the principles in
Executive Order 13563.
We also have determined that this
regulatory action would not unduly
interfere with State, local, and Tribal
governments in the exercise of their
governmental functions.
In accordance with both Executive
orders, the Department has assessed the
potential costs and benefits, both
quantitative and qualitative, of this
regulatory action. The potential costs
are those resulting from statutory
requirements and those we have
determined as necessary for
administering the Department’s
programs and activities.
In addition, we have considered the
potential benefits of this regulatory
action and have noted these benefits in
the background section of this
document.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The proposed priority and
requirements contain information
collection requirements that are
approved by OMB under OMB control
number 1894–0006; the proposed
priority and requirements do not affect
the currently approved data collection.
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Certification: The Secretary certifies that
this proposed regulatory action would
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small
entities. The U.S. Small Business
Administration Size Standards define
‘‘small entities’’ as for-profit or
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nonprofit institutions with total annual
revenue below $7,000,000 or, if they are
institutions controlled by small
governmental jurisdictions (that are
comprised of cities, counties, towns,
townships, villages, school districts, or
special districts), with a population of
less than 50,000.
The small entities that this proposed
regulatory action would affect are SEAs;
LEAs, including charter schools that
operate as LEAs under State law;
institutions of higher education; other
public agencies; private nonprofit
organizations; freely associated States
and outlying areas; Indian Tribes or
Tribal organizations; and for-profit
organizations. We believe that the costs
imposed on an applicant by the
proposed priority and requirements
would be limited to paperwork burden
related to preparing an application and
that the benefits of this proposed
priority and these proposed
requirements would outweigh any costs
incurred by the applicant.
Participation in the Technical
Assistance on State Data Collection
program is voluntary. For this reason,
the proposed priority and requirements
would impose no burden on small
entities unless they applied for funding
under the program. We expect that in
determining whether to apply for
Technical Assistance on State Data
Collection program funds, an eligible
entity would evaluate the requirements
of preparing an application and any
associated costs, and weigh them
against the benefits likely to be achieved
by receiving a Technical Assistance on
State Data Collection program grant. An
eligible entity would probably apply
only if it determines that the likely
benefits exceed the costs of preparing an
application.
We believe that the proposed priority
and requirements would not impose any
additional burden on a small entity
applying for a grant than the entity
would face in the absence of the
proposed action. That is, the length of
the applications those entities would
submit in the absence of the proposed
regulatory action and the time needed to
prepare an application would likely be
the same.
This proposed regulatory action
would not have a significant economic
impact on a small entity once it receives
a grant because it would be able to meet
the costs of compliance using the funds
provided under this program. We invite
comments from small eligible entities as
to whether they believe this proposed
regulatory action would have a
significant economic impact on them
and, if so, request evidence to support
that belief.
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part 79. One of the objectives of the
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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
39 CFR part 3050
[Docket No. RM2020–2; Order No. 5336]
Periodic Reporting
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is
acknowledging a recent filing requesting
the Commission initiate a rulemaking
proceeding to consider changes to
analytical principles relating to periodic
reports (Proposal Ten). This document
SUMMARY:
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informs the public of the filing, invites
public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: February 28,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Proposal Ten
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On November 29, 2019, the Postal
Service filed a petition pursuant to 39
CFR 3050.11 requesting that the
Commission initiate a rulemaking
proceeding to consider changes to
analytical principles relating to periodic
reports.1 The Petition identifies the
proposed analytical changes filed in this
docket as Proposal Ten.
II. Proposal Ten
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Background. Postmasters are
compensated through the Workload
Service Credit (WSC) system where pay
grade is determined by credits earned.
Petition, Proposal Ten at 1. These
credits are earned in various ways, such
as the amount of revenue flowing
through a post office and for performing
non-revenue activities like serving post
office boxes and performing
administrative functions. Id. Currently,
the costs of Postmaster compensation
are attributed to products based on the
regression analysis presented in Docket
No. R84–1, which measures the
variability between WSCs and
Postmaster costs. Id. The Postal Service
indicates that, given the time that has
passed since Docket No. R84–1,
investigation into the Postmaster
compensation costs was necessary. Id. at
1–2.
1 Petition of the United States Postal Service for
the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed
Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Ten),
November 29, 2019 (Petition). The Postal Service
filed a notice of filing of non-public materials
relating to Proposal Ten. Notice of Filing of USPS–
RM2020–2/1 and USPS–RM2020–2/NP1 and
Application for Nonpublic Treatment, November
29, 2019.
