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1Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

Eleven Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited 

Package Services 3 Negotiated Service Agreements 

and Application For Non–Public Treatment of 

Materials Filed Under Seal, September 10, 2010 

(Notice). 

will discuss the recommendations 

of the Planning and Procedures 

Subcommittee regarding items 

proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

Meetings, and matters related to the 

conduct of ACRS business, 

including anticipated workload and 

member assignments. [Note: A 

portion of this meeting may be 

closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c) 

(2) and (6) to discuss organizational 

and personnel matters that relate 

solely to internal personnel rules 

and practices of ACRS, and 

information the release of which 

would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy] 

2:45 p.m.–3 p.m.: Reconciliation of 

ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the 

responses from the NRC Executive 

Director for Operations to 

comments and recommendations 

included in recent ACRS reports 

and letters. 

3:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m.: Assessment of the 

Quality of Selected NRC Research 

Projects (Open)—The Committee 

will hold discussions with members 

of the ACRS Panels performing the 

quality assessment of the NRC 

research projects on: NUREG/CR– 

6947, ‘‘Human Factors 

Consideration with Respect to 

Emerging Technology in Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ and NUREG/CR– 

6997, ‘‘Modeling a Digital 

Feedwater Control System Using 

Traditional Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment Methods.’’ 

4:15 p.m.–5:45 p.m.: Preparation for 

Meeting with the Commission on 

November 5, 2010 (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the topics 

for meeting with the Commission 

on November 5, 2010. 

6 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS 

Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will continue its discussion of 

proposed ACRS reports. 

Saturday, October 9, 2010, Conference 

Room T2–B1, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS 

Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will continue its discussion of 

proposed ACRS reports. 

3 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will 

discuss matters related to the 

conduct of Committee activities and 

specific issues that were not 

completed during previous 

meetings. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 14, 2009, (74 FR 52829–52830). 

In accordance with those procedures, 

oral or written views may be presented 

by members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Ms. Ilka Berrios, 

Cognizant ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301– 

415–3179, E-mail: Ilka.Berrios@nrc.gov), 

five days before the meeting, if possible, 

so that appropriate arrangements can be 

made to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. In view of 

the possibility that the schedule for 

ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided 30 minutes before the meeting. 

In addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before 

meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be 

provided within this timeframe, 

presenters should provide the Cognizant 

ACRS Staff with a CD containing each 

presentation at least 30 minutes before 

the meeting. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

Public Law 92–463, and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c), certain portions of this meeting 

may be closed, as specifically noted 

above. Use of still, motion picture, and 

television cameras during the meeting 

may be limited to selected portions of 

the meeting as determined by the 

Chairman. Electronic recordings will be 

permitted only during the open portions 

of the meeting. 

ACRS meeting agenda, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room at 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov, or by calling the 

PDR at 1–800–397–4209, or from the 

Publicly Available Records System 

(PARS) component of NRC’s document 

system (ADAMS) which is accessible 

from the NRC Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/ACRS/. 

Video teleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service for observing ACRS 

meetings should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician 

(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before 

the meeting to ensure the availability of 

this service. 

Individuals or organizations 

requesting this service will be 

responsible for telephone line charges 

and for providing the equipment and 

facilities that they use to establish the 

video teleconferencing link. The 

availability of video teleconferencing 

services is not guaranteed. 

Dated: September 14, 2010. 

Andrew L. Bates, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23380 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2010–105 through CP2010– 

115; Order No. 535] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently–filed Postal Service request to 

add 11 Global Expedited Package 

Services 3 contracts to the Global 

Expedited Package Services product. 

This notice addresses procedural steps 

associated with this filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: September 

20, 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 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

telephone for advice on alternatives to 

electronic filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202–789– 

6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On September 10, 2010, the Postal 

Service filed a notice announcing that it 

has entered into 11 additional Global 

Expedited Package Services 3 (GEPS 3) 

contracts.1 The Postal Service believes 


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57304 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 181 / Monday, September 20, 2010 / Notices 

2 Docket No. CP2009–50, Order Granting 

Clarification and Adding Global Expedited Package 

Services 2 to the Competitive Product List, August 

28, 2009 (Order No. 290). 

1Petition of the United States Postal Service 

Requesting Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider 

Proposed Changes in Analytic Principles (Proposals 

Three—Eight), September 8, 2010 (Petition). 

