Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 143 / Wednesday, July 25, 2018 / Notices 35289 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of required notice: July 25, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on July 19, 2018, 

it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a USPS Request to Add 

Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, & 

First-Class Package Service Contract 42 

to Competitive Product List. Documents 

are available at www.prc.gov, Docket 

Nos. MC2018–193, CP2018–271. 

Elizabeth Reed, 

Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15843 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Unused Label Refunds 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service will 

implement two new options for mailers 

to submit refund requests for unused 

labels using an automated online 

process. A hyperlink will be located on 

the Electronic Verification System 

(eVS®) Monthly Account and Sampling 

Summary page where users can access 

a portal to submit unused label refunds. 

DATES: These options shall be 

implemented August 1, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct questions to Jimmy A. Palma by 

email at jimmy.a.palma@usps.gov or by 

phone at (202) 268–8798. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Currently the Postal Service allows 

eVS mailers to submit a refund request 

for unused labels using a Type ‘‘4’’ 

Corrections Shipping Services File. 

Additionally, eVS mailers can submit 

refund requests for unused labels 

through the Dispute Queue accessible 

from the Business Customer Gateway. In 

this Notice, the Postal Service is 

announcing its plan to replace these 

methods with two new options for eVS 

mailers to submit refund requests for 

unused labels, using an automated 

online process. A hyperlink titled 

‘‘Submit Refund Request for Unused 

Labels’’ will be added to the eVS 

Monthly Account and Sampling 

Summary page. This hyperlink provides 

access to the portal to use the two new 

options. The two options are as follows: 

Option 1—PIC/EFN Submission (Text 

File Option) 

A mailer can upload a text (.txt) file 

with multiple Package Identification 

Codes/Electronic File Numbers (PIC/ 

EFNs). There is no limit to the number 

of PIC/EFNs submitted if using the text 

(.txt) upload option. Refer to appendix 

N in Postal Service Publication 205, 

Electronic Verification System (eVS®) 

Business and Technical Guide (https:// 

postalpro.usps.com/node/3724) for 

guidance on using the online interface 

for uploading text files or using the 

entry box when requesting refunds for 

unused labels. All refund requests made 

through the online interface must be 

submitted within 60 days of the date of 

mailing. The system will validate if PIC/ 

EFNs are formatted appropriately, and 

will create a dispute queue case number 

accessible through both the eVS landing 

page and the dispute queue. If PIC/EFNs 

fail format validation, an error message 

will be displayed for any of the 

following reasons: Invalid PIC length, 

duplicate EFN, commas in EFN, invalid 

EFN prefix, EFN submitted as a PIC, 

and/or invalid EFN length. If PIC/EFNs 

pass format validation, the system will 

reconcile the uploaded file to manifest 

data to verify payment activity, physical 

scan activity, timely submission, and 

uniqueness. As a result of the system 

evaluation, PIC/EFNs are approved or 

denied. Mailers can view the status and 

the results by accessing the Unused 

Label Refund Report in the Dispute 

Queue in PostalOne! ®. A refund will be 

issued within 20 days to the shipper’s 

CAPS account for the approved PIC/ 

EFNs. As is the current practice, the 

refund will be 90 percent of the labels’ 

postage value unless a different 

percentage is authorized. 

Option 2—PIC/EFN Submission (Entry 

Option) 

A mailer can enter up to 200 PIC/ 

EFNs in the online entry form in 

PostalOne!. Refer to appendix N in 

Postal Service Publication 205 (https:// 

postalpro.usps.com/node/3724) for 

guidance on using the online interface 

for uploading text files or using the 

entry box when requesting refunds for 

unused labels. All refund requests made 

through the online interface must be 

submitted within 60 days of the date of 

mailing. The system will validate if PIC/ 

EFNs are formatted appropriately, and 

will create a dispute queue case 

number, accessible through both the 

eVS landing page and the dispute 

queue. If PIC/EFNs fail format 

validation, an error message will be 

displayed for any of the following 

reasons: invalid PIC length, duplicate 

EFN, commas in EFN, invalid EFN 

prefix, EFN submitted as a PIC, and/or 

invalid EFN length. If PIC/EFNs pass 

format validation, the system will 

reconcile uploaded file to manifest data 

to verify payment activity, physical scan 

activity, timely submission, and 

uniqueness. As a result of the system 

evaluation, PIC/EFNs are approved or 

denied. Mailers can view the status and 

the results by accessing the Unused 

Label Refund Report in the Dispute 

Queue in PostalOne!. A refund will be 

issued within 20 days to the shipper’s 

CAPS account for the approved PIC/ 

EFNs. As is the current practice, the 

refund will be 90 percent of the labels’ 

postage value unless a different 

percentage is authorized. 

The addition of the above two 

automated options will provide a 

benefit to mailers by reducing the 

processing time of refund requests for 

unused labels while providing mailers 

better visibility into the status of refund 

cases. Once deployed, the two 

automated options will be the only 

method to submit unused label refund 

requests. 

Maria W. Votsch, 

Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15826 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

33163; 812–14889] 

IndexIQ ETF Trust, et al. 

July 19, 2018. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice of an application for an order 

under section 6(c) of the Investment 

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) for an 

exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 

5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and 

rule 22c–1 under the Act, under 

sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an 

exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 

17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section 

12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from 

sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of 

the Act. The requested order would 

permit (a) index-based series of certain 

open-end management investment 


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