2022-26752. Transfer of Post Office Box Service in Selected Locations to the Competitive Product List

AGENCY:

Postal Service^TM.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Postal Service hereby provides notice that 291 locations providing Post Office Box service will be reassigned from their market-dominant fee groups to competitive fee groups.

DATES:

Applicable date: January 22, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For additional information, please contact: Joshua Crawford at [phone].

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.

On July 21, 2022, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 6234, approving the Postal Service's request to expand the Postal Regulatory Commission's previous five-mile criterion for assessing competitiveness by an additional three miles, extending the mileage range from five miles to eight miles.^[1] The transfer originally covered 297 Post Office Box service locations, each of which was listed in the Postal Service's original Request.^[2] The Postal Service likewise provided notice of its intent to transfer these 297 locations in the Federal Register at the time of the Request.^[3]

The Postal Service hereby provides further notice that Post Office Box service for locations within eight miles of a competitor will be reassigned from market dominant fee groups to competitive fee groups effective January 22, 2023.

This notice also updates the Request list to exclude 6 locations from the originally proposed list of 297 which, upon further review, were found to have limited or no public access. There are no other changes to the original list. The remaining 291 locations are the same and are still properly classified as competitive based on their proximity to a private sector competitor within eight miles.

Documents pertinent to this request are available at http://www.prc.gov, Docket No. MC2022-46. Communications are being sent to the identified Postmasters of the locations; and PO Box customers in the identified 291 Post Office locations will receive an email and/or letter notifying them that their PO Boxes are now competitive locations and include the additional services. Additional internal and external communications will be sent as well. A list of affected locations, with the associated ZIP Codes, is provided in the Appendix to this notice.

Sarah Sullivan,

Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.

Appendix

Transfer of Additional Post Office Box Locations to Competitive Fee Group—ZIP Code Listing

The following is a revised list of the locations the Postal Service intends to transfer based on the eight-mile criterion established in Order No. 6234. The list is sorted by ZIP Code in ascending numerical order with geographical breaks and headers. As indicated by the column headings, this list provides the ZIP Code of the affected PO Boxes (ZIP), the office name of the location (OFFICE NAME), the city where the PO Boxes are located (CITY), the current market dominant fee group (CFG), and the new competitive fee group (NFG). Please note that there are more ZIP Codes than locations covered by the request, because some locations serve more than one ZIP Code. These locations can be identified whenever multiple ZIP Codes are listed for a single office name.

