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Federal Register/Vol. 75, No. 219/Monday, November 15, 2010/Notices
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,
the Postal Service contends that each
contract is in accordance with Order No.
86. The term of each contract is one year
from the date the Postal Service notifies
the customer that all necessary
regulatory approvals have been
received. Notice at 3.
In support of its Notice, the Postal
Service filed four attachments as
follows:
* Attachments 1A through lE-
redacted copies of the five contracts and
applicable annexes;
* Attachments 2A through 2E-
certified statements required by 39 CFR
3015.5(c)(2) for each contract;
* Attachment 3-a redacted copy of
Governors' Decision No. 08-7 which
establishes prices and classifications for
GEPS contracts, a description of
applicable GEPS contracts, formulas for
prices, an analysis of the formulas, and
certification of the Governors' vote; and
* Attachment 4-an application for
non-public treatment of materials to
maintain redacted portions of the
contracts and supporting documents
under seal.
The Notice advances reasons why the
instant GEPS 3 contracts fit within the
Mail Classification Schedule language
for the GEPS 3 product. The Postal
Service identifies customer-specific
information and general contract terms
that distinguish the instant contracts
from the baseline GEPS 3 agreement. Id.
at 4-5. It states that the differences,
which include price variations based on
updated costing information and
2 Docket No. CP2009-50, Order Granting
Clarification and Adding Global Expedited PackageServices 2 to the Competitive Product List, August
28, 2009 (Order No. 290).volume commitments, do not alter the
contracts' functional equivalency. Id. at
3-4. The Postal Service asserts that
"[b]ecause the agreements incorporate
the same cost attributes and
methodology, the relevant
characteristics of these five GEPS
contracts are similar, if not the same, as
the relevant characteristics of previously
filed contracts." Id. at 4.
The Postal Service concludes that its
filings demonstrate that each of the new
GEPS 3 contracts complies with the
requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633 and is
functionally equivalent to the baseline
GEPS 3 contract. Therefore, it requests
that the instant contracts be included
within the GEPS 3 product. Id. at 5.
II. Notice of Filing
The Commission establishes Docket
Nos. CP2011-28 through CP2011-32 for
consideration of matters related to the
contracts identified in the Postal
Service's Notice.
These dockets are addressed on a
consolidated basis for purposes of this
order. Filings with respect to a
particular contract should be filed in
that docket.
Interested persons may submit
comments on whether the Postal
Service's contracts are consistent with
the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or
3642. Comments are due no later than
November 16, 2010. 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 the captioned
proceedings.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
Nos. CP2011-28 through CP2011-32 for
consideration of matters raised by the
Postal Service's Notice.
2. Comments by interested persons in
these proceedings are due no later than
November 16, 2010.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L.
Harrington is appointed to serve as the
officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in these
dockets.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-28584 Filed 11-12-10; 8:45 am]RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB
Review, Request for Comments
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
an Information Collection Request (ICR)
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
request approval of a new information
collection, consisting of proposed RRB
Form G-252, Self-Employment/
Corporate Officer Work and Earnings
Monitoring. Our ICR describes the
information we seek to collect from the
public. Completion is required to obtain
or retain benefits. One response is
required of each respondent. Review
and approval by OIRA ensures that we
impose appropriate paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the
proposed collection of information to
determine (1) the practical utility of the
collection; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden of the collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of collections on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments to RRB or OIRA must contain
the OMB control number of the ICR. For
proper consideration of your comments,
it is best if RRB and OIRA receive them
within 30 days of publication date.
Previous Requests for Comments: The
RRB has already published the initial
60-day notice (75 FR 16876 on April 2,
2010) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2).
That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Self-Employment/Corporate
Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring.
OMB Control Number: 3220-XXXX.
Form(s) submitted: G-252.
Type of request: New information
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or
households.
Abstract: To determine entitlement or
continued entitlement to a disability
annuity, the RRB will obtain
information from disability annuitants
who claim to be self-employed or a
corporate officer or who the RRB
determines to be self-employed or a
corporate officer after a continuing
disability review.
Changes Proposed: N.A.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as
follows:
Estimated annual number ofBILLING CODE P
69716
respondents: 100.
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