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3FY 2008 Annual Compliance Determination, 

March 30, 2009, at 87. 

4FY 2009 Annual Compliance Determination, 

March 29, 2010, at 117; FY 2010 Annual 

Compliance Determination, March 29, 2011, at 138. 

5See Docket No. ACR2011, FY 2011 Annual 

Compliance Report, December 29, 2011, at 64. 

Competitive products contribution, $2.317 billion, 

divided by total institutional costs, $29.554 billion. 

competitive products represented 5.54 

percent of total institutional costs.3 The 

contribution from competitive products 

to the recovery of the Postal Service’s 

institutional costs was 6.78 percent in 

FY 2009 and 7.12 percent in FY 2010.4

In FY 2009 and FY 2010, institutional 

costs were reduced compared with 

previous years, due in part to the 

congressionally mandated reductions of 

the required annual contribution to the 

Retirement Health Benefits Fund. The 

Postal Service also has increasingly 

exercised its flexibility to transfer mail 

volume from market dominant products 

to competitive products. See 39 U.S.C. 

3642. 

On December 29, 2011, the Postal 

Service filed its 2011 Annual 

Compliance Report with the 

Commission. That report indicates that 

in FY 2011 competitive products 

collectively contributed 7.84 percent of 

the Postal Service’s institutional costs.5

II. Invitation To Comment 

The Commission invites comments to 

facilitate its examination of the 

appropriateness of the current 

contribution level. To inform its 

deliberations, the Commission requests 

comments from interested members of 

the public on whether and how changes 

in competitive market conditions, the 

allocation of costs to competitive 

products, the number and volume of 

competitive products, or any other 

changes should impact the minimum 

appropriate share of institutional costs 

of the Postal Service that should be 

provided by competitive products. As 

required by the statute, the Commission 

in making its determination must 

consider all relevant circumstances, 

including the prevailing competitive 

conditions in the market, and the degree 

to which any costs are uniquely or 

disproportionately associated with any 

competitive products. Comments also 

are welcome on any issues relevant to 

the reasonableness of the current 5.5 

percent contribution requirement and 

retaining, modifying, or eliminating it. 

Comments are due March 5, 2012. 

Reply comments may be submitted on 

or before April 2, 2012. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, R. Kevin 

Harle is designated as the officer of the 

Commission to represent the interests of 

the general public (Public 

Representative). The Public 

Representative will direct the activities 

of Commission personnel assigned to 

him and, upon request, will provide 

their names for the record. Neither the 

Public Representative nor any of the 

assigned personnel will participate in or 

provide advice on any Commission 

decision in this proceeding. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2012–3, in compliance with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(b). 

2. The Commission designates R. 

Kevin Harle as the Public 

Representative representing the interests 

of the general public in this proceeding. 

3. Comments are due March 5, 2012. 

4. Reply comments are due April 2, 

2012. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0797; FRL–9619–5] 

RIN 2060–AQ–92 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary 

Aluminum Reduction Plants; 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing that 

the period for providing public 

comments on the December 6, 2011, 

proposed rule titled, ‘‘National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 

Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants’’ 

is being extended for 12 days. 

DATES: Comments. The public comment 

period for the proposed rule published 

December 6, 2011, (76 FR 76260) is 

being extended for 12 days to February 

1, 2012, in order to provide the public 

additional time to submit comments and 

supporting information. 

ADDRESSES: Comments. Written 

comments on the proposed rule may be 

submitted to EPA electronically, by 

mail, by facsimile or through hand 

delivery/courier. Please refer to the 

proposal for the addresses and detailed 

instructions. 

Docket. Publicly available documents 

relevant to this action are available for 

public inspection either electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in hard 

copy at the EPA Docket Center, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. A reasonable fee may be 

charged for copying. 

World Wide Web. The EPA Web site 

for this rulemaking is at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/alum/ 

alumpg.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Putney, Metals and Inorganic 

Chemicals Group (D243–02), Sector 

Policies and Programs Division, Office 

of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; Telephone number: (919) 541– 

2016; Fax number (919) 541–3207; 

Email address: putney.david@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comment Period 

Due to requests received from 

industry to extend the public comment 

period, the EPA is extending the public 

comment period for an additional 12 

days. Therefore, the public comment 

period will end on February 1, 2012, 

rather than January 20, 2012. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The EPA has established the official 

public docket No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0797. The EPA has also developed a 

Web site for the proposed rulemaking at 

the addresses given above. 

Dated: January 12, 2012. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–962 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0476; FRL–9619–4] 

EPA Responses to State and Tribal 

2008 Ozone Designation 

Recommendations; Extension of 

Public Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

public comment period. 


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