ZIP	Facilities name	City	St	CFG	NFG
ALABAMA
36064	PIKE ROAD	PIKE ROAD	AL	5	35
35903	EAST GADSDEN	GADSDEN	AL	4	34
36350	MIDLAND CITY	MIDLAND CITY	AL	5	35
35954	ATTALLA		AL	3	33
35645	KILLEN	KILLEN	AL	5	35
36877	SMITHS STATION	SMITHS STATION	AL	5	35
35661	MUSCLE SHOALS	MUSCLE SHOALS	AL	4	34
36549	LILLIAN	LILLIAN	AL	4	34
35660	SHEFFIELD	SHEFFIELD	AL	4	34
35673	TRINITY	TRINITY	AL	5	35
ARKANSAS
72718	CAVE SPRINGS	CAVE SPRINGS	AR	5	35
72858	POTTSVILLE	POTTSVILLE	AR	6	36
72053	COLLEGE STATION	COLLEGE STATION	AR	5	35
ARIZONA
86325	CORNVILLE	CORNVILLE	AZ	5	35
86351	SEDONA VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK	SEDONA	AZ	5	35
85616	HUACHUCA CITY	HUACHUCA CITY	AZ	5	35
CALIFORNIA
93223	FARMERSVILLE	FARMERSVILLE	CA	3	33
93601	AHWAHNEE	AHWAHNEE	CA	5	35
95693	WILTON	WILTON	CA	4	34
93227	GOSHEN	GOSHEN	CA	5	35
94037	MONTARA	MONTARA	CA	3	33
93614	COARSEGOLD	COARSEGOLD	CA	6	36
94511	BETHEL ISLAND	BETHEL ISLAND	CA	3	33
93604	BASS LAKE	BASS LAKE	CA	5	35
93606	BIOLA	BIOLA	CA	5	35
93924	CARMEL VALLEY	CARMEL VALLEY	CA	4	34
95315	DELHI	DELHI	CA	5	35
95418	CALPELLA	CALPELLA	CA	4	34
95465	OCCIDENTAL	OCCIDENTAL	CA	4	34
95245	MOKELUMNE HILL	MOKELUMNE HILL	CA	5	35
94038	MOSS BEACH	MOSS BEACH	CA	4	34
95519	MC KINLEYVILLE	MCKINLEYVILLE	CA	1	31
95462	MONTE RIO	MONTE RIO	CA	3	33
95379	TUOLUMNE	TUOLUMNE	CA	5	35
96064	MONTAGUE	MONTAGUE	CA	5	35
93434	GUADALUPE	GUADALUPE	CA	3	33
95452	KENWOOD	KENWOOD	CA	4	34
COLORADO
80513	BERTHOUD	BERTHOUD	CO	5	35
81526	PALISADE	PALISADE	CO	5	35
80454	INDIAN HILLS	INDIAN HILLS	CO	5	35
80136	STRASBURG	STRASBURG	CO	5	35
80809	CASCADE	CASCADE	CO	3	33
CONNECTICUT
06238	COVENTRY	COVENTRY	CT	5	35
06798	WOODBURY	WOODBURY	CT	4	34
06088	EAST WINDSOR	EAST WINDSOR	CT	5	35
06029	ELLINGTON	ELLINGTON	CT	3	33
FLORIDA
33849	KATHLEEN	KATHLEEN	FL	5	35
32187	SAN MATEO	SAN MATEO	FL	5	35
32130	DE LEON SPRINGS	DE LEON SPRINGS	FL	4	34
33825	AVON PARK	AVON PARK	FL	4	34
33042	SUMMERLAND KEY	SUMMERLAND KEY	FL	5	35
33851	LAKE HAMILTON	LAKE HAMILTON	FL	5	35
32764	OSTEEN	OSTEEN	FL	4	34
32179	OCKLAWAHA	OCKLAWAHA	FL	5	35
32643	HIGH SPRINGS	HIGH SPRINGS	FL	4	34
32732	GENEVA	GENEVA	FL	7	37
33920	ALVA	ALVA	FL	4	34
32658	LA CROSSE	LA CROSSE	FL	4	34
33834	BOWLING GREEN	BOWLING GREEN	FL	4	34
32754	MIMS	MIMS	FL	3	33
GEORGIA
31008	BYRON	BYRON	GA	5	35
31213	MACON	MACON	GA	4	34
31326	RINCON	RINCON	GA	5	35
30436	LYONS	LYONS	GA	4	34
