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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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Compton, Cultural Heritage 

Center, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs: (202) 377–9783; 

culprop@state.gov; include ‘‘Mali’’ in 

the subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the authority vested in the Assistant 

Secretary of State for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, and pursuant to 19 

U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), an extension and 

amendment of 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 MidEighteenth Century is hereby proposed. 

A copy of the Memorandum of 

Understanding, the Designated List of 

categories of material restricted from 

import into the United States, and 

related information can be found at the 

Cultural Heritage Center website: http:// 

culturalheritage.state.gov. 

Allison Davis, 

Executive Director, Cultural Property 

Advisory Committee, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11618] 

Proposal To Extend Cultural Property 

Agreement Between the United States 

and Guatemala 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: Proposal to extend the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

Between the Government of the United 

States of America and the Government 

of the Republic of Guatemala 

Concerning the Imposition of Import 

Restrictions on Archaeological Material 

from the Pre-Columbian Cultures and 

Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material 

from the Conquest and Colonial Periods 

of Guatemala. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Zonderman, Cultural Heritage 

Center, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs: (202) 718–9481; 

culprop@state.gov; include 

‘‘Guatemala’’ in the subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the authority vested in the Assistant 

Secretary of State for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, and pursuant to 19 

U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), an extension of the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

Between the Government of the United 

States of America and the Government 

of the Republic of Guatemala 

Concerning the Imposition of Import 

Restrictions on Archaeological Material 

from the Pre-Columbian Cultures and 

Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material 

from the Conquest and Colonial Periods 

of Guatemala is hereby proposed. 

A copy of the Memorandum of 

Understanding, the Designated List of 

categories of material restricted from 

import into the United States, and 

related information can be found at the 

Cultural Heritage Center website: http:// 

culturalheritage.state.gov. 

Allison Davis, 

Executive Director, Cultural Property 

Advisory Committee, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11620] 

Cultural Property Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

announces the location, dates, times, 

and agenda for the next meeting of the 

Cultural Property Advisory Committee. 

DATES AND TIMES: The Cultural Property 

Advisory Committee (‘‘the Committee’’) 

will meet January 25–27, 2022, from 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST) via 

videoconference. The Committee will 

hold an open session on January 25, 

2022, at 11:00 a.m. (EST), which will 

last approximately one hour. 

Participation: You may participate in 

the open session by videoconference. To 

participate, visit http://

culturalheritage.state.gov for 

information on how to access the 

meeting. Please submit any requests for 

reasonable accommodation no later than 

January 18, 2022, by contacting the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs at culprop@state.gov. It may not 

be possible to accommodate requests 

made after that date. 

Comments: The Committee will 

review your written comments if they 

are received by January 18, 2022, at 

11:59 p.m. (EST). You are not required 

to submit written comments in order to 

make an oral comment in the open 

session. You may submit written 

comments in two ways, depending on 

whether they contain privileged or 

confidential information: 

D Electronic Comments: For ordinary 

comments, please use http://

www.regulations.gov, enter the docket 

[DOS–2021–0037], and follow the 

prompts to submit your comments. 

D Email Comments: For comments 

that contain privileged or confidential 

information (within the meaning of 19 

U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)), please email 

submissions to culprop@state.gov. 

Include ‘‘Cyprus’’, ‘‘Guatemala’’, and/or 

‘‘Mali’’ in the subject line, as 

appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions concerning the 

meeting, contact Allison Davis, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs— 

Cultural Heritage Center, by phone 

(202–702–1166) or email (culprop@

state.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Convention on 

Cultural Property Implementation Act 

(19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), the 

Assistant Secretary of State for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs calls a 

meeting of the Cultural Property 

Advisory Committee (‘‘the Committee’’) 

(19 U.S.C. 2605(e)(2)). The Act describes 

the Committee’s responsibilities. A 

portion of this meeting will be closed to 

the public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h). 

Meeting Agenda: The Committee will 

continue to review the proposed 

extension and amendment of the 

cultural property agreement with the 

Government of the Republic of Cyprus, 

including a request to include 

additional categories of archaeological 

and ethnological material. The 

Committee will also review the 

proposed extension of the cultural 

property agreement with the 

Government of the Republic of 

Guatemala and the proposed extension 

and amendment of the cultural property 

agreement with the Government of the 

Republic of Mali, including a request to 

include additional categories of 

ethnological material. In addition, the 

Committee will undertake a continuing 

review of the effectiveness of other 

cultural property agreements and 

emergency actions currently in force. 

Open Session Participation: The 

Committee will hold an open session of 

the meeting to receive oral public 

comments on the proposed extension 

and amendment of the agreement with 

Cyprus, the proposed extension of the 

agreement with Guatemala, and the 

proposed extension and amendment of 

the agreement with Mali on Tuesday, 

January 25, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 

approximately 12:00 p.m. (EST). The 

Department will provide specific 

instructions on how to participate or 

observe the open session at http://

culturalheritage.state.gov. 


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