69142 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 10, 2010 / Notices 

1Notice of the United States Postal Service of 

Changes in Rates of General Applicability for 

Competitive Products Established in Governors’ 

Decision No. 10–4, November 2, 2010 (Filing). The 

Filing is available on the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.prc.gov, under Daily Listing for 

November 2, 2010. 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 or classes. 

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Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28430 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–38–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2011–26; Order No. 575] 

Postal Rate and Classification 

Changes 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The document provides the 

public with notice that the Postal 

Service has filed with the Commission 

notice of its intention of planned rate 

and classification changes rates for 

certain competitive domestic and 

international products. The changes 

have an anticipated effective date of 

January 2, 2011. The Postal Service’s 

filing triggers a review process, which 

includes an opportunity for the public 

to comment. This document addresses 

the comment process and other matters 

that pertain to the planned changes. 

DATES: Supplemental information (from 

Postal Service) due: November 10, 2010. 

Public comments due: November 19, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit documents 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online System at http:// 

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

filings electronically should contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION SECTION for advice on 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at 202–789–6824 or 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 2, 2010, the Postal Service 

filed notice with the Commission 

concerning changes in rates of general 

applicability for competitive products.1

The Filing also includes related mail 

classification changes. The Postal 

Service represents that, as required by 

the Commission’s rules, 39 CFR 

3015.2(b), the Filing includes an 

explanation and justification for the 

changes, the effective date, and a 

schedule of the changed rates. The price 

changes are scheduled to become 

effective January 2, 2011. 

Attached to the Filing is the 

Governors’ Decision evaluating the new 

prices and classification changes in 

accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3632–33 and 

39 CFR 3015.2. The Governors’ Decision 

provides an analysis of the competitive 

products’ price and classification 

changes intended to demonstrate that 

the changes comply with section 

3633(a) of title 39 and the Commission’s 

rules. See 39 CFR 3015.7(c). 

The Attachment to the Governors’ 

Decision sets forth the price changes 

and includes a draft Mail Classification 

Schedule for competitive products of 

general applicability. Selected 

highlights of the price and classification 

changes follow. 

Express Mail. Overall, Express Mail 

prices increase by 4.6 percent. Retail 

prices increase, on average, by 5.0 

percent. Commercial Base prices do not 

change. The Commercial Plus prices 

decrease by 5.0 percent. The volume 

threshold for Commercial Plus 

decreases from 6,000 to 5,000 pieces of 

Express Mail. 

Priority Mail. Priority Mail prices 

increase by 3.5 percent overall, with 

average retail prices increasing by about 

3.9 percent. The average increase for 

Commercial Base prices is 3.2 percent. 

Commercial Plus prices increase by 2.0 

percent. 

Changes to the price structure include 

the following: (1) Adding price 

categories called Regional Rate Box and 

Critical Mail; (2) adding Legal Flat Rate 

Envelopes and Padded Flat Rate 

Envelopes, both priced at $4.95 retail; 

(3) the parcel volume threshold in 

Commercial Plus is reduced from 

100,000 to 75,000 pieces (all shapes); (4) 

the letter- and flat-size volume 

threshold in Commercial Plus is 

reduced from 100,000 pieces to 5,000 

pieces; (5) customers who ship more 

than 600 Priority Mail Open and 

Distribute containers annually will 

qualify for Commercial Plus. 

Parcel Select. Parcel Select service 

increases, on average, by 4.4 percent. 

For destination entry parcels, the 

average price increases 8.0 percent for 

dropshipping at destination delivery 

units, 0.2 percent for parcels entered at 

a destination plant, and 0.6 percent for 

parcels entered at a destination Network 

Distribution Center (NDC). For 

nondestination-entered parcels, the 

average increases are 9.8 percent for 

origin NDC presort, 7.7 percent for NDC 

presort, and 7.6 percent for barcoded 

nonpresort. 

Parcel Return. Parcel Return Service 

increases, on average, by 3.1 percent. 

Return NDC prices will increase by 0.9 

percent, and the price for parcels picked 

up at a delivery unit will increase by 8.0 

percent. 

Domestic Extra Services. Premium 

Forwarding Service prices increase 5.0 

percent. The weekly reshipment fee 

increases to $14.75. On average, 

Address Enhancement Service prices 

increase 5.0 percent. 

Global Express Guaranteed. Global 

Express Guaranteed service increases, 

on average, by 3.7 percent. A 

classification change allows postage 

payment by permit indicia. Published 

discounts for Express Mail Corporate 

Accounts and for users of Informationbased indicia (IBI) devices are 

eliminated. 

Express Mail International. Express 

Mail International (EMI) service 

increases, on average, by 3.1 percent. 

Classification changes include the 

introduction of a legal-sized EMI Flat 

Rate Envelope, seven new country 

groups for EMI, elimination of 

published discounts for Express Mail 

Corporate Accounts and for users of IBI 

devices, elimination of Return Receipt 

service, and combination of Mexico 

with the ‘‘All Other Countries’’ price tier 

for Flat Rate Envelopes. 

Priority Mail International. Overall, 

Priority Mail International (PMI) prices 

increase on average by 3.8 percent. 

Classification changes include the 

introduction of several new flat rate 

options, seven new country groups, and 

the elimination of published discounts 

for users of IBI devices. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 10, 2010 / Notices 69143 

2See e.g., Docket No. CP2010–8 Notice of the 

United States Postal Service of Filing Supplemental 

Information Under Seal In Response To 

Commission Order No. 333, November 16, 2009 and 

November 19, 2009; Supplemental Information 

Provided by the United States Postal Service in 

Response to Commission Order No. 333; and Notice 

of Filing Material Under Seal, November 19, 2009. 