31333	WALTHOURVILLE	WALTHOURVILLE	GA	5	35
30813	GROVETOWN	GROVETOWN	GA	3	33
30179	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	GA	6	36
31201	MULBERRY	MACON	GA	4	34
30107	BALL GROUND	BALL GROUND	GA	6	36
30541	EPWORTH	EPWORTH	GA	5	35
30183	WALESKA	WALESKA	GA	6	36
ILLINOIS
62236	COLUMBIA	COLUMBIA	IL	2	32
60081	SPRING GROVE	SPRING GROVE	IL	7	37
61802	URBANA	URBANA	IL	3	33
62966	MURPHYSBORO	MURPHYSBORO	IL	4	34
61568	TREMONT	TREMONT	IL	5	35
62948	HERRIN	HERRIN	IL	4	34
INDIANA
47803	ROSE	TERRE HAUTE	IN	4	34
46507	BRISTOL	BRISTOL	IN	6	36
KANSAS
67052	GODDARD	GODDARD	KS	5	35
67216	RIVER CITY	WICHITA	KS	5	35
66104	ROBERT L ROBERTS	KANSAS CITY	KS	3	33
66007	BASEHOR	BASEHOR	KS	4	34
67060	HAYSVILLE	HAYSVILLE	KS	4	34
KENTUCKY
42440	MORTONS GAP	MORTONS GAP	KY	5	35
42345	GREENVILLE	GREENVILLE	KY	4	34
40067	SIMPSONVILLE	SIMPSONVILLE	KY	6	36
LOUISIANA
70075	MERAUX	MERAUX	LA	6	36
70127	LAKE FOREST STATION	NEW ORLEANS	LA	6	36
71047	KEITHVILLE	KEITHVILLE	LA	5	35
70039	BOUTTE	BOUTTE	LA	4	34
70719	BRUSLY	BRUSLY	LA	6	36
70711	ALBANY	ALBANY	LA	6	36
70462	SPRINGFIELD	SPRINGFIELD	LA	5	35
71281	SWARTZ	SWARTZ	LA	5	35
70734	GEISMAR	GEISMAR	LA	5	35
MASSACHUSETTS
02720	HIGHLAND	FALL RIVER	MA	1	31
01519	GRAFTON	GRAFTON	MA	4	34
01516	DOUGLAS	DOUGLAS	MA	4	34
02768	RAYNHAM CENTER	RAYNHAM CENTER	MA	5	35
01541	PRINCETON	PRINCETON	MA	4	34
01085	WESTFIELD	WESTFIELD	MA	4	34
02653	ORLEANS	ORLEANS	MA	5	35
02333	EAST BRIDGEWATER	EAST BRIDGEWATER	MA	1	31
01056	LUDLOW	LUDLOW	MA	3	33
01543	RUTLAND	RUTLAND	MA	4	34
MARYLAND
20688	SOLOMONS	SOLOMONS	MD	4	34
21921	ELKTON	ELKTON	MD	3	33
21811	BERLIN	BERLIN	MD	3	33
20650	LEONARDTOWN	LEONARDTOWN	MD	4	34
20711	LOTHIAN	LOTHIAN	MD	5	35
MAINE
04963	OAKLAND	OAKLAND	ME	2	32
04090	WELLS	WELLS	ME	5	35
04858	SOUTH THOMASTON	SOUTH THOMASTON	ME	3	33
04694	BAILEYVILLE	BAILEYVILLE	ME	4	34
MICHIGAN
48601	CUMBERLAND	SAGINAW	MI	3	33
48139	HAMBURG	HAMBURG	MI	7	37
48174	ROMULUS	ROMULUS	MI	3	33
49071	MATTAWAN	MATTAWAN	MI	7	37
MISSOURI
65740	ROCKAWAY BEACH	ROCKAWAY BEACH	MO	6	36
65441	BOURBON	BOURBON	MO	6	36
63825	BLOOMFIELD	BLOOMFIELD	MO	7	37
MISSISSIPPI
38826	BELDEN	BELDEN	MS	5	35
39272	BYRAM	BYRAM	MS	4	34
39212	CANDLESTICK PARK	JACKSON	MS	4	34
38862	PLANTERSVILLE	PLANTERSVILLE	MS	5	35
39209	WESTLAND	JACKSON	MS	4	34
38879	VERONA	VERONA	MS	6	36
MONTANA
59828	CORVALLIS	CORVALLIS	MT	5	35
NORTH CAROLINA
27358	SUMMERFIELD	SUMMERFIELD	NC	6	36
