Notice2024-10809
Competitive Postal Products
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Published
May 17, 2024
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission is recognizing a recent filing by the Postal Service of specific rates for its Inbound Letter Post Small Packets and Bulky Letters product effective January 1, 2025. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43439-43440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10809]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CP2024-293; Order No. 7100]
Competitive Postal Products
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is recognizing a recent filing by the Postal
Service of specific rates for its Inbound Letter Post Small Packets and
Bulky Letters product effective January 1, 2025. This notice informs
the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: May 20, 2024.
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. Contents of Filing
III. Administrative Actions
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On May 10, 2024, the Postal Service filed a notice of rates not of
general applicability for Inbound Letter Post Small Packets and Bulky
Letters (Inbound E-format Letter Post) effective January 1, 2025.\1\
The Postal Service requests that the Commission favorably review the
proposed prices so that the Postal Service may submit the prices to the
Universal Postal Union (UPU) before the June 1, 2024 deadline. Notice
at 8.
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\1\ Notice of the United States Postal Service of Rates Not of
General Applicability for Inbound E-Format Letter Post, and
Application for Non-Public Treatment, May 10, 2024, at 1 (Notice).
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II. Contents of Filing
In its Notice, the Postal Service proposes new prices for the
Inbound Letter Post Small Packets and Bulky Letters product. Id. at 3.
Under the UPU Convention, by June 1, 2024, the Postal Service may
submit self-declared rates for Inbound Letter Post Small Packets and
Bulky Letters to the UPU International Bureau (IB) that would take
effect on January 1, 2025.\2\ The Postal Service states that the
proposed prices comply with 39 U.S.C. 3633. Notice at 8.
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\2\ Id.; Universal Postal Convention (UPU Convention) Article
29.1. The UPU Convention is available at <a href="https://www.upu.int/UPU/media/upu/files/aboutUpu/acts/03-actsConventionAndFinalProtocol/conventionAndFinalProtocolAdoptedAtAbidjanEn.pdf">https://www.upu.int/UPU/media/upu/files/aboutUpu/acts/03-actsConventionAndFinalProtocol/conventionAndFinalProtocolAdoptedAtAbidjanEn.pdf</a>.
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To support its proposed Inbound Letter Post Small Packets and Bulky
Letters prices, the Postal Service filed the proposed prices, a copy of
the certification required under 39 CFR 3035.105(c)(2), and a redacted
copy of Governors' Decision No. 19-1. Id. at 6; see id. Attachments 2-
4. The Postal Service also filed redacted financial workpapers. Notice
at 6. In addition, the Postal Service filed an unredacted copy of
Governors' Decision No. 19-1, the unredacted new prices, and unredacted
financial information under seal. Id. The Postal Service also provided
an application for non-public treatment of materials filed under seal
filed pursuant to 39 CFR part 3011. Id.; see id. Attachment 1.
III. Administrative Actions
The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2024-293 for consideration
of matters raised by the Notice and appoints Samuel Koroma to serve as
Public Representative in this docket. The Commission invites comments
on whether the Postal Service's filing is consistent with 39 U.S.C.
3632 and 3633 and 39 CFR 3035.105 and .107. Comments are due no later
than May 20, 2024. The public portions of the filing can be accessed
via the Commission's website (<a href="http://www.prc.gov">http://www.prc.gov</a>).
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2024-293 for
consideration of the matters raised by the Postal Service's Notice.
2. Comments are due no later than May 20, 2024.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Samuel Koroma will serve as an
officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in these dockets.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
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By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-10809 Filed 5-16-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710-FW-P
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