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would you like the Board to take in this 

case[,]’’ has been eliminated, as 

superfluous. 

Part 4—Designation of Representative: 

As previously noted, the current Part 4, 

soliciting information about affirmative 

defenses, has been eliminated. The 

revised Part 4 replaces the current Part 

6, with some slight changes in language. 

Part 5—Certification: As previously 

noted, the current Part 5, providing 

information about IRA, USERRA, and 

VEOA appeals, has been eliminated. 

The revised Part 5 contains the 

appellant certification, presently 

included in Part 1 of the form, along 

with the Privacy Act Statement and 

Public Reporting Burden. 

Appendix A and B: As previously 

noted, Appendix A provides 

information regarding affirmative 

defenses and IRA, USERRA, and VEOA 

appeals, as well as the special time 

limits for filing such appeals, making 

this material available to those to whom 

it applies, while otherwise streamlining 

and simplifying the appeal form itself. 

Appendix B provides full contact 

information for each of the Board’s 

regional offices, together with their 

corresponding geographic areas. 

Estimated Reporting Burden 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

MSPB is soliciting comments on the 

public reporting burden for this 

information collection. The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to vary from 20 

minutes to 4 hours, with an average of 

60 minutes per response, including time 

for reviewing the form and instructions, 

searching existing data sources, 

gathering the data necessary, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

Specifically, MSPB invites comments 

on: (1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of MSPB’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques, 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

5 CFR parts 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Frequency per 

response 

Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

(average) 

Total hours 

1201, 1208, and 1209 .......................................................... 7,150 1 7,150 1.0 7,150 

William D. Spencer, 

Clerk of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26534 Filed 10–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7400–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meeting of National Council on the 

Humanities 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that 

the National Council on the Humanities 

will meet for the following purposes: To 

advise the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 

with respect to policies, programs and 

procedures for carrying out his 

functions; to review applications for 

financial assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951–960, as 

amended) and make recommendations 

thereon to the Chairman; and to 

consider gifts offered to NEH and make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday and Friday, November 15–16, 

2012, each day from 9:00 a.m. until 

adjourned. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Old Post Office Building, 1100 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20506. See Supplementary 

Information section for room numbers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lisette Voyatzis, Committee 

Management Officer, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Room 529, Washington, DC 

20506, or call (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter may be 

obtained by contacting the National 

Endowment for the Humanities’ TDD 

terminal at (202) 606–8282. Please 

provide advance notice of any special 

needs or accommodations, including for 

a sign language interpreter. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee meetings of the National 

Council for the Humanities will be held 

on November 15, 2012, as follows: the 

policy discussion session (open to the 

public) will convene at 9:00 a.m. until 

approximately 10:30 a.m., followed by 

the discussion of specific grant 

applications and programs before the 

Council (closed to the public) from 

10:30 a.m. until adjourned. 

Challenge Grants & Federal/State 

Partnership: Room 507 

Education Programs: Room M–07 

Preservation and Access: Room 415 

Public Programs: Room 421 

Research Programs: Room 315 

The Plenary Session of the National 

Council for the Humanities will 

convene on November 16, 2012 at 9:00 

a.m. in Room M–09. The agenda for the 

morning session (open to the public) 

will be as follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Introductory Remarks 

2. Presentation by Dr. Barbara Oberg, 

Professor at Princeton University 

and Editor of The Papers of Thomas 

Jefferson 

3. Staff Report 

4. Congressional Report 

5. Budget Report 

6. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters 

a. Challenge Grants & Federal/State 

Partnership 

b. Education Programs 

c. Preservation and Access 

d. Public Programs 

e. Research Programs 

The remainder of the Plenary Session 

will be for consideration of specific 

applications and therefore will be 

closed to the public. 

