44880 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 167 / Monday, August 31, 2009 / Notices 

1Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

Functionally Equivalent Inbound Direct Entry 

Contracts Negotiated Service Agreement, August 21, 

2009 (Notice). 

2See Docket No. MC2008–6, Decision of the 

Governors of the United States Postal Service on the 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106, the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) is 

providing notice of the issuance of Early 

Site Permit (ESP) ESP–004 to Southern 

Nuclear Operating Company (SNC), 

Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe 

Power Corporation, Municipal Electric 

Authority of Georgia, and the City of 

Dalton, Georgia, an incorporated 

municipality in the State of Georgia 

acting by and through its Board of 

Water, Light and Sinking Fund 

Commissioners, for approval of a site 

located in Burke County, Georgia, 26 

miles southeast of Augusta, Georgia for 

two nuclear power reactors; this action 

is separate from the filing of an 

application for a construction permit or 

combined license for such a facility. The 

NRC has found that the application for 

an early site permit (ESP), and 

accompanying limited work 

authorization (LWA), filed by Southern 

Nuclear Operating Company (SNC), on 

behalf of itself and the other four 

entities named above, complies with the 

applicable requirements of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 

the applicable rules and regulations of 

the Commission. All required 

notifications to other agencies or bodies 

have been duly made. There is 

reasonable assurance that the permit 

holders will comply with the 

regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I and the 

health and safety of the public will not 

be endangered. There is reasonable 

assurance that the site is in conformity 

with the provisions of the Act and the 

Commission’s regulations. SNC is 

technically qualified to engage in the 

activities authorized. Issuance of the 

ESP will not be inimical to the common 

defense and security or to the health 

and safety of the public. Issuance of the 

LWA will provide reasonable assurance 

of adequate protection to public health 

and safety and will not be inimical to 

the common defense and security. The 

proposed complete and integrated 

emergency plans are in accordance with 

the applicable standards of 10 CFR 

50.47, and the requirements of 

Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, and 

provide reasonable assurance that 

adequate protective measures can and 

will be taken in the event of a 

radiological emergency. The proposed 

inspections, tests, analyses and 

acceptance criteria, including those on 

emergency planning, are necessary and 

sufficient, within the scope of the ESP 

and LWA, to provide reasonable 

assurance that the facility has been 

constructed and will be operated in 

conformity with the license, the 

provisions of the Act, and the 

Commission’s regulations. The issuance 

of this ESP, subject to the 

Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) 

and the conditions for the protection of 

the environment set forth in the permit, 

is in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, and with the applicable 

sections of 10 CFR Part 51, 

‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations 

for Domestic Licensing and Related 

Regulatory Functions,’’ as referenced by 

Subpart A, ‘‘Early Site Permits,’’ of 10 

CFR Part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, 

and Approvals for Nuclear Power 

Plants,’’ and all applicable requirements 

therein have been satisfied. 

Accordingly, this early site permit 

was issued on August 26, 2009, and is 

effective immediately. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC has prepared a Safety 

Evaluation Report (SER) and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

that document the information that was 

reviewed and NRC’s conclusion. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the 

NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ details with 

respect to this action, including the SER 

and accompanying documentation 

included in the early site permit 

package, are available electronically at 

the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. From this site, persons can 

access the NRC’s Agencywide 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. The ADAMS accession 

numbers for the documents related to 

this notice are: 

ML092260348 NUREG–1923, ‘‘Safety 

Evaluation Report for an Early Site 

Permit (ESP) at the Vogtle Electric 

Generating Plant (VEGP) ESP Site’’ 

ML082260190 NUREG–1872, ‘‘Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the 

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Site.’’ 

ML082550040 Errata to NUREG–1872, 

‘‘Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for an Early Site Permit 

(ESP) at the Vogtle Electric Generating 

Plant Site.’’ (Errata) 

ML091550858 VEGP Early Site Permit 

Application—Revision 5 

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS should contact the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR) Reference staff 

by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s Public Document 

Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One White Flint 

North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 

contractor will copy documents for a 

fee. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of August, 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eileen M. McKenna, 

Acting Chief, AP1000 Projects Branch, 

Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of 

New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. E9–20915 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2009–62; Order No. 289] 

New Competitive Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add an Inbound Direct Entry Contract 

with Foreign Postal Administrations 

contract to the Competitive Product List. 

This notice addresses procedural steps 

associated with this filing. 

DATES: Comments are due September 2, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 and 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On August 21, 2009, the Postal 

Service filed a notice, pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 3633 and 39 CFR 3015.5, 

announcing that it has entered into an 

additional Inbound Direct Entry 

Contract (IDE), which it states fits 

within the previously established 

Inbound Direct Entry Contracts.1 The 

Postal Service states that the instant 

contract is functionally equivalent to 

previously submitted IDE contracts and 

is supported by Governors’ Decision 08– 

6 filed in Docket No. MC2008–6.2 Id. at 


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Establishment of Prices and Classifications for 

Inbound Direct Entry Contracts with Foreign Postal 

Administrations (Governors’ Decision No. 08–6), 

May 6, 2008. 

