Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Notices 6035 

1 Docket No. MC2025–948, United States Postal 

Service Request to Remove Bound Printed Matter 

from the Market-Dominant Product List, December 

20, 2024 (BPM Removal Request). 

2 Docket No. MC2025–958, Notice of the United 

States Postal Service of Updates to the Maximum 

Weight Limit for Marketing Mail, December 20, 

2024 (Marketing Mail Weight Limit Notice) 

3See id. at 2 (citing Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service Domestic Mail Manual 

243.3.2.2, available at https://pe.usps.com/ 

DMM300). 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 1285 to the Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: January 10, 2025; Filing Authority: 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 

39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Jana Slovinska; Comments Due: January 

21, 2025. 

8. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1110 and 

K2025–1109; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 1286 to the Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: January 10, 2025; Filing Authority: 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 

39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Jana Slovinska; Comments Due: January 

21, 2025. 

9. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1111 and 

K2025–1110; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 1287 to the Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: January 10, 2025; Filing Authority: 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 

39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Katalin Clendenin; Comments Due: 

January 21, 2025. 

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 REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2025–948 and MC2025– 

958; Order No. 8596] 

Removing Bound Printed Matter From 

the Market Dominant Product List and 

Raising USPS Marketing Mail Weight 

Limits 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Effective no earlier than July 

2025, the Postal Service proposes to 

remove two products, Bound Printed 

Matter Flats (BPM Flats) and Bound 

Printed Matter Parcels (BPM Parcels), 

from the Market Dominant Product List. 

Concurrent with this proposed removal, 

the Postal Service also proposes raising 

the weight limits for certain USPS 

Marketing Mail products. The 

Commission seeks public comments on 

the Postal Service’s filings. 

DATES: Comments are due: February 7, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at https://

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. Proposal 

III. Administrative Actions 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On December 20, 2024, pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3040.130 et 

seq., the Postal Service filed a request to 

remove Bound Printed Matter Flats 

(BPM Flats) and Bound Printed Matter 

Parcels (BPM Parcels) from the Market 

Dominant Product List.1 To support this 

request, the Postal Service filed a copy 

of the Governors’ Decision supporting 

the request, a Certification by a Postal 

Service official attesting to the accuracy 

of the factual information appearing in 

the request, and proposed changes to 

the Mail Classification Schedule (MCS). 

See BPM Removal Request, Attachments 

A–C. 

Also on December 20, 2024, pursuant 

to 39 U.S.C. 3682 and 39 CFR 3040.211, 

the Postal Service filed a notice of a set 

of changes to raise the weight limits for 

USPS Marketing Mail Parcels and for 

flat-shaped mailpieces within three 

USPS Marketing Mail products (High 

Density and Saturation Flats/Parcels, 

Carrier Route, and Flats.2 The Postal 

Service filed a copy of its proposed 

changes to the MCS for three of those 

four affected products. See Marketing 

Mail Weight Limit Notice, Attachment 

A. 

II. Proposal 

Effective no earlier than July 2025, the 

Postal Service proposes to remove two 

products, BPM Flats and BPM Parcels, 

from the Market Dominant Product List. 

See BPM Removal Request at 2–3. The 

Postal Service states that BPM Flats and 

BPM Parcels containing catalogs, 

promotional material, or other 

advertising material may then be sent as 

USPS Marketing Mail. See id. at 2. The 

Postal Service explains that BPM Flats 

and BPM Parcels containing books may 

not be sent as USPS Marketing Mail 

because that class excludes order 

fulfillment.3 Thus, the Postal Service 

states that such books may be sent as 

Package Services Media Mail/Library 

Mail or by using Competitive products 

such as USPS Ground Advantage. See 

BPM Removal Request at 2. If removed, 

the Package Services class will contain 

only two products, Alaska Bypass 

Service and Media Mail/Library Mail. 

Id. at 1. The Postal Service asserts that 

it has provided all information required 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.131 and 

3040.132 and includes Table 3 to serve 

as a table of contents for a reader to 

locate the information. See id. at 3–4. 

Concurrent with the proposed 

removal described above, the Postal 

Service also proposes raising the weight 

limits for certain USPS Marketing Mail 

products to: 15 pounds for Parcels, 24 

ounces for flat-shaped mailpieces 

within High Density and Saturation 

Flats/Parcels, 24 ounces for flat-shaped 

mailpieces within Carrier Route, and 20 

ounces for Flats. See Marketing Mail 

Weight Limit Notice at 1. The weight 

limit for letter-shaped mailpieces within 

USPS Marketing Mail will remain at less 

than 16 ounces (15.999 ounces). See 

BPM Removal Request at 2. 

III. Administrative Actions 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. MC2025–948 to consider matters 

raised by the BPM Removal Request and 

Docket No. MC2025–958 to consider 

matters raised by the Marketing Mail 

Weight Limit Notice. See 39 CFR 

3040.133, 3040.211(b). The instant 

dockets involve related issues 

pertaining to product consolidation and 

the Postal Service does not object to 

consolidation of the dockets. See 

Marketing Mail Weight Limit Notice at 

1. Accordingly, the Commission will 

consolidate them. See 39 CFR 3010.104. 

The Commission invites comments on 

the BPM Removal Request and the 

Marketing Mail Weight Limit Notice. 

Comments are due no later than 

February 7, 2025. The filings can be 

accessed via the Commission’s website 

(https://www.prc.gov). In accordance 

with 39 CFR 3040.211(a)(1), the Postal 

Service is directed to file its proposed 


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6036 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Notices 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Public Company Accounting Oversight 

Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on Firm 

Reporting, Release No. 34–101723 (Nov. 25, 2024) 

[89 FR 96712 (Dec. 5, 2024)]. 

