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Submitting Comments
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020–
0024 when contacting the NRC about
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Dated: December 30, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. ACR2020; Order No. 5796]
FY 2020 Annual Compliance Report
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 2020. Within 90 days, the
Commission must evaluate that
information and issue its determination
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 1,
2021. Reply Comments are due:
February 12, 2021.
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:
SUMMARY:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY 2020
ACR
III. Procedural Steps
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On December 29, 2020, the United
States Postal Service (Postal Service)
filed with the Commission its Annual
Compliance Report (ACR) for fiscal year
(FY) 2020, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3652.1
1 United States Postal Service FY 2020 Annual
Compliance Report, December 29, 2020, at 1 (FY
2020 ACR). Public portions of the Postal Service’s
filing are available on the Commission’s website at:
https://www.prc.gov.
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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 2020 Comprehensive
Statement, its FY 2020 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 2020
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 2020 were in compliance with
applicable title 39 requirements.
II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY
2020 ACR
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Contents of the filing. The Postal
Service’s FY 2020 ACR consists of a 75page 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
supporting rationale, filed as
Attachment Two. The filing also
includes the Comprehensive
Statement,2 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.
Scope of the 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. FY 2020 ACR at 2–
3. 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
2 In years prior to 2013, the Commission reviewed
the Postal Service’s reports prepared pursuant to 39
U.S.C. 2803 and 39 U.S.C. 2804 (filed as the
Comprehensive Statement by the Postal Service) in
its ACD. However, as it has for the past several
years, the Commission intends to issue a separate
notice soliciting comments on the comprehensive
statement and provide its related analysis in a
separate report from the ACD.
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into public and non-public versions. Id.
at 3.
‘‘Roadmap’’ document. A roadmap to
the FY 2020 ACR can be found in
Library Reference USPS–FY20–9. 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; and a
list of special studies and a discussion
of obsolescence, as required by
Commission rule 3050.12. Id. at 3–4.
Methodology. The Postal Service
states that it has adhered to the
methodologies historically used by the
Commission subject to changes
identified and discussed in Library
Reference USPS–FY20–9 and in
prefaces accompanying the appended
folders. Id. at 4.
Market dominant product-by-product
costs, revenues, and volumes.
Comprehensive cost, revenue, and
volume data for all market dominant
products of general applicability are
shown directly in the FY 2020 CRA or
ICRA. Id. at 6.
The FY 2020 ACR includes a
discussion by class of each market
dominant product, including costs,
revenues, and volumes, workshare
discounts, and passthroughs responsive
to 39 U.S.C. 3652(b), and FY 2020
promotions. Id. at 6–35.
In response to the Commission’s FY
2010 ACD directives,3 the Postal Service
states that it is providing information
regarding its progress in increasing Flats
prices, implementing operation changes
aimed at lowering flats costs,
effectuating costing methodology
improvements, and phasing out the
subsidy in Flats. FY 2020 ACR at 21. In
Docket No. RM2018–1, the Commission
codified and expanded the first
directive as Rule 3050.50(f), which
applies to all flat-shaped mail.4
Accordingly, the Postal Service states
that the information required by Rule
3050.50(f) is provided in Library
Reference USPS–FY2020–45, noting
that the section titled ‘‘Costing
Methodology Changes and Subsidy of
the Flats Product’’ responds to the
second and third directives. FY 2020
ACR at 23–26. In addition, the Postal
Service presented its schedule of aboveaverage price increases for Flats. Id. at
22.
Service performance. The Postal
Service notes that the Commission
3 Docket No. ACR2010, Annual Compliance
Determination, March 29, 2011, at 106–107 (FY
2010 ACD).
4 Id. at 23; see Docket No. RM2018–1, Order
Adopting Final Rules on Reporting Requirements
Related to Flats, May 8, 2019 (Order No. 5086).
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issued rules on periodic reporting of
service performance measurement and
customer satisfaction in FY 2010.
Responsive information appears in
Library Reference USPS–FY20–29. Id. at
36.
Customer satisfaction. The FY 2020
ACR discusses the Postal Service’s
approach for measuring customer
experience and satisfaction; discusses
survey modifications; describes the
methodology; presents a table with
survey results; compares the results
from FY 2019 to FY 2020; and provides
information regarding consumer access
to postal services. Id. at 40–60.
