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Vol. 81, No. 5 

Friday, January 8, 2016 

1Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, July 21, 2015 

(Order No. 2602). 

2See Postal Accountability and Enhancement 

Act, Public Law 109–435, 120 Stat. 3198 (2006), 

section 405(a) (PAEA). 

3See 39 U.S.C. 407(d) (1998), amended by the 

PAEA. 

4The UPU Congress is the plenipotentiary body 

of this international organization that has the 

authority to amend the UPU Acts. These Acts 

include the UPU Constitution, General Regulations, 

Rules of Procedure, and Postal Payment Services 

Agreement. 

5 Docket No. PI2012–1, Order No. 1420, Notice 

Providing Opportunity to Comment on 

Development of Commission Views pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 407(c)(1), July 31, 2012. The next UPU 

Congress is tentatively scheduled to convene in 

mid-September 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. 

6 Docket No. PI2012–1, Order No. 2335, Order 

Closing Docket, January 29, 2015, at 1. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–0828; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–NM–146–AD; Amendment 

39–18341; AD 2015–25–03] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

Correction 

In rule document 2015–30881, 

appearing on pages 80242–80247, in the 

Issue of Thursday, December 24, 2015, 

make the following correction: 

Beginning in the second column, 

under the heading ‘‘Request to Add 

Terminating Action’’ on page 80243 and 

continuing to the end of the document, 

the entry ‘‘Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 

747–57A2443’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 747– 

57A2343’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2015–30881 Filed 1–7–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3017 

[Docket No. RM2015–14; Order No. 2960] 

Procedures Related to Commission 

Views 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is issuing a 

set of final rules establishing the 

Commission’s process for developing 

views to the Secretary of State on 

certain international mail matters 

pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 407(c)(1). Relative 

to the proposed rules, the changes are 

minor in nature. 

DATES: Effective: February 8, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Rulemaking Context 

III. Summary of Proposed Rules 

IV. Review and Analysis of Comments 

V. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On July 21, 2015, the Commission 

issued proposed rules describing 

general procedures related to the 

development of the Commission’s views 

on certain international mail matters 

pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 407(c)(1).1 For the 

reasons discussed below, the 

Commission adopts final rules on this 

topic. The final rules reflect several 

minor revisions to the proposed rules. 

II. Rulemaking Context 

In addition to revising the 

longstanding approach to establishing 

domestic mail rates and classifications, 

the Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006 

amended several statutory provisions 

concerning international mail matters.2

One of these amendments directs the 

Secretary of State, prior to concluding a 

treaty, convention, or amendment 

establishing a market dominant rate or 

classification, to request the 

Commission’s views on the consistency 

of such rate or classification with the 

standards and criteria established by the 

Commission under 39 U.S.C. 3622. 39 

U.S.C. 407(c)(1). Section 3622 concerns 

the establishment of a modern system 

for regulating rates and classes for 

market dominant products. 

A companion provision requires the 

Secretary of State to ensure that each 

treaty, convention, or amendment 

concluded under section 407(b) is 

consistent with the Commission’s views 

unless the Secretary makes a written 

determination that ensuring such 

consistency is not in the Nation’s 

foreign policy or national security 

interest. 39 U.S.C. 407(c)(2). Such a 

written determination must be provided 

to the Commission, along with a full 

explanation of the reasons, but portions 

of the determination may be designated 

confidential for reasons of foreign policy 

or national security. Id. 

The introduction of a formal advisory 

role for the Commission in this area was 

a significant change from previous law, 

as previous law did not require the 

Secretary of State to request the 

Commission’s views in carrying out the 

Secretary’s responsibilities.3

Notwithstanding a degree of shared 

responsibility, the PAEA makes clear 

that the Secretary of State exercises 

primary authority for the conduct of 

foreign policy with respect to 

international postal services and other 

international delivery services, 

including the determination of U.S. 

positions and the conduct of U.S. 

participation in negotiations with 

foreign governments and international 

bodies. See 39 U.S.C. 407(b)(2). 

Pursuant to the directive in section 

407(c)(1), the Secretary of State 

requested—and the Commission 

provided—views on certain proposals 

submitted for consideration at the 

quadrennial Universal Postal Union 

(UPU) Congresses 4 held in 2008 and 

2012, which occurred after enactment of 

the PAEA. In anticipation of preparing 

views in connection with the 2012 

Congress, the Commission established 

Docket No. PI2012–1 to receive written 

comments from the public on the 

principles that should guide the 

development of its views.5 The 

Commission closed Docket No. PI2012– 

1 on January 29, 2015.6

III. Summary of Proposed Rules 

The proposed rules describe general 

procedures associated with the 

development of the Commission’s views 

on certain proposals submitted for 

consideration at UPU Congresses and 

related meetings. They are patterned on 

the approach followed in Docket No. 


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