4See Public Company Accounting Oversight 

Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on Firm 

and Engagement Metrics and Related Amendments 

to PCAOB Standards, Release No. 34–101724 (Nov. 

25, 2024) [89 FR 99968 (Dec. 11, 2024)]. 

5See supra notes 3 and 4. 

6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

7The term ‘‘self-regulatory organization’’ includes 

a ‘‘registered securities association.’’ See Section 

3(a)(26) of the Act. Section 107(b)(4) of the 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 states that the 

provisions of Sections 19(b)(1) through (3) of the 

Act shall govern the proposed rules of the PCAOB 

as fully as if the PCAOB were a ‘‘registered 

securities association’’ for purposes of that Section. 

8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

9 17 CFR 200.30–11(b)(3). 

changes to the MCS for USPS Marketing 

Mail Parcels by January 21, 2025. 

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

Commission appoints Christopher Mohr 

to represent the interests of the general 

public (Public Representative) in these 

dockets. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. MC2025–948 to consider matters 

raised by the BPM Removal Request. 

2. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. MC2025–958 to consider matters 

raised by the Marketing Mail Weight 

Limit Notice. 

3. The Commission consolidates 

Docket Nos. MC2025–948 and MC2025– 

958. 

4. In accordance with 39 CFR 

3040.211(a)(1), the Postal Service is 

directed to file its proposed changes to 

the MCS for USPS Marketing Mail 

Parcels by January 21, 2025. 

5. Comments by interested persons 

are due by February 7, 2025. 

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

Commission appoints Christopher Mohr 

to serve as an officer of the Commission 

(Public Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

docket. 

7. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Order or an abstract 

thereof) in the Federal Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., January 29, 

2025. 

PLACE: Members of the public wishing 

to attend the meeting must submit a 

written request at least 24 hours prior to 

the meeting to receive dial-in 

information. All requests must be sent 

to SecretarytotheBoard@rrb.gov. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Office of Legislative Affairs Update 

Bureau of Field Service Congressional 

Outreach Update 

Website Survey—Next Steps 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Stephanie Hillyard, Secretary to the 

Board, (312) 751–4920. 

(Authority 5 U.S.C. 552b.) 

Dated: January 15, 2025. 

Stephanie Hillyard, 

Secretary to the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01376 Filed 1–15–25; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–102179; File Nos. PCAOB– 

2024–06, PCAOB–2024–07] 

Public Company Accounting Oversight 

Board; Extension of Comment Period 

and Notice of Designation of Longer 

Period for Commission Action on 

Proposed Rules on Firm Reporting and 

Firm and Engagement Metrics and 

Related Amendments to PCAOB 

Standards 

January 14, 2025. 

On November 22, 2024, the Public 

Company Accounting Oversight Board 

(‘‘PCAOB’’) filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’), 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

proposed rules on (1) Firm Reporting 

(‘‘Firm Reporting’’) and (2) Firm and 

Engagement Metrics and Related 

Amendments to PCAOB Standards 

(‘‘Firm and Engagement Metrics’’). The 

proposed rules on Firm Reporting were 

published for comment in the Federal 

Register on December 5, 2024,3 and the 

proposed rules on Firm and Engagement 

Metrics were published for comment in 

the Federal Register on December 11, 

2024.4 The Commission provided a 21- 

day public comment period for the 

proposed rules,5 which ended on 

December 26, 2024 for Firm Reporting 

and on January 2, 2025 for Firm and 

Engagement Metrics. 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 6 provides 

that no later than 45 days after the date 

of the publication of notice of the filing 

of a proposed rule change, or within 

such longer period up to 90 days as the 

Commission may designate if it finds 

such longer period to be appropriate 

and publishes its reasons for so finding 

or as to which the self-regulatory 

organization 7 consents, the Commission 

shall either approve or disapprove the 

proposed rule change, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether the 

proposed rule change should be 

disapproved. The 45th day after 

publication of the notice for the 

proposed rules on Firm Reporting is 

January 19, 2025. The 45th day after 

publication of the notice for the 

proposed rules on Firm and Engagement 

Metrics is January 25, 2025. 

To provide additional time for public 

comment on the proposed rules and the 

issues raised therein, the Commission 

has determined to extend the comment 

periods for the proposed rules for an 

additional 21 days from the date of the 

issuance of this notice. To accommodate 

the longer comment periods and 

consideration of such comments, the 

Commission finds it appropriate to also 

extend the time periods within which 

the Commission must take action on the 

proposed rules for up to 45 days. 

Accordingly, the Commission is 

extending the public comment periods 

for the proposed rules on Firm 

Reporting and Firm and Engagement 

Metrics until February 4, 2025, and, 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,8

extends the date by which the 

Commission shall either approve or 

disapprove, or institute proceedings to 

determine whether to disapprove, the 

proposed rules on Firm Reporting to 

March 5, 2025 (File No. PCAOB–2024– 

07) and the proposed rules on Firm and 

Engagement Metrics to March 11, 2025 

(File No. PCAOB–2024–06). Please note 

that comments previously received on 

the proposed rules will be considered 

together with comments submitted in 

response to this notice. Therefore, while 

commenters are free to submit 

additional comments at this time, they 

need not re-submit earlier comments. 

For the Commission, by the Office of the 

Chief Accountant, pursuant to delegated 

authority.9

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

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