Competitive products. The FY 2020
ACR provides costs, revenues, and
volumes for competitive products of
general applicability in the FY 2020
CRA or ICRA. For competitive products
not of general applicability, data are
provided in non-public Library
References USPS–FY20–NP2 and
USPS–FY20–NP27. Id. at 64. The FY
2020 ACR also addresses the
competitive product pricing standards
of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 64–71.
Market tests; nonpostal services. The
Postal Service discusses three market
dominant market tests conducted during
FY 2020 as well as nonpostal services.
Id. at 72–73.
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 an officer of the
Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general
public. The Commission hereby solicits
public comment on the Postal Service’s
FY 2020 ACR and on whether any rates
or fees in effect during FY 2020 (for
products individually or collectively)
were not in compliance with applicable
provisions of chapter 36 of title 39 or
Commission 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 39 U.S.C. 3626); objectives (39
U.S.C. 3622(b)); and factors (39 U.S.C.
3622(c)). Commenters addressing
competitive products are referred to 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; and
such other matters that may be relevant
to the Commission’s review.
Access to filing. The Commission has
posted the publicly available portions of
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the FY 2020 ACR on its website at:
https://www.prc.gov.
Comment deadlines. Comments by
interested persons are due on or before
February 1, 2021. Reply comments are
due on or before February 12, 2021. The
Commission, upon completion of its
review of the FY 2020 ACR, comments,
and other data and information
submitted in this proceeding, will issue
its ACD.
Public Representative. Kenneth E.
Richardson is designated to serve as the
Public Representative to represent the
interests of the general public in this
proceeding. 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 his or her designated
capacity.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. ACR2020 to consider matters raised
by the United States Postal Service’s FY
2020 Annual Compliance Report.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission appoints Kenneth E.
Richardson as an 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 2020 Annual
Compliance Report to the Commission
are due on or before February 1, 2021.
4. Reply comments are due on or
before February 12, 2021.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this Order in the Federal
Register.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–90834; File No. SR–FICC–
2020–804]
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U.S.C. 5465(e)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4(n)(1)(i).
3 On November 20, 2020, FICC filed this Advance
Notice as a proposed rule change (SR–FICC–2020–
017) with the Commission pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1), and Rule
19b–4 thereunder, 17 CFR 240.19b–4. A copy of the
proposed rule change is available at https://
www.dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings.aspx
(‘‘Proposed Rule Change’’).
4 12 U.S.C. 5465(e)(1)(H).
5 Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined
in the MBSD Rules, available at https://
www.dtcc.com/∼/media/Files/Downloads/legal/
rules/ficc_mbsd_rules.pdf.
6 Because FICC requested confidential treatment,
the QRM Methodology was filed separately with the
Secretary of the Commission as part of proposed
rule change SR–FICC–2016–007 (the ‘‘VaR Filing’’).
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79868
(January 24, 2017), 82 FR 8780 (January 30, 2017)
(SR–FICC–2016–007) (‘‘VaR Filing Approval
Order’’). FICC also filed the VaR Filing proposal as
an advance notice pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) of
the Clearing Supervision Act (12 U.S.C. 5465(e)(1))
and Rule 19b–4(n)(1)(i) under the Act (17 CFR
240.19b–4(n)(1)(i)), with respect to which the
Commission issued a Notice of No Objection. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79843 (January
19, 2017), 82 FR 8555 (January 26, 2017) (SR–FICC–
2 17
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed
Income Clearing Corporation; Notice of
Filing and Extension of the Review
Period of an Advance Notice To Modify
the Calculation of the MBSD VaR Floor
To Incorporate a Minimum Margin
Amount
December 31, 2020.
Pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) of Title
VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act
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I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Terms of Substance of the Advance
Notice
This advance notice of Fixed Income
Clearing Corporation (‘‘FICC’’) is
attached [sic] hereto as Exhibit 5 and
consists of a proposal to modify the
calculation of the VaR Floor (as defined
below) and the corresponding
description in the FICC MortgageBacked Securities Division (‘‘MBSD’’)
Clearing Rules (‘‘MBSD Rules’’) 5 to
incorporate a ‘‘Minimum Margin
Amount’’ as described in greater detail
below.
