[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59622-59627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22285]


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POSTAL SERVICE


Changes in Domestic Mail Classifications

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of implementation of changes to the Domestic Mail 
Classification Schedule.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the changes to the Domestic Mail 
Classification Schedule to be implemented as a result of the Decision 
of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on the Opinion and 
Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission Approving 
Stipulation and Agreement on Experimental Periodicals Co-palletization 
Dropship Discounts for High Editorial Publications, Docket No. MC2004-
1. The attachment also reflects the changes resulting from the first 
co-palletization case, Docket No. MC2002-3.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr., (202) 268-
2989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 25, 2004, the United States 
Postal Service, in conformance with sections 3622 and 3623 of the 
Postal Reorganization Act (39 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), filed a request for 
a recommended decision by the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) on the 
establishment of experimental Periodicals co-palletization dropship 
discounts for high-editorial, heavy-weight, small-circulation 
publications. The PRC designated this filing as Docket No. MC2004-1. On 
July 7, 2004, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3624, the PRC issued to the 
Governors of the Postal Service its Opinion and Recommended Decision 
Approving Stipulation and Agreement, in Docket No. MC2004-1. The PRC 
recommended the establishment of the Postal Service proposal for 
experimental Periodicals co-palletization dropship discounts for high 
editorial publications.
    Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3625, the Governors of the United States 
Postal Service acted on the PRC's recommendations on July 19, 2004. In 
the Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on 
the Opinion and Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission 
Approving Stipulation and Agreement on Experimental Periodicals Co-
palletization Dropship Discounts for High Editorial Publications, 
Docket No. MC2004-1, the Governors of the Postal Service approved the 
recommended decision. In accordance with Resolution 04-5, the Board of 
Governors established an implementation date of October 3, 2004, on 
which the approved classification changes and discounts for the co-
palletization experiment take effect. The attachments to the Governors' 
Decision, setting forth the classification changes ordered into effect 
by the Governors, are set forth below.
    In accordance with the Decision of the Governors and Resolution No. 
04-5 of the Board of Governors, the Postal Service hereby gives notice 
that the classification changes set forth below will become effective 
at 12:01 a.m. on October 3, 2004.

    Attachments to the Decision of the Governors of the United 
States Postal Service on the Opinion and Recommended Decision of the 
Postal Rate Commission Approving Stipulation and Agreement on 
Experimental Periodicals Co-palletization Dropship Discounts for 
High Editorial Publications, Docket No. MC2004-1

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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 04-22285 Filed 10-4-04; 8:45 am]
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