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requested not to include personal 

privacy information such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. With respect to 

copyrighted works, except for limited 

excerpts that serve the purpose of the 

adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants should not include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

If a person other than Huey requests 

a hearing, that person shall set forth 

with particularity the manner in which 

their interest is adversely affected by 

this Order and shall address the criteria 

set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and (f). If 

a hearing is requested by Huey or a 

person whose interest is adversely 

affected, the Commission will issue an 

Order designating the time and place of 

any hearings. If a hearing is held, the 

issue to be considered at such hearing 

shall be whether this Order should be 

sustained. In the absence of any request 

for hearing, or written approval of an 

extension of time in which to request a 

hearing, the provisions specified in 

Section IV above shall be final 30 days 

from the date this Order is published in 

the Federal Register without further 

order or proceedings. If an extension of 

time for requesting a hearing has been 

approved, the provisions specified in 

Section IV shall be final when the 

extension expires if a hearing request 

has not been received. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dated 12th day of December 2024. 

David L. Pelton, 

Director, Office of Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00558 Filed 1–13–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–328; NRC–2024–0226] 

Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah 

Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Exemption 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has issued an 

exemption in response to a request 

dated November 27, 2024, from 

Tennessee Valley Authority. The 

exemption authorizes a one-time 

exemption for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, 

Unit 2, to allow the use of the less 

restrictive work hour limitations 

described in NRC regulations for a 21- 

day period starting no earlier than 

January 6, 2025, and no later than 

January 31, 2025. 

DATES: The exemption was issued on 

December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2024–0226 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2024–0226. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The exemption 

request dated November 27, 2024, is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML24332A119. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Perry Buckberg, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415– 

1383, email: Perry.Buckberg@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the exemption is attached. 

Dated: January 8, 2025. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Perry H. Buckberg, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

Attachment—Exemption 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Docket No. 50–328 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Sequoyah 

Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Exemption 

I. Background 

The Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA, the licensee) is the holder of 

Renewed Facility Operating License No. 

DPR–79, which authorizes operation of 

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (Sequoyah), 

Unit 2. The license provides, among 

other things, that the facility is subject 

to all applicable rules, regulations, and 

orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC, the Commission) 

now or hereafter in effect. Sequoyah 

consists of two pressurized-water 

reactors located in Hamilton County, 

Tennessee. 

II. Request/Action 

By letter dated November 27, 2024 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML24332A119), and 

pursuant to title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 26, 

‘‘Fitness for Duty Programs,’’ section 

26.9, ‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ TVA 

requested a one-time exemption from 

the work hour requirements in 10 CFR 

26.205, ‘‘Work hours,’’ paragraph (d)(7). 

Specifically, TVA requested to use the 

work hour requirements in 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4), which are applicable 

during the first 60 days of a unit outage, 

in lieu of the work hour requirements in 

10 CFR 26.205(d)(7), for a period of no 

more than 21 days for individuals 

specified in 10 CFR 26.4(a)(1), (a)(2), 

and (a)(4). 

Licensees are required to control the 

work hours of any individual who 

performs the duties identified in 10 CFR 

26.4(a). One way of doing this is by 

complying with the 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) 

requirements for maximum average 

work hours wherein the individuals 

may not work more than a weekly 

average of 54 hours, calculated using an 

averaging period of up to 6 weeks, 

which advances by 7 consecutive 

calendar days at the finish of every 

averaging period. However, according to 

10 CFR 26.205(d)(4), licensees need not 

meet these requirements during the first 

60 days of a unit outage for individuals 

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(a)(4), while those individuals are 

working on outage activities. Instead, 

licensees shall ensure that the 

individuals specified in 10 CFR 

26.4(a)(1) through (a)(3) have at least 3 

days off in each successive (i.e., nonrolling) 15-day period and that the 

individuals specified in 10 CFR 

26.4(a)(4) have at least 1 day off in any 

7-day period. This alternative work hour 

requirement is known as the outage 

minimum days off (MDO) requirement. 

Sequoyah, Unit 2, entered an 

unplanned shutdown on July 30, 2024. 

