Transfer of Post Office Box Service in Selected Locations to the Competitive Product List: Postal ServiceTM

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Postal Service ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Postal Service hereby provides notice it has filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to reassign Post Office Box TM service for approximately 297 locations from their market-dominant fee groups to competitive fee groups. DATES: March 16, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Pelton, 202-487-4341. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Locations providing Post Office Box service are classified as competitive or market dominant and assigned to fee groups based upon the Post Office location and other criteria. Competitive fee groups provide more services than market dominant ones and have somewhat higher fees. Competitive Post Office Box service includes several enhancements such as: Electronic notification of the receipt of mail, use of an alternate street address format, signature on file for delivery of certain accountable mail, and additional hours of access and/or earlier availability of mail in some locations. Pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.130 et seq and 39 U.S.C. 3642 , the Postal Service has filed a request with the PRC to transfer 297 Post Office Box service locations to competitive classification. The Postal Service's request would expand the Postal Regulatory Commission's current five-mile criterion for assessing competitiveness by an additional three miles, to extend the mileage range from five miles to eight miles. The proposed eight-mile criterion is based on survey data that the Postal Service has filed with the Pos…