790 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 4 / Thursday, January 6, 2022 / Notices 

1United States Postal Service FY 2021 Annual 

Compliance Report, December 29, 2021, at 1 (FY 

2021 ACR). Public portions of the Postal Service’s 

filing are available on the Commission’s website at 

http://www.prc.gov. 

2 In years prior to 2013, the Commission reviewed 

the Postal Service’s reports prepared pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 2803 and 39 U.S.C. 2804 (filed as the 

Comprehensive Statement by the Postal Service) in 

its ACD. However, as it has for the past several 

years, the Commission intends to issue a separate 

notice soliciting comments on the Comprehensive 

Statement and provide its related analysis in a 

separate report from the ACD. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by February 7, 2022. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–8030. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), as amended by the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism and Conservation Act 

of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas as requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2022–027 

1. Applicant: Richard Bailey, Deneb US 

LLC, 50 Old Courthouse Sq. #404, 

Santa Rosa CA 95405. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Waste Management. The 

applicant seeks an Antarctic 

Conservation Act permit for waste 

management activities associated with a 

planned flight expedition to Antarctica. 

The applicant proposes conducting a 

polar circumnavigation originating in 

Punta Arenas, Chile, with two planned 

refueling stops at a Chilean Airfield on 

King George Island. Upon each landing 

at King George Island, the aircraft will 

be refueled using pre-provided fuel by 

trained crewmembers. The aircraft is 

equipped with an anti-pollution kit in 

the event of any fuel spills and 

mitigation measures are in place in the 

event of accidental release of fuel. 

Location: King George Island, 

Antarctica. 

Dates of Permitted Activities: 

February 1, 2022–February 28, 2022. 

Erika N. Davis, 

Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs. 

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. ACR2021; Order No. 6079] 

FY 2021 Annual Compliance Report 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service has filed 

an Annual Compliance Report on the 

costs, revenues, rates, and quality of 

service associated with its products in 

fiscal year 2021. Within 90 days, the 

Commission must evaluate that 

information and issue its determination 

as to whether rates were in compliance 

with title 39, chapter 36, and whether 

service standards in effect were met. To 

assist in this, the Commission seeks 

public comments on the Postal Service’s 

Annual Compliance Report. 

DATES: Comments are due: January 31, 

2022. Reply Comments are due: 

February 14, 2022. 

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. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY 2021 

ACR 

III. Procedural Steps 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On December 29, 2021, the United 

States Postal Service (Postal Service) 

filed with the Commission its Annual 

Compliance Report (ACR) for fiscal year 

(FY) 2021, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3652.1

Section 3652 requires submission of 

data and information on the costs, 

revenues, rates, and quality of service 

associated with postal products within 

90 days of the closing of each fiscal 

year. In conformance with other 

statutory provisions and Commission 

rules, the ACR includes the Postal 

Service’s FY 2021 Comprehensive 

Statement on Postal Operations, its FY 

2021 annual report to the Secretary of 

the Treasury on the Competitive 

Products Fund, and certain related 

Competitive Products Fund material. 

See respectively, 39 U.S.C. 3652(g), 39 

U.S.C. 2011(i), and 39 CFR 3060.20–23. 

In line with past practice, some of the 

material in the FY 2021 ACR appears in 

non-public annexes. 

The filing begins a review process that 

results in an Annual Compliance 

Determination (ACD) issued by the 

Commission to determine whether 

Postal Service products offered during 

FY 2021 were in compliance with 

applicable title 39 requirements. 

II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY 

2021 ACR 

Contents of the filing. The Postal 

Service’s FY 2021 ACR consists of a 93- 

page narrative; extensive additional 

material appended as separate folders 

and identified in Attachment One; and 

an application for non-public treatment 

of certain materials, along with 

supporting rationale, filed as 

Attachment Two. The filing also 

includes the Comprehensive 

Statement,2 Report to the Secretary of 

the Treasury, and information on the 

Competitive Products Fund filed in 

response to Commission rules. This 

material has been filed electronically 

with the Commission. 

Scope of the filing. The material 

appended to the narrative consists of: 

(1) Domestic product costing material 

filed on an annual basis summarized in 

the Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA); 

(2) comparable international costing 

material summarized in the 

International Cost and Revenue 

Analysis (ICRA); (3) worksharing-related 

cost studies; and (4) billing determinant 

information for both domestic and 

international mail. FY 2021 ACR at 3. 

Inclusion of these four data sets is 

consistent with the Postal Service’s past 

ACR practices. As with past ACRs, the 

Postal Service has split certain materials 

into public and non-public versions. Id. 


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3 Docket No. ACR2010, Annual Compliance 

Determination, March 29, 2011, at 106–107 (FY 

2010 ACD). 

4 Id. at 33; see Docket No. RM2018–1, Order 

Adopting Final Rules on Reporting Requirements 

Related to Flats, May 8, 2019 (Order No. 5086). 

‘‘Roadmap’’ document. A roadmap to 

the FY 2021 ACR can be found in 

Library Reference USPS–FY21–9. This 

document provides brief descriptions of 

the materials submitted, as well as the 

flow of inputs and outputs among them; 

a discussion of differences in 

methodology relative to Commission 

methodologies in last year’s ACD; and a 

list of special studies and a discussion 

of obsolescence, as required by 

Commission rule 3050.12. Id. at 4. 

