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Post Office Closing
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Deer Grove, Illinois post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural ...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 
39 U.S.C. 404(d), on October 28, 2011, the Commission received a petition for review of the Postal Service's determination to close the Deer Grove post office in Deer Grove, Illinois. The petition for review was filed by Galen R. Hooper (Petitioner) and is postmarked October 20, 2011. The Commission hereby institutes a proceeding under 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5) and establishes Docket No. A2012-44 to consider Petitioner's appeal. If Petitioner would like to further explain his position with supplemental information or facts, Petitioner may either file a Participant Statement on PRC Form 61 or file a brief with the Commission no later than December 2, 2011.
Categories of issues apparently raised.
Petitioner contends that (1) The Postal Service failed to consider the effect of the closing on the community (
see39 U.S.C. 404(d)(2)(A)(i)); (2) the Postal service failed to consider whether or not it will continue to provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to the community (
see39 U.S.C. 404(d)(2)(A)(iii)); and (3) the Postal Service failed to adequately consider the economic savings resulting from the closure (
see39 U.S.C. 404(d)(2)(A)(iv)).
After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more legal issues than those set forth above, or that the Postal Service's determination disposes of one or more of those issues. The deadline for the Postal Service to file the applicable administrative record with the Commission is November 14, 2011.
See
39 CFR 3001.113. In addition, the due date for any responsive pleading by the Postal Service to this notice is November 14, 2011.
Availability; Web site posting.
The Commission has posted the appeal and supporting material on its Web site at
www.prc.gov.
Additional filings in this case and participant's submissions also will be posted on the Web site, if provided in electronic format or amenable to conversion, and not subject to a valid protective order. Information on how to use the Commission's Web site is available online or by contacting the Commission's webmaster via telephone at (202) 789-6873 or via electronic mail at
prc-webmaster@prc.gov.
The appeal and all related documents are also available for public inspection in the Commission's docket section. Docket section hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except on Federal government holidays. Docket section personnel may be contacted via electronic mail at
prc-dockets@prc.gov
or via telephone at (202) 789-6846.
Filing of documents.
All filings of documents in this case shall be made using the Internet (Filing Online) pursuant to Commission rules 9(a) and 10(a) at the Commission's Web site,
www.prc.gov,
unless a waiver is obtained.
See39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 3001.10(a). Instructions for obtaining an account to file documents online may be found on the Commission's Web site,
www.prc.gov,
or by contacting the Commission's docket section at
prc-dockets@prc.gov
or via telephone at (202) 789-6846.
Commission reserves the right to redact personal information which may infringe on an individual's privacy rights from documents filed in this proceeding.
Intervention.
Persons, other than the Petitioners and respondents, wishing to be heard in this matter are directed to file a notice of intervention.
See39 CFR 3001.111(b). Notices of intervention in this case are to be filed on or before December 5, 2011. A notice of intervention shall be filed using the Internet (Filing Online) at the Commission's Web site,
www.prc.gov,
unless a waiver is obtained for hardcopy filing.
See39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 3001.10(a).
Further procedures.
By statute, the Commission is required to issue its decision within 120 days from the date it receives the appeal.
See39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5). A procedural schedule has been developed to accommodate this statutory deadline. In the interest of expedition, in light of the 120-day decision schedule, the Commission may request the Postal Service or other participants to submit information or memoranda of law on any appropriate issue. As required by Commission rules, if any motions are filed, responses are due 7 days after any such motion is filed.
See39 CFR 3001.21.
It is ordered:
1. The Postal Service shall file the applicable administrative record regarding this appeal no later than November 14, 2011.
2. Any responsive pleading by the Postal Service to this notice is due no later than November 14, 2011.
3. The procedural schedule listed below is hereby adopted.
4. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Kenneth E. Richardson is designated officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent the interests of the general public.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this notice and order and Procedural Schedule in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.