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the convenience this service provides. 

Id. 

Stamped Cards. The Postal Service 

plans to increase the fee for a single 

Stamped Card by the minimum amount 

of $0.01, which is a 50 percent increase. 

It also increases the other Stamped 

Cards fees by 50 percent. Id. 

Bulk Parcel Return Service. The Postal 

Service states that the increase in the 

per-piece fee is similar to the general 

increase for Standard Mail parcels, 

which comprises this category. Id. 

Restricted Delivery, Collect on 

Delivery Notice of Nondelivery and 

Alteration of Charges, and Money Order 

inquiries. The Postal Service says the 

larger-than-average fee increases for 

these services reflect their high value of 

service. Id. 

International special services. The 

Postal Service says its general approach 

to international special services has 

been to set fees for those services that 

are similar to the fees for the equivalent 

domestic service, and that it has 

followed this approach for International 

Certificates of Mailing; International 

Registered Mail; International Return 

Receipts; and International Restricted 

Delivery. Id. at 23. 

VIII. Mail Classification Schedule 

Product Description Changes 

The Postal Service addresses 

§ 3010.14(b)(9) in Part III of its 

Adjustment Notice. Id. at 37–38. This 

rule requires that the Adjustment Notice 

include all the changes to the product 

descriptions within the MCS that are 

necessitated by the planned price 

adjustments. The Postal Service 

provides the proposed MCS revisions in 

Appendix C. It notes that the changes 

are based on the draft MCS it submitted 

on September 24, 2007 (as 

supplemented on November 20, 2007). 

Id. at 37. Revisions are made to the MCS 

in Outbound Single-Piece First-Class 

Mail International and in Outside 

County Periodicals. 

International Mail. The MCS changes 

related to International Mail reflect 

changes to the International Mail 

Manual (IMM) that expand the number 

of country groups for First-Class Mail 

International to nine; implement the 

new shape-based prices for letters, large 

envelopes (flats), and packages (small 

packets); and apply the nonmachinable 

surcharge to all nonmachinable letters, 

regardless of weight. The Postal Service 

states that notice of the IMM changes is 

being placed on http://www.USPS.com 

and will be published shortly in the 

Federal Register. Id. 

Outside County Periodicals. The 

Postal Service states that the MCS 

revisions for this product reflect the 

changes to the Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) required to implement 39 U.S.C. 

3626(g)(4), which authorizes the 

provision of a discount for the Outside 

County pieces of a Periodicals 

publication having fewer than 5,000 

Outside County pieces, and at least one 

Within County piece. The Postal Service 

states that the DMM changes 

implementing this new discount are 

being placed on http://www.USPS.com 

and will be published shortly in the 

Federal Register. Id. at 37–38. 

IX. Ordering Paragraphs 

It Is Ordered 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. R2008–1 to consider the planned 

price adjustments in rates and fees for 

market dominant postal products and 

services identified in the Postal 

Service’s February 11, 2008 Notice of 

Market-Dominant Price Adjustment. 

2. The Commission establishes a 20- 

day period for public comment on the 

planned price adjustments. This period 

extends through March 3, 2008. 

3. The Commission appoints Kenneth 

E. Richardson as officer of the 

Commission to represent the interests of 

the general public in this proceeding. 

4. The Commission directs the 

Secretary of the Commission to arrange 

for prompt publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

By the Commission. 

Steven W. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–3163 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notification of 

Item Added to Meeting Agenda 

DATE OF MEETING: January 29, 2008. 

STATUS: Closed. 

PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: 73 FR 3760, 

January 22, 2008. 

ADDITION: 

1. Consideration of Rate and 

Classification Changes. 

At its closed meeting on January 29, 

2008, the Board of Governors of the 

United States Postal Service voted 

unanimously to add this item to the 

agenda of its closed meeting and that no 

earlier announcement was possible. The 

General Counsel of the United States 

Postal Service certified that in her 

opinion discussion of this item could be 

properly closed to public observation. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Wendy A. Hocking, Secretary of the 

Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20260–

1000. 

Wendy A. Hocking, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 08–778 Filed 2–14–08; 4:03 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–M 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submissions for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; 

Upon Written Request; Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213 

Extensions: 

Rule 163; OMB Control No. 3235–0619; 

SEC File No. 270–556. 

Rule 173; OMB Control No. 3235–0618; 

SEC File No. 270–557. 

Rule 433; OMB Control No. 3235–0617; 

SEC File No. 270–558. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget these 

requests for extension of the previously 

approved collections of information 

discussed below. 

Rule 163 (17 CFR 230.163) provides 

an exemption from Section 5(c) (15 

U.S.C. 77e(c)) under the Securities Act 

of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) for certain 

communications by or on behalf of a 

well-known seasoned issuer. The 

information filed under Rule 163 is 

publicly available. We estimate that it 

takes approximately .24 burden hours 

per response to provide the information 

required under Rule 163 and that the 

information is filed by 53 respondents 

for a total annual reporting burden of 

approximately 13 hours. We estimate 

that 25% of .24 hours per response (.06 

hours) is prepared by the company for 

a total annual burden of approximately 

3 hours (.06 hours per response × 53 

responses). 

Rule 173 (17 CFR 230.173) provides a 

notice of registration to investors who 

purchased securities in a registered 

offering under the Securities Act of 1933 

(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.). The Rule 173 

notice must be provided by each 

underwriter or dealer to each purchaser 

of securities. We estimate that it takes 

approximately .01 hour per response to 

provide the information required under 

Rule 173 and that the information is 

filed by 5,338 companies approximately 

43,546 times a year for a total of 


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