95-29324. Programmatic Environmental Assessment; Priority Mail Processing System

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 231 (Friday, December 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 61719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29324]



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POSTAL SERVICE


Programmatic Environmental Assessment; Priority Mail Processing 
System

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Service intends to implement a redesign program for 
the processing and distribution of Priority Mail, as announced in the 
Federal Register on October 20, 1995 (60 FR 54265). This program is 
needed to improve the handling of Priority Mail for achieving a level 
of on-time delivery higher than current levels. An environmental 
assessment, prepared by the Postal Service and dated November 1, 1995, 
concluded that the redesign program will have no effect or only a 
negligible effect on the components of the physical and cultural 
environments examined.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony M. Pajunas, [phone]. 
Copies of the environmental assessment are available from Operations 
Networks Redesign, U.S. Postal Service, 425 L'Enfant Plaza SW, 
Washington, DC 20260-7165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service redesign program for its 
Priority Mail Processing System includes establishing Priority Mail 
processing centers at several new facilities along the East Coast. This 
program will segregate Priority Mail from other mail classes and 
process and distribute Priority Mail through dedicated facilities. 
Program performance will be evaluated during a test period, after which 
the Postal Service will determine further action.
    An environmental assessment of the redesign program, dated November 
1, 1995, was prepared by the Postal Service. The assessment concluded 
that, because of the small size of the proposed Priority Mail 
processing centers relative to the urban areas in which they are to be 
situated, implementation of the program is expected to have no effect 
or only a negligible effect on the components of the physical and 
cultural environments examined. The program is expected, however, to 
have a significant effect on improving the on-time delivery performance 
of Priority Mail, as well as on the remaining components of the postal 
environment.
    Based on the environmental assessment, the Postal Service finds and 
declares that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on 
the environment and, therefore, will not require the preparation of an 
environmental impact statement.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 95-29324 Filed 11-30-95; 8:45 am]
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