Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 132 / Monday, July 13, 2009 / Notices 33481 

1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 6 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Establishment of Rates and Class Not of General 

Applicability, July 2, 2009. 

2Errata to Request of the United States Postal 

Service to Add Express Mail & Priority Mail 

Contract 6 to Competitive Product List and Notice 

of Establishment of Rates and Class Not of General 

Applicability, July 6, 2009 (Request). 

3Attachment A to the Request consists of the 

redacted Decision of the Governors of the United 

States Postal Service on Establishment of Rate and 

Class Not of General Applicability for Express Mail 

and Priority Mail Services (Governors’ Decision No. 

09–9). The Governors’ Decision includes an 

attachment which provides an analysis of the 

proposed Express Mail and Priority Mail Contract 

6 and certification of the Governors’ vote. 

Attachment B is the redacted version of the 

contract. Attachment C shows the requested 

changes to the Mail Classification Schedule product 

list. Attachment D provides a Statement of 

Supporting Justification for the Request. 

Attachment E provides the certification of 

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

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

3. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

July 15, 2009. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: July 7, 2009. 

By the Commission. 

Judith M. Grady, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16622 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2009–31 and CP2009–42; 

Order No. 239] 

New Competitive Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add Express Mail & Priority Mail 

Contract 6 to the Competitive Product 

List. The Postal Service has also filed a 

related contract. This notice addresses 

procedural steps associated with these 

filings. 

DATES: Comments are due July 15, 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 

On July 2, 2009, the Postal Service 

filed a formal request pursuant to 39 

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

to add Express Mail & Priority Mail 

Contract 6 to the Competitive Product 

List.1 On July 6, 2009, the Postal Service 

filed a revised version of its filing which 

includes attachments inadvertently 

omitted from the July 2, 2009 request.2

The Postal Service asserts that the 

Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 6 

product is a competitive product ‘‘not of 

general applicability’’ within the 

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

1. The Request has been assigned 

Docket No. MC2009–31. 

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. Id. at 2. The contract has 

been assigned Docket No. CP2009–42. 

Request. 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 to the Mail 

Classification Schedule product list; (4) 

a statement of supporting justification as 

required by 39 CFR 3020.32; and (5) 

certification of compliance with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(a).3 Substantively, the 

Request seeks to add Express Mail & 

Priority Mail Contract 6 to the 

Competitive Product List. Request at 

1–2. 

In the Statement of Supporting 

Justification, Mary Prince Anderson, 

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 Express Mail & Priority 

Mail Contract 6 is included with the 

Request. The contract has an initial term 

of 3 years and is to be effective 1 day 

after the Commission provides all 

necessary regulatory approvals. The 

Postal Service represents that the 

contract is consistent with 39 U.S.C. 

3633(a) and 39 CFR 3015.7(c). See id., 

Attachment A and Attachment E. It 

notes that actual performance under this 

contract could vary from estimates, but 

concludes that the risks are manageable. 

Id., Attachment A. 

The Postal Service filed much of the 

supporting materials, including the 

Governors’ Decision and the specific 

Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 6, 

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, and financial 

projections should remain under seal. 

Id. at 2–3. 

II. Notice of Filings 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2009–31 and CP2009–42 for 

consideration of the Request pertaining 

to the proposed Express Mail & Priority 

Mail Contract 6 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 part 3020 

subpart B. Comments are due no later 

than July 15, 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. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2009–31 and CP2009–42 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 

July 15, 2009. 

1. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: July 7, 2009. 

By the Commission. 

Judith M. Grady, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16632 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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