58686 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 7, 2008 / Notices 

1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add Priority Mail Contract to Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Establishment of Rates and Class 

Not of General Applicability, September 23, 2008 

(Request). 

2Attachment A to the Request consists of the 

redacted Decision of the Governors of the United 

States Postal Service on Establishment of Rates and 

Class Not of General Applicability for Priority Mail 

Service (Governors’ Decision No. 08–11). The 

Governors’ Decision includes an attachment which 

is an analysis of the proposed Priority Mail Service 

Contract. Attachment B is the redacted version of 

the contract. Attachment C shows the requested 

changes in the MCS product list. Attachment D 

provides a statement of supporting justification for 

this Request. Attachment E provides the 

certification of compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). 

3See Attachment D which provides information 

on the impact of the product cost and states that 

Priority Mail is provided in a highly competitive 

market which affects the pricing of these products. 

Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, 

Publications Team, RIS Support 

Services/Support Group, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, 

NW.—Room 4H28, Washington, DC 

20415, (202) 606–0623. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Howard Weizmann, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–23609 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–38–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

[OMB Control No. 3206–0234; STANDARD 

FORM (SF) 1153] 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request for Review of a 

Revised Information Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice 

announces that the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for review 

of an expiring information collection. 

This information collection, ‘‘Claim for 

Unpaid Compensation of Deceased 

Civilian Employee’’ (OMB Control No. 

3206–0234; SF 1153), is used to collect 

information from individuals who have 

been designated as beneficiaries of the 

unpaid compensation of a deceased 

Federal civilian employee or who 

believe that their relationship to the 

deceased entitles them to receive the 

unpaid compensation of the deceased 

employee. OPM needs this information 

in order to adjudicate the claim and 

properly assign a deceased Federal 

civilian employee’s unpaid 

compensation to the appropriate 

individuals(s). 

We received no comments on our 60- 

day notice on this information 

collection (SF 1153), published in the 

Federal Register on June 17, 2008. 

Approximately 3,000 SF 1153 forms 

are submitted annually. It takes 

approximately 15 minutes to complete 

the form. The annual estimated burden 

is 750 hours. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Margaret A. Miller by telephone at (202) 

606–2699, by FAX at (202) 418–3251, or 

by e-mail at Margaret.Miller@opm.gov. 

Please include your mailing address 

with your request. 

DATES: Comments on this proposal 

should be received within 30 calendar 

days from the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to: 

Robert D. Hendler, Program Manager, 

Center for Merit Systems 

Accountability, Division for Human 

Capital Leadership and Merit System 

Accountability, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, 

NW., Room 6484, Washington, DC 

20415; and 

John W. Barkhamer, OPM Desk Officer, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office 

Building, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Howard Weizmann, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–23610 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–43–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2008–8 and CP2008–26; 

Order No. 111] 

Priority Mail Contract 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add Priority Mail Contract 1 to the 

Competitive Product List. The Postal 

Service has also filed a related contract. 

The notice addresses procedural steps 

associated with these filings. 

DATES: Comments are due October 9, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 and 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

On September 23, 2008, the Postal 

Service filed a formal request pursuant 

to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 

et seq. to add the Priority Mail Contract 

1 product to the Competitive Product 

List. The Postal Service asserts that the 

Priority Mail Contract 1 product is a 

competitive product ‘‘not of general 

applicability’’ within the meaning of 39 

U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). This Request has been 

assigned Docket No. MC2008–8.1

The Postal Service 

contemporaneously filed a contract 

related to the proposed new product 

pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 

CFR 3015.5. The contract is assigned 

Docket No. CP2008–26. The Postal 

Service represents that the contract fits 

within the proposed Mail Classification 

Schedule (MCS) language and is set to 

expire 2 years from the effective date 

unless renewed by mutual consent. 

Request. The Request is filed pursuant 

to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 

et seq. The Request incorporates (1) A 

redacted version of the Governors’ 

Decision authorizing the new product; 

(2) a redacted version of the contract; (3) 

requested changes in the MCS product 

list; (4) submission of supporting 

material under seal; and (5) certification 

of compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a).2

Substantively, it requests that the 

Priority Mail Contract 1 product be 

added to the competitive product list. 

Request at 1–2. The Postal Service states 

the service to be provided under the 

contract will cover its attributable costs 

and make a positive contribution to 

coverage of institutional costs.3 The 

Postal Service also asserts that the 

contract will increase contribution 

toward the requisite 5.5 percent of the 

Postal Service’s total institutional costs. 

As a result, the Request contends there 

will be no issue of subsidization of 

competitive products by market 

dominant products. Id. at 1. 

The Postal Service’s filing includes a 

redacted version of the contract related 

to the proposed new product pursuant 

to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 CFR 

3015.5. By its terms, the contract will 

expire 2 years from the effective date, 

which is proposed to be 1 day after the 

Commission approves the required 

addition of this product to the product 

list. The Postal Service maintains that 

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