Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 1995 / Notices 66999

1The Postal Service states that there are currently

three locations which have equipment appropriate

for processing the proposed parcel categories: the

Southeastern Pennsylvania Processing and

Distribution Center, the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Airport Mail Facility, and the St. Petersburg,

Florida Sectional Center Facility.

Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing, including the opportunity to

present evidence and cross-examine

witnesses.

If the amendment is issued before the

expiration of the 30-day hearing period,

the Commission will make a final

determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. If a

hearing is requested, the final

determination will serve to decide when

the hearing is held.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration, the

Commission may issue the amendment

and make it immediately effective,

notwithstanding the request for a

hearing. Any hearing held would take

place after issuance of the amendment.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves a

significant hazards consideration, any

hearing held would take place before

the issuance of any amendment.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by

the above date. Where petitions are filed

during the last 10 days of the notice

period, it is requested that the petitioner

promptly so inform the Commission by

a toll-free telephone call to Western

Union at 1–(800) 248–5100 (in Missouri

1–(800) 342–6700). The Western Union

operator should be given Datagram

Identification Number N1023 and the

following message addressed to John F.

Stolz, Director, Project Directorate I–2:

petitioner’s name and telephone

number, date petition was mailed, plant

name, and publication date and page

number of this Federal Register notice.

A copy of the petition should also be

sent to the Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

and to J. W. Durham, Sr., Esquire, Sr.

V.P. and General Counsel, PECO Energy

Company, 2301 Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101,

attorney for the licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding officer or the

presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board that the petition and/or request

should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendment dated December 19, 1995,

which is available for public inspection

at the Commission’s Public Document

Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the

local public document room, located at

the Government Publications Section,

State Library of Pennsylvania, (Regional

Depository) Education Building, Walnut

Street and Commonwealth Avenue, Box

1601, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day

of December, 1995.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Joseph W. Shea,

Project Manager, Project Directorate I–2,

Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 95–31299 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1097; Docket No. MC96–1]

Notice of Filing of Request for

Establishment of an Experimental

First-Class and Priority Mail Small

Parcel Automation Rate Category

Issued December 20, 1995.

Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman,

Chairman; W.H. ‘‘Trey’’ LeBlanc III, Vice

Chairman; George W. Haley, H. Edward

Quick, Jr.; Experimental First-Class and

Priority Mail Small Parcel Automation Rate

Category, 1995.

Notice is hereby given that on

December 19, 1995, the U.S. Postal

Service filed a request with the Postal

Rate Commission pursuant to 3623 of

the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U.S.C.

101 et seq., for a recommended decision

on proposed changes in the Domestic

Mail Classification Schedule (DMCS).

The proposed revisions also include

proposed new rates. The request

includes attachments supported by the

testimony of four witnesses and four

library references. It is on file in the

Commission Docket Room and is

available for inspection during the

Commission’s regular business hours.

Experimental Nature of the Proposed

Change

The Postal Service indicates that it is

requesting new, experimental small

parcel automation rate categories within

First Class and Priority Mail.

Description of Request

The Postal Service requests the

establishment of discounted rate

categories within Priority Mail and

First-Class Mail for bulk quantities of

small parcels that are prebarcoded and

otherwise compatible with processing

on sorting machines equipped with

barcode scanners. The proposed service

would be available to all Priority and

First-Class Mail pieces which: (1) Are

entered at one of the designated test

sites; 1 (2) are presented in mailings of

50 or more pieces; (3) bear a barcode as

prescribed by the Postal Service; (4)

meet machinability specifications

prescribed by the Postal Service; (5) bear

a label placed on the surface of the

parcel with the largest measured area;

(6) meet address readability

specifications as prescribed by the

Postal Service; and (7) are presented for

mailing in a manner which does not

require cancellation. The Postal Service

proposes a rate discount of four cents

per piece for mailings that would

qualify for inclusion in the proposed

categories.

The request of the Postal Service

proposes that the experimental FirstClass and Priority Mail Small Parcel

Automation Rate Categories be in effect

for two years. The Postal Service states

a belief that this period of effectiveness

will allow mailers sufficient time to

adjust their mailing practices to use the

classification, and provide adequate

time for the Service to aggregate and

fully analyze data collected under the

experiment. If the data generated in the

experiment are determined to support a

request for a permanent mail

classification change, the Postal Service

anticipates that such a filing would be

made sufficiently in advance of the

termination date that service at the

experimental sites would not be

interrupted.

Motion for Waiver of Certain Filing

Requirements

The Postal Service’s request was also

accompanied by a motion for waiver of

compliance with certain requirements of

section 64(h) of the rules of practice [39

CFR 3001.64(h)], which specify raterelated information to be included in

classification requests that would affect

rates and fees. Specifically, the Postal

Service seeks waiver of compliance with

subsections (d) (in part), (f)(2), (f)(3), (h),

(j), (l)(1) (in part), and (l)(2) of section
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54 of the rules [39 CFR § 54(d), (f)(2),

(f)(3), (h), (j), (l)(1), and (l)(2)], which

would otherwise be required under

section 64(h)(2)(i) [39 CFR § 64(h)(2)(i)].

The Postal Service states that the

requested waiver is justified by the

extremely limited scope of the proposed

experiment and its anticipation that the

consequent effects on costs, revenues,

and volumes will be very minor.