Methodology. The Postal Service 

states that it has adhered to the 

methodologies historically used by the 

Commission subject to changes 

identified and discussed in Library 

Reference USPS–FY21–9 and in 

prefaces accompanying the appended 

folders. Id. at 4–5. 

Market dominant product-by-product 

costs, revenues, and volumes. 

Comprehensive cost, revenue, and 

volume data for all market dominant 

products of general applicability are 

shown directly in the FY 2021 CRA or 

ICRA. Id. at 7. 

The FY 2021 ACR includes a 

discussion by class of each market 

dominant product, including costs, 

revenues, and volumes, workshare 

discounts, and passthroughs responsive 

to 39 U.S.C. 3652(b), and FY 2021 

promotions. Id. at 7–47. 

In response to the Commission’s FY 

2010 ACD directives,3 the Postal Service 

states that it is providing information 

regarding its progress in increasing 

USPS Marketing Mail Flats (Flats) 

prices, implementing operational 

changes aimed at lowering flats costs, 

effectuating costing methodology 

improvements, and phasing out the 

subsidy in Flats. FY 2021 ACR at 31. In 

Docket No. RM2018–1, the Commission 

codified and expanded the first 

directive as rule 3050.50(f), which 

applies to all flat-shaped mail.4

Accordingly, the Postal Service states 

that the information required by rule 

3050.50(f) is provided in Library 

Reference USPS–FY2021–45, noting 

that the section titled ‘‘Costing 

Methodology Changes and Subsidy of 

the Flats Product’’ responds to the 

second and third directives. FY 2021 

ACR at 34–36. In addition, the Postal 

Service presented its schedule of aboveaverage price increases for Flats. Id. at 

32. 

Service performance. The Postal 

Service notes that the Commission 

issued rules on periodic reporting of 

service performance measurement and 

customer satisfaction in FY 2010. 

Responsive information appears in 

Library Reference USPS–FY21–29. Id. at 

48. 

Customer satisfaction. The FY 2021 

ACR discusses the Postal Service’s 

approach for measuring customer 

experience and satisfaction; discusses 

survey modifications; describes the 

methodology; presents a table with 

survey results; compares the results 

from FY 2020 to FY 2021; and provides 

information regarding consumer access 

to postal services. Id. at 56–81. 

Competitive products. The FY 2021 

ACR provides costs, revenues, and 

volumes for competitive products of 

general applicability in the FY 2021 

CRA or ICRA. For competitive products 

not of general applicability, data are 

provided in non-public Library 

References USPS–FY21–NP2 and 

USPS–FY21–NP27. Id. at 82. The FY 

2021 ACR also addresses the 

competitive product pricing standards 

of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 82–89. 

Market tests; nonpostal services. The 

Postal Service discusses three market 

dominant market tests conducted during 

FY 2021 as well as nonpostal services. 

Id. at 90–91. 

III. Procedural Steps 

Statutory requirements. Section 3653 

of title 39 requires the Commission to 

provide interested persons with an 

opportunity to comment on the ACR 

and to appoint an officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public. The Commission hereby solicits 

public comment on the Postal Service’s 

FY 2021 ACR and on whether any rates 

or fees in effect during FY 2021 (for 

products individually or collectively) 

were not in compliance with applicable 

provisions of chapter 36 of title 39 or 

Commission regulations promulgated 

thereunder. Commenters addressing 

market dominant products are referred 

in particular to the applicable 

requirements (39 U.S.C. 3622(d) and (e) 

and 39 U.S.C. 3626); objectives (39 

U.S.C. 3622(b)); and factors (39 U.S.C. 

3622(c)). Commenters addressing 

competitive products are referred to 39 

U.S.C. 3633. 

The Commission also invites public 

comment on the cost coverage matters 

the Postal Service addresses in its filing; 

service performance results; levels of 

customer satisfaction achieved; and 

such other matters that may be relevant 

to the Commission’s review. 

Access to filing. The Commission has 

posted the publicly available portions of 

the FY 2021 ACR on its website at 

http://www.prc.gov. 

Comment deadlines. Comments by 

interested persons are due on or before 

January 31, 2022. Reply comments are 

due on or before February 14, 2022. The 

Commission, upon completion of its 

review of the FY 2021 ACR, comments, 

and other data and information 

submitted in this proceeding, will issue 

its ACD. 

Public Representative. Kenneth E. 

Richardson is designated to serve as the 

Public Representative to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. Neither the Public 

Representative nor any additional 

persons assigned to assist him shall 

participate in or advise as to any 

Commission decision in this proceeding 

other than in his or her designated 

capacity. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. ACR2021 to consider matters raised 

by the United States Postal Service’s FY 

2021 Annual Compliance Report. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Kenneth E. 

Richardson as an officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) in 

this proceeding to represent the 

interests of the general public. 

3. Comments on the United States 

Postal Service’s FY 2021 Annual 

Compliance Report to the Commission 

are due on or before January 31, 2022. 

4. Reply comments are due on or 

before February 14, 2022. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11619] 

Proposal To Extend and Amend 

Cultural Property Agreement Between 

the United States and Mali 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: Proposal to extend and amend 

the Memorandum of Understanding 

Between the Government of the United 

States of America and the Government 

of the Republic of Mali Concerning the 

Imposition of Import Restrictions on 

Archaeological Material from Mali from 

the Paleolithic Era (Stone Age) to 

Approximately the Mid-Eighteenth 

Century. 


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