Notice2025-07298
Streamlined Negotiated Service Agreement Review and New Postal Product
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Published
April 28, 2025
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Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking to support the establishment of a new non-published rates product, Global Expedited Package Services--Non-Published Rates 17 to the Competitive product list. This document invites public comment on the advance review portion of the Postal Service's filing and takes other administrative steps.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 80 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17633-17634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07298]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. RM2025-8 and K2025-1321; Order No. 8813]
Streamlined Negotiated Service Agreement Review and New Postal
Product
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing
requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking to support the
establishment of a new non-published rates product, Global Expedited
Package Services--Non-Published Rates 17 to the Competitive product
list. This document invites public comment on the advance review
portion of the Postal Service's filing and takes other administrative
steps.
DATES: Comments are due: April 30, 2025.
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
[[Page 17634]]
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. Postal Service Petition
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On April 18, 2025, the Postal Service filed a petition to initiate
a proceeding for a streamlined option rulemaking to support the
establishment of a new non-published rates (NPR) product, Global
Expedited Package Services--Non-Published Rates 17 (GEPS--NPR 17), and
its request to add GEPS--NPR 17 to the Competitive product list,
pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3633 and 3642, and 39 CFR 3035.105, 3041.205, and
3041.320.\1\
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\1\ Petition of the United States Postal Service for the
Initiation of a Streamlined-Option Rulemaking Concerning a Request
to Add Global Expedited Package Services--Non-Published Rates 17
(GEPS--NPR 17) to the Competitive Products List, Including a
Proposal for a GEPS--NPR 17 Model Contract Template and an
Application for Non-Public Treatment of Materials Filed Under Seal,
April 18, 2025 (Petition). The Postal Service also concurrently
filed Library Reference USPS-RM2025-8-NP1. Notice of the United
States Postal Service of Filing USPS-RM2025-8-NP1, April 18, 2025.
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II. Postal Service Petition
Background. The Commission adopted rules for streamlined option
rulemakings in Docket No. RM2023-5 to ``address elements of 39 U.S.C.
3642 review and 39 U.S.C. 3633 pre-implementation review that are
broadly applicable to qualifying [negotiated service agreements
(NSAs)], and not particular to individual qualifying NSAs.'' \2\
Specifically, such proceedings are used to establish eligibility
criteria specifying the ways in which qualifying NSAs will be permitted
to vary from existing offerings, to review a proposed financial model
for qualifying NSAs that accounts for the financial impact of any such
variations, and to establish minimum rates for qualifying NSAs. Order
No. 7353 at 4.
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\2\ Docket No. RM2023-5, Final Order Amending Rules Regarding
Competitive Negotiated Service Agreements, August 9, 2024, at 4
(Order No. 7353).
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Streamlined option rulemaking. In accordance with 39 CFR
3041.205(c), the Postal Service submitted proposed Mail Classification
Schedule (MCS) changes, a supporting financial model and the minimum
rates for GEPS--NPR 17. Petition at 1, 3-5. The Postal Service states
that GEPS--NPR 17 offers discounts for Priority Mail Express
International (PMEI), Priority Mail International (PMI), and First-
Class Package International Service (FCPIS). Id. at 3. The Postal
Service asserts that the financial model for GEPS--NPR 17 includes
minimum rates that demonstrate compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633, 39 CFR
3035.105, 3041.205(c)(1), and 3041.205(d). Id.
NPR NSAs. Requests to add conforming NPR NSA products to the
Competitive product list are reviewed in public proceedings. See Order
No. 7353 at 5. If an NPR NSA product is approved, one or more included
contracts using an approved contract template may be subsequently added
to the product without requiring further approval from the Commission.
See 39 CFR 3041.320(h).
The Postal Service states that the GEPS--NPR 17 contract template
is ``very similar'' to the GEPS--NPR 16 contract template that the
Commission reviewed in Order No. 7127.\3\ However, the Postal Service
specifically identifies the following differences: (1) ``a change in
Article 2, which concerns payment method, to allow for the use of an
Enterprise Payment Account. . .,'' (2) ``related changes in Articles 6,
7, and 10,'' (3) ``a minor change in Article 12,'' and (4) ``a revision
to the discounts provided under the GEPS--NPR 17 product. . .''
Petition at 6-7. The Postal Service also states that ``[t]he major
differences between GEPS--NPR 17 and GEPS--NPR 16 are in the Management
Analysis, the financial model, and the rates.'' Id. at 7.
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\3\ Id. at 6 (citing Docket Nos. MC2024-231 and CP2024-237,
Order Adding Global Expedited Package Services (GEPS)--Non-Published
Rates 16 to the Competitive Product List, May 22, 2024 (Order No.
7127)).
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Supporting materials. The Postal Service filed the following
materials in support of its Petition: (1) a proposed financial model
that includes minimum rates for GEPS--NPR 17; (2) Attachment 1, an
application for non-public treatment of materials filed under seal; (3)
Attachment 2A, Governors' Decision No. 19-1; (4) Attachment 2B,
proposed revisions to MCS section 2510.8 Global Expedited Package
Services (GEPS)--Non-Published Rates in legislative format; (5)
Attachment 2C, the Management Analysis for GEPS--NPR 17, which provides
a narrative explanation of how, in the Postal Service's view, the
proposed financial model complies with statutory and regulatory
requirements; (6) Attachment 2D, a sworn statement ; (7) Attachment 3,
which explains why, in the Postal Service's view, the Petition is in
accordance with 39 CFR 3041.205 and 3041.320; and (8) Attachment 4, the
GEPS--NPR 17 contract template. Id. at 3-5; see id., Attachments 1-4.
III. Notice and Comment
The Commission establishes Docket Nos. RM2025-8 and K2025-1321 for
consideration of matters raised by the Petition. Interested persons may
submit comments. Comments are due no later than April 30, 2025. More
information on the proceedings may be accessed via the Commission's
website at <a href="https://www.prc.gov">https://www.prc.gov</a>.
Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Katalin Clendenin is designated as an
officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in these proceedings. The Public
Representative does not represent any individual person, entity or
particular point of view, and, when Commission attorneys are appointed,
no attorney-client relationship is established.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket Nos. RM2025-8 and K2025-1321
for consideration of the matters raised by the Petition of the United
States Postal Service for the Initiation of a Streamlined-Option
Rulemaking Concerning a Request to Add Global Expedited Package
Services--Non-Published Rates 17 (GEPS--NPR 17) to the Competitive
Products List, Including a Proposal for a GEPS--NPR 17 Model Contract
Template and an Application for Non-Public Treatment of Materials Filed
Under Seal, filed April 18, 2025.
2. Comments by interested persons are due no later than April 30,
2025.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Katalin
Clendenin to 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 the publication of this order in
the Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-07298 Filed 4-25-25; 8:45 am]
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