27505	BROADWAY	BROADWAY	NC	5	35
28715	CANDLER	CANDLER	NC	5	35
28723	CULLOWHEE	CULLOWHEE	NC	5	35
27593	WILSONS MILLS	WILSONS MILLS	NC	4	34
28355	LEMON SPRINGS	LEMON SPRINGS	NC	5	35
27807	BAILEY	BAILEY	NC	5	35
27299	LINWOOD	LINWOOD	NC	5	35
27921	CAMDEN	CAMDEN	NC	4	34
28749	LITTLE SWITZERLAND	LITTLE SWITZERLAND	NC	4	34
28638	HUDSON	HUDSON	NC	2	32
28630	GRANITE FALLS	GRANITE FALLS	NC	3	33
28766	PENROSE	PENROSE	NC	5	35
27568	PINE LEVEL	PINE LEVEL	NC	5	35
28787	WEAVERVILLE	WEAVERVILLE	NC	4	34
27243	EFLAND	EFLAND	NC	5	35
28716	CANTON	CANTON	NC	2	32
28666	ICARD	ICARD	NC	5	35
27868	RED OAK	RED OAK	NC	4	34
28371	PARKTON	PARKTON	NC	6	36
27043	PINNACLE	PINNACLE	NC	6	36
28748	LEICESTER	LEICESTER	NC	5	35
27370	TRINITY	TRINITY	NC	5	35
28730	FAIRVIEW	FAIRVIEW	NC	5	35
27263	ARCHDALE	ARCHDALE	NC	4	34
28618	DEEP GAP	DEEP GAP	NC	5	35
28368	OLIVIA	OLIVIA	NC	5	35
28463	TABOR CITY	TABOR CITY	NC	3	33
28443	HAMPSTEAD	HAMPSTEAD	NC	5	35
NEBRASKA
68731	DAKOTA CITY	DAKOTA CITY	NE	5	35
68028	GRETNA	GRETNA	NE	4	34
NEW HAMPSHIRE
03755	HANOVER	HANOVER	NH	3	33
03226	CENTER HARBOR	CENTER HARBOR	NH	5	35
03469	WEST SWANZEY	WEST SWANZEY	NH	5	35
03033	BROOKLINE	BROOKLINE	NH	4	34
NEW JERSEY
08733	LAKEHURST	LAKEHURST	NJ	3	33
NEW MEXICO
87060	TOME	TOME	NM	5	35
87311	CHURCH ROCK	CHURCH ROCK	NM	4	34
87059	TIJERAS	TIJERAS	NM	6	36
NEVADA
89439	VERDI	VERDI	NV	3	33
NEW YORK
14738	FREWSBURG	FREWSBURG	NY	5	35
12962	MORRISONVILLE	MORRISONVILLE	NY	5	35
11947	JAMESPORT	JAMESPORT	NY	4	34
12571	RED HOOK	RED HOOK	NY	1	31
13607	ALEXANDRIA BAY	ALEXANDRIA BAY	NY	3	33
10969	PINE ISLAND	PINE ISLAND	NY	5	35
11940	EAST MORICHES	EAST MORICHES	NY	4	34
11949	MANORVILLE	MANORVILLE	NY	4	34
12414	CATSKILL	CATSKILL	NY	3	33
11948	LAUREL	LAUREL	NY	4	34
12491	WEST HURLEY	WEST HURLEY	NY	4	34
13029	BREWERTON	BREWERTON	NY	4	34
11959	QUOGUE	QUOGUE	NY	4	34
OHIO
44119	BEACHLAND	CLEVELAND	OH	2	32
43606	KENWOOD	TOLEDO	OH	3	33
44266	RAVENNA	RAVENNA	OH	4	34
43023	GRANVILLE	GRANVILLE	OH	4	34
45122	GOSHEN	GOSHEN	OH	5	35
45050	MONROE	MONROE	OH	3	33
44028	COLUMBIA STATION	COLUMBIA STATION	OH	5	35
45387	YELLOW SPRINGS	YELLOW SPRINGS	OH	3	33
OKLAHOMA
73066	NICOMA PARK	NICOMA PARK	OK	5	35
74039	KELLYVILLE	KELLYVILLE	OK	6	36
74033	GLENPOOL	GLENPOOL	OK	7	37
73443	LONE GROVE	LONE GROVE	OK	5	35
74021	COLLINSVILLE	COLLINSVILLE	OK	3	33
73065	NEWCASTLE	NEWCASTLE	OK	5	35
OREGON
97362	MOUNT ANGEL	MOUNT ANGEL	OR	5	35