As identified above, portions of the 

meeting of the National Council on the 

Humanities will be closed to the public 

pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4), 

552b(c)(6) and 552b(c)(9)(b) of Title 5, 

U.S.C., as amended. The closed sessions 

will include review of personal and/or 

proprietary financial and commercial 

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1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add First-Class Package Service Contract 21 to the 

Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing 

(Under Seal) of Unredacted Governors’ Decision, 

Contract, and Supporting Data, October 22, 2012 

(Request). 

agency by grant applicants, and 

discussion of certain information, the 

premature disclosure of which could 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination pursuant to the 

authority granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings dated 

July 19, 1993. 

Dated: October 23, 2012. 

Lisette Voyatzis, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26545 Filed 10–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2013–8 and CP2013–8; 

Order No. 1511] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add First-Class Package Service Contract 

21 to the competitive product list, 

including a related contract. This notice 

informs the public of the filing, invites 

public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 1, 

2012. 

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: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at 202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filings 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 

and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal 

Service filed a formal request and 

associated supporting information to 

add First-Class Package Service Contract 

21 to the competitive product list.1 The 

Postal Service asserts that First-Class 

Package Service Contract 21 is a 

competitive product ‘‘not of general 

applicability’’ within the meaning of 39 

U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). Request at 1. The 

Request has been assigned Docket No. 

MC2013–8. 

The Postal Service 

contemporaneously filed a redacted 

contract related to the proposed new 

product under 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 

39 CFR 3015.5. Id. Attachment B. The 

instant contract has been assigned 

Docket No. CP2013–8. 

Request. To support its Request, the 

Postal Service filed six attachments as 

follows: 

• Attachment A—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 11–6, 

authorizing the new product; 

• Attachment B—a redacted copy of 

the contract; 

• Attachment C—proposed changes 

to the Mail Classification Schedule 

competitive product list with the 

addition underlined; 

• Attachment D—a Statement of 

Supporting Justification as required by 

39 CFR 3020.32; 

• Attachment E—a certification of 

compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a); and 

• Attachment F—an application for 

non-public treatment of materials to 

maintain redacted portions of the 

contract and related financial 

information under seal. 

In the Statement of Supporting 

Justification, Dennis R. Nicoski, 

Manager, Field Sales Strategy and 

Contracts, asserts that the contract will 

cover its attributable costs, make a 

positive contribution to covering 

institutional costs, and increase 

contribution toward the requisite 5.5 

percent of the Postal Service’s total 

institutional costs. Id. Attachment D at 

1. Mr. Nicoski contends that there will 

be no issue of market dominant 

products subsidizing competitive 

products as a result of this contract. Id. 

Related contract. The Postal Service 

included a redacted version of the 

related contract with the Request. Id. 

Attachment B. The contract is 

scheduled to become effective on the 

day that the Commission issues all 

regulatory approvals. Id. at 2. The 

contract will expire 3 years from the 

effective date unless, among other 

things, either party terminates the 

agreement upon 30 days’ written notice 

to the other party. Id. The Postal Service 

represents that the contract is consistent 

with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Id. Attachment 

D. 

The Postal Service filed much of the 

supporting materials, including the 

related contract, under seal. Id. 

Attachment F. It maintains that the 

redacted portions of the contract, 

customer-identifying information, and 

related financial information, should 

remain confidential. Id. at 3. This 

information includes the price structure, 

underlying costs and assumptions, 

pricing formulas, information relevant 

to the customer’s mailing profile, and 

cost coverage projections. Id. The Postal 

Service asks the Commission to protect 

customer-identifying information from 

public disclosure indefinitely. Id. at 7. 

II. Notice of Filings 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2013–8 and CP2013–8 to 

consider the Request pertaining to the 

proposed First-Class Package Service 

Contract 21 product and the related 

contract, respectively. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s filings in the captioned 

dockets are consistent with the policies 

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

3015.5, and 39 CFR part 3020, subpart 

B. Comments are due no later than 

November 1, 2012. The public portions 

of these filings can be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints James F. 

Callow to serve as Public Representative 

in these dockets. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2013–8 and CP2013–8 to 

consider the matters raised in each 

docket. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, James F. 

Callow is appointed to serve as an 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

3. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

November 1, 2012. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26474 Filed 10–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2013–11 and CP2013–11; 

Order No. 1514] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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