[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16875-16876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8918]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1168, Docket No. A97-17]


Russell Springs, Kansas 67755 (Joe Darnall, Petitioner); Notice 
and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule Under 
39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5)

Issued April 2, 1997.
    Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman; H. Edward 
Quick, Jr., Vice-Chairman; George W. Haley; W.H. ``Trey'' LeBlanc 
III.

    Docket Number: A97-17.
    Name of Affected Post Office: Russell Springs, Kansas 67755.
    Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Joe Darnall.
    Type of Determination: Closing.
    Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: March 31, 1997.

Categories of Issues Apparently Raised

    1. Effect on the community (39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(2)(A)).
    2. Effect on postal services (39 U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(2)(C)).
    After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the 
Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more 
legal issues than those set forth above. Or, the Commission may find 
that the Postal Service's determination disposes of one or more of 
those issues.
    The Postal Reorganization Act requires that the Commission issue 
its decision within 120 days from the date this appeal was filed (39 
U.S.C. 404 (b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in light of the 120-
day decision schedule, the Commission may request the Postal Service to 
submit memoranda of law on any appropriate issue. If requested, such 
memoranda will be due 20 days from the issuance of the request and the 
Postal Service shall serve a copy of its memoranda on the petitioners. 
The Postal Service may incorporate by reference in its briefs or 
motions, any arguments presented in memoranda it previously filed in 
this docket. If necessary, the Commission also may ask petitioners or 
the Postal Service for more information.

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The Commission Orders

    (a) The Postal Service shall file the record in this appeal by 
April 15, 1997.
    (b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate Commission shall publish this 
Notice and Order and Procedural Schedule in the Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Margaret P. Crenshaw,
Secretary.

Appendix

March 31, 1997
    Filing of Appeal letter
April 2, 1997
    Commission Notice and Order of Filing of Appeal
April 25, 1997
    Last day of filing of petitions to intervene (see 39 CFR 
3001.111(b))
May 5, 1997
    Petitioner's Participant Statement or Initial Brief (see 39 CFR 
3001.115 (a) and (b))
May 27, 1997
    Postal Service's Answering Brief (see 39 CFR 3001.115(c))
June 11, 1997
    Petitioner's Reply Brief should Petitioner choose to file one (see 
39 CFR 3001.115(d))
June 18, 1997
    Deadline for motions by any party requesting oral argument. The 
Commission will schedule oral argument only when it is a necessary 
addition to the written filings (see 39 CFR 3001.116)
July 29, 1997
    Expiration of the Commission's 120-day decisional schedule (see 39 
U.S.C. Sec. 404(b)(5))

[FR Doc. 97-8918 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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