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Title 39 → Chapter III → Part 3010
§3010.1 Definitions.
§3010.2 Applicability.
§3010.3 Types of rate adjustments for market dominant products.
§3010.4 Type 1-A rate adjustment—in general.
§3010.5 Type 1-B rate adjustment—in general.
§3010.6 Type 1-C rate adjustment—in general.
§3010.7 Type 2 rate adjustment—in general.
§3010.8 Type 3 rate adjustment—in general.
§3010.9 Schedule for Regular and Predictable Rate Adjustments.
§3010.10 Notice.
§3010.11 Proceedings for Type 1-A, Type 1-B, and Type 1-C rate adjustment filings.
§3010.12 Contents of notice of rate adjustment.
§3010.20 Calculation of maximum rate adjustment.
§3010.21 Calculation of annual limitation when Type 1-A or Type 1-B notices of rate adjustment are 12 or more months apart.
§3010.22 Calculation of annual limitation when Type 1-A or Type 1-B notices of rate adjustment are less than 12 months apart.
§3010.23 Calculation of percentage change in rates.
§3010.24 Treatment of volume associated with negotiated service agreements and rate incentives that are not rates of general applicability.
§3010.25 Limitation on application of unused rate adjustment authority.
§3010.26 Calculation of unused rate adjustment authority for Type 1-A and Type 1-B rate adjustments.
§3010.27 Calculation of unused rate adjustment authority for Type 1-C rate adjustments.
§3010.28 Application of unused rate adjustment authority.
§3010.29 Maximum size of Type 1-B rate adjustments.
§3010.30 De minimis rate increases.
§3010.40 Negotiated service agreements.
§3010.41 Notice.
§3010.42 Contents of notice of agreement in support of a Type 2 rate adjustment.
§3010.43 Data collection plan and report.
§3010.44 Proceedings for Type 2 rate adjustments.
§3010.60 Applicability.
§3010.61 Contents of exigent requests.
§3010.62 Supplemental information.
§3010.63 Treatment of unused rate adjustment authority.
§3010.64 Expeditious treatment of exigent requests.
§3010.65 Special procedures applicable to exigent requests.
§3010.66 Deadline for Commission decision.
Source: 78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, unless otherwise noted.
(1) In the case of a notice of a Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment filed 12 or more months after the last Type 1-A or Type 1-B notice of rate adjustment, the full year limitation on the size of rate adjustments calculated pursuant to §3010.21;
(2) In the case of a notice of a Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment filed less than 12 months after the last Type 1-A or Type 1-B notice of rate adjustment, the partial year limitation on the size of rate adjustments calculated pursuant to §3010.22; and
(3) In the case of a notice of a Type 1-C rate adjustment, the annual limitation calculated pursuant to §3010.21 or §3010.22, as applicable, for the most recent notice of a Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment.
(d) De minimis rate increase means a rate adjustment described in §3010.30.
(e) Maximum rate adjustment means the maximum rate adjustment that the Postal Service may make for a class pursuant to a notice of Type1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment. The maximum rate adjustment is calculated in accordance with §3010.20.
(h) Type 1-A rate adjustment means a rate adjustment described in §3010.4.
(i) Type 1-B rate adjustment means a rate adjustment described in §3010.5.
(j) Type 1-C rate adjustment means a rate adjustment described in §3010.6.
(k) Type 2 rate adjustment means a rate adjustment described in §3010.7.
(l) Type 3 rate adjustment means a rate adjustment described in §3010.8.
(1) In the case of a Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment, the percentage calculated pursuant to §3010.26; and
(2) In the case of a Type 1-C rate adjustment, the percentage calculated pursuant to §3010.27.
[79 FR 33831, June 12, 2014]
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 33831, June 12, 2014]
[79 FR 33832, June 12, 2014]
(c) A Type 1-A rate adjustment for any class that is less than the applicable annual limitation results in unused rate adjustment authority associated with that class. Part or all of the unused rate adjustment authority may be used in a subsequent rate adjustment for that class, subject to the expiration terms in §3010.26(e).
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 33832, June 12, 2014]
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a Type 1-C rate adjustment may generate unused rate adjustment authority, as described in §3010.27.
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, redesignated at 79 FR 33832, June 12, 2014]
(1) Whether the planned rate adjustments measured using the formula established in §3010.23(c) are at or below the annual limitation calculated under §§3010.21 or 3010.22, as applicable; and
(2) Whether the planned rate adjustments measured using the formula established in §3010.23(c) are at or below the limitation established in §3010.29.
(d) Within 14 days of the conclusion of the public comment period the Commission will determine, at a minimum, whether the planned rate adjustments are consistent with the annual limitation calculated under §3010.21 or §3010.22, as applicable, the limitation set forth in §3010.29, and 39 U.S.C. 3626, 3627, and 3629 and issue an order announcing its findings.
(k) A Commission finding that a planned Type 1-A, Type 1-B, or Type 1-C rate adjustment is in compliance with the annual limitation calculated under §3010.21 or §3010.22, as applicable; the limitation set forth in §3010.29; and 39 U.S.C. 3626, 3627, and 3629 is decided on the merits. A Commission finding that a planned Type 1-A, Type 1-B, or Type 1-C rate adjustment does not contravene other policies of 39 U.S.C. chapter 36, subchapter I is provisional and subject to subsequent review.
