Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 26, 2010 / Notices 65675 

1Request to Add Inbound International Expedited 

Services 4 to the Competitive Product List, and 

Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

Canada Post Group—United States Postal Service 

Contractual Bilateral Agreement (Under Seal), 

September 30, 2010 (Request). 

2 Governors’ Decision No. 08–5, April 1, 2008, 

established prices for the inbound services offered 

under Express Mail International bilateral/ 

multilateral agreements. 

3 Docket Nos. MC2010–14 and CP2010–13, Order 

Concerning Bilateral Agreement with Canada Post 

for Inbound Competitive Services, December 30, 

2009 (Order No. 376). 

4See Docket Nos. MC2010–14 and CP2010–13, 

Request of the United States Postal Service to Add 

Canada Post—United States Postal Service 

Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound 

Competitive Services to the Competitive Product 

List, and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) the Enabling 

of Governors’ Decision and Agreement, November 

25, 2009. See also Decision of the Governors of the 

United States Postal Service on the Establishment 

of Prices and Classifications for Canada Post— 

United States Postal Service Contractual Bilateral 

Agreement for Inbound Competitive Services, 

November 18, 2009 (Governors’ Decision No. 09– 

16). The agreement became effective January 1, 

2010 and is scheduled to expire December 31, 2011, 

unless terminated earlier by either party on 90 days’ 

prior notice. Id., Attachment 3. 

5Notice of United States Postal Service of 

Proposed Minor Classification Change Concerning 

Canada Post—United States Postal Service 

Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound 

Competitive Services, August 2, 2010 (Notice). 

6 Docket No. MC2010–33, Order Accepting Minor 

Classification Changes Related to Canada Post— 

United States Postal Service Contractual Bilateral 

Agreement, August 20, 2010 (Order No. 522). 

7The Postal Service indicates the treatment of 

residual Xpresspost items is necessary to 

accommodate the use of existing Xpresspost 

mailing labels through the end of CY 2010. 

of the report to the Congress pursuant to 

Section 708 of the PAEA. 

5. Report on the status of the Annual 

Report. 

6. Report on vacancies and positions 

recently filled. 

PORTIONS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: 

7. Discussion of pending litigation. 

8. Discussion of confidential 

personnel issues. 

9. Discussion of contracts involving 

confidential commercial information. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

Postal Regulatory Commission, 901 New 

York Avenue, NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20268–0001, at 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202–789– 

6820 (for agenda-related inquiries) and 

Shoshana M. Grove, Secretary, at 202– 

789–6800 (for inquiries related to 

meeting location, access for 

handicapped or disabled persons, the 

audiocast, or other similar matters). 

Dated: October 22, 2010. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27231 Filed 10–22–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2010–37 and CP2010–126; 

Order No. 553] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service request to add 

Inbound International Expedited 

Services 4 to the competitive product 

list. It is also noticing a 

contemporaneous Postal Service notice 

that new rates for inbound Express Mail 

Service from Canada will become 

effective January 1, 2011. This notice 

addresses procedural aspects associated 

with these filings. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system. Commenters who 

cannot submit comments electronically 

should contact the person identified in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section for information on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202– 

789–6824. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filings 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On September 30, 2010, the Postal 

Service filed a request pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq. 

to add Inbound International Expedited 

Services 4 to the competitive product 

list.1 The Postal Service asserts that 

Inbound International Expedited 

Services 4 is a competitive product 

within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. 

3632(b)(3). This Request has been 

assigned Docket No. MC2010–37. 

The Postal Service 

contemporaneously filed notice 

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

CFR 3015.5 that new rates for inbound 

Express Mail Service (EMS) from 

Canada will become effective January 1, 

2011, as provided in the Canada Post— 

United States Postal Service Contractual 

Bilateral Agreement for Inbound 

Competitive Services (Bilateral 

Agreement), which governs bilateral 

rates for EMS with Canada Post 

Corporation (Canada Post), the postal 

operator in Canada. Id. at 1. It notes that 

prices and classifications ‘‘not of general 

applicability’’ for negotiated service 

agreements concerning Inbound 

International Expedited Services have 

been previously established in 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–5.2 Id. at 1– 

2. The Postal Service states the rates 

authorized by the Governors are an 

exception to those offered through the 

Universal Postal Union (UPU) EMS 

Cooperative. Id. The new prices, which 

are effective January 1, 2011, have been 

assigned Docket No. CP2010–126. 

Background. The Bilateral Agreement, 

which was added to the competitive 

product list by Order No. 376,3 covers 

parcels arriving in the United States by 

surface transportation and Xpresspost, a 

Canadian service for documents, 

packets, and light-weight packages. 

Governors’ Decision No. 09–16.4 Under 

the Bilateral Agreement, Canada Post 

may tender surface parcels and 

Xpresspost to the Postal Service at 

negotiated prices rather than the default 

prices through the UPU. The Bilateral 

Agreement establishes rates for 2010 

and 2011. Id. 

