Notice2022-05383
Next Generation Delivery Vehicles Acquisitions
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Published
March 15, 2022
Effective
February 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Postal Service
Abstract
To replace existing delivery vehicles nationwide that have reached the end of their service life, the U.S. Postal Service ("Postal Service") has determined that it will implement the Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative is the purchase and deployment over a ten-year period of 50,000 to 165,000 purpose-built, right-hand drive NGDV vehicles consisting of a mix of internal combustion engine ("ICE") and battery electric vehicle ("BEV") powertrains, with at least ten percent BEVs.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14588-14589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05383]
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POSTAL SERVICE
Next Generation Delivery Vehicles Acquisitions
AGENCY: Postal Service.
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ACTION: Notice of availability of record of decision.
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SUMMARY: To replace existing delivery vehicles nationwide that have
reached the end of their service life, the U.S. Postal Service
(``Postal Service'') has determined that it will implement the
Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative is the purchase and
deployment over a ten-year period of 50,000 to 165,000 purpose-built,
right-hand drive NGDV vehicles consisting of a mix of internal
combustion engine (``ICE'') and battery electric vehicle (``BEV'')
powertrains, with at least ten percent BEVs.
DATES: The Record of Decision (``ROD'') became effective when it was
signed by the Postal Service's Vice President of Supply Management on
February 23, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may view the ROD and FEIS at <a href="https://uspsngdveis.com/">https://uspsngdveis.com/</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To replace existing delivery vehicles
nationwide that have reached the end of their service life, the U.S.
Postal Service (``Postal Service'') has determined that it will
implement the Preferred Alternative, as described in the Next
Generation Delivery Vehicle Acquisitions (``NGDV'') Final Environmental
Impact Statement (``FEIS''), which was published by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on January 7,
2022 (87 FR 964).
The Postal Service has decided on the Preferred Action because it
fully meets the Postal Service's Purpose and Need by providing a
purpose-built right-hand drive vehicle capable of meeting performance,
safety, and ergonomic requirements for efficient carrier deliveries to
businesses and curb-line residential mailboxes over the entire
nationwide system. Moreover, the Postal Service has determined that the
Preferred Alternative is the most achievable given the Postal Service's
financial condition as the BEV NGDV has a significantly higher total
cost of ownership than the ICE NGDV, which is why the Preferred
Alternative being implemented does not commit to more than 10 percent
BEV NGDV. Finally, the Postal Service notes that the Preferred
Alternative as implemented contains the flexibility to significantly
increase the percentage of BEV NGDVs should additional funding become
available from any source.
The Record of Decision was prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Postal
Service's implementing procedures at 39 CFR part 775, and the
President's Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts
1500-1508). The ROD incorporates the analyses and findings from the
FEIS.
References
1. U.S. Postal Service, Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for Purchase of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles,
86 FR 12715 (Mar. 4, 2021).
2. U.S. Postal Service, Notice of Availability of Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for Purchase of Next Generation
Delivery Vehicle, 86 FR 47662 (Aug. 26, 2021).
3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Notice of Availability of
EIS No. 20210129, Draft, USPS, DC, Next Generation Delivery Vehicle
Acquisitions, 86 FR 49531 (Sept. 3, 2021).
4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Notice of Availability of
EIS No. 20220001, Final, USPS, DC, Next Generation Delivery Vehicle
Acquisitions, 87 FR 964 (Jan. 7, 2022).
5. U.S. Postal Service, Notice of Availability of Final
Environmental Impact Statement for Purchase of Next Generation
Delivery Vehicles, 87 FR 994 (Jan. 7, 2022).
Sarah E. Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-05383 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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