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended by Order 1786, 78 FR 67952, Nov. 13, 2013; 79 FR 33832, June 12, 2014]
(1) The annual limitation calculated as required by §3010.21 or §3010.22, as appropriate. This information must be supported by workpapers in which all calculations are shown and all input values, including all relevant CPI-U values, are listed with citations to the original sources.
(3) The percentage change in rates for each class of mail calculated as required by §3010.23. This information must be supported by workpapers in which all calculations are shown and all input values, including current rates, new rates, and billing determinants, are listed with citations to the original sources.
(4) The amount of new unused rate adjustment authority, if any, that will be generated by the rate adjustment calculated as required by §3010.26 or §3010.27, as applicable. All calculations are to be shown with citations to the original sources. If new unused rate adjustment authority will be generated for a class of mail that is not expected to cover its attributable costs, the Postal Service must provide the rationale underlying this rate adjustment.
(ii) Whether the Postal Service has excluded the rate incentive from the calculation of the percentage change in rates under §3010.23(e) or §3010.24.
(e) The notice of rate adjustment shall identify for each affected class how much existing unused rate adjustment authority is used in the planned rates calculated as required by §3010.28. All calculations are to be shown, including citations to the original sources.
(b) Type 1-A and Type 1-B rate adjustments are subject to an inflation-based annual limitation computed using CPI-U values as detailed in §§3010.21(a) and 3010.22(a).
(2) For a Type 1-B notice of rate adjustment, the annual limitation for the class plus the unused rate adjustment authority for the class that the Postal Service elects to use, subject to the limitation under §3010.29.
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 33833, June 12, 2014]
(e) Treatment of rate incentives. (1) Rate incentives may be excluded from a percentage change in rates calculation. If the Postal Service elects to exclude a rate incentive from a percentage change in rates calculation, the rate incentive shall be treated in the same manner as a rate under a negotiated service agreement (as described in §3010.24).
[79 FR 33833, June 12, 2014, as amended at 83 FR 4591, Feb. 1, 2018; 83 FR 52156, Oct. 16, 2018]
(a) Mail volumes sent at rates under a negotiated service agreement or a rate incentive that is not a rate of general applicability are to be included in the calculation of percentage change in rates under §3010.23 as though they paid the appropriate rates of general applicability. Where it is impractical to identify the rates of general applicability (e.g., because unique rate categories are created for a mailer), the volumes associated with the mail sent under the terms of the negotiated service agreement or the rate incentive that is not a rate of general applicability shall be excluded from the calculation of percentage change in rates.
[79 FR 33834, June 12, 2014]
Unused rate adjustment authority may only be applied after applying the annual limitation calculated pursuant to §3010.21 or §3010.22.
(b) When notices of Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustments are filed 12 months apart or less, annual unused rate adjustment authority will be calculated. Annual unused rate adjustment authority for a class is equal to the difference between the annual limitation calculated pursuant to §3010.21 or §3010.22 and the percentage change in rates for the class calculated pursuant to §3010.23(b)(1).
(2) Interim unused rate adjustment authority is equal to the Base Average applicable to the second notice of rate adjustment (as developed pursuant to §3010.21(b)) divided by the Recent Average utilized in the first notice of rate adjustment (as developed pursuant to §3010.21(b)) and subtracting 1 from the quotient. The result is expressed as a percentage.
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 33834, June 12, 2014]
(a) For a notice of Type 1-C rate adjustment, unused rate adjustment authority for a class is calculated in two steps. First, the difference between the annual limitation calculated pursuant to §3010.21 or §3010.22 for the most recent notice of Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment and the percentage change in rates for the class calculated pursuant to §3010.23(b)(2) is calculated. Second, the unused rate adjustment authority generated in the most recent Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment is subtracted from that result.
(c) Unused rate adjustment authority generated under paragraph (a) of this section for a class shall be added to the unused rate adjustment authority generated in the most recent notice of Type 1-A rate adjustment on the schedule maintained under §3010.26(f). For purposes of §3010.28, the unused rate adjustment authority generated under paragraph (a) of this section for a class shall be deemed to have been added to the schedule maintained under §3010.26(f) on the same date as the most recent notice of Type 1-A or Type 1-B rate adjustment.
(d) Unused rate adjustment authority generated under paragraph (a) of this section shall be subject to the limitation under §3010.29, regardless of whether it is used alone or in combination with other existing unused rate adjustment authority.
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, redesignated at 79 FR 33834, June 12, 2014]
(b) No unused rate adjustment authority will be added to the schedule of unused rate adjustment authority maintained under §3010.26(f) as a result of a de minimis rate increase.
[78 FR 52704, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended by Order 1786, 78 FR 67952, Nov. 13, 2013]
The Commission may require the Postal Service to provide clarification of its request or to provide information in addition to that called for by §3010.61 in order to gain a better understanding of the circumstances leading to the request or the justification for the specific rate adjustments requested.
(b) Pursuant to an exigent request, rate adjustments may use existing unused rate adjustment authority in amounts greater than the limitation described in §3010.28 of this subpart.
(b) The Commission will hold a public hearing on the Postal Service request. During the public hearing, responsible Postal Service officials will appear and respond under oath to questions from the Commissioners or their designees addressing previously identified aspects of the Postal Service's request and the supporting information provided in response to the topics specified in §3010.61(a).
(c) Interested persons will be given an opportunity to submit to the Commission suggested relevant questions that might be posed during the public hearing. Such questions, and any explanatory materials submitted to clarify the purpose of the questions, should be filed in accordance with §3001.9 of this chapter, and will become part of the administrative record of the proceeding.