On August 2, 2010, the Postal Service 

filed a notice, pursuant to 39 CFR 

3020.90 et seq., of a classification 

change concerning the Bilateral 

Agreement.5 The classification change 

filed in Docket No. MC2010–33, 

effective August 23, 2010, was approved 

by the Commission in Order No. 522.6

The effect of this change is that inbound 

surface parcels tendered by Canada Post 

are now handled as Priority Mail and 

subject to the rates for Xpresspost 

merchandise established in the Bilateral 

Agreement. Additionally, for the period 

August 23, 2010 through December 31, 

2010 a small volume of residual 

Xpresspost items will continue to be 

rated and handled as Xpresspost under 

the Bilateral Agreement.7

The classification change was 

prompted by Canada Post’s decision to 

no longer dispatch parcels, referred to as 

Expedited Parcels, for entry into the 

Postal Service’s Parcel Post network. 

Consequently, the service for Expedited 

Parcels is now provided at existing 

negotiated rates for Xpresspost in lieu of 

the negotiated surface parcel post rates. 

Xpresspost items are rated and handled 

as Express Mail with Canada as a Tier 

1 country in the EMS country listing 

beginning August 23, 2010. In its 

Notice, the Postal Service stated 

‘‘assuming that the rates charged to 

Canada Post for EMS-rated items are not 

the same as other rates charged to other 

countries, then before the end of CY 

2010, the Postal Service will 

accordingly initiate a separate, 

combined mail classification and 

competitive price change proceeding to 

give effect to the CY 2011 rates for 


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65676 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 26, 2010 / Notices 

8Commenters who cannot file by the deadline 

should contact Mr. Sharfman. 

1Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

Six Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited 

Package Services 3 Negotiated Service Agreements 

and Application For Non-Public Treatment of 

Materials Filed Under Seal, October 19, 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). 

Xpresspost handled in the EMS 

network.’’ Notice at 6. The Postal 

Service’s instant Request represents that 

subsequent filing to give effect to CY 

2011 rates for Xpresspost handled in the 

EMS network. 

Request. In support of its Request, the 

Postal Service filed the following 

materials: 

• Attachment 1—an application for 

non-public treatment of pricing and 

supporting documents filed under seal; 

• Attachment 2—a redacted version 

of Governors’ Decision No. 08–5 

establishing prices and classifications 

for services offered under EMS bilateral/ 

multilateral agreements; Mail 

Classification Schedule (MCS) language 

applicable to Inbound EMS bilateral/ 

multilateral agreements; formulas for 

inbound prices under EMS bilateral/ 

multilateral agreements; and an analysis 

of the formulas, certification of the 

Governors’ vote, and certification of 

compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(3)(a); 

• Attachment 3—a redacted version 

of the portion of the Bilateral Agreement 

pertinent to the filing; 

• Attachment 4—certification of 

prices for the Bilateral Agreement 

required by 39 CFR 3015.5(c)(2); 

• Attachment 5—a Statement of 

Supporting Justification as required by 

39 CFR 3020.32; and 

• Attachment 6—proposed Mail 

Classification Schedule language 

describing International Expedited 

Services 4. 

In the Statement of Supporting 

Justification, Lea Emerson, Executive 

Director, International Postal Affairs, 

asserts that ‘‘[t]he addition of the 

relevant portions of this [Bilateral] 

Agreement as a competitive product 

will enable the Commission to verify 

that each contract covers its attributable 

costs and enables competitive products, 

as a whole, to make a positive 

contribution to coverage of institutional 

costs.’’ Id., Attachment 5. She further 

states that as a result, ‘‘no issue of 

subsidization of competitive products 

by market dominant products arises.’’ Id. 

Joseph Moeller, Manager, Regulatory 

Reporting and Cost Analysis, Finance 

Department, certifies that the contract 

complies with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a). Id., 

Attachment 4. He asserts that the prices 

for the Bilateral Agreement ‘‘should 

cover its attributable costs and preclude 

the subsidization of competitive 

products by market dominant products.’’ 

Id., Attachment 4. 

The Postal Service filed much of the 

supporting materials, including the 

specific Bilateral Agreement, under seal. 

Id. at 5. In its Request, the Postal Service 

maintains that certain portions of the 

contract, the rates, descriptions of the 

rates, and related financial information 

should remain under seal. Id., 

Attachment 1. 

II. Notice of Filings 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2010–37 and CP2010–126 for 

consideration of the Request pertaining 

to the proposed Inbound International 

Expedited Services 4 product, and the 

related Bilateral Agreement, 

respectively. In keeping with practice, 

these dockets are addressed on a 

consolidated basis for purposes of this 

order; however, future filings should be 

made in the specific docket in which 

issues being addressed pertain. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s filings in the captioned 

dockets are consistent with the policies 

of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642, 39 CFR 

part 3015, and 39 CFR 3020 subpart B. 

Comments are due no later than October 

14, 2010.8 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 these dockets. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2010–37 and CP2010–126 for 

consideration of the matters raised in 

each docket. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. 

Harrington is appointed to serve as 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

3. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

October 14, 2010. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26957 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2010–28 and CP2011–20 

through CP2011–25; Order No. 564] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently filed Postal Service request to 

add six Global Expedited Package 

Services 3 contracts to the competitive 

product list. This notice addresses 

procedural steps associated with the 

filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: October 28, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot 

submit comments electronically should 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

for advice on filing alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202– 

789–6824. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On October 19, 2010, the Postal 

Service filed a notice announcing that it 

has entered into six 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, 


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