The proposal would necessitate
changes to the Methodology and Model
Operations Document—MBSD
Quantitative Risk Model (the ‘‘QRM
Methodology’’), which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 5.6 FICC is requesting
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By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
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entitled the Payment, Clearing, and
Settlement Supervision Act of 2010
(‘‘Clearing Supervision Act’’) 1 and Rule
19b–4(n)(1)(i) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’),2 notice is
hereby given that on November 27,
2020, Fixed Income Clearing
Corporation (‘‘FICC’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the advance notice SR–
FICC–2020–804 (‘‘Advance Notice’’) as
described in Items I and II below, which
Items have been prepared by the
clearing agency.3 The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the Advance Notice from
interested persons and to extend the
review period of the Advance Notice for
an additional 60 days pursuant to
Section 806(e)(1)(H) of the Clearing
Supervision Act.4
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confidential treatment of this document
and has filed it separately with the
Secretary of the Commission.7
II. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
Advance Notice
In its filing with the Commission, the
clearing agency included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the Advance Notice and discussed any
comments it received on the Advance
Notice. The text of these statements may
be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The clearing agency has
prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A and B below, of the most
significant aspects of such statements.
(A) Clearing Agency’s Statement on
Comments on the Advance Notice
Received From Members, Participants,
or Others
FICC has not received or solicited any
written comments relating to this
proposal. FICC will notify the
Commission of any written comments
received by FICC.
(B) Advance Notice Filed Pursuant to
Section 806(e) of the Clearing
Supervision Act
Description of Proposed Change
The purpose of the proposed rule
change is to modify the calculation of
the VaR Floor and the corresponding
description in the MBSD Rules to
incorporate a Minimum Margin
Amount.
The proposed changes would
necessitate changes to the QRM
Methodology. The proposed changes are
described in detail below.
(i) Overview of the Required Fund
Deposit and Clearing Fund Calculation
A key tool that FICC uses to manage
market risk is the daily calculation and
collection of Required Fund Deposits
from Clearing Members. The Required
Fund Deposit serves as each Clearing
Member’s margin. The aggregate of all
Clearing Members’ Required Fund
Deposits constitutes the Clearing Fund
of MBSD, which FICC would access
should a defaulting Clearing Member’s
own Required Fund Deposit be
insufficient to satisfy losses to FICC
caused by the liquidation of that
Clearing Member’s portfolio.
The objective of a Clearing Member’s
Required Fund Deposit is to mitigate
2016–801). The QRM Methodology has been
amended following the VaR Filing Approval Order.
See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 85944
(May 24, 2019), 84 FR 25315 (May 31, 2019) (SR–
FICC–2019–001) and 90182 (October 14, 2020) 85
FR 66630 (October 20, 2020) (SR–FICC–2020–009).
7 17 CFR 240.24b–2.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. ACR2020; Order No. 5796]
FY 2020 Annual Compliance Report
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 2020. Within 90 days, the Commission must
evaluate that information and issue its determination 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 1, 2021. Reply Comments are due:
February 12, 2021.
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. Overview of the Postal Service's FY 2020 ACR
III. Procedural Steps
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On December 29, 2020, the United States Postal Service (Postal
Service) filed with the Commission its Annual Compliance Report (ACR)
for fiscal year (FY) 2020, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3652.\1\
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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 2020 Comprehensive Statement, its FY 2020 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 2020 ACR
appears in non-public annexes.
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\1\ United States Postal Service FY 2020 Annual Compliance
Report, December 29, 2020, at 1 (FY 2020 ACR). Public portions of
the Postal Service's filing are available on the Commission's
website at: 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 2020 were in
compliance with applicable title 39 requirements.
II. Overview of the Postal Service's FY 2020 ACR
Contents of the filing. The Postal Service's FY 2020 ACR consists
of a 75-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 supporting
rationale, filed as Attachment Two. The filing also includes the
Comprehensive Statement,\2\ 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.
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\2\ In years prior to 2013, the Commission reviewed the Postal
Service's reports prepared pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2803 and 39 U.S.C.
2804 (filed as the Comprehensive Statement by the Postal Service) in
its ACD. However, as it has for the past several years, the
Commission intends to issue a separate notice soliciting comments on
the comprehensive statement and provide its related analysis in a
separate report from the ACD.
