394 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 4, 2011 / Notices 

1Notice of United States Postal Service Filing of 

Functionally Equivalent Global Direct Contracts 1 

Negotiated Service Agreement, December 23, 2010 

(Notice). Although the agreement has not yet been 

signed, the Postal Service expects the agreement to 

be executed soon and will advise the Commission 

of any substantive changes to the text. Notice at 1 

n.2. 

2 Decision of the Governors of the United States 

Postal Service on the Establishment of Prices and 

Classifications for Global Direct, Global Bulk 

Economy, and Global Plus Contracts, Docket Nos. 

MC2008–7, CP2008–16 and CP2008–17, issued July 

16, 2008 (Governors’ Decision No. 08–10). The 

Commission revised the Mail Classification 

Schedule language proposed in Governors’ Decision 

No. 08–10 to reflect the actual payment practice 

under typical Global Direct Contracts. See Docket 

Nos. MC2009–9, CP2009–10 and CP2009–11, Order 

Concerning Global Direct Contracts Negotiated 

Service Agreements, December 19, 2008, at 9 (Order 

No. 153). 

3See Docket Nos. MC2010–17 and CP2010–18, 

Order Concerning Filing of Functionally Equivalent 

Global Direct Contracts 1 Negotiated Service 

Agreement, January 11, 2010 (Order No. 386). 

Day Event/Activity 

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to sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a 

final adverse determination by the NRC staff. 

A + 3 ................. Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the protective order. 

A + 28 ............... Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days 

remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as

established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later 

deadline. 

A + 53 ............... (Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. 

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> A + 60 ........... Decision on contention admission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33182 Filed 1–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2011–52; Order No. 624] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add a Global Direct Contracts 1 contract 

to the competitive product list. This 

notice addresses procedural steps 

associated with this filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: January 5, 

2011. 

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 FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

telephone for advice on alternatives to 

electronic filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202–789– 

6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Background 

On December 23, 2010, the Postal 

Service filed a notice announcing its 

intent to enter into an additional Global 

Direct Contracts 1 agreement.1 Global 

Direct Contracts provide a rate for mail 

acceptance within the United States, 

transportation to a receiving country of 

mail that bears the destination country’s 

indicia, and payment by the Postal 

Service of the appropriate settlement 

charges to the receiving country.2 The 

Postal Service believes that the instant 

agreement should be included within 

the Global Direct Contracts 1 product 

because it is functionally equivalent to 

the Global Direct Contracts 1 agreement 

in Docket Nos. MC2010–17 and 

CP2010–18. Notice at 2. 

The instant agreement. The Postal 

Service filed the instant agreement 

under 39 CFR 3015.5. Id. at 1. In 

addition, the Postal Service contends 

that the agreement is consistent with 

Order No. 386.3 The Postal Service 

states that the instant agreement 

succeeds the Global Direct Contract in 

Docket No. CP2010–19, which is 

scheduled to expire January 10, 2011. 

Id. at 2–3. The term of the instant 

agreement begins on January 11, 2011 

and ends in January 2012 on the day 

before Canada Post Corporation 

implements price changes for its 

domestic Admail. Id. at 3, Attachment 1 

at 7. If prices for Admail do not change 

during January 2012, then the instant 

agreement is scheduled to expire 

January 31, 2012. Id. 

To support its Notice, the Postal 

Service filed four attachments as 

follows: 

• Attachment 1—a redacted copy of 

the contract; 

• Attachment 2—a certified statement 

required by 39 CFR 3015.5(c)(2); 

• Attachment 3—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–10, which 

establishes prices and classifications for 

Global Direct, Global Bulk Economy, 

and Global Plus Contracts; and 

• Attachment 4—an application for 

non-public treatment of materials to 

maintain redacted portions of the 

contract and supporting documents 

under seal. 

The Postal Service states that the 

instant agreement fits within the Mail 

Classification Schedule language for 

Global Direct Contracts included in 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–10, with the 

modification proposed by the 

Commission to reflect the actual 

payment practice under these types of 

agreements. Id. at 2 (citing Order No. 

153 at 9). 

The Notice advances reasons why the 

instant agreement is functionally 

equivalent to the previous Global Direct 

Contracts 1 agreement in Docket Nos. 

MC2010–17 and CP2010–18. Id. at 3. 

Aside from cosmetic or customerspecific updates, the Postal Service 

contends that the only differences are 

that the instant agreement (1) concerns 

Global Direct service used with Admail 

to Canada; (2) contains more detailed 

procedures relating to penalties for mail 

that does not comply with applicable 

regulations; (3) addresses actual and 

potential changes in pricing; and (4) 

revises minimum commitments and 

annexes. Id. at 3–4. Despite these 

differences, the Postal Service contends 

that the instant contract is functionally 

equivalent to the Global Direct Contracts 

1 agreement filed previously because 

the core terms and conditions remain 

the same. Id. at 4. 

The Postal Service asserts that ‘‘the 

cost and market characteristics of this 

agreement are substantially similar to 

those of prior Global Direct contracts’’ 

and that the agreement complies with 

the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. 

