§ 3001.191 - Filing of formal requests.

(a) Whenever the Postal Service proposes to establish or change rates or fees and/or the mail classification schedule based on a Negotiated Service Agreement, the Postal Service shall file with the Commission a formal request for a recommended decision. The request shall clearly state whether it is a request for a recommended decision pursuant to:

(1) The review of a baseline Negotiated Service Agreement, see § 3001.195;

(2) The review of a Negotiated Service Agreement that is functionally equivalent to a previously recommended Negotiated Service Agreement, see § 3001.196;

(3) The renewal of the terms and conditions of a previously recommended Negotiated Service Agreement, see § 3001.197; or

(4) The modification of the terms and conditions of a previously recommended Negotiated Service Agreement, see § 3001.198. Such request shall be filed in accordance with the requirements of §§ 3001.9 through 3001.12. Within 5 days after the Postal Service has filed a formal request for a recommended decision in accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall lodge a notice thereof with the director of the Office of the Federal Register for publication in the Federal Register.

(b) The Postal Service shall clearly identify all parties to the Negotiated Service Agreement. Identification by the Postal Service shall serve as Notice of Intervention for such parties. Parties to the Negotiated Service Agreement are to be considered co-proponents, procedurally and substantively, during the Commission's review of the proposed Negotiated Service Agreement.