35580 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2022 / Notices 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

1Notice of the United States Postal Service of 

Filing Modifications to Rates Under Inbound 

Competitive Multi-Service IRA–USPS II Agreement 

with Materials Filed Under Seal, June 3, 2022 

(Notice). Docket Nos. MC2010–34 and CP2010–95, 

Order Adding Inbound Competitive Multi-Service 

Agreements with Foreign Postal Service Operators 

1 to the Competitive Product List and Approving 

Included Agreement, September 29, 2010 (Order 

No. 546). 

2Order Approving Additional Inbound 

Competitive Multi-Service Agreement with Foreign 

Postal Operators, December 23, 2021 (Order No. 

6074). 

3Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

Functionally Equivalent Inbound Competitive 

Multi-Service Agreement with Foreign Postal 

Operators, December 8, 2021, Attachment 2 at 21– 

23. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12501 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–63–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2021–114] 

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: June 14, 

2022. 

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. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the market dominant or 

the competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the market 

dominant or the competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

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 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

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

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern market dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

competitive product(s), 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 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s): CP2021–114; Filing 

Title: USPS Notice of Amendment to 

Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & 

First-Class Package Service Contract 74, 

Filed Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: June 3, 2022; Filing Authority: 39 

CFR 3035.105; Public Representative: 

Jennaca D. Upperman; Comments Due: 

June 14, 2022. 

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 No. CP2022–34; Order No. 6190] 

Inbound Competitive Multi-Service 

Agreements With Foreign Postal 

Operators 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

recognizing a recent Postal Service filing 

of a change in certain inbound rates 

under the Competitive Multi-Service 

Agreements with Foreign Postal 

Operators 1 product to be effective 

January 1, 2023. This notice informs the 

public of the filing, invites public 

comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: June 21, 

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. Commission Action 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On June 3, 2022, the Postal Service 

filed a notice with the Commission 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3035.105 and Order 

No. 546, giving notice of modifications 

to certain inbound rates under the 

Competitive multi-product 

‘‘Interconnect Remuneration Agreement 

USPS and Specified Postal Operators II’’ 

(IRA–USPS II Agreement).1 The IRA– 

USPS II Agreement is included within 

the Competitive Multi-Service 

Agreements with Foreign Postal 

Operators 1 product.2

Parties to the IRA–USPS II Agreement 

may self-declare their delivery rates 

within defined parameters by 

communicating revised rates to the 

International Post Corporation by July 

15 of the year preceding their 

application.3 The modifications 

proposed in the Notice are intended to 

take effect on January 1, 2023. Notice at 

2. 

Concurrent with the Notice, the Postal 

Service has filed a certified statement 

concerning the modified rates under the 

IRA–USPS II Agreement and supporting 

financial documentation. Id. at 2–3, 

Attachment 1. The Postal Service also 

requests that the Commission continue 

to grant its Application for Non-Public 

Treatment, which was filed with the 


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Postal Service’s initial notice and is 

incorporated by reference. Notice at 3. 

The Commission will review the 

proposed IRA–USPS II Agreement rates 

to ensure that the Inbound Competitive 

Multi-Service Agreements with Foreign 

Postal Operators 1 product continues to 

cover its attributable costs, does not 

cause Market Dominant products to 

subsidize Competitive products as a 

whole, and contributes to the Postal 

Service’s institutional costs. 39 U.S.C. 

3633(a); 39 CFR 3035.105 and 3035.107. 

II. Commission Action 

The Commission seeks public 

comments from interested persons on 

whether the Postal Service’s Notice 

concerning the IRA–USPS II Agreement 

is consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633 and 39 

CFR 3035.105. Comments are due by 

June 21, 2022. 

The Notice and related filings are 

available on the Commission’s website 

(http://www.prc.gov). The Commission 

encourages interested persons to review 

the Notice for further details. 

The Commission appoints Kenneth R. 

Moeller to serve as Public 

Representative in this proceeding. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission seeks public 

comment from interested persons on 

whether the Notice of the United States 

Postal Service of Filing Modifications to 

Rates Under Inbound Competitive 

Multi-Service IRA–USPS II Agreement 

with Materials Filed Under Seal, filed 

June 3, 2022, is consistent with 39 

U.S.C. 3633 and 39 CFR 3035.105. 

