54600 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 

1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add Priority Mail Contract 22 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of 

Contract and Supporting Data, October 14, 2009 

(Request). 

2Attachment A to the Request, reflecting 

Governors’ Decision No. 09–6, April 27, 2009. 

3Attachment B to the Request. 

4Attachment C to the Request. 

5Attachment D to the Request. 

6Attachment E to the Request. 

7Attachment F to the Request. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–25474 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2010–4 and CP2010–4; 

Order No. 317] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add Priority Mail Contract 22 to the 

Competitive Product List. The Postal 

Service has also filed a related contract. 

This notice addresses procedural steps 

associated with these filings. 

DATES: Postal Service response to 

supplemental information due October 

20, 2009. Comments are due October 26, 

2009. 

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 

II. Notice of Filings 

III. Supplemental Information 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On October 14, 2009, the Postal 

Service filed a formal request pursuant 

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

et seq. to add Priority Mail Contract 22 

to the Competitive Product List.1 The 

Postal Service asserts that Priority Mail 

Contract 22 is a competitive product 

‘‘not of general applicability’’ within the 

meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). The 

Postal Service states that prices and 

classification underlying this contract 

are supported by Governors’ Decision 

No. 09–6 in Docket No. MC2009–25. Id. 

at 1. The Request has been assigned 

Docket No. MC2010–4. 

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 has been 

assigned Docket No. CP2010–4. 

Request. In support of its Request, the 

Postal Service filed the following 

materials: (1) A redacted version of the 

Governors’ Decision, originally filed in 

Docket No MC2009–25, authorizing 

certain Priority Mail contracts; 2 (2) a 

redacted version of the contract; 3 (3) a 

requested change in the Competitive 

Product List; 4 (4) a Statement of 

Supporting Justification as required by 

39 CFR 3020.32; 5 (5) a certification of 

compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a); 6

and (6) an application for non-public 

treatment of the materials filed under 

seal.7

In the Statement of Supporting 

Justification, Mary Prince Anderson, 

Acting Manager, Sales and 

Communications, Expedited Shipping, 

asserts that the service to be provided 

under the contract will cover its 

attributable costs, make a positive 

contribution to institutional costs, and 

increase contribution toward the 

requisite 5.5 percent of the Postal 

Service’s total institutional costs. Id., 

Attachment D. Thus, Ms. Anderson 

contends there will be no issue of 

subsidization of competitive products 

by market dominant products as a result 

of this contract. Id. 

Related contract. A redacted version 

of the specific Priority Mail Contract 22 

is included with the Request. The 

contract will become effective on the 

day that the Commission provides all 

necessary regulatory approvals. It is 

terminable upon 30 days’ notice by a 

party, but could continue for 3 years 

with annual adjustments. The Postal 

Service represents that the contract is 

consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(1). See 

id., Attachment D. The Postal Service 

will provide the shipper with Priority 

Mail packaging for eligible Priority Mail 

items mailed by the shipper. 

The Postal Service filed much of the 

supporting materials, including the 

specific Priority Mail Contract 22, under 

seal. In its Request, the Postal Service 

maintains that the contract and related 

financial information, including the 

customer’s name and the accompanying 

analyses that provide prices, terms, 

conditions, cost data, and financial 

projections should remain under seal. 

Id. at 2. It also requests that the 

Commission order that the duration of 

such treatment of all customer 

identifying information be extended 

indefinitely, instead of ending after 10 

years. Id., Attachment F at 1 and 7. 

II. Notice of Filings 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2010–4 and CP2010–4 for 

consideration of the Request pertaining 

to the proposed Priority Mail Contract 

22 product and the related contract, 

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 and 39 

CFR part 3015 and 39 CFR 3020 subpart 

B. Comments are due no later than 

October 26, 2009. 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. Supplemental Information 

The Commission requests the Postal 

Service to provide the following 

supplemental information regarding the 

new agreement by October 20, 2009: On 

page 3 of Attachment F to the Request, 

the Postal Service references redacted 

financial workpapers. However, no 

redacted workpapers were filed in 

support of this docket. Please provide 

these workpapers. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2010–4 and CP2010–4 for 

consideration of the matter 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 26, 2009. 

4. A response to the supplemental 

information request is due by October 

20, 2009. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–25477 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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