It requests that the Commission include 


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1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add Parcel Select Contract 1 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of 

Contract and Supporting Data, December 23, 2010 

(Request). 

2Request at 1; see Docket No. MT2010–1, Order 

No. 452, Order Approving Samples Co-op Box 

Market Test, May 5, 2010. 3See Request at 1; Decision of the Governors of 

the United States Postal Service on Establishment 

of Rate and Class Not of General Applicability for 

Parcel Select Service, Docket Nos. MC2011–16 and 

CP2011–53, issued December 16, 2010 (Governors’ 

Decision No. 10–8). 

4 It includes the certification of the Governors’ 

vote that should have been included with 

Governors’ Decision No. 10–8 in Attachment A. 

this agreement within the Global Direct 

Contracts 1 product. Id. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2011–52 to consider matters 

related to the contract identified in the 

Notice. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s contract is consistent with the 

policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632 or 3633 and 

39 CFR part 3015. Comments are due no 

later than January 5, 2011. The public 

portions of these filings can be accessed 

via the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints John P. 

Klingenberg to serve as Public 

Representative in the captioned filings. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2011–52 to consider matters 

raised by the Postal Service’s Notice. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

January 5, 2011. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, John P. 

Klingenberg is appointed to serve as the 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33161 Filed 1–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2011–16 and CP2011–53; 

Order No. 627] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add Parcel Select Contract 1 to the 

competitive product list. This notice 

addresses procedural steps associated 

with this filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: January 4, 

2011. 

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 FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

telephone for advice on alternatives to 

electronic filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202–789– 

6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal Service 

filed a formal request and associated 

supporting information to add Parcel 

Select Contract 1 to the competitive 

product list.1 The Postal Service states 

that ‘‘[t]he product is for the licensing 

and distribution of the ‘Sample 

Showcase’ co-op box,’’ which is similar 

to the Samples Co-op Box being tested 

by the Postal Service as an experimental 

product in Docket No. MT2010–1.2

The Postal Service will license the use 

of the Sample Showcase box and 

associated trademarks to StartSampling, 

Inc., a provider of sample-related 

services. Request, Attachment B at 1. 

StartSampling, Inc. will fund and 

manage all aspects of distributing the 

Sample Showcase box, including 

marketing, assembling, and tendering 

the box for delivery by the Postal 

Service. Id. at 1, 3. StartSampling, Inc. 

will pay the Postal Service a portion of 

all revenue exceeding a certain amount 

that is derived from the boxes. Id. at 8. 

The Postal Service asserts that Parcel 

Select Contract 1 is a competitive 

product ‘‘not of general applicability’’ 

within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. 

3632(b)(3). Request at 1. The Postal 

Service states that the prices and 

classification underlying this contract 

are supported by Governors’ Decision 

No. 10–8, included as Attachment A to 

the Request.3 The Request has been 

assigned Docket No. MC2011–16. 

The Postal Service 

contemporaneously filed a contract 

related to the proposed new product. 

Request, Attachment B. The contract has 

been assigned Docket No. CP2011–53. 

Request. In support of its Request, the 

Postal Service filed six attachments as 

follows: 

• Attachment A—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 10–8 

establishing prices and classification for 

Parcel Select Service and a certification 

of the Governors’ vote; 

• Attachment B—a redacted copy of 

the contract; 

• Attachment C—a proposed change 

in the Mail Classification Schedule 

competitive product list; 

• Attachment D—a Statement of 

Supporting Justification as required by 

39 CFR 3020.32; 

• Attachment E—a certification of 

compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a); and 

• Attachment F—an application for 

non-public treatment of materials to 

maintain redacted portions of the 

contract and supporting documents 

under seal. 

As submitted, Attachment E is 

incomplete as it does not include the 

certification of compliance with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(a)(1) and (3).4 To complete 

its Request, the Postal Service shall file 

the appropriate certification of 

compliance no later than January 4, 

2011. 

In the Statement of Supporting 

Justification, Marc D. McCrery, 

Manager, Specialty Shipping, asserts 

that the service to be provided under the 

contract will cover its attributable costs, 

make a positive contribution to 

institutional costs, and increase 

contribution toward the requisite 5.5 

percent of the Postal Service’s total 

institutional costs. Request, Attachment 

D. Thus, Mr. McCrery contends there 

will be no issue of market dominant 

products subsidizing competitive 

products as a result of this contract. Id. 

Related contract. A redacted version 

of the specific Parcel Select Contract 1 

is included with the Request. Id., 

Attachment B. The contract will become 

effective on the date of any final 

regulatory approvals. Id. at 1. The 

public version of the contract redacts 

the terms of the agreement, but lists 

provisions enabling either party to 

terminate with or without cause. See id. 

at 11–13. The Postal Service represents 

that the contract is consistent with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(a). Id., Attachment D. 

The Postal Service filed much of the 

supporting materials, including the 

specific Parcel Select Contract 1, under 

seal. Id., Attachment F. It maintains that 

redacted portions of the contract, 

Governors’ Decision No. 10–8, and 

related financial information, should 


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