3See Docket Nos. MC2008–6, CP2008–14 and 

CP2008–15, Order Concerning Prices Under 

Inbound Direct Entry Contract With Certain Foreign 

Postal Administrations, September 4, 2008, at 8 

(Order No. 105). 

4More specifically, NZP is responsible for New 

Zealand’s compliance with international 

obligations, such as those relative to Express Mail 

Service (EMS). Compare with Notice, Attachment 2 

at 3, Article 6(3) (EMS and Air Parcels may not be 

commingled in sacks containing items under this 

Agreement). 

5The IDE service allows the Postal Service to 

provide foreign postal administrations with the 

ability to ship sacks of parcels that are pre-labeled 

for direct entry into the Postal Service’s mail stream 

in exchange for applicable domestic postage plus a 

sack handling fee. 

6See Order No. 105, at 8. 

7 Docket No. C2009–50, Notice of the United 

States Postal Service Filing of Functionally 

Equivalent Global Expedited Package Services 1 

Negotiated Service Agreement, July 15, 2009; see 

also Docket No. C2009–58, Notice of United States 

Postal Service Filing of Functionally Equivalent 

Global Expedited Package Services 1 Negotiated 

Service Agreement and Application for Non-Public 

Treatment of Materials Filed Under Seal, August 7, 

2009. 

8 Docket No. CP2009–50, United States Postal 

Service Response to Order No. 262 Concerning 

Termination Date of Additional Global Expedited 

Package Services 1 Negotiated Service Agreement 

and Request for Clarification, July 30, 2009. 

1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 

2 to Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Establishment of Rates and Class Not of General 

Applicability, August 21, 2009 (Request). 

1–2. In Order No. 105, the Commission 

approved the individual IDE contracts 

in MC2008–6 as functionally equivalent 

and added the contracts to the 

Competitive Product List as one product 

under the IDE classification.3

The instant contract. The Postal 

Service filed the instant contract 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. The contract 

is with New Zealand Post Limited 

(NZP), the public postal administration 

for New Zealand.4 The contract term is 

one year from the effective date and may 

be automatically renewed for further 

periods unless the parties agree 

otherwise. Notice at 3. The Postal 

Service will notify the customer of the 

effective date of the contract within 30 

days after receiving all regulatory 

approvals. Id., Attachment 2, at 10, 

Article 19. 

In support of its Notice, the Postal 

Service filed four attachments as 

follows: 

1. Attachment 1—an application for 

non-public treatment of materials to 

maintain the contract and supporting 

documents under seal; 

2. Attachment 2—a redacted copy of 

the contract; 

3. Attachment 3—a certified 

statement required by 39 CFR 

3015.5(c)(2); and 

4. Attachment 4—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–6 which 

establishes prices and classifications for 

IDE contracts. 

Functional equivalency. The Postal 

Service asserts that the instant IDE 

contract is functionally equivalent to 

IDE contracts previously submitted 

because it shares similar cost and 

market characteristics and therefore, the 

contracts should be classified as a single 

product. Id. at 3–4.5 Further, it contends 

that the contract fits within the Mail 

Classification Schedule language for IDE 

contracts included with Governors’ 

Decision 08–6. Id. at 2. 

In addition, the Postal Service 

contends that the contract is in 

accordance with Order No. 105, which 

established the individual IDE contracts 

in Docket Nos. CP2008–14 and CP2008– 

15 as functionally equivalent and added 

the contracts to the competitive product 

list as one product under the IDE 

classification.6 It further asserts that the 

‘‘instant IDE Contract is virtually 

identical to that in Docket No. CP2009– 

41,’’ except for differences relating to 

the term, confidentiality, and payment 

account methods. Id. at 3–4. The Postal 

Service maintains that the differences 

do not affect the fundamental service 

being offered or the essential structure 

of the contracts. Id. at 4. 

Baseline treatment. The Postal Service 

requests that the instant contract be 

considered the baseline contract for 

future functional equivalency 

comparisons because future IDE 

contracts ‘‘are likely to resemble this 

contract in form and substance * * *’’ 

Id. at 2. The Postal Service has made a 

similar request in a recent filing.7 The 

matter is pending before the 

Commission on a request for 

clarification filed by the Postal Service.8

The Commission intends to address the 

issue in that proceeding in a subsequent 

order. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2009–62 for consideration of the 

matters related to the contract identified 

in the Postal Service’s Notice. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the instant 

contract is consistent with the policies 

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

Comments are due no later than 

September 2, 2009. 

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 this docket. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2009–62 for consideration of the 

issues raised in this docket. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

September 2, 2009. 

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

Harrington is appointed to serve as 

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. 

Issued August 25, 2009. 

By the Commission. 

Judith M. Grady, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–20955 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2009–40 and CP2009–61; 

Order No. 288] 

Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add Parcel Select & Parcel Return 

Service Contract 2 to the Competitive 

Product List. The Postal Service has also 

filed a related contract. This notice 

addresses procedural steps associated 

with these filings. 

DATES: Comments are due September 2, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at 202–789–6829 or 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filings 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On August 21, 2009, the Postal 

Service filed a formal request pursuant 

to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 

et seq. to add Parcel Select & Parcel 

Return Service Contract 2 to the 

Competitive Product List.1 The Postal 


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