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1Spatial analysis is a diverse and comprehensive 

capability that includes the simple visual analysis 

of maps and imagery, computational analysis of 

geographic patterns, finding optimum routes, site 

selection, and advanced predictive modeling. ESRI, 

The Language of Spatial Analysis, available at 

https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/ 

sitecore-archive/Files/Pdfs/library/books/thelanguage-of-spatial-analysis.pdf, at 6. 

2Public Law 109–435, 120 Stat. 3198 (2006). 

3 Docket No. ACR2021, United States Postal 

Service FY 2021 Annual Compliance Report, 

December 29, 2021, at 79. 

4See Docket No. ACR2021, Library Reference 

USPS–FY21–33, December 29, 2021, folder 

‘‘USPS.FY21.33.Files,’’ Excel file 

‘‘PostOfficesFY2021.xlsx,’’ tab ‘‘Suspension 

Summary,’’ cell I17. 

5The numbers in this order reflect the most upto-date numbers provided by the Postal Service in 

the FY 2021 ACR, FY 2021 post office suspension 

quarterly reports, and Library Reference USPS– 

FY21–33. CHIRs were issued in Docket No. 

ACR2021 to reconcile these numbers, and the 

Commission will provide updated numbers in the 

upcoming FY 2021 ACD. 

6 Docket No. ACR2016, Postal Regulatory 

Commission, Annual Compliance Determination 

Report Fiscal Year 2016, March 28, 2017, at 151. 

7 Docket No. ACR2020, Postal Regulatory 

Commission, Annual Compliance Determination 

Report Fiscal Year 2020, March 29, 2021, at 221. 

reach vendors, to a greater extent, 

through our external website on 

NSF.gov and participation in various 

conferences and conventions, which 

ensures NSF complies with these 

mandates. 

Respondents: Small and 

disadvantaged businesses. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 275. 

Burden on the Public: Estimated 15 

minutes to fill out the form, including 

the collection of data to fill in the fields. 

This information should be readily 

available as most companies have 

capability statements that include this 

information. The estimated burden time 

is 69 hours. 

Dated: February 7, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02895 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. PI2022–1; Order No. 6101] 

Public Inquiry on Resolving 

Suspended Post Offices 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is initiating 

a public inquiry proceeding to identify 

and address issues impeding the Postal 

Service’s progress in resolving 

suspended post offices. This document 

informs the public of this proceeding, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: April 29, 

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. Background 

III. Comments 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

The Commission establishes this 

public inquiry proceeding to identify 

and address issues impeding the Postal 

Service’s progress in resolving 

suspended post offices in a timely 

manner. Specifically, the Commission 

seeks input from the public regarding 

suggested procedures or courses of 

action for how the Postal Service may 

expeditiously resolve suspended post 

offices. The Commission welcomes 

comments with any data analysis 

related to suspended post offices, 

including, but not limited to, the spatial 

analysis of suspended post offices.1

II. Background 

The Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act (PAEA) 2 requires the 

Postal Service to include in its Annual 

Compliance Report (ACR) ‘‘measures of 

the quality of service afforded by the 

Postal Service in connection with [each 

Market Dominant] product, including 

. . . the degree of customer satisfaction 

with the service provided.’’ 39 U.S.C. 

3652(a)(2)(B)(ii). As part of its annual 

reporting concerning customer 

satisfaction, the Postal Service must 

report information concerning 

suspended post offices. See 39 CFR 

3055.91(a)(4)–0 (6). A suspension occurs 

when the Postal Service stops 

operations at a post office due to an 

emergency or similar situation. See 39 

CFR 241.3(a)(5)(i)(B). The Postal Service 

resolves a suspension by either 

discontinuing or reopening the post 

office. 

The Commission has monitored the 

Postal Service’s progress in resolving 

suspensions for multiple fiscal years, 

primarily via its ACR review 

proceedings. At the end of FY 2016, 

there were 662 suspended post offices.3

Of these post offices, 206 remained 

suspended at the end of FY 2021. Id. at 

80. In addition, the Postal Service 

reports in the FY 2021 ACR that it 

suspended 247 other post offices 

between FY 2017 and FY 2021,4 for a 

total of 453 post offices suspended at 

the end of 2021.5

In its FY 2016 ACD, the Commission 

stated that it expected the Postal Service 

to significantly reduce the number of 

suspended post offices.6 In its FY 2020 

ACD, the Commission expressed 

concern regarding the apparent lack of 

commitment by the Postal Service in 

addressing and resolving suspended 

post offices in recent years and 

announced its intent to initiate a public 

inquiry docket on the matter.7

Accordingly, the Commission 

establishes this proceeding to identify 

and address issues impeding the Postal 

Service’s progress in resolving 

suspended post offices in a timely 

manner. 