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Scope of the 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. FY 2020 ACR at 2-3. 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 2020 ACR can be found in
Library Reference USPS-FY20-9. 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; and a list of
special studies and a discussion of obsolescence, as required by
Commission rule 3050.12. Id. at 3-4.
Methodology. The Postal Service states that it has adhered to the
methodologies historically used by the Commission subject to changes
identified and discussed in Library Reference USPS-FY20-9 and in
prefaces accompanying the appended folders. Id. at 4.
Market dominant product-by-product costs, revenues, and volumes.
Comprehensive cost, revenue, and volume data for all market dominant
products of general applicability are shown directly in the FY 2020 CRA
or ICRA. Id. at 6.
The FY 2020 ACR includes a discussion by class of each market
dominant product, including costs, revenues, and volumes, workshare
discounts, and passthroughs responsive to 39 U.S.C. 3652(b), and FY
2020 promotions. Id. at 6-35.
In response to the Commission's FY 2010 ACD directives,\3\ the
Postal Service states that it is providing information regarding its
progress in increasing Flats prices, implementing operation changes
aimed at lowering flats costs, effectuating costing methodology
improvements, and phasing out the subsidy in Flats. FY 2020 ACR at 21.
In Docket No. RM2018-1, the Commission codified and expanded the first
directive as Rule 3050.50(f), which applies to all flat-shaped mail.\4\
Accordingly, the Postal Service states that the information required by
Rule 3050.50(f) is provided in Library Reference USPS-FY2020-45, noting
that the section titled ``Costing Methodology Changes and Subsidy of
the Flats Product'' responds to the second and third directives. FY
2020 ACR at 23-26. In addition, the Postal Service presented its
schedule of above-average price increases for Flats. Id. at 22.
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\3\ Docket No. ACR2010, Annual Compliance Determination, March
29, 2011, at 106-107 (FY 2010 ACD).
\4\ Id. at 23; see Docket No. RM2018-1, Order Adopting Final
Rules on Reporting Requirements Related to Flats, May 8, 2019 (Order
No. 5086).
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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 2010. Responsive information appears in
Library Reference USPS-FY20-29. Id. at 36.
Customer satisfaction. The FY 2020 ACR discusses the Postal
Service's approach for measuring customer experience and satisfaction;
discusses survey modifications; describes the methodology; presents a
table with survey results; compares the results from FY 2019 to FY
2020; and provides information regarding consumer access to postal
services. Id. at 40-60.
Competitive products. The FY 2020 ACR provides costs, revenues, and
volumes for competitive products of general applicability in the FY
2020 CRA or ICRA. For competitive products not of general
applicability, data are provided in non-public Library References USPS-
FY20-NP2 and USPS-FY20-NP27. Id. at 64. The FY 2020 ACR also addresses
the competitive product pricing standards of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 64-
71.
Market tests; nonpostal services. The Postal Service discusses
three market dominant market tests conducted during FY 2020 as well as
nonpostal services. Id. at 72-73.
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 an officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public. The
Commission hereby solicits public comment on the Postal Service's FY
2020 ACR and on whether any rates or fees in effect during FY 2020 (for
products individually or collectively) were not in compliance with
applicable provisions of chapter 36 of title 39 or Commission
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 39 U.S.C. 3626); objectives
(39 U.S.C. 3622(b)); and factors (39 U.S.C. 3622(c)). Commenters
addressing competitive products are referred to 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; and such other
matters that may be relevant to the Commission's review.
Access to filing. The Commission has posted the publicly available
portions of
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the FY 2020 ACR on its website at: https://www.prc.gov.
Comment deadlines. Comments by interested persons are due on or
before February 1, 2021. Reply comments are due on or before February
12, 2021. The Commission, upon completion of its review of the FY 2020
ACR, comments, and other data and information submitted in this
proceeding, will issue its ACD.
Public Representative. Kenneth E. Richardson is designated to serve
as the Public Representative to represent the interests of the general
public in this proceeding. 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
his or her designated capacity.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. ACR2020 to consider
matters raised by the United States Postal Service's FY 2020 Annual
Compliance Report.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Kenneth E.
Richardson as an 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 2020 Annual
Compliance Report to the Commission are due on or before February 1,
2021.
4. Reply comments are due on or before February 12, 2021.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-29204 Filed 1-5-21; 8:45 am]
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