Motion to Expedite the Proceeding

Section 67d of the rules of practice

(39 CFR 3001.67d) states that the

Commission will treat cases falling

under the experimental rules as subject

to the maximum expedition consistent

with procedural fairness, and prescribes

adoption of a schedule that will allow

issuance of a decision not more than

150 days from a determination that

experimental treatment of the request is

appropriate. Notwithstanding this

provision, the Postal Service has

submitted a motion requesting that the

Commission establish procedures

allowing for issuance of a recommended

decision on its request within 120 days

of the date of its filing. In support of its

motion, the Postal Service states that it

has provided sufficient information to

allow such expedited consideration, and

claims that it needs additional

flexibility to operate in an increasingly

competitive environment. In connection

with its motion, the Postal Service

proposes adoption of special rules of

procedure, which it provided in draft

form. The Service also provides a

proposed procedural schedule, which

would culminate in issuance of the

Commission’s Recommended Decision

on April 12, 1996.

Anyone wishing to be heard in this

matter is directed to file a written notice

of intervention with Margaret P.

Crenshaw, Secretary of the Commission,

1333 H Street, NW, Washington, DC

20268–0001, on or before January 16,

1996. Intervenors should indicate

whether they want full or limited

participation status. See rules 39 CFR

3001.20 and 3001.20a.

Those interested in participating in

this docket are given notice that the

Commission will evaluate whether it is

appropriate to use rules 67–67d for

considering a Postal Service request. In

determining whether the procedures for

experimental cases are appropriate, the

Commission will consider: (1) The

novelty of the proposed change; (2) the

magnitude of the proposed change; (3)

the ease or difficulty of collecting data

on the proposed change; and (4) the

duration of the proposed change.

Participants are invited to comment on

whether the Postal Service request

should be evaluated under rules 67–

67d. Such comments are to be filed on

or before January 16, 1996. Prior to a

Commission decision on this question,

participants should act on the

assumption that the Postal Service

request that the case be considered

pursuant to these rules will be

approved.

Rule 67a provides a procedure for

limiting issues in experimental cases. In

order to enable participants to evaluate

whether genuine issues of fact exist, the

Postal Service shall respond to

discovery requests within 10 days.

Written discovery pursuant to rules 25–

28 may be undertaken immediately

upon intervention.

A decision on whether there is a need

for evidentiary hearings, and the scope

of any such hearings has not been made

yet. Participants wishing to comment on

this question should file a statement of

issues raised by the Postal Service

request by January 16, 1996. At the same

time, participants should designate

those issues involving questions of

material fact which they believe require

trial type hearings. The Postal Service

and any interested participant may file

responses to these statements on or

before January 26, 1996.

If it is determined to schedule trial

type hearings to consider topics

involving issues of material fact,

hearings to evaluate the supporting

evidence presented by the Postal

Service may be scheduled to begin as

soon as February 6, 1996. The Presiding

Officer will establish subsequent

procedural dates.

Representation of the General Public

In conformance with § 3624(a) of title

39, the Commission designates W. Gail

Willette, Director of the Commission’s

Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA),

to represent the interests of the general

public in this proceeding. Pursuant to

this designation, Ms. Willette will direct

the activities of Commission personnel

assigned to assist her and, when

requested, will supply their names for

the record. Neither Ms. Willette nor any

of the assigned personnel will

participate in or provide advice on any

Commission decision in this

proceeding. The OCA shall be

separately served with three copies of

all filings, in addition to and

contemporaneous with, service on the

Commission of the 24 copies required

by section 10(c) of the rules of practice

[39 CFR 3001.10(c)].

It is ordered:

1. The Commission will sit en banc in

this proceeding.

2. Notice of intervention will be filed

no later than January 16, 1996.

3. Participants wishing to comment

on whether it is appropriate to consider

this request under Commission rules

67–67d shall submit such comments no

later than January 16, 1996.

4. Participants are directed to file

statements of issues and designations of

issues requiring trial type hearings no

later than January 16, 1996; responses

may be submitted no later than January

26, 1996.

5. Answers to the Postal Service

motions: to Expedite the Proceeding,

and for Waiver of Certain Filing

Requirements are to be submitted no

later than January 16, 1996.

6. W. Gail Willette, Director of the

Commission’s Office of the Consumer

Advocate, is designated to represent the

general public.

7. The Secretary shall cause this

Notice and Order to be published in the

Federal Register.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–31296 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P

RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

Coastal Barrier Improvement Act;

Property Availability; Hanover Run/

Myrtle Point, St. Mary’s County, MD

AGENCY: Resolution Trust Corporation.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the property known as Hanover Run/

Myrtle Point, located in California, St.

Mary’s County, Maryland, is affected by

Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier

Improvement Act of 1990 as specified

below.

DATES: Written notice of serious interest

to purchase or effect other transfer of all

or any portion of this property may be

mailed or faxed to the RTC until March

26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Copies of detailed

descriptions of this property, including

maps, can be obtained from or are

available for inspection by contacting

the following person: Mr. James C.

Kimball, RTC/FDIC Atlanta Field Office,

245 Peachtree Center Avenue, NE,

Marquis One Tower, 10th Floor,

Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 225–5707; Fax

(404) 230–8159.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Hanover Run/Myrtle Point property is

located on Patuxent Boulevard north of

Maryland Route 4 and south of Mill

Creek and the Patuxent River, St. Mary’s

County, Maryland. The site consists of

approximately 502.11 acres of

undeveloped land that is almost