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of International Return Receipts similar 

to what is being proposed for domestic 

Return Receipts. 

The Public Representative concurs 

that International Return Receipts 

(inbound and outbound) is dependent 

upon foreign postal operators and thus, 

defies meaningful measurement within 

the meaning of 39 CFR 3055.3(a)(2). 

Public Representative Comments at 12. 

The Commission finds that 

International Return Receipts (inbound 

and outbound) is partly dependent upon 

foreign postal operators, which makes it 

difficult to design a meaningful 

performance measurement and 

reporting system. Because of this, it falls 

within the parameters of 39 CFR 

3055.3(a)(2) for an exception from 

performance measurement reporting. 

The request for a semi–permanent 

exception from reporting is granted. 

14. International Reply Coupons 

The Postal Service explains that 

International Reply Coupon (inbound 

and outbound) service allows a sender 

to prepay a reply mailpiece by 

purchasing reply coupons that are 

exchangeable for local postage stamps 

by postal administrators in member 

countries of the Universal Postal Union. 

Request at 24–25. It contends that 

because the transaction is complete at 

the time of purchase, and because no 

additional service is required, it is 

difficult to conceive of a meaningful 

system to define or measure service 

performance for this product. Id. at 24. 

The Public Representative concurs 

that International Reply Coupons 

(outbound and inbound) is a 

transaction–based service which defies 

meaningful measurement within the 

meaning of 39 CFR 3055.3(a)(2). Public 

Representative Comments at 11. 

The Commission finds that 

International Reply Coupon (inbound 

and outbound) service is a transactionbased service which falls within the 

parameters of 39 CFR 3055.3(a)(2) for an 

exception from performance 

measurement reporting. The request for 

a semi–permanent exception from 

reporting is granted. 

E. Market Dominant Negotiated 

Service Agreements 

Three market dominant negotiated 

service agreement products are 

currently active: 

• The Bradford Group Negotiated 

Service Agreement; 

• Life Line Screening Negotiated 

Service Agreement; and 

• Canada Post–United States Postal 

Service Contractual Bilateral Agreement 

for Inbound Market Dominant Services. 

The Postal Service asserts that the 

mail tendered under each negotiated 

service agreement already is included in 

the measurement of other products: 

Standard Mail Letters for The Bradford 

Group; Standard Mail Letters and Flats 

for Life Line Screening; and Inbound 

Single–Piece First–Class Mail 

International for Canada Post. It requests 

that all three agreements be excluded 

from reporting based upon the 

parameters of 39 CFR 3055.3(a)(3), ‘‘[t]he 

product, or component of a product, is 

in the form of a negotiated service 

agreement with substantially all 

components of the agreement included 

in the measurement of other products.’’ 

Request at 25. 

The Public Representative concurs 

that the semi–permanent exceptions for 

the three negotiated service agreements 

are justified under 39 CFR 3055.3(a)(3). 

Public Representative Comments at 10– 

11. 

The Commission finds that the listed 

negotiated service agreements fall 

within the parameters of 39 CFR 

3055.3(a)(3) for exceptions from 

performance measurement reporting. 

The requests for semi–permanent 

exceptions from reporting are granted. 

V. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Postal Service products, or 

components of products, listed 

following the signature page of this 

order are granted an exception from 

annual and periodic reporting of service 

performance achievements under 39 

CFR part 3055, subparts A and B, 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3055.3. All other 

requests for exceptions are hereby 

denied. 

2. The deadline for the Postal Service 

to file a request for waivers, originally 

established in Order No. 465, shall be 

extended until October 1, 2010. 

3. The Motion for Leave to File 

Response to Comments of the Public 

Representative, filed August 12, 2010, is 

granted. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

Appendix 

The following products, or components of 

products, are granted an exception from 

annual and periodic reporting of service 

performance achievements under 39 CFR 

part 3055, subparts A and B, pursuant to 39 

CFR 3055.3. 

