[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 131 (Monday, July 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35819-35820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17214]


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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

West Rushville, Ohio 43163 (Mary R. Defenbaugh, Petitioner); 
Notice and Order Accepting Appeal and Establishing Procedural Schedule 
Under 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

Issued June 26, 1996.
    Docket Number: A96-19.
    Name of affected post office: West Rushville, Ohio 43163.
    Name(s) of petitioner(s): Mary R. Defenbaugh.
    Type of determination: Consolidation.
    Date of filing of appeal papers: June 19, 1996.
    Categories of issues apparently raised:
    1. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C. 404(b)(2)(C)].
    2. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C. 404(b)(2)(A)].
    After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the 
Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more 
legal issues than those set forth above. Or, the Commission may find 
that the Postal Service's determination disposes of one or more of 
those issues.
    The Postal Reorganization Act requires that the Commission issue 
its decision within 120 days from the date this appeal was filed (39 
U.S.C. 404 (b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in light of the 120-
day decision schedule, the Commission may request the Postal Service to 
submit memoranda of law on any appropriate issue. If requested, such 
memoranda will be due 20 days from the issuance of the request and the 
Postal Service shall serve a copy of its memoranda on the petitioners. 
The Postal Service may incorporate by reference in its briefs or 
motions, any arguments presented in memoranda it previously filed in 
this docket. If necessary, the Commission also may ask petitioners or 
the Postal Service for more information.

The Commission Orders

    (a) The Postal Service shall file the record in this appeal by July 
5, 1996.
    (b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate Commission shall publish this 
Notice and Order and Procedural Schedule in the Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Cyril J. Pittack,
Acting Secretary.

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June 19, 1996..........................  Filing of Appeal letter.       
June 26, 1996..........................  Commission Notice and Order of 
                                          Filing of Appeal.             
July 15, 1996..........................  Last day of filing of petitions
                                          to intervene [see 39 CFR      
                                          3001.111(b)].                 
July 24, 1996..........................  Petitioner's Participant       
                                          Statement or Initial Brief    
                                          [see 39 CFR 3001.115(a) and   
                                          (b)].                         
August 13, 1996........................  Postal Service's Answering     
                                          Brief [see 39 CFR             
                                          3001.115(c)].                 
August 28, 1996........................  Petitioner's Reply Brief should
                                          Petitioner choose to file one 
                                          [see 39 CFR 3001.115(d)].     
September 4, 1996......................  Deadline for motions by any    
                                          party requesting oral         
                                          argument. The Commission will 
                                          schedule oral argument only   
                                          when it is a necessary        
                                          addition to the written       
                                          filings [see 39 CFR 3001.116].
October 17, 1996.......................  Expiration of the Commission's 
                                          120-day decisional schedule   
                                          [see 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)].    
                                                                        

[FR Doc. 96-17214 Filed 7-5-96; 8:45 am]
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