Notice2025-08930
Competitive Postal Products
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Published
May 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The Commission is recognizing a recently filed Postal Service document with the Commission concerning changes in rates of general applicability for Competitive products. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21517-21518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08930]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CP2025-7; Order No. 8839]
Competitive Postal Products
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is recognizing a recently filed Postal Service
document with the Commission concerning changes in rates of general
applicability for Competitive products. This notice informs the public
of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative
steps.
DATES: Comments are due: June 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at <a href="https://www.prc.gov">https://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. Initial Administrative Actions
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On May 9, 2025, the Postal Service filed notice with the Commission
concerning changes in rates and classifications of general
applicability for Competitive products.\1\ The Postal Service
represents that, as required by 39 CFR 3035.102(b) and 39 CFR
3035.104(b), the Notice includes an explanation and justification for
the changes, the effective date, and a schedule of the changed rates.
See Notice at 1-2. The changes are scheduled to take effect on July 13,
2025. Id. at 1.
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\1\ USPS Notice of Changes in Rates and Classifications of
General Applicability for Competitive Products, May 9, 2025
(Notice). Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2), the Postal Service is
obligated to publish the Governors' Decision and record of
proceedings in the Federal Register at least 30 days before the
effective date of the new rates.
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Attached to the Notice is Governors' Decision No. 25-1, which
states the new prices are in accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3632 and 3633
and 39 CFR 3035.102.\2\ The Governors' Decision provides an analysis of
the Competitive products' price and classification changes intended to
demonstrate that the changes comply with 39 U.S.C. 3633 and 39 CFR part
3035. Governors' Decision No. 25-1 at 1. The attachment to the
Governors' Decision sets forth the classification and price changes and
includes draft Mail Classification Schedule language for Competitive
products of general applicability.
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\2\ Notice, Decision of the Governors of the United States
Postal Service on Changes in Rates and Classification of General
Applicability for Competitive Products (Governors' Decision No. 25-
1), at 1 (Governors' Decision No. 25-1).
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The Notice also includes an application for non-public treatment of
the attributable costs, contribution, and cost coverage data in the
unredacted version of the annex to the Governors' Decision, as well as
the supporting materials for the data. Notice at 1.
Planned price and classification changes. The Governors' Decision
includes an overview of the Postal Service's planned price changes
which are summarized in the table below.
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Table I--1 Proposed Price Changes
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Average
price
Product name increase
(percent)
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Domestic Competitive Products
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Priority Mail............................................... 6.3
Retail.................................................. 7.3
Commercial.............................................. 5.1
Parcel Select............................................... 7.6
Destination Delivery Unit............................... 10.0
Destination Hub......................................... 0.0
Destination Sectional Center Facility................... 7.2
Connect Local........................................... 5.7
USPS Ground Advantage....................................... 7.1
Retail.................................................. 9.8
Commercial.............................................. 4.7
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Source: See Governors' Decision No. 25-1 at 2-3.
Further classification changes for Priority Mail, Parcel Select,
and certain International Special Services are summarized as follows:
<bullet> USPS Ground Advantage Commercial packages will be sealed
against inspection.
<bullet> The Destination Network Distribution Center (DNDC) price
category within Parcel Select will be eliminated.
<bullet> Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, Parcel Select and
USPS Ground Advantage Non-Standard Fees are being restructured to
include a category for packages with certain non-standard package
characteristics (tubes or rolls, liquids, wooden boxes, etc.).
<bullet> The IMpb (Intelligent Mail Package Barcode) Noncompliance
Fee will be renamed to the Package Quality Noncompliance Fee.
Notice at 2-5; Governors' Decision No. 25-1 at 2-5.
II. Initial Administrative Actions
The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2025-7 to consider the
Postal Service's Notice. Interested persons may express views and offer
comments on whether the planned changes are consistent with 39 U.S.C.
3632, 3633, and 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 CFR 3040 subparts B and
E. Comments are due no later than June 13, 2025. For specific details
of the planned price changes, interested persons are encouraged to
review the Notice, which is available on the Commission's website at
<a href="http://www.prc.gov">www.prc.gov</a>.
Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Christopher Mohr is appointed to serve
as Public Representative to represent the interests of the general
public in this docket. 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.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2025-7 to provide
interested persons an opportunity to express views and offer comments
on whether the planned changes are consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632,
3633, and 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 CFR 3040 subparts B and E.
2. Comments are due no later than June 13, 2025.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Christopher
Mohr 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 publication of this order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-08930 Filed 5-19-25; 8:45 am]
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