Proposed Rule2023-04473
Competitive Postal Products
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Published
March 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission initiates this advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to consider codifying regulations pertaining to the addition of Competitive negotiated service agreements to the Competitive product list. The Commission invites public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 13752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04473]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
39 CFR Parts 3010, 3035, 3040
[Docket No. RM2023-5; Order No. 6446]
RIN 3211-AA34
Competitive Postal Products
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Commission initiates this advanced notice of proposed
rulemaking to consider codifying regulations pertaining to the addition
of Competitive negotiated service agreements to the Competitive product
list. The Commission invites public comment.
DATES: Comments are due: March 31, 2023. Reply comments are due: April
10, 2023.
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: The current procedures and standards for
adding Negotiated Service Agreements (NSAs) to the Competitive product
list have been addressed substantially through separate orders issued
by the Commission in various dockets since 2008. Streamlining and
codifying the rules pertaining to Competitive NSAs will provide
increased clarity concerning filing requirements and the review
process. Codifying such procedures and standards also provides an
opportunity to make improvements to the practices and precedents that
have developed, while maintaining the opportunities for pricing
flexibility that NSAs afford the Postal Service. Thus, the Commission
seeks comments to facilitate the development of such rules.
The Commission has developed a conceptual framework (Framework)
that could outline enhancements to its regime for adding NSAs to the
Competitive product list. The core feature of the Framework is the
creation of a three-track system to review NSAs proposed to be added to
the Competitive product list. A proposed NSA would be filed in one of
three tracks, and each track would have distinct filing and review
procedures providing different levels of scrutiny and streamlined
review. The tracks would consist of a Standard NSA track, a Custom NSA
track, and a non-published rates (NPR) NSA track. The intent is to
preserve the Postal Service's existing contracting flexibility in the
Custom NSA track, while providing for streamlined pre-implementation
review for contracts that satisfy the eligibility requirements of the
NPR NSA track or the Standard NSA track.
The Framework provides new filing and review procedures for the
Standard NSA track. These procedures would include pre-approving
financial models to streamline review of individual NSAs that reflect
only existing Postal Service offerings. By contrast, filing and review
procedures for NPR NSAs would generally follow current practices.
Filing and review procedures under the Custom NSA track would resemble
current, generally applicable filing and review practices for non-NPR
NSAs.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04473 Filed 3-3-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710-FW-P
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