During this unplanned outage, the 

licensee commenced an extended 

turbine generator outage. This allowed 

the licensee to administer outage work 

hour controls in accordance with 10 

CFR 26.205(d)(4). Although these outage 

work hour controls ended after the first 

60 days of the outage on September 29, 

2024, the outage remains in progress 

and is scheduled to be completed in 

April 2025. Due to the unplanned 

nature of the shutdown, TVA was 

unable to complete the testing of the 

main steam safety valves. In its 

exemption request, TVA stated that the 

operating experience with past refueling 

outages establishes the need to use 

outage work hour controls to provide 

the necessary conditions to complete 

the testing of the main steam safety 

valves and the associated activities to 

identify and resolve any issues. Since 

the outage work hour controls have 

already ended for this outage, TVA 

requested a one-time exemption from 

the non-outage work hour controls in 10 

CFR 26.205(d)(7) for personnel in the 

categories described in 10 CFR 

26.4(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4) so that they 

may work the less restrictive outage 

work hours as described in 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4) to support a main steam 

safety valve maintenance window from 

January 6, 2025, to January 31, 2025, for 

a period not to exceed 21 days. 

Additionally, the licensee stated that the 

emergency diesel generator (EDG) 

outages are scheduled to immediately 

follow the proposed 3-week 

maintenance window. Several 

individuals in operations and 

maintenance roles included in the 

proposed exemption request would also 

work on EDG outage activities. The 

licensee plans to perform that work in 

compliance with the non-outage work 

hour controls in 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) 

with the averaging period beginning 

immediately after the exemption period. 

Therefore, this exemption would also 

relieve the licensee from the 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(7) requirements of including 

the preceding 21-day period in the 

rolling 6-week average of 54 hours, and 

instead the licensee would be able to 

treat the proposed maintenance window 

as an outage as described in 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4). 

III. Discussion 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 26.9, the 

Commission may, upon application of 

any interested person or on its own 

initiative, grant exemptions from the 

requirements of 10 CFR part 26 as it 

determines (1) are authorized by law; (2) 

will not endanger life or property; (3) 

will not endanger the common defense 

and security; and (4) are otherwise in 

the public interest. 

A. The Exemption Is Authorized by Law 

The proposed exemption would 

authorize a one-time exemption from 

the requirements of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) 

to allow the use of the less restrictive 

work hour controls in 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4) for up to an additional 21 

days. As stated, 10 CFR 26.9 allows the 

Commission to grant exemptions from 

the requirements of 10 CFR part 26, 

including 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7), when, in 

part, the exemptions are authorized by 

law. Exemptions are authorized by law 

where they are not expressly prohibited 

by statute or regulation. A proposed 

exemption is implicitly authorized by 

law if it will not endanger life or 

property or the common defense and 

security and is otherwise in the public 

interest and no other provisions in law 

prohibit, or otherwise restrict, its 

application. The NRC staff has 

determined that no provisions in law 

expressly prohibit or otherwise restrict 

the application of the requested 

exemption. The NRC staff has also 

determined, as explained in subsequent 

sections of this document, that the 

requested exemption will not endanger 

life or property or the common defense 

and security and is otherwise in the 

public interest. Therefore, the 

exemption is authorized by law. 

B. The Exemption Will Not Endanger 

Life or Property 

The purpose of 10 CFR part 26, 

subpart I, ‘‘Managing Fatigue,’’ is to 

ensure that fatigue does not compromise 

the abilities of specified individuals to 

perform their duties safely and 

competently. The purpose of 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4) is to provide licensees 

flexibility in scheduling required days 

off while accommodating more intense 

work schedules associated with a unit 

outage for a limited period of time. 

Under the proposed exemption, 

personnel in the categories described in 

10 CFR 26.4(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4) 

would be permitted to work in 

accordance with the less restrictive 

outage MDO requirements in 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4) for up to an additional 21 

days. TVA cited regulatory position 

C.10 of NRC Regulatory Guide 5.73, 

‘‘Fatigue Management for Nuclear 

Power Plant Personnel’’ 

(ML083450028), which discusses the 

expectation that licensees should 

confirm that an individual transitioning 

from an outage at one plant to another 

‘‘has had a 34-hour break period within 

the 9 days that precede the day on 

which the individual begins working for 

the receiving licensee.’’ TVA stated that 

the workers affected by the proposed 

exemption will have received a rest and 

reset period prior to starting the 72-hour 

work weeks during the maintenance 

window. In addition, TVA stated that 

from September 30, 2024, through 

November 17, 2024, personnel in the 

categories described in 10 CFR 

26.4(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4) have worked 

under the non-outage work hour 

controls in 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) and will 

continue to do so until the proposed 

period of the exemption, and have been 

granted annual leave and other personal 

time-off as requested. 

