82_FR_32060 82 FR 31929 - Periodic Reporting

82 FR 31929 - Periodic Reporting

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 131 (July 11, 2017)

Page Range31929-31930
FR Document2017-14423

The Commission is noticing a recent filing requesting that the Commission initiate an informal rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to an analytical method for use in periodic reporting (Proposal Five). This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31929-31930]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14423]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

39 CFR Part 3050

[Docket No. RM2017-9; Order No. 3994]


Periodic Reporting

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recent filing requesting that the 
Commission initiate an informal rulemaking proceeding to consider 
changes to an analytical method for use in periodic reporting (Proposal 
Five). This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public 
comment, and takes other administrative steps.

DATES: Comments are due: August 16, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing 
Online system at http://www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments 
electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing 
alternatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 
202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Proposal Five
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs

I. Introduction

    On June 30, 2017, the Postal Service filed a petition pursuant to 
39 CFR 3050.11 requesting the Commission to initiate an informal 
rulemaking proceeding to consider proposed changes to an analytical 
method related to periodic reports.\1\ The Petition identifies the 
proposed analytical method changes filed in this docket as Proposal 
Five.
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    \1\ Petition of the United States Postal Service for the 
Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed Changes in 
Analytical Principles (Proposal Five), June 30, 2017 (Petition).
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II. Proposal Five

    Background. The Postal Service currently uses sampling from the In-
Office Cost System (IOCS) to divide accrued city carrier costs between 
letter routes and special purpose routes (SPRs). Petition at 2.
    Proposal. The Postal Service proposes to replace IOCS sampling data 
with more comprehensive census data from the Time and Attendance 
Collection System (TACS) to determine the share of costs for letter 
routes and SPRs. Id. Proposal Five would not change any other costing 
methodologies. Id. at 3.
    Rationale and impact. The Postal Service states that use of TACS 
census data would reduce the variability of statistical estimates of 
costs by route group due to sampling. Id. The Postal Service states 
further that practical challenges in implementing IOCS sampling may 
lead to systematic errors in IOCS-based estimates of total costs

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for carrier work assignments, including route group totals. Id. Table 1 
purports to show the quarterly impact Proposal Five would have had on 
costs of the two route groups in FY 2016. See id. at 4-5. Table 2 shows 
the alleged impact on product costs. See id. at 5-7.

III. Notice and Comment

    The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2017-9 for consideration of 
matters raised by the Petition. More information on the Petition may be 
accessed via the Commission's Web site at http://www.prc.gov. 
Interested persons may submit comments on the Petition and Proposal 
Five no later than August 16, 2017. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Lawrence 
Fenster is designated as officer of the Commission (Public 
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in 
this proceeding.

