84404 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 22, 2024 / 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). 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2025–77 and K2025–75; 

MC2025–78 and K2025–76; MC2025–79 and 

K2025–77; MC2025–80 and K2025–78; 

MC2025–81 and K2025–79; MC2025–82 and 

K2025–80; MC2025–84 and K2025–82; 

MC2025–85 and K2025–83; MC2025–86 and 

K2025–84; MC2025–87 and K2025–85; 

MC2025–88 and K2025–86; MC2025–89 and 

K2025–87; MC2025–90 and K2025–88; 

MC2025–91 and K2025–89; MC2025–92 and 

K2025–90; MC2025–93 and K2025–91; 

MC2025–94 and K2025–92] 

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: October 23, 

2024. 

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. Public Proceeding(s) 

III. Summary Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405, the 

Commission gives notice that the Postal 

Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to Competitive negotiated service 

agreement(s). The request(s) may 

propose the addition of a negotiated 

service agreement from the Competitive 

product list or the modification of an 

existing product currently appearing on 

the Competitive product list. 

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

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, if any, that will be 

reviewed in a public proceeding as 

defined by 39 CFR 3010.101(p), the title 

of each such request, the request’s 

acceptance date, and the authority cited 

by the Postal Service for each request. 

For each such 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 and 39 CFR 3000.114 (Public 

Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each such request. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

identified in Section II, if any, are 

consistent with the policies of title 39. 

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 3041. 

Comment deadline(s) for each such 

request, if any, appear in Section II. 

Section III identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, if any, to add a 

standardized distinct product to the 

Competitive product list or to amend a 

standardized distinct product, the title 

of each such request, the request’s 

acceptance date, and the authority cited 

by the Postal Service for each request. 

Standardized distinct products are 

negotiated service agreements that are 

variations of one or more Competitive 

products, and for which financial 

models, minimum rates, and 

classification criteria have undergone 

advance Commission review. See 39 

CFR 3041.110(n); 39 CFR 3041.205(a). 

Such requests are reviewed in summary 

proceedings pursuant to 39 CFR 

3041.325(c)(2) and 39 CFR 

3041.505(f)(1). Pursuant to 39 CFR 

3041.405(c)–(d), the Commission does 

not appoint a Public Representative or 

request public comment in proceedings 

to review such requests. 

II. Public Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2025–77 and 

K2025–75; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 473 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Christopher C. 

Mohr; Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2025–78 and 

K2025–76; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 474 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Kenneth R. 

Moeller; Comments Due: October 23, 

2024. 

3. Docket No(s).: MC2025–79 and 

K2025–77; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 475 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Kenneth R. 

Moeller; Comments Due: October 23, 

2024. 

4. Docket No(s).: MC2025–80 and 

K2025–78; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 476 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Jennaca D. 

Upperman; Comments Due: October 23, 

2024. 

5. Docket No(s).: MC2025–81 and 

K2025–79; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 477 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Jennaca D. 

Upperman; Comments Due: October 23, 

2024. 

6. Docket No(s).: MC2025–82 and 

K2025–80; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 478 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Gregory S. 

Stanton; Comments Due: October 23, 

2024. 

7. Docket No(s).: MC2025–84 and 

K2025–82; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 480 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Christopher C. 

Mohr; Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 


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8. Docket No(s).: MC2025–85 and 

K2025–83; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 481 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Gregory S. 

Stanton; Comments Due: October 23, 

2024. 

9. Docket No(s).: MC2025–86 and 

K2025–84; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 482 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Gregory S. 

Stanton; Comments Due: October 23, 

2024. 

10. Docket No(s).: MC2025–87 and 

K2025–85; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 483 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Almaroof Agoro; 

Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

11. Docket No(s).: MC2025–88 and 

K2025–86; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 484 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Almaroof Agoro; 

Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

12. Docket No(s).: MC2025–89 and 

K2025–87; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 390 to the 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: October 15, 2024; 

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

3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Almaroof Agoro; 

Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

13. Docket No(s).: MC2025–90 and 

K2025–88; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 391 to the 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: October 15, 2024; 

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

3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

14. Docket No(s).: MC2025–91 and 

K2025–89; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 485 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Arif Hafiz; 

Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

15. Docket No(s).: MC2025–92 and 

K2025–90; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 392 to the 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: October 15, 2024; 

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

3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Arif Hafiz; Comments 

Due: October 23, 2024. 

16. Docket No(s).: MC2025–93 and 

K2025–91; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 393 to the 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: October 15, 2024; 

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

3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Maxine Bradley; 

Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

17. Docket No(s).: MC2025–94 and 

K2025–91; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 486 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: October 15, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; 

Public Representative: Maxine Bradley; 

Comments Due: October 23, 2024. 

III. Summary Proceeding(s) 

None. See Section II for public 

proceedings. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Addition of New Market Dominant 

Product: ‘‘Connect Local Mail’’ 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice of request to convert 

experimental product to a permanent 

offering. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice its request to convert an 

experimental product to a permanent 

offering in accordance with statutory 

requirements. 

DATES: October 22, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean C. Robinson, 202–268–8405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service hereby 

gives notice pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642(d)(1) that it plans to add a new 

product to the market dominant product 

list based on the experimental product 

‘‘Connect Local Mail’’ on January 1, 

2025. On October 3, 2024, the Postal 

Service filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a request setting out the 

basis for the Postal Service’s 

determination that the new product 

meets the criteria established under 39 

U.S.C. 3642(b), as discussed below. 

Documents are available at 

www.prc.gov, Docket No. MC2025–19. 

Connect Local Mail is properly 

classified as a market dominant price 

category under chapter 36 of title 39 of 

the United States Code and is consistent 

with the applicable criteria of the 

chapter. Firms offering products similar 

to Connect Local Mail are sufficiently 

distinguishable that the Postal Service 

believes Connect Local Mail operates 

largely in a distinct market unto itself. 

Moreover, Connect Local Mail is 

currently subject to the letter monopoly, 

and hence must be categorized as 

market dominant for that reason. 

Connect Local Mail is designed for the 

local delivery of documents, fitting into 

the definition of ‘‘letter’’ under 39 CFR 

310.1 as a ‘‘message directed to a 

specific person or address and recorded 

in or on a tangible object.’’ A private 

express established for the conveyance 

of such documents for compensation at 

the established price point would be 

prohibited under 18 U.S.C. 1696(a). 

Therefore, Connect Local Mail, like the 

other price categories under First-Class 

Mail, is covered by the postal monopoly 

reserved to the Postal Service under 18 

U.S.C. 1696. 

The Postal Service views potential 

substitutes for Connect Local Mail to be 

local couriers and messengers delivering 

documents, overnight and/or 2-day 

delivery services offered by large 

national competitors, and smaller 

companies that deliver documents on an 

expedited basis. Connect Local Mail 

will not create an unfair or 

inappropriate advantage for the Postal 

Service compared to other small 

businesses in this space, such as local 

courier services. Local courier services 

typically build in pick-up on demand 

services, which justify a higher price 

and differentiate their services from 

Connect Local Mail. Connect Local Mail 


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