[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5496-5497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2786]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket No. A97-9]


Eddyville, Nebraska 68834 (Ruth Yentes, et al., Petitioners); 
Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule 
Under 39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)

January 30, 1997.
    Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman; H. Edward Quick, 
Jr., Vice-Chairman; George W. Haley; W.H. ``Trey'' LeBlanc III.
    Docket Number: A97-9.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Eddyville, Nebraska 68834.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Ruth Yentes, et al.
    Type of Determination: Consolidation.
    Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: January 27, 1997.
    Categories of Issues Apparently Raised:
    1. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(2)(A)].
    2. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(2)(C)].
    After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the 
Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more 
legal issues than those set forth above. Or, the Commission may find 
that the Postal Service's determination disposes of one or more of 
those issues.
    The Postal Reorganization Act requires that the Commission issue 
its decision within 120 days from the date this appeal was filed (39 
U.S.C. Sec. 404 (b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in light of the 
120-day decision schedule, the Commission may request the Postal 
Service to submit memoranda of law on any appropriate issue. If 
requested, such memoranda will be due 20 days from the issuance of the 
request and the Postal Service shall serve a copy of its memoranda on 
the petitioners. The Postal Service may incorporate by reference in its 
briefs or motions, any arguments presented in memoranda it previously 
filed in this docket. If necessary, the Commission also may ask 
petitioners or the Postal Service for more information.

The Commission Orders

    (a) The Postal Service shall file the record in this appeal by 
February 11, 1997.
    (b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate Commission shall publish this 
Notice and Order and Procedural Schedule in the Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Margaret P. Crenshaw,
Secretary.

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January 27, 1997.....................  Filing of Appeal letter.         
January 30, 1997.....................  Commission Notice and Order of   
                                        Filing of Appeal.               
February 20, 1997....................  Last day of filing of petitions  
                                        to intervene [see 39 CFR Sec.   
                                        3001.111(b)]                    
March 3, 1997........................  Petitioners' Participant         
                                        Statement or Initial Brief [see 
                                        39 CFR Sec.  3001.115 (a) and   
                                        (b)]                            
March 24, 1997.......................  Postal Service's Answering Brief 
                                        [see 39 CFR Sec.  3001.115(c)]  
April 8, 1997........................  Petitioners' Reply Brief should  
                                        Petitioner choose to file one   
                                        [see 39 CFR Sec.  3001.115(d)]  
April 15, 1997                         Deadline for motions by any party
                                        requesting oral argument. The   
                                        Commission will schedule oral   
                                        argument only when it is a      
                                        necessary addition to the       
                                        written filings [see 39 CFR Sec.
                                         3001.116]                      
May 27, 1997                           Expiration of the Commission's   
                                        120-day decisional schedule [see
                                        39 U.S.C. Sec.  404(b)(5)]      
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