26812 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 12, 2010 / Notices 

1Notice of United States Postal Service Filing of 

Functionally Equivalent Global Direct Contracts 1 

Negotiated Service Agreement, May 4, 2010 

(Notice). 

2Notice at 1–2. See Docket No. MC2008–7, 

Request of the United States Postal Service to Add 

Global Plus 2 Negotiated Service Agreements to the 

Competitive Product List, and Notice of Filing 

(Under Seal) the Enabling Governors’ Decision and 

Two Functionally Equivalent Agreements, August 

8, 2008; Attachment 1 is a redacted version of 

Decision of the Governors of the United States 

Postal Service on the Establishment of Prices and 

Classifications for Global Direct, Global Bulk 

Economy, and Global Plus Contracts, July 16, 2008 

(Governors’ Decision No. 08–10). The Postal Service 

also filed under seal an unredacted version of the 

Governors’ Decision in that docket. 

3See Docket Nos. MC2009–9, CP2009–10 and 

CP2009–11, Order Concerning Global Direct 

Contracts Negotiated Service Agreements, 

December 19, 2008 (Order No. 153). 

4The Postal Service states in its Notice that 

Attachment 3 is the application for non-public 

treatment of the redacted materials and that 

Attachment 4 is the redacted version of the 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–10. However, the 

attachments filed in this docket are as noted above. 

5See Order No. 153 at 9. See also Docket No. 

MC2009–23, Order of Classification Changes, May 

11, 2009, that accepts a Postal Service proposal to 

modify the Mail Classification Schedule so that for 

Global Direct service the mailer is notified whether 

such mail is (or is not) sealed against inspection. 

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2010–47; Order No. 454] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add a Global Direct Contracts 1 

(MC2010–17) negotiated service 

agreement to the Competitive Product 

List. This notice addresses procedural 

steps associated with the filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: May 14, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot 

submit their views electronically should 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

by telephone for advice on alternatives 

to electronic filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 or 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On May 4, 2010, the Postal Service 

filed a notice announcing that it has 

entered into an additional Global Direct 

Contracts 1 agreement.1 Global Direct 

Contracts provide a rate for mail 

acceptance within the United States, 

transportation to a receiving country of 

mail that bears the destination country’s 

indicia, and payment by the Postal 

Service of the appropriate settlement 

charges to the receiving country. The 

Postal Service believes the instant 

agreement is functionally equivalent to 

the Global Direct Contracts 1 agreements 

in Docket Nos. MC2010–17, CP2010–18 

and CP2010–19 and supported by the 

Governors’ Decision filed in Docket No. 

MC2008–7.2

The instant agreement. The Postal 

Service filed the instant agreement 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition, 

the Postal Service contends that the 

agreement is in accordance with Order 

No. 153.3 The term of the instant 

agreement is 1 year from the date the 

Postal Service notifies the customer that 

all necessary regulatory approvals have 

been received and it may be 

automatically renewed unless 

terminated by the parties. Notice at 3. 

The Postal Service states that the instant 

agreement replaces the agreement for 

the customer in Docket No. CP2009–29 

which will expire soon. Id. at 2–3. 

In support of its Notice, the Postal 

Service filed four attachments as 

follows: 

• Attachment 1—a redacted copy of 

the contract; 

• Attachment 2—a certified statement 

required by 39 CFR 3015.5(c)(2); 

• Attachment 3—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–10, which 

establishes prices and classifications for 

Global Direct, Global Bulk Economy, 

and Global Plus Contracts; and 

• Attachment 4—an application for 

non-public treatment of materials to 

maintain redacted portions of the 

contract and supporting documents 

under seal.4

The Postal Service states that the 

instant agreement fits within the Mail 

Classification Schedule language for 

Global Direct Contracts in Governors’ 

Decision No. 08–10, with the 

modification noted in Order No. 153.5

The Notice advances reasons why the 

instant agreement fits within the Mail 

Classification Schedule language for 

Global Direct Contracts and is 

functionally equivalent to the previous 

Global Direct Contracts 1 in Docket Nos. 

MC2010–17 and CP2010–18. The Postal 

Service characterizes certain differences 

from previous Global Direct agreements 

as cosmetic or customer-specific 

updates. It identifies changes in specific 

provisions that contain the essential 

differences from the previous Global 

Direct Contracts 1 agreement as 

revisions in mailer notification 

requirements, mailer minimum 

commitment, and clarifying countryspecific notification requirements all of 

which are highlighted in the Notice. Id. 

at 3. It contends that the instant contract 

is functionally equivalent to the Global 

Direct Contracts 1 agreement filed 

previously notwithstanding these 

differences. Id. at 4. 

The Postal Service contends that its 

filing demonstrates that the ‘‘cost and 

market characteristics of this agreement 

are substantially similar to those of prior 

Global Direct contracts’’ and is in 

conformity with the requirements of 39 

U.S.C. 3633. Id. It requests that the 

agreement be included within the 

Global Direct Contracts 1 product. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2010–47 for consideration of 

matters related to the contract identified 

in the Postal Service’s Notice. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s contract is consistent with the 

policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633 or 3642. 

Comments are due no later than May 14, 

2010. The public portions of this filing 

can be accessed via the Commission’s 

Web site (http://www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Paul L. 

Harrington to serve as Public 

Representative in the captioned filing. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2010–47 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Postal Service’s 

Notice. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

May 14, 2010. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. 

Harrington is appointed to serve as the 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

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