The NRC staff determined that the 

added mitigating actions of providing a 

rest and reset period prior to the 

proposed exemption period, 

maintaining the non-outage work hour 

controls in 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) during 

the 14-week period from the end of the 

60-day initial outage period until the 

proposed exemption period while 

allowing the affected workers to use 

annual leave or other personal time-off 

as requested, and the use of an outage 

oversight plan for fatigue assessments 

during the proposed work period will 

allow TVA to adequately manage 

cumulative fatigue during the proposed 

exemption period of up to 21 days. 

Acute fatigue will be managed using the 

outage MDO requirements combined 

with fatigue assessments by supervisors, 

which is consistent with common 

practice during unit outages. Based on 

this, the NRC staff finds that the 

proposed mitigating actions will 

adequately manage cumulative and 

acute fatigue. Therefore, the exemption 

will not endanger life or property. 

C. The Exemption Will Not Endanger 

the Common Defense and Security 

The proposed exemption would 

authorize a one-time exemption from 

the requirements of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) 

to allow the use of the less restrictive 

work hour controls in 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4) for up to an additional 21 

days. The proposed exemption is not 

applicable to security personnel, nor 

does it have any relation to or impact on 

security issues. Therefore, the 


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exemption will not endanger the 

common defense and security. 

D. The Exemption Is Otherwise in the 

Public Interest 

The proposed exemption would 

authorize a one-time exemption from 

the requirements of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) 

to allow the use of the less restrictive 

work hour controls in 10 CFR 

26.205(d)(4) for up to an additional 21 

days. In considering whether this 

exemption would be in the public 

interest, the NRC staff considered 

several factors, including: 

• the unplanned nature of the 

shutdown and extended outage; 

• the public health and safety 

interests of the communities impacted 

by the safe operation of the plant; and 

• the potential adverse impacts on 

communities resulting from any further 

extension of the shutdown of the unit, 

which could challenge the reliability of 

the service territory and result in not 

meeting reserve capacity for the warmer 

months. 

The NRC staff considered that the 

current outage was not planned and has 

extended beyond the initial 60 days of 

the less restrictive outage work hour 

controls in 10 CFR 26.205(d)(4) and that 

the required work needed to complete 

testing, discovery, and resolution of 

issues has not been completed. The NRC 

staff also considered TVA’s reasonable 

efforts to develop a proposed 

maintenance window schedule that 

accommodates the completion of items 

needed for testing and to make potential 

repairs that may require a long-lead 

time. The NRC staff noted that TVA also 

plans to complete maintenance on the 

EDGs while additional resources are 

onsite immediately following the 

proposed exemption period. These 

maintenance activities are important to 

assuring the safe operation of the unit. 

In its exemption request, TVA 

discussed the potential impacts of the 

Commission not granting the proposed 

exemption. TVA stated that without this 

exemption, TVA would be challenged 

from a reliability perspective, as the area 

supplied by the unit transitions further 

into a period of the year characterized 

by warmer weather and higher loads. 

TVA discussed the likelihood that 

without the exemption, TVA may need 

to commit other generating assets or 

purchase replacement power from the 

market, which could introduce 

reliability risk. 

The NRC staff considered the balance 

of public interest considerations. The 

NRC staff considered the importance of 

the maintenance activities and the 

potential impacts of not granting the 

exemption, including the potential need 

for TVA to extend the Sequoyah, Unit 

2, outage if non-outage work hour 

controls were to reduce the availability 

of personnel. The NRC staff also 

considered the potential impacts of 

granting the exemption, including 

impacts that could result from an 

increase in overall cumulative fatigue 

due to personnel working longer hours 

for an extended period beyond that of a 

typical outage under the established 

regulatory limits. However, as 

explained, TVA currently has mitigating 

actions in place for managing 

cumulative and acute fatigue that 

include adequate rest intervals and 

assessments for fatigue. Also, TVA will 

have adequately managed fatigue for 

personnel in the categories described in 

10 CFR 26.4(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4) 

leading up to the exemption period 

through compliance with the 

requirements in 10 CFR 26.205(d)(7). 

