81446 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 22, 2023 / Notices 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the Market Dominant or 

the Competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the Market 

Dominant or the Competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern Market Dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

Competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2024–52 and 

CP2024–53; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 13 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

15, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Jennaca D. Upperman; 

Comments Due: November 27, 2023. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25757 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2024–53 and CP2024–54; 

MC2024–54 and CP2024–55] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 

28, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the Market Dominant or 

the Competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the Market 

Dominant or the Competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern Market Dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

Competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2024–53 and 

CP2024–54; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 106 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: November 16, 2023; Filing 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Jennaca D. Upperman; Comments Due: 

November 28, 2023. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2024–54 and 

CP2024–55; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 107 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: November 16, 2023; Filing 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 


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3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Jennaca D. Upperman; Comments Due: 

November 28, 2023. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25865 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Change in Rates and Classes of 

General Applicability for Competitive 

Products 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice of a change in rates and 

classifications of general applicability 

for competitive products. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth changes 

in rates and classifications of general 

applicability for competitive products. 

DATES: Applicable date: January 21, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 13, 2023, pursuant to their 

authority under 39 U.S.C. 3632, the 

Governors of the Postal Service 

established prices and classification 

changes for competitive products. The 

Governors’ Decision and the record of 

proceedings in connection with such 

decision are reprinted below in 

accordance with section 3632(b)(2). 

Mail Classification Schedule language 

containing the new prices and 

classification changes can be found at 

www.prc.gov. 

Sarah Sullivan, 

Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance. 

Decision of the Governors of the United 

States Postal Service on Changes in 

Rates and Classifications of General 

Applicability for Competitive Products 

(Governors’ Decision No. 23–5) 

November 13, 2023 

Statement of Explanation and 

Justification 

Pursuant to authority under section 

3632 of title 39, as amended by the 

Postal Accountability and Enhancement 

Act of 2006 (‘‘PAEA’’), we establish 

prices and classifications of general 

applicability for the Postal Service’s 

competitive products. The changes are 

described generally below, with a 

detailed description of the changes in 

the Postal Service’s associated draft 

Mail Classification Schedule change 

document. That document contains the 

draft Mail Classification Schedule 

sections with classification changes in 

legislative format, and new prices 

displayed in the price charts. 

As shown in the nonpublic annex 

being filed under seal herewith, the 

changes we establish should enable 

each competitive product to cover its 

attributable costs (39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(2)) 

and should result in competitive 

products as a whole complying with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(a)(3), which, as 

implemented by 39 CFR 3035.107(c), 

requires competitive products 

collectively to contribute a minimum of 

9.9 percent to the Postal Service’s 

institutional costs. Accordingly, no 

issue of subsidization of competitive 

products by market dominant products 

should arise (39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(1)). We 

therefore find that the new prices and 

classification changes are in accordance 

with 39 U.S.C. 3632–3633 and 39 CFR 

3035.102 and 104. 

I. Domestic Products 

A. Priority Mail Express 

Overall, the Priority Mail Express 

price change represents a 5.9 percent 

increase. In 2023, we consolidated the 

Commercial Base and Commercial Plus 

price categories into one Commercial 

price category and differentiated the 

‘‘Local, 1, 2’’ Zone prices. For January 

2024, this new structure will be 

maintained. Dimensional weighting, 

which was introduced for all zones in 

2019, will also continue in 2024. 

Retail prices will increase an average 

of 5.9 percent. The price for the Retail 

Flat Rate Envelope, a significant portion 

of all Priority Mail Express volume, will 

increase to $30.45, with the Legal Size 

and Padded Flat Rate Envelopes priced 

at $30.65 and $31.20, respectively. 

The Commercial price category will 

increase 5.9 percent on average. 

Commercial prices will, on average, 

reflect a 13.7 percent discount off of 

Retail prices. The eVS Unmanifested 

Fee will be renamed as ‘‘Unmanifested 

Fee’’ to accommodate the ongoing 

migration of customers from eVS to the 

USPS Ship platform. Finally, certain 

Nonstandard Fees (NSFs) applicable to 

Priority Mail Express will see a 20 

percent increase in 2024. 

B. Priority Mail 

On average, the Priority Mail prices 

will be increased by 5.7 percent. Similar 

to Priority Mail Express, the 

Commercial Base and Commercial Plus 

price categories were consolidated into 

one Priority Mail Commercial price 

category and ‘‘Local, 1, 2’’ Zone prices 

were differentiated in 2023. For January 

2024, this new structure will be 

maintained. Dimensional weighting, 

which was introduced for all zones in 

2019, will also continue in 2024. 

Retail prices will increase by an 

average of 5.6 percent. Retail Flat Rate 

Box prices will be: Small, $10.40; 

Medium, $18.40; Large, $24.75 and 

Large APO/FPO/DPO, $23.00. Thus, the 

Large APO/FPO/DPO Flat Rate Box will 

be $1.75 less than the Large Flat Rate 

Box. The regular Flat Rate Envelope will 

be priced at $9.85, with the Legal Size 

and Padded Flat Rate Envelopes priced 

at $10.15 and $10.60, respectively. 

The Commercial price category will 

increase by 5.8 percent on average. 

Commercial prices will, on average, 

reflect a 20.5 percent discount off of 

Retail prices. The eVS Unmanifested 

Fee will be renamed as ‘‘Unmanifested 

Fee’’ to accommodate the ongoing 

migration of customers from eVS to the 

USPS Ship platform. Finally, certain 

Nonstandard Fees (NSFs) applicable to 

Priority Mail will see a 20 percent 

increase in 2024. 

C. Parcel Select 

On average, Parcel Select prices as a 

whole will increase 5.9 percent. New for 

2024, we will be eliminating Parcel 

Select Lightweight as a separate price 

category; rather, ounce-based prices will 

be added under the destination-entered 

categories at 4-, 8-, and 12-ounce 

increments. With the elimination of 

Parcel Select Lightweight and prior 

structural changes made earlier in 2023, 

the prices for Parcel Select can now be 

expressed in a single price table, which 

further supports the Postal Service’s 

product simplification efforts. 

For destination delivery unit (DDU) 

entered parcels, the average price 

increase is 5.9 percent. For destination 

hub (Dhub) entered parcels, the average 

price increase is 5.9 percent. For 

destination sectional center facility 

(DSCF) destination entered parcels, the 

average price increase is 5.9 percent. For 

destination network distribution center 

(DNDC) parcels, the average price 

increase is 5.9 percent. Prices for USPS 

Connect Local, introduced in 2022, will 

remain unchanged for 2024. 

Dimensional weighting, which was 

introduced for all zones in 2019, will 

continue in 2024. The eVS 

Unmanifested Fee will be renamed as 

‘‘Unmanifested Fee’’ to accommodate 

the ongoing migration of customers from 

eVS to the USPS Ship platform. Finally, 

certain Nonstandard Fees (NSFs) 

applicable to Parcel Select will see a 20 

percent increase in 2024. 


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