III. Comments 

The Commission invites comments on 

suggested procedures or courses of 

action that would allow for the Postal 

Service to expeditiously resolve the 206 

suspended post offices remaining from 

FY 2016, with a special focus on the 

post offices that have been suspended 

for more than 5 years. 

The Commission also invites 

comments on how the Postal Service 

should resolve the post offices 

suspended after FY 2016. The 

Commission encourages the 

commenters to discuss specific issues 

related to the recent suspension of post 

offices (after FY 2019). These comments 

should focus on facilitating the process 

for resolving the backlog of suspended 

post offices, as well as prevent such 

backlogs from recurring. 

The scope of this proceeding is 

limited to the Postal Service’s process 

for resolving suspended post offices as 

a whole. This proceeding does not cover 

ancillary issues, including concerns 

about individual post offices and the 

Commission’s jurisdiction to consider 

post office closing appeals. The 

Commission, however, welcomes 

comments with any data analysis 

related to the suspended post offices, 

including, but not limited to, the spatial 

analysis of the suspended post offices. 

Comments are due on April 29, 2022. 

Material filed in this docket—including 

tables, figures and library references— 

will be available for review on the 

Commission’s website, http://

www.prc.gov. 


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7882 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 28 / Thursday, February 10, 2022 / Notices 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Kenneth R. 

Moeller will serve as an officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this docket. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. PI2022–1 to identify and address 

issues impeding the Postal Service’s 

progress in resolving suspended post 

offices in a timely manner. 

2. Interested persons may submit 

written comments no later than April 

29, 2022. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Kenneth 

R. Moeller will serve as an officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this proceeding. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of a general statement as to 

the basis and purpose of this Notice in 

the Federal Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02886 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail 

Negotiated Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of required notice: February 

10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on January 28, 

2022, it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a USPS Request to Add 

Priority Mail Contract 735 to 

Competitive Product List. Documents 

are available at www.prc.gov, Docket 

Nos. MC2022–38, CP2022–45. 

Sean Robinson, 

Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02751 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–827, OASB Generic 

Clearance Request, OMB Control No. 3235– 

XXXX] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Extension for New ICR: 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

submitted this new collection of 

information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

The Commission’s Office of the 

Advocate for Small Business Capital 

Formation (‘‘Office’’) seeks to collect 

feedback from small businesses and 

their investors to understand better the 

population that it is serving and their 

role in the small business ecosystem. 

The proposed collection of information 

will help ensure that the Office’s 

outreach efforts and communication 

materials and other program initiatives 

are effective and responsive to customer 

needs. More specifically, the Office will 

seek the following four categories of 

information: (i) Demographic 

information about program participants, 

(ii) feedback on the Office’s outreach 

and educational materials, (iii) capital 

formation-related questions, and (iv) 

issues and challenges faced by small 

businesses and their investors. This 

feedback will allow the Office to tailor 

its outreach efforts and communication 

materials to serve its customers more 

effectively. Collecting feedback will also 

allow the Office to understand better its 

target audience and improve outreach 

events and educational materials by 

optimizing their content and delivery, 

while strategizing how best to deploy 

the Office’s resources to address issues 

and challenges faced by its customers. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for information will not be 

used for quantitative information 

collections that are designed to yield 

reliably actionable results, such as 

monitoring trends over time or 

documenting program performance. 

Below are the projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Expected Annual Number of: 

Activities: [20]. 

Respondents: [6,200]. 

Responses: [6,200]. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: [5]. 

Burden Hours: [517]. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Office, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the estimates of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The public may view the background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following website: 

www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be 

directed to: David L. Bottom, Director/ 

Chief Information Officer, Securities 

and Exchange Commission, c/o John 

Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549, or send an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Comments must be submitted to OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Dated: February 7, 2022. 

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02827 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–94159; File No. SR– 

EMERALD–2021–42] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX 

Emerald, LLC; Notice of Withdrawal of 

Proposed Rule Change To Amend the 

MIAX Emerald Fee Schedule To Adopt 

a Tiered-Pricing Structure for Certain 

Connectivity Fees 

February 4, 2022. 

On December 1, 2021, MIAX Emerald, 

LLC (‘‘MIAX Emerald’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 

filed with the Securities and Exchange 


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