39 C.F.R. § 3001.195 Requests to recommend a baseline Negotiated Service Agreement.
Title 39 - Postal Service
(a) This section governs Postal Service requests for a recommended decision in regard to a baseline Negotiated Service Agreement, i.e., a Negotiated Service Agreement that is not predicated on a functionally equivalent Negotiated Service Agreement currently in effect. The purpose of this section is to establish procedures which provide for maximum expedition of review consistent with procedural fairness, and which allows for the recommendation of a baseline Negotiated Service Agreement. The Postal Service request shall include: (1) A written justification for requesting a Negotiated Service Agreement classification as opposed to a more generally applicable form of classification; and (2) A description of the operational bases of the Negotiated Service Agreement, including activities to be performed and facilities to be used by both the Postal Service and the mailer under the agreement. (b) The Commission will treat requests predicated on a baseline Negotiated Service Agreement as subject to the maximum expedition consistent with procedural fairness. A schedule will be established, in each case, to allow for prompt issuance of a decision.
Title 39: Postal Service
PART 3001—RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subpart L—Rules Applicable to Negotiated Service Agreements
§ 3001.195 Requests to recommend a baseline Negotiated Service Agreement.