Special Services (the following listed products only) 

Ancillary Services (the following listed 

components of the product only): 

Address Correction Service (hard–copy) 

Business Reply Mail 

Bulk Parcel Return 

Certificate of Mailing 

Merchandise Return 

Parcel Airlift (PAL) 

Restricted Delivery 

Shipper Paid Forwarding 

Special Handling 

Stamped Envelopes 

Stamped Cards 

Premium Stamped Stationary 

Premium Stamped Cards 

International Ancillary Services (the following listed components of the product 

only) 

Internatonal Certificate of Mailing 

International Registered Mail (outbound 

only) 

International Return Receipt 

International Restricted Delivery 

International Insurance (with Inbound 

Surface Parcel Post (at UPU Rates)) 

Customs Clearance and Delivery Fee 

Caller Service 

Change of Address Credit Card Authentication 

International Reply Coupon Service 

International Business Reply Mail Service 

Money Orders (sales aspect of this service 

only) 

Negotiated Service Agreements (the following listed products only): 

The Bradford Group Negotiated Service 

Agreement 

Life Line Screening Negotiated Service 

Agreement 

Canada Post–United States Postal Service 

Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound Market Dominant Services 

[FR Doc. 2010–23788 Filed 9–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–S 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2010–116, CP2010–117, and 

CP2010–118; Order No. 541] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently–filed Postal Service request to 

add three Global Expedited Package 

Services 3 contracts to the competitive 

product list. This notice addresses 

procedural steps associated with this 

filing. 

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: 


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1Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

Three Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited 

Package Services 3 Negotiated Service Agreements 

and Application For Non-Public Treatment of 

Materials Filed Under Seal, September 16, 2010 

(Notice). 

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). 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On September 16, 2010, the Postal 

Service filed a notice announcing that it 

has entered into three additional Global 

Expedited Package Services 3 (GEPS 3) 

contracts.1 The Postal Service believes 

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 term of each contract is one year 

from the date the Postal Service notifies 

the customer that all necessary 

regulatory approvals have been 

received. Notice at 3. In support of its 

Notice, the Postal Service filed four 

attachments as follows: 

Attachment 1A, 1B and 1C—redacted 

copies of the three contracts and 

applicable annexes; 

Attachment 2A, 2B and 2C—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 

contract and supporting documents 

under seal. 

The Notice advances reasons why the 

instant GEPS 3 contracts fit within the 

Mail Classification Schedule language 

for the GEPS product. The Postal 

Service identifies customer–specific 

information and general contract terms 

that distinguish the instant contracts 

from the baseline GEPS 3 agreement. Id. 

at 4–5. 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. The Postal Service asserts that 

‘‘[b]ecause the agreements incorporate 

the same cost attributes and 

methodology, the relevant 

characteristics of these three GEPS 

contracts are similar, if not the same, as 

the relevant characteristics of previously 

filed contracts.’’ Id. 

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 5. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. CP2010–116, CP2010–117 and 

CP2010–118 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 24, 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. CP2010–116, CP2010–117 and 

CP2010–118 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 24, 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. 2010–23851 Filed 9–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–S 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Public Meeting 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Railroad Retirement Board will hold a 

meeting on September 29, 2010, 10 a.m. 

at the Board’s meeting room on the 8th 

floor of its headquarters building, 844 

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60611. The agenda for this meeting 

follows: 

(1) Executive Committee Reports 

The entire meeting will be open to the 

public. The person to contact for more 

information is Beatrice Ezerski, 

Secretary to the Board, Phone No. 312– 

751–4920. 

Dated: September 20, 2010. 

Beatrice Ezerski, 

Secretary to the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23909 Filed 9–21–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12258 and #12259] 

Iowa Disaster Number IA–00026 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 4. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Iowa (FEMA–1930–DR), 

dated 07/29/2010. 

Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, 

and Tornadoes. 

Incident Period: 06/01/2010 through 

08/31/2010. 

DATES: Effective Date: 08/31/2010. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 09/27/2010. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 04/29/2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 


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