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Proposal. The current methodology
relies upon a regression using only ten
data points because, at the time the
model was developed in Docket No.
R84–1, the Postal Service lacked data on
WSCs for individual post offices. Id. at
3. However, the Postal Service now
routinely collects data on Postmaster
workload for operational purposes. Id.
Proposal Ten seeks to update and
improve the variabilities for calculating
attributable Postmaster costs based on a
new study of Postmaster costs ‘‘that
relies upon operational Postmaster data
and reflects the current structure of
Postmaster activities and
compensation.’’ 2 The methodology
proposed by the Postal Service for the
computation of Postmaster
compensation volume-variability
combines the shift in the number of
Postmasters from one EAS grade to the
next with changes in the resulting
salary. Petition, Proposal Ten at 3–5.
Thus, the value for Postmaster
compensation volume-variability comes
from two sources: (1) The percentage
change in the number of Postmasters
moving from one grade to the next; and
(2) the percentage increase in the
minimum salary across the two EAS
grades. Id. at 5; see also id. at Table 1.
Impact. Currently, a single variability
is applied to accrued Postmaster
compensation costs. Id. at 6. Under the
Postal Service’s proposed methodology,
different variabilities are estimated for
each EAS grade. Id. The accrued cost for
each grade is multiplied by its estimated
variability, resulting in volume-variable
costs for each grade. Id. Those gradelevel volume-variable costs are summed
to get the total volume-variable costs for
Postmaster compensation. Id. The total
volume-variable cost is then divided by
total accrued cost to obtain the overall
volume-variability. Id.
The Postal Service states that the
proposed approach results in lower
volume-variability for Postmaster
compensation costs for three reasons. Id.
First, the volume-variability of Docket
No. R84–1 was ‘‘overstated due to a
computational error’’ and correcting the
error reduces the volume-variability to
13 percent. Id.
Second, the Postal Services notes that
Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan)
eliminated lower EAS grades, where
movement to the next grade-level and
salary increases occurred more rapidly,
resulting in higher volume-variability.3
2 Id. at 1. The Postal Service’s Petition was
accompanied by a study supporting its proposal.
See Michael D. Bradley, Investigating the
Variability of Postmaster Costs,* November 29,
2019.
3 Id. The POStPlan changed the hours at smaller
post offices and changed the Postmaster
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This is significant because, as mail
volume increases, WSCs are earned
resulting in EAS grade changes and
salary increases that, in turn, increase
Postmaster compensation costs. In the
higher EAS grades, moving to the next
grade-level requires much larger
increases in WSCs. Thus, more typical
increases in WSCs for these higher EAS
grades are less likely to cause
Postmasters to move up to a higher
minimum salary and increase
Postmaster compensation costs. Id. at 6.
Accordingly, a given percentage
increase in volume is, under the current
structure, less likely to induce an
increase in Postmaster compensation
cost, which in turn has the effect of
creating a lower volume-variability. Id.
at 6–7.
Third, the Postal Services notes that
the current approach measures how
quickly salaries would rise from an
overall increase in WSCs. Id. at 7. This
is suboptimal because ‘‘each EAS grade
has a wide band of WSCs associated
with it, and most post offices have a
level of WSCs such that typical
increases in their WSCs will keep the
Postmaster in the same [EAS] grade.’’ Id.
The Postal Service states that the
proposed approach would account for
the amount of WSCs Postmasters
actually earn and how quickly the
existing complement of Postmasters
would move up a grade if WSCs were
increased, neither of which are
currently measured. Id.
The Postal Service acknowledges that
reduced volume-variability causes a
reduction in total volume-variable costs
for Postmaster compensation and
proportional reductions ‘‘per piece by
product.’’ Id. However, the Postal
Service notes that ‘‘Postmaster costs per
piece are typically quite small’’ thus
‘‘the overall impacts on volume[]variable costs per piece are generally
quite small.’’ Id.
III. Notice and Comment
The Commission establishes Docket
No. RM2020–2 for consideration of
matters raised by the Petition. More
information on the Petition may be
accessed via the Commission’s website
at https://www.prc.gov. Interested
persons may submit comments on the
Petition and Proposal Ten no later than
February 28, 2020. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
505, Lawrence Fenster is designated as
an officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the
compensation structure. Id. at 2. Following the
implementation of POStPlan, post offices that were
in the EAS grades below EAS–18 are no longer in
the EAS system. Id.
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interests of the general public in this
proceeding.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. RM2020–2 for consideration of the
matters raised by the Petition of the
United States Postal Service for the
Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider
Proposed Changes in Analytical
Principles (Proposal Ten), filed
November 29, 2019.