Based on these considerations, the NRC 

staff finds that there are no expectations 

for an impact on the public health and 

safety as a result of an increase in 

fatigue for the proposed period of up to 

21 days. The NRC staff also finds that 

an earlier conclusion of the Sequoyah, 

Unit 2, extended outage may allow TVA 

to meet elevated electrical demands 

without relying on purchasing 

replacement power. Finally, the NRC 

staff finds that TVA took reasonable 

measures in its project planning to 

ensure that all testing, maintenance, and 

resolution of discovery items will be 

completed within the proposed 

exemption period. Therefore, the 

exemption is otherwise in the public 

interest. 

E. Environmental Considerations 

The Commission has determined that 

granting the proposed one-time 

exemption from the requirements of 10 

CFR 26.205(d)(7) to allow the use of the 

less restrictive work hour controls in 10 

CFR 26.205(d)(4) for up to an additional 

21 days involves (1) no significant 

hazards consideration, (2) no significant 

change in the types or significant 

increase in the amounts of any effluents 

that may be released offsite, (3) no 

significant increase in individual or 

cumulative public or occupational 

radiation exposure, (4) no significant 

construction impact, and (5) no 

significant increase in the potential for 

or consequences from radiological 

accidents. 

(1) Under 10 CFR 50.92(c), there is no 

significant hazards consideration if the 

action does not (1) involve a significant 

increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated; (2) create the possibility of a 

new or different kind of accident from 

any accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. 

The proposed exemption is 

administrative in nature because it 

provides an additional period when less 

restrictive outage work hour controls 

can apply for personnel in the categories 

described in 10 CFR 26.4(a)(1), (a)(2), 

and (a)(4). The proposed exemption has 

no effect on structures, systems, and 

components (SSCs) and no effect on the 

capability of the SSCs to perform their 

design function. The proposed 

exemption does not make any changes 

to the facility or operating procedures 

and does not alter the design, function, 

or operation of any plant equipment. 

Therefore, the exemption does not 

increase the probability or consequences 

of an accident previously evaluated. 

Similarly, the proposed exemption 

does not authorize any physical changes 

to any SSCs involved in the mitigation 

of any accidents. Therefore, the 

exemption does not create the 

possibility of a new or different kind of 

accident from any accident previously 

evaluated. 

The proposed exemption does not 

authorize alteration of the design basis 

or any safety limits for the plant. The 

exemption would not impact station 

operation or any SSC that is relied upon 

for accident mitigation. Therefore, the 

exemption does not involve a significant 

reduction in a margin of safety. 

For these reasons, the NRC staff has 

determined that approval of the 

proposed exemption involves no 

significant hazards consideration. 

(2) The proposed exemption does not 

authorize any changes to the design 

basis requirements for the SSCs at 

Sequoyah, Unit 2, that function to limit 

the release of non-radiological effluents, 

radiological liquid effluents, or 

radiological gaseous effluents during 

and following postulated accidents. 

Additionally, the exemption does not 

change any requirements with respect to 

the conduct of radiation surveys and 

monitoring. Therefore, there is no 

significant change in the types or 

significant increase in the amounts of 

any effluents that may be released 

offsite. 

(3) The proposed exemption does not 

affect the limits on the release of any 

radioactive material or the limits 

provided in 10 CFR part 20 for radiation 

exposure to workers or members of the 

public. Additionally, the exemption will 

not increase or decrease the amount of 

work activities that must be completed 

in order to connect the reactor unit to 

the electrical grid. Therefore, there is no 

significant increase in individual or 


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4679). 

cumulative public or occupational 

radiation exposure. 

(4) The proposed exemption does not 

involve any construction. Therefore, 

there is no significant construction 

impact. 

(5) The proposed exemption does not 

alter any of the assumptions or limits in 

the licensee’s accident analyses. 

Therefore, there is no significant 

increase in the potential for or 

consequences from radiological 

accidents. 

Based on the foregoing and because 

the requirements from which the 

exemption is sought involve other 

requirements of an administrative, 

managerial, or organizational nature, the 

exemption meets the eligibility criteria 

for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 

CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(I). Therefore, in 

accordance with 10 CFR 51.22(b), no 

environmental impact statement or 

environmental assessment need be 

prepared in connection with granting 

the proposed exemption. 