IV. Ordering Paragraphs

    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2017-9 for consideration 
of the matters raised by the Petition of the United States Postal 
Service for the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed Changes 
in Analytical Principles (Proposal Five), filed June 30, 2017.
    2. Comments by interested persons in this proceeding are due no 
later than August 16, 2017.
    3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Lawrence 
Fenster to serve as an officer of the Commission (Public 
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in 
this docket.
    4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-14423 Filed 7-10-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 131 / Tuesday, July 11, 2017 / Proposed Rules 31929 collections are found is in the June 8th requirements that impose burdens that rulemaking proceeding to consider notice. exceed benefits. Explain why the changes to an analytical method for use reporting or recordkeeping requirement in periodic reporting (Proposal Five). The Task is overly burdensome, unnecessary, or This notice informs the public of the CFSAC is tasked to: how it could be modified. filing, invites public comment, and Provide input to the U.S. Coast Guard c. Identify regulations, guidance, and takes other administrative steps. on all existing regulations, guidance, information collections that the DATES: Comments are due: August 16, and information collections that fall Committee believes have led to the 2017. within the scope of the Committee’s elimination of jobs or inhibits job charter. ADDRESSES: Submit comments creation within a particular industry. 1. One or more subcommittees/ electronically via the Commission’s 3. All regulations, guidance, and working groups, as needed, will be Filing Online system at http:// information collections, or parts thereof, established to work on this tasking in www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit recommended by the Committee should accordance with the Committee charter comments electronically should contact be described in sufficient detail (by and bylaws. The subcommittee(s) shall the person identified in the FOR FURTHER section, paragraph, sentence, clause, terminate upon the approval and INFORMATION CONTACT section by etc.) so that it can readily be identified. submission of a final recommendation telephone for advice on filing Data (quantitative or qualitative) should to the U.S. Coast Guard from the parent alternatives. be provided to support and illustrate the Committee. impact, cost, or burden, as applicable, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 2. Review regulations, guidance, and for each recommendation. If the data is David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at information collections and provide not readily available, the Committee 202–789–6820. recommendations whether an existing should include information as to how SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: rule, guidance, or information collection such information can be obtained either should be repealed, replaced or Table of Contents by the Committee or directly by the modified. If the Committee recommends Coast Guard. I. Introduction modification, please provide specific II. Proposal Five recommendations for how the Public Participation III. Notice and Comment regulation, guidance, or information IV. Ordering Paragraphs All meetings associated with this collection should be modified. tasking, both full Committee meetings I. Introduction Recommendations should include an and subcommittee/working groups, are explanation on how and to what extent On June 30, 2017, the Postal Service open to the public. A public oral filed a petition pursuant to 39 CFR repeal, replacement or modification will comment period will be held during the reduce costs or burdens to industry and 3050.11 requesting the Commission to July 27, 2017, teleconference. Public initiate an informal rulemaking the extent to which risks to health or comments or questions will be taken at safety would likely increase. proceeding to consider proposed the discretion of the Designated Federal changes to an analytical method related a. Identify regulations, guidance, or Officer; commenters are requested to information collections that potentially to periodic reports.1 The Petition limit their comments to 3 minutes. identifies the proposed analytical impose the following types of burden on Please contact the individual listed in the industry: method changes filed in this docket as the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Proposal Five. i. Regulations, guidance, or section, to register as a commenter. information collections imposing Subcommittee meetings held in II. Proposal Five administrative burdens on the industry. association with this tasking will be ii. Regulations, guidance, or Background. The Postal Service announced as they are scheduled currently uses sampling from the In- information collections imposing through notices posted to http:// burdens in the development or use of Office Cost System (IOCS) to divide homeport.uscg.mil/cfivsac and accrued city carrier costs between letter domestically produced energy uploaded as supporting documents in resources. ‘‘Burden,’’ for the purposes of routes and special purpose routes the electronic docket for this action, (SPRs). Petition at 2. compliance with Executive Order 13783, [USCG–2017–0656], at Regulations.gov. Proposal. The Postal Service proposes means ‘‘to unnecessarily obstruct, delay, to replace IOCS sampling data with curtail, or otherwise impose significant J.F. Williams, more comprehensive census data from costs on the siting, permitting, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of the Time and Attendance Collection production, utilization, transmission, or Inspections and Compliance. System (TACS) to determine the share delivery of energy resources.’’ [FR Doc. 2017–14483 Filed 7–10–17; 8:45 am] b. Identify regulations, guidance, or of costs for letter routes and SPRs. Id. BILLING CODE 9110–04–P information collections that potentially Proposal Five would not change any impose the following types of costs on other costing methodologies. Id. at 3. Rationale and impact. The Postal the industry: POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Service states that use of TACS census i. Regulations, guidance, or data would reduce the variability of information collections imposing costs 39 CFR Part 3050 statistical estimates of costs by route that are outdated (such as due to [Docket No. RM2017–9; Order No. 3994] group due to sampling. Id. The Postal technological advancement), or are no mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS Service states further that practical longer necessary. Periodic Reporting ii. Regulations, guidance, or challenges in implementing IOCS information collections imposing costs AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. sampling may lead to systematic errors which are no longer enforced as written in IOCS-based estimates of total costs ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. or which are ineffective. 1 Petition of the United States Postal Service for iii. Regulations, guidance, or SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed information collections imposing costs recent filing requesting that the Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Five), tied to reporting or recordkeeping Commission initiate an informal June 30, 2017 (Petition). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jul 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\11JYP1.SGM 11JYP1