2. Comments by interested persons in
this proceeding are due no later than
February 28, 2020.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission appoints Lawrence Fenster
to serve as an officer of the Commission
(Public Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in this
docket.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Darcie S. Tokioka,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 218
[Docket No. 191202–0097]
RIN 0648–BH28
Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to U.S. Navy Construction
Activities at Naval Weapons Station
Seal Beach, California
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for
authorization to take marine mammals
over the course of five years (2020–
2025) incidental to conducting
construction activities related to
development of a new ammunition pier
at Seal Beach, California. As required by
the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS is proposing
regulations to govern that take, and
requests comments on the proposed
regulations. NMFS will consider public
comments prior to making any final
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decision on the issuance of the
requested MMPA authorization and will
summarize and respond to such
comments in the final notice of our
decision.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than January 9,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NMFS–2019–0131, by either of the
following methods:
• Electronic submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20190131, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Jolie Harrison, Chief, Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben
Laws, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability
A copy of the Navy’s application and
any supporting documents, as well as a
list of the references cited in this
document, may be obtained online at:
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
incidental-take-authorization-us-navyconstruction-ammunition-pier-andturning-basin-naval. In case of problems
accessing these documents, please call
the contact listed above (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Purpose and Need for Regulatory
Action
We received an application from the
Navy requesting five-year regulations
and authorization to take multiple
species of marine mammals. This
proposed rule would establish a
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framework under the authority of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) to allow
for the authorization of take by Level B
harassment of marine mammals
incidental to the Navy’s construction
activities related to development of a
new ammunition pier at Seal Beach,
California, including impact and
vibratory pile driving. Please see
‘‘Background’’ below for definitions of
harassment.
Legal Authority for the Proposed Action
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16
U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(A)) directs the
Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region for up to five years
if, after notice and public comment, the
agency makes certain findings and
issues regulations that set forth
permissible methods of taking pursuant
to that activity and other means of
effecting the ‘‘least practicable adverse
impact’’ on the affected species or
stocks and their habitat (see the
discussion below in the ‘‘Proposed
Mitigation’’ section), as well as
monitoring and reporting requirements.
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA and
the implementing regulations at 50 CFR
part 216, subpart I provide the legal
basis for issuing this proposed rule
containing five-year regulations, and for
any subsequent LOAs. As directed by
this legal authority, this proposed rule
contains mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements.
Summary of Major Provisions Within
the Proposed Rule
Following is a summary of the major
provisions of this proposed rule
regarding Navy construction activities.
These measures include:
• Required monitoring of the
construction areas to detect the presence
of marine mammals before beginning
construction activities.
• Shutdown of construction activities
under certain circumstances to avoid
injury of marine mammals.
• Soft start for impact pile driving to
allow marine mammals the opportunity
to leave the area prior to beginning
impact pile driving at full power.
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
39 CFR part 3050
[Docket No. RM2020-2; Order No. 5336]
Periodic Reporting
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is acknowledging a recent filing requesting the
Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to
analytical principles relating to periodic reports (Proposal Ten). This
document
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informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes
other administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: February 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at https://www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments
electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202-789-6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Proposal Ten
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On November 29, 2019, the Postal Service filed a petition pursuant
to 39 CFR 3050.11 requesting that the Commission initiate a rulemaking
proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to
periodic reports.\1\ The Petition identifies the proposed analytical
changes filed in this docket as Proposal Ten.
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\1\ Petition of the United States Postal Service for the
Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed Changes in
Analytical Principles (Proposal Ten), November 29, 2019 (Petition).
The Postal Service filed a notice of filing of non-public materials
relating to Proposal Ten. Notice of Filing of USPS-RM2020-2/1 and
USPS-RM2020-2/NP1 and Application for Nonpublic Treatment, November
29, 2019.
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II. Proposal Ten
Background. Postmasters are compensated through the Workload
Service Credit (WSC) system where pay grade is determined by credits
earned. Petition, Proposal Ten at 1. These credits are earned in
various ways, such as the amount of revenue flowing through a post
office and for performing non-revenue activities like serving post
office boxes and performing administrative functions. Id. Currently,
the costs of Postmaster compensation are attributed to products based
on the regression analysis presented in Docket No. R84-1, which
measures the variability between WSCs and Postmaster costs. Id. The
Postal Service indicates that, given the time that has passed since
Docket No. R84-1, investigation into the Postmaster compensation costs
was necessary. Id. at 1-2.