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

R. Moeller is appointed to serve as an 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

3. Comments by interested persons 

are due by June 21, 2022. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplement to the Next Generation 

Delivery Vehicles Acquisitions Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Postal Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On January 7, 2022, the Postal 

Service published a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

pursuant to the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), its implementing 

regulations, and the President’s Council 

on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations for its Next Generation 

Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) Acquisitions. 

On February 23, 2022, the Postal Service 

issued its Record of Decision, 

determining that it would implement 

the NGDV FEIS’s Preferred Alternative 

to purchase and deploy over a ten-year 

period 50,000 to 165,000 purpose-built, 

right-hand drive NGDV consisting of a 

mix of internal combustion engine (ICE) 

and battery electric vehicle (BEV) 

powertrains, with at least ten percent 

BEVs. On March 24, 2022, in 

accordance with that decision, the 

Postal Service placed an order for 

50,000 NGDV, of which 10,019 are BEV. 

The Postal Service now announces its 

intention to prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

to address the three considerations that 

have developed since the NGDV FEIS 

and Record of Decision. 

DATES: Comments should be received no 

later than July 25, 2022. The Postal 

Service will also publish a Notice of 

Availability to announce the availability 

of the Draft SEIS and solicit comments 

on the Draft SEIS during a second 45- 

day public comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

direct comments and questions to: Mr. 

Davon Collins, Environmental Counsel, 

United States Postal Service, 475 

L’Enfant Plaza SW, Office 6606, 

Washington, DC 20260–6201, or at 

NEPA@usps.gov. Note that comments 

sent by mail may be subject to delay due 

to federal security screening. Faxed 

comments are not accepted. All 

submitted comments and attachments 

are part of the public record and subject 

to disclosure. Do not enclose any 

material in your comments that you 

consider to be confidential or 

inappropriate for public disclosure. 

The Postal Service will also conduct 

a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, 

July 19, 2022, at 7 p.m. (ET). 

Registration information will be made 

available 15 days prior to the hearing 

date at the following website: http://

uspsngdveis.com/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The three 

considerations that have developed 

since the NGDV FEIS and Record of 

Decision are as follows: 

First, in response to potential delivery 

network refinements and route 

optimization efforts being considered 

for the postal delivery network, the SEIS 

would analyze the potential impacts to 

the delivery fleet from such changes, 

including whether the changed route 

length and characteristics warrant an 

increase in the minimum number of 

BEV NGDVs to be procured under the 

Proposed Action set forth in the FEIS. 

Second, in response to its need to 

accelerate the replacement of aged and 

high-maintenance Long Life Vehicles 

(LLV) and Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV) 

in furtherance of its Universal Service 

Obligation, the Postal Service intends to 

analyze the potential impacts of 

replacing the remainder of its LLV/FFV 

fleet with a combination of NGDV and 

Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) 

vehicles. The Postal Service anticipates 

that the SEIS Proposed Action will 

propose acquiring up to 37,000 lefthand drive COTS with ICE and BEV 

powertrains, which would be deployed 

on routes with fewer than 21 curb-line 

delivery points. 

Third, as the NGDV FEIS only 

assessed the environmental impacts 

from a replacement of the Postal 

Service’s LLV and FFVs, the SEIS would 

also assess the potential impacts from 

replacing other aged and highmaintenance non-LLV/FFV postal 

delivery vehicles. This analysis would 

include consideration of the acquisition 

of: (1) up to 60,000 right-hand drive 

non-NGDV purpose-built vehicles with 

ICE and BEV powertrains to place on 

routes currently utilizing personally 

owned vehicles (POVs), for rural route 

growth, and for routes that require a 

vehicle less than 111 inches tall; and (2) 

the acquisition of up to 26,000 left-hand 

drive COTS with ICE and BEV 

powertrains to replace existing COTS 

delivery vehicles that will reach the end 

of their service lives within the next ten 

years. 

The Postal Service actively seeks 

input from the public, interested 

persons, organizations, and Federal, 

state, and regional agencies to identify 

environmental concerns and potential 

alternatives to be addressed in the SEIS 

and will accept public comments for a 

45-day period, concluding on July 25, 

2022. With respect to recommendations 

regarding potential alternatives, the 

Postal Service requests that comments 

be as specific as possible regarding 

vehicle type, model and manufacturer 

so that the Postal Service might fully 

consider the alternative in terms of 

pricing, operational capabilities, and 

market availability. 

References 

1. U.S. Postal Service, Notice of Intent 

to Prepare an Environmental Impact 


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