31930 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 131 / Tuesday, July 11, 2017 / Proposed Rules for carrier work assignments, including This document informs the public of the Rationale and impact. The Postal route group totals. Id. Table 1 purports filing, invites public comment, and Service states that Proposal Four would to show the quarterly impact Proposal takes other administrative steps. update parcel delivery cost pool Five would have had on costs of the two DATES: Comments are due: August 9, proportions to reflect the increase in route groups in FY 2016. See id. at 4– 2017. parcel delivery activity that has taken 5. Table 2 shows the alleged impact on place since 2014. Id. at 6. The Postal product costs. See id. at 5–7. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Service states further that Proposal Four III. Notice and Comment Filing Online system at http:// would reduce the regular delivery street www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit time proportion by the increases of the The Commission establishes Docket comments electronically should contact proportions for in-receptacle parcels No. RM2017–9 for consideration of matters raised by the Petition. More the person identified in the FOR FURTHER and deviation parcels and accountables. information on the Petition may be INFORMATION CONTACT section by Id. Proposal Four would also allow cost accessed via the Commission’s Web site telephone for advice on filing pool proportions to be easily adjusted at http://www.prc.gov. Interested alternatives. annually. Id. at 8. To illustrate Proposal persons may submit comments on the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Four’s potential impact, the Postal Petition and Proposal Five no later than David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at Service provides a table for each market August 16, 2017. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 202–789–6820. dominant product and for aggregate 505, Lawrence Fenster is designated as domestic competitive and international SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: officer of the Commission (Public mail and services. Id. at 8–9. Representative) to represent the Table of Contents III. Notice and Comment interests of the general public in this I. Introduction proceeding. II. Proposal Four The Commission establishes Docket III. Notice and Comment No. RM2017–8 for consideration of IV. Ordering Paragraphs IV. Ordering Paragraphs matters raised by the Petition. More It is ordered: 1. The Commission establishes Docket I. Introduction information on the Petition may be No. RM2017–9 for consideration of the accessed via the Commission’s Web site On June 30, 2017, the Postal Service matters raised by the Petition of the at http://www.prc.gov. Interested filed a petition pursuant to 39 CFR United States Postal Service for the 3050.11 requesting the Commission to persons may submit comments on the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider initiate an informal rulemaking Petition and Proposal Four no later than Proposed Changes in Analytical proceeding to consider proposed August 9, 2017. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. Principles (Proposal Five), filed June 30, changes to an analytical method related 505, Lawrence Fenster is designated as 2017. to periodic reports.1 The Petition officer of the Commission (Public 2. Comments by interested persons in identifies the proposed analytical Representative) to represent the this proceeding are due no later than method changes filed in this docket as interests of the general public in this August 16, 2017. Proposal Four. proceeding. 3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Lawrence Fenster II. Proposal Four IV. Ordering Paragraphs to serve as an officer of the Commission Background. The Postal Service It is ordered: (Public Representative) to represent the currently uses a Form 3999 (street interests of the general public in this evaluations) data set, supplemented 1. The Commission establishes Docket docket. with information collected as part of the No. RM2017–8 for consideration of the 4. The Secretary shall arrange for Parcel/Accountable Study (Package matters raised by the Petition of the publication of this order in the Federal Study), to assign city carrier letter route United States Postal Service for the Register. street costs to products.2 Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider By the Commission. Proposal. Because the activity times Proposed Changes in Analytical Ruth Ann Abrams, collected during the Package Study are Principles (Proposal Four), filed June Acting Secretary. not part of an ongoing Postal Service 30, 2017. [FR Doc. 2017–14423 Filed 7–10–17; 8:45 am] data system, ‘‘the parcel and 2. Comments by interested persons in BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P accountables cost pool proportions have this proceeding are due no later than essentially remained unchanged since August 9, 2017. the Package Study was conducted in the spring of 2014.’’ Petition at 3. Proposal 3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Commission appoints Lawrence Fenster Four would modify the current 39 CFR part 3050 methodology for assigning city carrier to serve as an officer of the Commission letter route street costs to products by (Public Representative) to represent the [Docket No. RM2017–8; Order No. 3993] interests of the general public in this adjusting the letter route street cost pools to more accurately reflect carriers’ docket. Periodic Reporting street activities and thereby more 4. The Secretary shall arrange for AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS precisely attribute costs to products. Id. publication of this order in the Federal ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. Register. 1 Petition of the United States Postal Service for SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed By the Commission. recent filing requesting that the Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Four), Ruth Ann Abrams, Commission initiate an informal June 30, 2017 (Petition). 2 Petition at 2; see Docket No. RM2015–7, Order Acting Secretary. rulemaking proceeding to consider No. 2792, Order Approving Analytical Principles [FR Doc. 2017–14422 Filed 7–10–17; 8:45 am] changes to an analytical method for use Used in Periodic Reporting (Proposal Thirteen), BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P in periodic reporting (Proposal Four). October 29, 2015. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jul 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\11JYP1.SGM 11JYP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking.
DatesComments are due: August 16, 2017.
ContactDavid A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 202-789-6820.
FR Citation82 FR 31929 
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