Proposal. The current methodology relies upon a regression using
only ten data points because, at the time the model was developed in
Docket No. R84-1, the Postal Service lacked data on WSCs for individual
post offices. Id. at 3. However, the Postal Service now routinely
collects data on Postmaster workload for operational purposes. Id.
Proposal Ten seeks to update and improve the variabilities for
calculating attributable Postmaster costs based on a new study of
Postmaster costs ``that relies upon operational Postmaster data and
reflects the current structure of Postmaster activities and
compensation.'' \2\ The methodology proposed by the Postal Service for
the computation of Postmaster compensation volume-variability combines
the shift in the number of Postmasters from one EAS grade to the next
with changes in the resulting salary. Petition, Proposal Ten at 3-5.
Thus, the value for Postmaster compensation volume-variability comes
from two sources: (1) The percentage change in the number of
Postmasters moving from one grade to the next; and (2) the percentage
increase in the minimum salary across the two EAS grades. Id. at 5; see
also id. at Table 1.
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\2\ Id. at 1. The Postal Service's Petition was accompanied by a
study supporting its proposal. See Michael D. Bradley, Investigating
the Variability of Postmaster Costs,* November 29, 2019.
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Impact. Currently, a single variability is applied to accrued
Postmaster compensation costs. Id. at 6. Under the Postal Service's
proposed methodology, different variabilities are estimated for each
EAS grade. Id. The accrued cost for each grade is multiplied by its
estimated variability, resulting in volume-variable costs for each
grade. Id. Those grade-level volume-variable costs are summed to get
the total volume-variable costs for Postmaster compensation. Id. The
total volume-variable cost is then divided by total accrued cost to
obtain the overall volume-variability. Id.
The Postal Service states that the proposed approach results in
lower volume-variability for Postmaster compensation costs for three
reasons. Id. First, the volume-variability of Docket No. R84-1 was
``overstated due to a computational error'' and correcting the error
reduces the volume-variability to 13 percent. Id.
Second, the Postal Services notes that Post Office Structure Plan
(POStPlan) eliminated lower EAS grades, where movement to the next
grade-level and salary increases occurred more rapidly, resulting in
higher volume-variability.\3\ This is significant because, as mail
volume increases, WSCs are earned resulting in EAS grade changes and
salary increases that, in turn, increase Postmaster compensation costs.
In the higher EAS grades, moving to the next grade-level requires much
larger increases in WSCs. Thus, more typical increases in WSCs for
these higher EAS grades are less likely to cause Postmasters to move up
to a higher minimum salary and increase Postmaster compensation costs.
Id. at 6. Accordingly, a given percentage increase in volume is, under
the current structure, less likely to induce an increase in Postmaster
compensation cost, which in turn has the effect of creating a lower
volume-variability. Id. at 6-7.
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\3\ Id. The POStPlan changed the hours at smaller post offices
and changed the Postmaster compensation structure. Id. at 2.
Following the implementation of POStPlan, post offices that were in
the EAS grades below EAS-18 are no longer in the EAS system. Id.
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Third, the Postal Services notes that the current approach measures
how quickly salaries would rise from an overall increase in WSCs. Id.
at 7. This is suboptimal because ``each EAS grade has a wide band of
WSCs associated with it, and most post offices have a level of WSCs
such that typical increases in their WSCs will keep the Postmaster in
the same [EAS] grade.'' Id. The Postal Service states that the proposed
approach would account for the amount of WSCs Postmasters actually earn
and how quickly the existing complement of Postmasters would move up a
grade if WSCs were increased, neither of which are currently measured.
Id.
The Postal Service acknowledges that reduced volume-variability
causes a reduction in total volume-variable costs for Postmaster
compensation and proportional reductions ``per piece by product.'' Id.
However, the Postal Service notes that ``Postmaster costs per piece are
typically quite small'' thus ``the overall impacts on volume[-]variable
costs per piece are generally quite small.'' Id.
III. Notice and Comment
The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2020-2 for consideration of
matters raised by the Petition. More information on the Petition may be
accessed via the Commission's website at https://www.prc.gov. Interested
persons may submit comments on the Petition and Proposal Ten no later
than February 28, 2020. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Lawrence Fenster is
designated as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the
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interests of the general public in this proceeding.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2020-2 for consideration
of the matters raised by the Petition of the United States Postal
Service for the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed Changes
in Analytical Principles (Proposal Ten), filed November 29, 2019.
2. Comments by interested persons in this proceeding are due no
later than February 28, 2020.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Lawrence
Fenster to serve as an officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in
this docket.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Darcie S. Tokioka,
Acting Secretary.
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