Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 38 / Friday, February 26, 2010 / Notices 9005 

[1] Notice of United States Postal Service Filing 

of Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited 

Package Services 2 Negotiated Service Agreement 

and Application for Non-Public Treatment of 

Materials Filed Under Seal, February 19, 2010 

(Notice). 

[2] Docket No. CP2009-50, Order Granting 

Clarification and Adding Global Expedited Package 

Services 2 to the Competitive Product List, August 

28, 2009 (Order No. 290). 

available, upon written request, to 

OPIC’s Corporate Secretary, at the cost 

of reproduction. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Information on the hearing may be 

obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 

336–8438, via e-mail at 

connie.downs@opic.gov, or via facsimile 

at (202) 408–0136. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPIC is a 

U.S. Government agency that provides, 

on a commercial basis, political risk 

insurance and financing in friendly 

developing countries and emerging 

democracies for environmentally sound 

projects that confer positive 

developmental benefits upon the project 

country while creating employment in 

the U.S. OPIC is required by section 

231A(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’) to hold at 

least one public hearing each year. 

Dated: February 24, 2010. 

Connie M. Downs, 

OPIC Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4105 Filed 2–24–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 3210–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2010-25; Order No. 411] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add a Global Expedited Package 

Services 2 (GEPS 2) contract to the 

Competitive Product List. This notice 

addresses procedural steps associated 

with this filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: March 2, 

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 ‘‘FOR 

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:’’ 

by telephone for advice on alternatives 

to electronic filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 or 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulatory 

History, 74 FR 49823 (Sept. 29, 2009). 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On February 19, 2010, the Postal 

Service filed a notice announcing that it 

has entered into an additional Global 

Expedited Package Services 2 (GEPS 2) 

contract.[1] The Postal Service believes 

the instant contract is functionally 

equivalent to previously submitted 

GEPS 2 contracts, and is supported by 

Governors’ Decision No. 08-7, attached 

to the Notice and originally filed in 

Docket No. CP2008-4. Id. at 1, 

Attachment 2. The Notice also explains 

that Order No. 86, which established 

GEPS 1 as a product, also authorized 

functionally equivalent agreements to be 

included within the product, provided 

that they meet the requirements of 39 

U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 1. In Order No. 290, 

the Commission approved the GEPS 2 

product.[2]

The instant contract. The Postal 

Service filed the instant contract 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition, 

the Postal Service contends that the 

contract is in accordance with Order No. 

86. The Postal Service submitted the 

contract and supporting materials under 

seal along with an application for nonpublic treatment as Attachment 1, and 

attached a redacted copy of the contract 

and a certified statement required by 39 

CFR 3015.5(c)(2) to the Notice as 

Attachments 3 and 4, respectively. Id. at 

1-2. The term of the contract is one year 

from the date the Postal Service notifies 

the customer that all necessary 

regulatory approvals have been 

received. 

The Notice advances reasons why the 

instant GEPS 2 contract fits within the 

Mail Classification Schedule language 

for GEPS 2. The Postal Service contends 

that the instant contract is functionally 

equivalent to the GEPS 2 contracts filed 

previously, despite minor differences in 

both the general language and for 

customer-specific information, all of 

which are highlighted in the Notice. Id. 

at 3-7. 

The Postal Service contends that 

several factors demonstrate the 

contract’s functional equivalence with 

previous GEPS 2 contracts, including 

the general terms of the contract, the 

market to which it is being offered, and 

its cost characteristics. Id. at 3. The 

Postal Service concludes that because 

‘‘the GEPS agreements incorporate the 

same cost attributes and methodology, 

the relevant cost and market 

characteristics are similar, if not the 

same ...’’ despite any incidental 

differences. Id. at 6. 

The Postal Service contends that its 

filings demonstrate that this new GEPS 

2 contract is established in compliance 

with the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

is functionally equivalent to previous 

GEPS 2 contracts, and requests that this 

contract be included within the GEPS 2 

product. Id. at 7. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2010-25 for consideration of 

matters related to the contract identified 

in the Postal Service’s Notice. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s contract is consistent with the 

policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3622 or 3642. 

Comments are due no later than March 

2, 2010. The public portions of these 

filings can be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Paul L. 

Harrington to serve as Public 

Representative in the captioned filings. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2010-25 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Postal Service’s 

Notice. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

March 2, 2010. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. 

Harrington 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. 2010–3906 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–S 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12049 and #12050] 

Maryland Disaster #MD–00011 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 


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