3 Docket No. MC2010–36, Transferring 

Commercial Standard Mail Parcels to the 

Competitive Product List, is still under review by 

the Commission. 

International Priority Airmail. 

International Priority Airmail has a 

price increase of 3.3 percent. 

International Surface Air Lift. 

International Surface Air Lift has a price 

increase of 6.4 percent. 

Airmail M–Bags. The published prices 

for Airmail M–Bags increase by 5.8 

percent. 

International Ancillary Services. 

Prices for paper money orders and for 

insurance with EMI and PMI increase. 

The unique price tier for Canada when 

optional insurance is purchased for PMI 

parcels is eliminated. 

Details of these changes may be found 

in the Attachment to Governors’ 

Decision No. 10–4. 

The Filing also includes two 

additional attachments: A redacted table 

that shows FY 2011 projected volumes, 

revenues, attributable costs, 

contribution, and cost coverage for each 

product, and an application for nonpublic treatment of the unredacted 

version of that table. 

Notice. The establishment of rates of 

general applicability for competitive 

products and the associated mail 

classification changes effect a change in 

the draft Mail Classification Schedule. 

Pursuant to subpart E of part 3020 of its 

rules, 39 CFR 3020.90 et seq., the 

Commission provides notice of the 

Postal Service’s Filing. Interested 

persons may express views and offer 

comments on whether the planned 

changes are consistent with the policies 

of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642 and 39 

CFR part 3015 and 39 CFR 3020, subpart 

B. Comments are due no later than 

November 19, 2010. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Cassandra 

L. Hicks is appointed as Public 

Representative to represent the interests 

of the general public in the abovecaptioned docket. 

Supplemental information. Pursuant 

to 39 CFR 3015.6, the Postal Service is 

requested to provide a written response 

to the questions below. To assist in the 

completion of the record, answers 

should be provided as soon as possible, 

but by no later than November 10, 2010. 

1. Please refer to the redacted tables 

attached to the Request which present 

‘‘Competitive Product Contribution & 

Cost Coverage Analysis’’ for FY 2011 

‘‘January 2, 2011 Implementation’’ and 

‘‘October 1, 2010 Implementation.’’ 

a. Provide FY 2011 volumes, 

revenues, attributable costs, 

contribution, and cost coverage data 

similar to that provided in Docket No. 

CP2010–8 to support all data in both the 

redacted and unredacted tables.2

b. Provide a narrative explaining the 

method used to forecast data in the 

referenced tables. 

c. Provide attributable costs, revenues, 

and volumes data for each product 

grouped in ‘‘All Other Competitive 

International (including Services)’’ at the 

same level of detail provided for all 

other competitive products in this 

docket. For each of these international 

products, explain how the expected 

revenues and costs comply with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(a). 

2. Please refer to Governors’ Decision 

No. 10–4. The Postal Service provides 

overall price increases for the following 

products: Express Mail 4.6 percent, 

Priority Mail 3.5 percent, Parcel Select 

4.4 percent, Parcel Return Service 3.1 

percent, Premium Forwarding Service 

5.0 percent, Address Enhancement 

Service 5.0 percent, Global Express 

Guaranteed 3.7 percent, Express Mail 

International 3.1 percent, and Priority 

Mail International 3.8 percent, 

International Priority Airmail and 

International Surface Air Lift 4.4 

percent, Airmail M–Bags 5.8 percent. 

Please provide the weights used to 

derive the Before Rates and After Rates 

indices relied upon to calculate the 

overall (average) percentage price 

increase for each product and service 

referenced above similar to the 

supplemental data filed in CP2010–8. 

Id. Please show all calculations in Excel, 

and explain any adjustments made due 

to classification changes. 

3. Please refer to the Draft Mail 

Classification Schedule (MCS) in the 

Attachment to Governors’ Decision 10– 

4 sections 2115.2 and 2115.3. Please 

confirm that ‘‘Lightweight’’ Parcel Select 

size and volume thresholds should not 

be included in the Draft MCS.3 If not 

confirmed, please explain. 

4. The Postal Service’s request 

includes two new Priority Mail price 

categories: Critical Mail and Regional 

Rate Boxes. Please provide a detailed 

description of Critical Mail and 

Regional Rate Boxes. The response 

should include a discussion of how the 

proposed price categories differ from the 

existing Priority Mail price categories. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2011–26 to provide interested 

persons an opportunity to express views 

and offer comments on whether the 

planned changes are consistent with the 

policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642 

and 39 CFR part 3015 and 39 CFR 3020, 

subpart B. 

2. Comments on the Filing are due no 

later than November 19, 2010. 

3. The Commission appoints 

Cassandra L. Hicks as Public 

Representative to represent the interests 

of the general public in this proceeding. 

4. The Postal Service shall provide a 

written response to the supplemental 

information requested in this order no 

later than November 10, 2010. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28309 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. R2011–1; Order No. 577] 

Postal Rate and Classification 

Changes 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document addresses a 

recently-filed Postal Service request for 

three postal rate and classification 

changes. One change will affect certain 

senders of First-Class Mail Presort and 

Automation Letters. Another change 

will affect Standard Mail and High 

Density milers. The third change affects 

the Move Update Charge threshold. This 

document provides details about the 

anticipated changes and addresses 

procedural steps associated with this 

filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 

22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot 

submit their views electronically should 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

by telephone for advice on alternatives 

to electronic filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 and 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

II. Postal Service Filing 

III. Commission Action 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 


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