[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29396-29397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10238]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CP2022-62; Order No. 6167]


Competitive Price Adjustment

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is recognizing a recently filed Postal Service 
document with the Commission concerning changes in rates of general 
applicability for competitive products. The changes are scheduled to 
take effect July 10, 2022. This notice informs the public of the 
filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

DATES: Comments are due: June 6, 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 and Overview
II. Initial Administrative Actions
III. Ordering Paragraphs

I. Introduction and Overview

    On May 6, 2022, the Postal Service filed notice with the Commission 
concerning changes in rates and classifications of general 
applicability for Competitive products.\1\ The Postal Service 
represents that, as required by 39 CFR 3035.102(b) and 39 CFR 
3035.104(b), the Notice includes an explanation and justification for 
the changes, the effective date, and a schedule of the changed rates. 
See Notice at 1-2. The changes are

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scheduled to take effect on July 10, 2022. Id. at 2.
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    \1\ USPS Notice of Changes in Rates and Classifications of 
General Applicability for Competitive Products, May 6, 2022 
(Notice). Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2), the Postal Service is 
obligated to publish the Governors' Decision and record of 
proceedings in the Federal Register at least 30 days before the 
effective date of the new rates.
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    Attached to the Notice is Governors' Decision No. 22-1, which 
states the new prices are in accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3632 and 3633 
and 39 CFR 3035.102.\2\ The Governors' Decision provides an analysis of 
the Competitive products' price and classification changes intended to 
demonstrate that the changes comply with 39 U.S.C. 3633 and 39 CFR part 
3035. Governors' Decision No. 22-1 at 1. The attachment to the 
Governors' Decision sets forth the classification and price changes and 
includes draft Mail Classification Schedule language for Competitive 
products of general applicability.
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    \2\ Notice, Decision of the Governors of the United States 
Postal Service on Changes in Rates and Classification of General 
Applicability for Competitive Products (Governors' Decision No. 22-
1), at 1 (Governors' Decision No. 22-1).
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    The Notice also includes an application for non-public treatment of 
the attributable costs, contribution, and cost coverage data in the 
unredacted version of the annex to the Governors' Decision, as well as 
the supporting materials for the data. Notice at 2.
    Planned price and classification changes. The Governors' Decision 
includes an overview of the Postal Service's planned price and 
classification changes for Priority Mail, Parcel Select, and certain 
International Special Services, which are summarized as follows:
    <bullet> Eligibility requirements for Priority Mail Commercial Plus 
Cubic will be removed, so that all commercial customers can use 
Priority Mail cubic pricing.
    <bullet> Classification changes will be made to increase insurance 
to $100 for Priority Mail and to extend the inclusion of $100 in 
insurance to Priority Mail Returns.
    <bullet> Cubic pricing will be introduced for Parcel Select Ground.
    <bullet> Prices for Outbound International Insurance will be 
increased 55 percent on average, and prices for International Money 
Transfer Service (IMTS)--Outbound, which includes international Postal 
Money Orders and Electronic Money Transfer Service, will increase by 
about 305 percent.\3\
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    \3\ See Notice at 1; see also Governors' Decision No. 22-1 at 2.
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II. Initial Administrative Actions

    The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2022-62 to consider the 
Postal Service's Notice. Interested persons may express views and offer 
comments on whether the planned changes are consistent with 39 U.S.C. 
3632, 3633, and 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 CFR part 3040 subparts B 
and E. Comments are due no later than June 6, 2022. For specific 
details of the planned price changes, interested persons are encouraged 
to review the Notice, which is available on the Commission's website at 
www.prc.gov.
    Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Gregory S. Stanton is appointed to serve 
as Public Representative to represent the interests of the general 
public in this docket.

III. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2022-62 to provide 
interested persons an opportunity to express views and offer comments 
on whether the planned changes are consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632, 
3633, and 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 CFR part 3040 subparts B and 
E.
    2. Comments are due no later than June 6, 2022.
    3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Gregory S. 
Stanton to serve as an officer of the Commission (Public 
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in 
this docket.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-10238 Filed 5-12-22; 8:45 am]
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