Proposed Rule2024-25401
Periodic Reporting
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Published
November 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 87319-87320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25401]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
39 CFR Part 3050
[Docket No. RM2025-2; Order No. 7831]
Periodic Reporting
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing
requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider
changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This
document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and
takes other administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: November 27, 2024.
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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. Proposal
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On October 22, 2024, the Postal Service filed a petition pursuant
to 39 CFR 3050.11 requesting that the Commission initiate a rulemaking
proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to
periodic reports.\1\ The Petition identifies the proposed analytical
changes filed in this docket as modifications to the mail processing
cost model for Parcel Select and Parcel Return Service. Petition,
Proposal at 1.
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\1\ Petition of the United States Postal Service to Initiate a
Proceeding to Change Analytical Principles and Notice of Filing Non-
Public Materials, October 22, 2024 (Petition). The proposed change
is attached to the Petition (Proposal).
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II. Proposal
Background. The Postal Service states that, in Order No. 6536, the
Commission approved structural changes designed to simplify the Parcel
Select price structure. See id. at 1, n.3. The Postal Service further
states that, in Order No. 6798, the Commission approved conforming
changes to the Parcel Select and Parcel Return Service (PRS) mail
processing and transportation cost models. See id. at 2, n.4. The
Postal Service notes that in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the Commission
approved several Negotiated Service Agreements (NSAs) that include a
provision for DHub-entered packages, whose supporting workpapers
``utilized the DSCF-SCF mail processing cost as a proxy for the DHub
non-presort cost[.]'' See id. at 2. The Postal Service states that in
its requests it declared the intention to propose a DHub non-presort
mail flow model and corresponding mail processing cost for Commission
review. Id.
Proposal. For purposes of reporting costs for NSAs under which
``the customer will be able to enter machinable non-presorted DHub
packages at specific designated Sorting & Delivery Centers (S&DCs) that
contain parcel sorting equipment[,]'' the Postal Service proposes that
the Parcel Select and PRS mail processing cost model be modified to
``include a non-presort machinable mail flow (DHub) and corresponding
mail processing cost estimates for DHub-entered packages.'' See id. at
2-3. This new flow and corresponding cost estimate would be in addition
to existing flows and cost estimates for 5-digit presorted DHub-entered
packages and non-presorted DSCF-entered packages. See id.
The Postal Service filed under seal the proposed modified mail
processing cost model with the Petition. Id. at 3. The proposed cost
model includes DHub cost estimates for non-presort machinable Parcel
Select Heavy Weight (PSHW) and non-presort machinable Parcel Select
Light Weight (PSLW) mailpieces. Id. The corresponding new mail flow
includes ``differing hub container movement costs and additional
sortation'' and has ``only pallet container unloading costs, as well as
additional costs for parcel machine processing and manual processing''
along with ``[c]osts for the loading and unloading of Postal Service
hampers of sorted parcels[.]'' Id. The new mail flow uses the same
delivery unit cost for secondary parcel sortation as the existing 5-
digit presorted DHub mail flow. Id. A second, similar new mail flow is
included in the proposed cost model for DHub non-presort PSLW which
uses delivery unit costs specific to PSLW. See id.
Impact. The Postal Service emphasizes that existing mail processing
unit costs are, in general, not impacted by the Proposal, which instead
introduces two new cost estimates. Id. at 4. The Postal Service notes
that adoption of the Proposal would not have had any effect on FY 2023
costs at the Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA) level, and that the
approved NSAs that include a provision for DHub-entered packages had no
such volume in FY 2024. Id.
III. Notice and Comment
The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2025-2 for consideration of
matters raised by the Petition. More information on the Petition may be
accessed via the Commission's website at <a href="http://www.prc.gov">http://www.prc.gov</a>. Interested
persons may submit comments on the Petition and the Proposal no later
than November 27, 2024. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Arif Hafiz is
designated as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general public in this proceeding.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2025-2 for consideration
of the matters raised by the Petition of the United States Postal
Service to Initiate a Proceeding to Change Analytical Principles and
Notice of Filing Non-Public Materials, filed October 22, 2024.
2. Comments by interested persons in this proceeding are due no
later than November 27, 2024.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Arif Hafiz to
serve as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general public in this docket.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for the publication of this order in
the Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-25401 Filed 10-31-24; 8:45 am]
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