Notice2021-25347
Mail Classification Schedule
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Published
November 22, 2021
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission is recognizing a recent Postal Service filing requesting the conversion of the experimental product offering Plus One into a permanent product offering on the Mail Classification Schedule. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 222 (Monday, November 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66349-66350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25347]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. MC2022-20; Order No. 6040]
Mail Classification Schedule
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is recognizing a recent Postal Service filing
requesting the conversion of the experimental product offering Plus One
into a permanent product offering on the Mail Classification Schedule.
This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment,
and takes other administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: December 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at <a href="http://www.prc.gov">http://www.prc.gov</a>. 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. Commission Action
III. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On November 10, 2021, the Postal Service filed a request with the
Commission pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3045.18 to convert the
experimental product offering Plus One into a permanent product
offering on the Mail Classification Schedule.\1\ In support of its
Request, the Postal Service filed the following documents:
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\1\ United States Postal Service Request to Convert Plus One to
a Permanent Offering, November 10, 2021 (Request).
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<bullet> Attachment A to the Request--Proposed Changes to Mail
Classification Schedule;
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<bullet> Attachment B to the Request--Redacted Market Test
Quarterly Data Collection Reports; \2\ and
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\2\ The Postal Service refiled under seal in Docket No. MC2022-
20 all of the non-public data collection reports pertaining to the
market test, which were previously filed under seal on a quarterly
basis in Docket No. MT2019-1, and requested continued non-public
treatment of this material. See Request at 4.
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<bullet> Attachment C to the Request--Resolution of the Governors
of the United States Postal Service to Request Conversion of Plus One
Market Test Into a Permanent Offering.
See Request at 3-5.
The Plus One market test was initially authorized by the Commission
on September 20, 2019, and was extended on June 4, 2021.\3\ It is
currently set to expire on September 30, 2022. Order No. 5909 at 12.
Plus One is an advertising card mailed as an add-on mailpiece with a
USPS Marketing Mail Letters marriage mail envelope containing multiple
advertising mailpieces. Order No. 5239 at 1. The Postal Service asserts
that the Plus One market test has proven successful, and the Postal
Service now wishes to insert the Plus One product offering into the
Mail Classification Schedule under section 1205.5 (Market Dominant
Products: USPS Marketing Mail (Commercial and Nonprofit): High Density
and Saturation Letters: Optional Features). Request at 1. The Postal
Service maintains that the Plus One product meets all the conditions in
39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3045.18 for adding a non-experimental product
based on an experimental product to the product list. Request at 2-5.
The Postal Service also, as required by 39 CFR 3045.18(e), filed a
separate notice of the instant request in Docket No. MT2019-1.\4\ The
planned rate to add each Plus One card to the host marriage mailing (a
Saturation Letter) is $0.10. Request at 3.
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\3\ Docket No. MT2019-1, Order Authorizing Plus One Market Test,
September 20, 2019 (Order No. 5239); Order Authorizing Extension of
Plus One Market Test, June 4, 2021 (Order No. 5909).
\4\ Docket No. MT2019-1, United States Postal Service Notice of
Request to Convert Plus One to Permanent Offering, November 10,
2021.
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II. Commission Action
The Commission establishes Docket No. MC2022-20 to consider the
Postal Service's Request. Interested persons may submit comments on
whether the Request is consistent with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3642
and 39 CFR 3045.18. Comments are due by December 7, 2021.
The Request and related filings are available on the Commission's
website (<a href="http://www.prc.gov">http://www.prc.gov</a>). The Commission encourages interested
persons to review the Request for further details.
The Commission appoints Gregory S. Stanton to serve as Public
Representative in this proceeding.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. MC2022-20 for
consideration of the United States Postal Service Request to Convert
Plus One to a Permanent Offering, filed November 10, 2021.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Gregory S. Stanton is appointed to
serve as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general public in this proceeding.
3. Comments by interested persons are due by December 7, 2021.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-25347 Filed 11-19-21; 8:45 am]
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