Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/08/2020-08454/update-to-product-lists
Timestamp: 2020-07-05 23:49:34
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A Rule by the Postal Regulatory Commission on 05/08/2020
This rule is effective June 22, 2020, without further action, unless adverse comment is received by June 8, 2020. If adverse comment is received, the Commission will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register.
85 FR 27301
27301-27308 (8 pages)
39 CFR 3040
Docket No. RM2020-8
2020-08454
III. Commission Process
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 3040
PART 3040—PRODUCT LISTS
Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 3040—Market Dominant Product List
Appendix B to Subpart A of Part 3040—Competitive Product List
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-08454
For additional information, this document can be accessed electronically through the Commission's website at https://www.prc.gov.
Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642(d) and 39 CFR 3040.103, the Commission establishes Docket No. RM2020-8 and provides a Notice of Update to Product Lists. In the instant Notice, the Commission explains the establishment of a new rulemaking docket, describes the Commission's process and authorization as it relates to updates to product lists, and provides a Notice of Update to Product Lists by listing all modifications to both the market dominant and competitive product lists between January 1, 2020, and March 31, 2020.
The Commission has previously posted its Notices of Update to Product Lists as part of Docket Nos. MC2010-21 and CP2010-36.[1] In each notice, the Commission states that the process for the periodic publication of product list updates was established in Docket Nos. MC2010-21 and CP2010-36.[2] However, as part of Docket No. RM2016-8, the Commission codified its process for the publication of product list updates in the Federal Register in 39 CFR 3040.103—Notice of Product List Change.[3] Among other things, 39 CFR 3040.103 describes the required content of any Notice of Update to Product Lists and its corresponding Federal Register document. 39 CFR 3040.103(d). As such, the Commission finds it appropriate to establish a new docket where Notices of Update to Product Lists will be posted pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.103 and the publication process described therein. The Commission also notes that a rulemaking docket, instead of a Mail Classification (MC), Competitive Product (CP) combination docket, is most appropriate for two reasons. First, a Notice of Update to Product Lists can include market dominant product list changes and not solely competitive product list changes. Second, any Notice of Update to Product Lists is published in the Federal Register as a direct final rulemaking that amends the Code of Federal Regulations.[4] For all Notices of Update to Product Lists, the Commission will consider comments on issues related to each Notice. If the Commission does not receive a significant adverse comment, the product list updates in each Notice will go into effect 30 days after the date of publication of the Notice in the Federal Register without further action.
Pursuant to 39 CFR part 3040, the Commission maintains a Mail Classification Schedule (MCS) that includes rates, fees, and product descriptions for each market dominant and competitive product, as well as product lists that categorize Postal Service products as either market dominant or competitive. See generally 39 CFR part 3040. The product lists are published in the Code of Federal Regulations as 39 CFR Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 3040—Market Dominant Product List and Appendix B to Subpart A of Part 3040—Competitive Product List pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642(d)(2). See 39 U.S.C. 3642(d)(2). Both the MCS and its product lists are updated by the Commission on its website on a quarterly basis.[5] In addition, these quarterly updates to the product lists are also published in the Federal Register pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.103. See 39 CFR 3040.103.
Pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.103(d)(1), this Notice of Update to Product Lists identifies any modifications made to the market dominant or competitive product list, including product additions, removals, and transfers.[6] Pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.103(d)(2), the modifications identified in this document result from the Commission's most recent MCS update posted on the Commission's website on April 1, 2020, and supersede all previous product lists.[7]
The following list of products are being removed from 39 CFR Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 3040—Market Dominant Product List:
1. Inbound Market Dominant Exprés Service Agreement 1
2. Inbound Market Dominant Registered Service Agreement 1
3. Inbound Market Dominant PRIME Tracked Service Agreement
The following list of products are being added to 39 CFR Appendix B to Subpart A of Part 3040—Competitive Product List:
1. First-Class Package Service Contract 106
2. Parcel Return Service Contract 17
3. Parcel Select Contract 37
4. Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 10
5. Priority Mail Contract 583
6. Priority Mail Contract 584
7. Priority Mail Contract 585
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9. Priority Mail Contract 587
10. Priority Mail Contract 588
11. Priority Mail Contract 589
12. Priority Mail Contract 590
13. Priority Mail Contract 591
14. Priority Mail Contract 592
15. Priority Mail Contract 593
16. Priority Mail Contract 594
17. Priority Mail Contract 595
18. Priority Mail Contract 596
19. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 139
20. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 140
21. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 141
22. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 142
23. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 143
24. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 110
25. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 111
26. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 112
27. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 68
28. Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package International Service Contract 1
29. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service & Parcel Select Contract 4
The following list of products are being removed from 39 CFR Appendix B to Subpart A of Part 3040—Competitive Product List:
1. First-Class Package Service Contract 71
2. First-Class Package Service Contract 72
3. First-Class Package Service Contract 73
4. First-Class Package Service Contract 76
5. First-Class Package Service Contract 81
6. Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 6
7. Parcel Select Contract 19
8. Parcel Select Contract 22
9. Parcel Select Contract 26
10. Parcel Select Contract 28
11. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 38
12. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 44
13. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 45
14. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 47
15. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 51
16. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 63
17. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 75
18. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 76
19. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 82
20. Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 90
21. Priority Mail Contract 77
22. Priority Mail Contract 78
23. Priority Mail Contract 230
24. Priority Mail Contract 236
25. Priority Mail Contract 249
26. Priority Mail Contract 257
27. Priority Mail Contract 263
28. Priority Mail Contract 270
29. Priority Mail Contract 273
30. Priority Mail Contract 276
31. Priority Mail Contract 281
32. Priority Mail Contract 283
33. Priority Mail Contract 286
34. Priority Mail Contract 287
35. Priority Mail Contract 290
36. Priority Mail Contract 293
37. Priority Mail Contract 297
38. Priority Mail Contract 303
39. Priority Mail Contract 308
40. Priority Mail Contract 311
41. Priority Mail Contract 313
42. Priority Mail Contract 314
43. Priority Mail Contract 316
44. Priority Mail Contract 318
45. Priority Mail Contract 321
46. Priority Mail Contract 322
47. Priority Mail Contract 325
48. Priority Mail Contract 333
49. Priority Mail Contract 338
50. Priority Mail Contract 349
51. Priority Mail Contract 352
52. Priority Mail Contract 354
53. Priority Mail Contract 370
54. Priority Mail Contract 375
55. Priority Mail Contract 377
56. Priority Mail Contract 399
57. Priority Mail Contract 408
58. Priority Mail Contract 413
59. Priority Mail Contract 422
60. Priority Mail Contract 425
61. Priority Mail Contract 442
62. Priority Mail Contract 452
63. Priority Mail Contract 476
64. Priority Mail Contract 489
65. Priority Mail Contract 491
66. Priority Mail Contract 494
67. Priority Mail Contract 498
68. Priority Mail Contract 512
69. Priority Mail Contract 513
70. Priority Mail Contract 517
71. Priority Mail Contract 518
72. Priority Mail Contract 524
73. Priority Mail Contract 534
74. Priority Mail Contract 539
75. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 12
76. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 41
77. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 42
78. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 44
79. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 47
80. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 53
81. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 54
82. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 71
83. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 93
84. Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 97
85. Priority Mail Express Contract 43
86. Priority Mail Express Contract 51
87. Priority Mail Express Contract 52
88. Priority Mail Express Contract 59
89. Priority Mail Express Contract 76
90. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 18
91. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 19
92. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 26
93. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 42
94. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 50
95. Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 64
The above-referenced changes to the market dominant product list and the competitive product list are incorporated into 39 CFR Appendix A and B to Subpart A of Part 3040—Competitive Product List.
1. Part 3040 of title 39, Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as set forth below the signature of this Notice, effective 30 days after the date of publication of the Notice in the Federal Register without further action, unless adverse comments are received.
2. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of the Notice in the Federal Register.
3. Interested persons may submit adverse comments no later than 30 days from the date of the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.
4. If adverse comments are received, the Secretary will publish a timely withdrawal of the Notice in the Federal Register.