IV. Conclusion 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 

26.9, the exemption is authorized by 

law, will not endanger life or property 

or the common defense and security, 

and is otherwise in the public interest. 

Therefore, the Commission hereby 

grants TVA a one-time exemption from 

10 CFR 26.205(d)(7) for personnel in the 

categories described in 10 CFR 

26.4(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4) to allow the 

use of the outage MDO requirements in 

10 CFR 26.205(d)(4) for a 21-day period 

starting no earlier than January 6, 2025, 

and no later than January 31, 2025. 

While the exemption is in effect, TVA 

will ensure that individuals specified in 

10 CFR 26.4(a)(1) and (a)(2) have at least 

3 days off in each successive (i.e., nonrolling) 15-day period and that 

individuals specified in 10 CFR 

26.4(a)(4) have at least 1 day off in any 

7-day period. The use of the outage 

MDO requirements and an outage plan 

will adequately manage cumulative and 

acute fatigue for covered personnel. The 

exemption ends either at the end of the 

approved 21-day period or at the time 

when Sequoyah, Unit 2, is connected to 

the electrical grid, whichever occurs 

first. 

Dated: December 23, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Aida Rivera-Varona, 

Deputy Director, Division of Operating 

Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2025–1041; K2025–1040; 

MC2025–1042; K2025–1041; MC2025–1043; 

K2025–1042; MC2025–1044; K2025–1043; 

MC2025–1045; K2025–1044; MC2025–1046; 

K2025–1045; MC2025–1047; K2025–1046; 

MC2025–1048; K2025–1047; MC2025–1049; 

K2025–1048; MC2025–1050; K2025–1049; 

MC2025–1051; K2025–1050; MC2025–1052; 

K2025–1051; MC2025–1053; K2025–1052; 

MC2025–1054; K2025–1053; MC2025–1055; 

K2025–1054; MC2025–1056; K2025–1055; 

MC2025–1057; K2025–1056; MC2025–1058; 

K2025–1057; MC2025–1059; K2025–1058; 

MC2025–1060; K2025–1059; MC2025–1061; 

K2025–1060; MC2025–1062; K2025–1061; 

MC2025–1063; K2025–1062; MC2025–1064; 

K2025–1063; MC2025–1065; K2025–1064; 

MC2025–1066; K2025–1065; MC2025–1067; 

K2025–1066] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: January 15, 

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. Public Proceeding(s) 

III. Summary Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405, the 

Commission gives notice that the Postal 

Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to Competitive negotiated service 

agreement(s). The request(s) may 

propose the addition of a negotiated 

service agreement from the Competitive 

product list or the modification of an 

existing product currently appearing on 

the Competitive product list. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (https://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, if any, that will be 

reviewed in a public proceeding as 

defined by 39 CFR 3010.101(p), the title 

of each such request, the request’s 

acceptance date, and the authority cited 

by the Postal Service for each request. 

For each such request, the Commission 

appoints an officer of the Commission to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in the proceeding, pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 505 and 39 CFR 3000.114 (Public 

Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each such request. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

identified in Section II, if any, are 

consistent with the policies of title 39. 

Applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 

U.S.C. 3633, 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

part 3035, and 39 CFR part 3041. 

Comment deadline(s) for each such 

request, if any, appear in Section II. 

Section III identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, if any, to add a 

standardized distinct product to the 

Competitive product list or to amend a 

standardized distinct product, the title 

of each such request, the request’s 

acceptance date, and the authority cited 

by the Postal Service for each request. 

Standardized distinct products are 

negotiated service agreements that are 

variations of one or more Competitive 

products, and for which financial 

models, minimum rates, and 

classification criteria have undergone 

advance Commission review. See 39 

CFR 3041.110(n); 39 CFR 3041.205(a). 

Such requests are reviewed in summary 

proceedings pursuant to 39 CFR 

3041.325(c)(2) and 39 CFR 

3041.505(f)(1). Pursuant to 39 CFR 

3041.405(c)–(d), the Commission does 

not appoint a Public Representative or 

request public comment in proceedings 

to review such requests. 

II. Public Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1041 and 

K2025–1040; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 1228 to the Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 


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