Notice2023-22798
Market Dominant Price Adjustment
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Published
October 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission is recognizing a recently filed Postal Service notice of inflation-based rate adjustments affecting market dominant domestic and international products and services, along with proposed classification changes. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71611-71612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22798]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. R2024-1; Order No. 6730]
Market Dominant Price Adjustment
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is recognizing a recently filed Postal Service
notice of inflation-based rate adjustments affecting market dominant
domestic and international products and services, along with proposed
classification changes. This notice informs the public of the filing,
invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: November 6, 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.
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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 Filing
III. Initial Administrative Actions
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On October 6, 2023, the Postal Service filed a notice of price
adjustments affecting Market Dominant domestic and international
products and services, along with proposed classification changes to
the Mail Classification Schedule (MCS).\1\ The intended effective date
for the planned price adjustments is January 21, 2024. Notice at 1. The
Notice, which was filed pursuant to 39 CFR part 3030, triggers a
notice-and-comment proceeding. 39 CFR 3030.125.
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\1\ United States Postal Service Notice of Market-Dominant Price
Change, October 6, 2023 (Notice).
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II. Overview of the Postal Service's Filing
The Postal Service's filing consists of the Notice, which the
Postal Service represents addresses data and information required under
39 CFR 3030.122 and 39 CFR 3030.123; three attachments (Attachments A-
C) to the Notice; and six public library references and one non-public
library reference.
Attachment A presents the planned price and related product
description changes to the MCS. Notice, Attachment A. Attachments B and
C address workshare discounts and the price cap calculation,
respectively. Id. Attachments B and C.
The first five public library references provide supporting
documentation for the five classes of mail, and the sixth public
library reference shows the banked rate adjustment authority for each
class of mail over the last five years.\2\ The Postal Service also
filed a library reference pertaining to the two international mail
products within First-Class Mail (Outbound Single-Piece First-Class
Mail International and Inbound Letter Post) under seal and applied for
non-public treatment of those materials.\3\
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\2\ United States Postal Service Notice of Filing Workpapers/
Library References, October 6, 2023, at 2.
\3\ USPS Notice of Filing First-Class Mail International and
Inbound Letter Post Workpapers, as well as Application for Non-
Public Treatment of Materials Filed Under Seal, October 6, 2023, at
1, Attachment 1.
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The Postal Service's planned percentage changes by class are, on
average, as follows:
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Planned price
Market dominant class adjustment (%)
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First-Class Mail........................................ 1.969
USPS Marketing Mail..................................... 1.961
Periodicals............................................. 1.959
Package Services........................................ 1.960
Special Services........................................ 2.168
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Notice at 5. Price adjustments for products within classes vary
from the average. See, e.g., id. at 6, 10 (Table 6 showing range for
First-Class Mail products and Table 9 showing range for USPS Marketing
Mail products). The Postal Service identifies the effect of its
proposed classification changes on the MCS in Attachment A. Id. at 21;
id. Attachment A.
III. Initial Administrative Actions
Pursuant to 39 CFR 3030.124(a), the Commission establishes Docket
No. R2024-1 to consider the planned price adjustments for Market
Dominant postal products and services, as well as the related
classification changes, identified in the Notice. The Commission
invites comments from interested persons on whether the Postal
Service's planned price adjustments are consistent with applicable
statutory and regulatory requirements. 39 CFR 3030.125. The applicable
statutory and regulatory requirements the Commission considers in its
review are the requirements of 39 CFR part 3030, Commission directives
and orders, and 39 U.S.C. 3626, 3627, and 3629. 39 CFR 3030.126(b).
Comments are due no later than November 6, 2023. 39 CFR 3030.124(f).
The Commission will not accept late-filed comments as it is not
practicable due to the expedited timeline for this proceeding. See 39
CFR 3030.126(b).
The public portions of the Postal Service's filing are available
for review on the Commission's website (<a href="http://www.prc.gov">http://www.prc.gov</a>). Comments
and other material filed in this proceeding will be available for
review on the Commission's website, unless the information contained
therein is subject to an application for non-public treatment. The
Commission's rules on non-public materials (including access to
documents filed under seal) appear in 39 CFR part 3011.
Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints John Avila to
represent the interests of the general public (Public Representative)
in this proceeding.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. R2024-1 to consider the
planned price adjustments for Market Dominant postal products and
services, as well as the related classification changes, identified in
the Postal Service's October 6, 2023 Notice.
2. Comments on the planned price adjustments and related
classification changes are due no later than November 6, 2023.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, John Avila is appointed to serve as
an officer of the Commission to represent the interests of the general
public (Public Representative) in this proceeding.
4. The Commission directs the Secretary of the Commission to
arrange for prompt publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-22798 Filed 10-16-23; 8:45 am]
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