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1. The authority citation for part 3040 continues to read as follows:
2. Revise appendix A to subpart A of part 3040 to read as follows:
USPS Marketing Mail (Commercial and Nonprofit) *
3. Revise appendix B to subpart A of part 3040 to read as follows:
Inbound Letter Post Small Packets and Bulky Letters
Priority Mail Express Contract 79
Priority Mail Express Contract 80
Parcel Return Service Contract 17
Priority Mail Contract 403Start Printed Page 27305
Priority Mail Contract 552
Priority Mail Contract 553
Priority Mail Contract 554
Priority Mail Contract 555
Priority Mail Contract 556
Priority Mail Contract 557
Priority Mail Contract 558
Priority Mail Contract 559
Priority Mail Contract 560
Priority Mail Contract 561
Priority Mail Contract 562
Priority Mail Contract 563
Priority Mail Contract 564
Priority Mail Contract 565
Priority Mail Contract 566
Priority Mail Contract 567
Priority Mail Contract 568
Priority Mail Contract 569
Priority Mail Contract 570
Priority Mail Contract 571
Priority Mail Contract 572
Priority Mail Contract 573
Priority Mail Contract 574
Priority Mail Contract 575
Priority Mail Contract 576
Priority Mail Contract 577
Priority Mail Contract 578
Priority Mail Contract 579
Priority Mail Contract 580
Priority Mail Contract 581
Priority Mail Contract 582
Priority Mail Contract 583
Priority Mail Contract 584
Priority Mail Contract 585
Priority Mail Contract 586
Priority Mail Contract 587
Priority Mail Contract 588
Priority Mail Contract 589
Priority Mail Contract 590
Priority Mail Contract 591
Priority Mail Contract 592
Priority Mail Contract 593
Priority Mail Contract 594
Priority Mail Contract 595
Priority Mail Contract 596
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 95Start Printed Page 27306
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 99
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 100
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 101
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 102
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 103
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 104
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 105
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 106
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 107
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 108
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 109
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 110
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 111
Priority Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 112
Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 10
Parcel Select Contract 35
Parcel Select Contract 36
Parcel Select Contract 37
First-Class Package Service Contract 103
First-Class Package Service Contract 104
First-Class Package Service Contract 105
First-Class Package Service Contract 106
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 60Start Printed Page 27307
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 67
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 68
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 119
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 120
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 121
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 122
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 123
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 124
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 125
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 126
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 127
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 128
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 129
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 130
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 131
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 132
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 133
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 134
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 135
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 136
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 137
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 138
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 139
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 140
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 141
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 142
Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 143
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service & Parcel Select Contract 1
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service & Parcel Select Contract 2
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service & Parcel Start Printed Page 27308Select Contract 3
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service & Parcel Select Contract 4
Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package International Service Contract 1
1. See, e.g., Docket Nos. MC2010-21 and CP2010-36, Notice of Update to Product List, February 11, 2020; Notice of Update to Product Lists, November 6, 2019.
2. See, e.g., id.; see also Docket Nos. MC2010-21 and CP2010-36, Order Concerning Global Reseller Expedited Package Contracts Negotiated Service Agreement, April 22, 2010 (Order No. 445).
3. Docket No. RM2016-8, Final Rule Concerning Product Lists and the Mail Classification Schedule, June 8, 2016 (Order No. 3360).
4. A direct final rulemaking is an administrative process designed to efficiently finalize noncontroversial rules. See ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES RECOMMENDATION 95-4, PROCEDURES FOR NONCONTROVERSIAL AND EXPEDITED RULEMAKING 1 (1995), available at: https://www.acus.gov/​recommendation/​procedures-noncontroversial-and-expedited-rulemaking. In a direct final rulemaking, an agency publishes the proposed final rule in the Federal Register, with a statement that the rule will go into effect unless the agency receives a significant adverse comment within the period specified. See id.; see also Sierra Club v. EPA, 99 F.3d 1551, 1554 (10th Cir. 1996). If no significant adverse comments are received, the rule goes into effect. If the agency receives a significant adverse comment, the agency withdraws the direct final rule and may publish the rule as a proposed rule, with the typical notice-and-comment procedures.
5. See https://www.prc.gov/​mail-classification-schedule in the Current MCS section.
6. 39 CFR 3040.103(d)(1). More detailed information (e.g., Docket Nos., Order Nos., effective dates, and extensions) for each market dominant and competitive product can be found in the MCS, including the “Revision History” section. See, e.g., file “MCSBaseline01262020.docx,” available at: https://www.prc.gov/​mail-classification-schedule.
7. Previous versions of the MCS and its product lists can be found on the Commission's website available at: https://www.prc.gov/​mail-classification-schedule in the MCS Archives section.
[FR Doc. 2020-08454 Filed 5-7-20; 8:45 am]