2The extra services include Certified, Insured, 

Return Receipt, Delivery Confirmation, and COD. 

the instant contracts are functionally 

equivalent to previously submitted 

GEPS contracts, and are supported by 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–7, attached 

to the Notice and originally filed in 

Docket No. CP2008–4. Id. at 1, 

Attachment 3. The Notice explains that 

Order No. 86, which established GEPS 

1 as a product, also authorized 

functionally equivalent agreements to be 

included within the product, provided 

that they meet the requirements of 39 

U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 2. In Order No. 290, 

the Commission approved the GEPS 2 

product.2 In Order No. 503, the 

Commission approved the GEPS 3 

product. Additionally, the Postal 

Service requested to have the contract in 

Docket No. CP2010–71 serve as the 

baseline contract for future functional 

equivalence analyses of the GEPS 3 

product. 

The instant contracts. The Postal 

Service filed the instant contracts 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition, 

the Postal Service contends that each 

contract is in accordance with Order No. 

86. The Postal Service that relates that 

two of the instant contracts, which 

expire September 30, 2010, are 

successor contracts for the same 

customers as in Docket Nos. CP2009–64 

and CP2009–65, respectively. The term 

of each contract is 1 year from the date 

the Postal Service notifies the customer 

that all necessary regulatory approvals 

have been received. Notice at 3–4. 

In support of its Notice, the Postal 

Service filed four attachments as 

follows: 

• Attachments 1A through 1K— 

redacted copies of the 11 contracts and 

applicable annexes; 

• Attachments 2A through 2K— 

certified statements required by 39 CFR 

3015.5(c)(2) for each contract; 

• Attachment 3—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–7 which 

establishes prices and classifications for 

GEPS contracts, a description of 

applicable GEPS contracts, formulas for 

prices, an analysis of the formulas, and 

certification of the Governors’ vote; and 

• Attachment 4—an application for 

non–public treatment of materials to 

maintain redacted portions of the 

contracts and supporting documents 

under seal. 

The Notice advances reasons why the 

instant GEPS 3 contracts fit within the 

Mail Classification Schedule language 

for GEPS. The Postal Service identifies 

customer–specific information and 

general contract terms that distinguish 

the instant contracts from the baseline 

GEPS 3 agreement. Id. at 5. It states that 

the differences, which include price 

variations based on updated costing 

information and volume commitments, 

do not alter the contracts’ functional 

equivalency. Id. at 4–5. The Postal 

Service asserts that ‘‘[b]ecause the 

agreements incorporate the same cost 

attributes and methodology, the relevant 

characteristics of these 11 GEPS 

contracts are similar, if not the same, as 

the relevant characteristics of previously 

filed contracts.’’ Id. at 5. 

The Postal Service concludes that its 

filings demonstrate that each of the new 

GEPS 3 contracts complies with the 

requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633 and is 

functionally equivalent to the baseline 

GEPS 3 contract. Therefore, it requests 

that the instant contracts be included 

within the GEPS 3 product. Id. at 6. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. CP2010–105 through CP2010–115 

for consideration of matters related to 

the contracts identified in the Postal 

Service’s Notice. 

These dockets are addressed on a 

consolidated basis for purposes of this 

order. Filings with respect to a 

particular contract should be filed in 

that docket. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s contracts are consistent with 

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

3642. Comments are due no later than 

September 20, 2010. The public 

portions of these filings 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 

proceedings. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. CP2010–105 through CP2010–115 

for consideration of matters raised by 

the Postal Service’s Notice. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

September 20, 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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23404 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–S 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. RM2010–12; Order No. 534] 

Periodic Reporting Proposals 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service has 

requested changes in six analytical 

methods approved for use in periodic 

reporting. This document summarizes 

the proposals and invites public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments are due October 8, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202–789– 

6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 8, 2010, the Postal Service 

filed a petition pursuant to 39 CFR 

3050.11 to initiate an informal 

rulemaking proceeding to consider 

changes in the analytical methods 

approved for use in periodic reporting.1

Six separate proposals are included in 

the Petition labeled as Proposals Three 

through Eight. 

Proposal Three involves City Carrier 

costs. The Postal Service asserts that the 

City Carrier Cost System is capturing 

more detailed information regarding 

direct bundles. The proposal would 

incorporate this new information by 

assigning relevant costs for direct 

bundles to the products that utilize 

them. 

Proposal Four would change the way 

certain In–Office Cost System (IOCS) 

acceptance costs are allocated. The 

change would apply to mailpieces 

accepted at a window, which bear non– 

retail indicia, and host an extra service 

other than Registered Mail.2 Currently, 

acceptance costs are assigned to the 

extra service. The Postal Service 

proposes to modify this methodology by 

assigning acceptance costs to the host 

mailpiece. 

Proposal Five involves utilizing the 

more detailed information now being 

captured by the Rural Carrier Cost 

System regarding collected prepaid 


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