Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 93 / Friday, May 14, 2010 / Notices 27375 

1Press Release No. 10–018, United States Postal 

Service, Postal Service Outlines 10–Year Plan to 

Address Declining Revenues, Volumes (March 2, 

2010). 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s 

application dated February 21, 2007 

[ML092170540], as supplemented by the 

letter dated November 9, 2009 

[ML093410385]. Documents may be 

examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike (1st Floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible electronically from 

the Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the NRC 

Web site http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. Persons who do not 

have access to ADAMS or who 

encounter problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS should 

contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or 

send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day 

of May, 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kathryn M. Brock, 

Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing 

Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11563 Filed 5–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. PI2010–3; Order No. 456] 

Postal Rate Case Management 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is seeking 

comments relevant to management of an 

anticipated exigent postal rate case. It 

has scheduled a technical conference for 

a public discussion based on the 

submissions. 

DATES: Comments are due: June 9, 2010; 

technical conference will be held: June 

16, 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. Public Representative 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On March 2, 2010, Postmaster General 

John E. Potter outlined elements of a 

business plan designed to close a 

projected gap between Postal Service 

revenues and costs.1 Included in the 

plan was a reference to a possible 

‘‘modest exigent rate increase’’ to be 

effective in 2011. Id. The term ‘‘exigent 

rate increase’’ is commonly used to refer 

to rate adjustments that are due to 

extraordinary or exceptional 

circumstances. Such rate adjustments 

are expressly authorized by 39 U.S.C. 

3622(d)(1)(E). 

Following the issuance of the Postal 

Accountability and Enhancement Act 

(PAEA), Pub. L. 109–435, 120 Stat. 3218 

(2006), the Commission adopted new 

rules that establish procedures for 

handling exigent rate cases. Docket No. 

RM2007–1, October 29, 2007 (Order No. 

43). Those new rules (Exigent Rate Case 

Rules) are contained in subpart E of part 

3010 of the Commission’s regulations. 

39 CFR part 3010, subpart E. 

If filed, the potential exigent rate case 

referred to by the Postmaster General 

would be the first exigent rate case 

received by the Commission since 

passage of the PAEA. While the 

Commission is confident that its Exigent 

Rate Case Rules will provide an 

effective procedural framework for 

consideration of the currently 

anticipated case, the Commission 

believes that it would be prudent to give 

all interested parties an opportunity to 

explore and discuss procedural 

considerations unique to exigent rate 

cases before the Postal Service files such 

a case. This belief is grounded in part 

on the fact that section 3622(d)(1)(E) 

requires the Commission to issue a 

decision within 90 days after the Postal 

Service’s filing. Advance consideration 

of the unique procedural aspects of the 

proposed exigent rate case may permit 

early identification of solutions to any 

potential issues that might otherwise 

complicate fair and meaningful 

participation by interested persons. 

In light of the foregoing 

considerations, a technical conference is 

scheduled for June 16, 2010, beginning 

at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission’s 

hearing room. The purpose of the 

conference is to give interested persons 

the opportunity to discuss procedures 

for managing the Postal Service’s 

currently anticipated exigent rate case. 

The proceedings will be transcribed, 

and a copy of the transcript will be 

posted on the Commission’s website. 

Further procedures are under 

consideration and may be announced by 

further public notice. Finally, the 

Commission invites interested persons 

to file proposed topics for discussion at 

the conference not later than June 9, 

2010. 

II. Public Representative 

Section 505 of title 39 requires the 

designation of an officer of the 

Commission in all public proceedings to 

represent the interests of the general 

public. The Commission hereby 

designates James Waclawski as Public 

Representative in this proceeding. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. Docket No. PI2010-3 is established 

for the purpose of facilitating discussion 

of and obtaining views on, procedural 

matters pertaining to rate adjustments 

proposed to meet exigent circumstances 

under part 3010, subpart E of the 

commission’s rules of practice. 

2. A technical conference will be held 

June 16, 2010, beginning at 10:00 a.m. 

in the Commission’s hearing room to 

discuss issues related to the matters that 

are the subject of this proceeding. 

3. Interested persons may sunbmit 

proposed topics for discussion on or 

before June 9, 2010. 

4. James Waclawski is designated as 

the Public Representative to represent 

the interests of the general public in this 

docket. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11467 Filed 5–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–S 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. MC2010–24; Order No. 457] 

Review of Nonpostal Services 

Language 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

establishing a docket to consider the 

Postal Service’s proposed nonpostal 

services Mail Classification Schedule 

language. It solicits comments to assist 

in this task. 

DATES: Comments are due: June 4, 2010. 

Reply comments are due: June 18, 2010. 


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