97305	BROOKS	SALEM	OR	4	34
97044	ODELL	ODELL	OR	4	34
97368	OTIS	OTIS	OR	4	34
PENNSYLVANIA
19374	TOUGHKENAMON	TOUGHKENAMON	PA	4	34
18917	DUBLIN	DUBLIN	PA	5	35
19518	DOUGLASSVILLE	DOUGLASSVILLE	PA	4	34
17038	JONESTOWN	JONESTOWN	PA	5	35
18428	HAWLEY	HAWLEY	PA	3	33
18321	BARTONSVILLE	BARTONSVILLE	PA	5	35
18337	MILFORD	MILFORD	PA	3	33
19311	AVONDALE	AVONDALE	PA	5	35
17550	MAYTOWN	MAYTOWN	PA	5	35
19501	ADAMSTOWN	ADAMSTOWN	PA	5	35
18328	DINGMANS FERRY	DINGMANS FERRY	PA	5	35
PUERTO RICO
00720	OROCOVIS	OROCOVIS	PR	2	32
RHODE ISLAND
02871	PORTSMOUTH	PORTSMOUTH	RI	3	33
02837	LITTLE COMPTON	LITTLE COMPTON	RI	3	33
SOUTH CAROLINA
29816	BATH	BATH	SC	5	35
29673	PIEDMONT	PIEDMONT	SC	4	34
29439	FOLLY BEACH	FOLLY BEACH	SC	4	34
29677	SANDY SPRINGS	SANDY SPRINGS	SC	6	36
29040	DALZELL	DALZELL	SC	5	35
29016	BLYTHEWOOD	BLYTHEWOOD	SC	4	34
29809	NEW ELLENTON	NEW ELLENTON	SC	4	34
29851	WARRENVILLE	WARRENVILLE	SC	5	35
29349	INMAN	INMAN	SC	4	34
29669	PELZER	PELZER	SC	4	34
29829	GRANITEVILLE	GRANITEVILLE	SC	2	32
SOUTH DAKOTA
57064	TEA	TEA	SD	6	36
57718	BLACK HAWK	BLACK HAWK	SD	5	36
TENNESSEE
37341	HARRISON	HARRISON	TN	5	35
37865	SEYMOUR	SEYMOUR	TN	5	35
37658	HAMPTON	HAMPTON	TN	6	36
37329	ENGLEWOOD	ENGLEWOOD	TN	6	36
37330	ESTILL SPRINGS	ESTILL SPRINGS	TN	6	36
37826	NIOTA	NIOTA	TN	6	36
37877	TALBOTT	TALBOTT	TN	6	36
37764	KODAK	KODAK	TN	5	35
TEXAS
77484	WALLER	WALLER	TX	6	36
75076	POTTSBORO	POTTSBORO	TX	6	36
75791	WHITEHOUSE	WHITEHOUSE	TX	6	36
77639	ORANGEFIELD	ORANGEFIELD	TX	6	36
77445	HEMPSTEAD	HEMPSTEAD	TX	5	35
75158	SCURRY	SCURRY	TX	5	35
76061	LILLIAN	LILLIAN	TX	4	34
78147	POTH	POTH	TX	7	37
78123	MC QUEENEY	MC QUEENEY	TX	5	35
76058	JOSHUA	JOSHUA	TX	3	33
77447	HOCKLEY	HOCKLEY	TX	6	36
78559	LA FERIA	LA FERIA	TX	5	35
77640	PORT ARTHUR	PORT ARTHUR	TX	5	35
78583	RIO HONDO	RIO HONDO	TX	6	36
75688	SCOTTSVILLE	SCOTTSVILLE	TX	6	36
77590	TEXAS CITY	TEXAS CITY	TX	6	36
78362	INGLESIDE	INGLESIDE	TX	5	35
77611	BRIDGE CITY	BRIDGE CITY	TX	4	34
UTAH
84655	SANTAQUIN	SANTAQUIN	UT	5	35
VIRGINIA
23805	WALNUT HILL	PETERSBURG	VA	5	35
22060	FORT BELVOIR	FORT BELVOIR	VA	2	32
23234	AMPTHILL	NORTH CHESTERFIELD	VA	5	35
23062	GLOUCESTER POINT	GLOUCESTER POINT	VA	5	35
23075	HIGHLAND SPRINGS	HENRICO	VA	4	34
22963	PALMYRA	PALMYRA	VA	5	35
24330	FRIES	FRIES	VA	5	35
24064	BLUE RIDGE	BLUE RIDGE	VA	5	35
22655	STEPHENS CITY	STEPHENS CITY	VA	4	34
22821	DAYTON	DAYTON	VA	5	35
22947	KESWICK	KESWICK	VA	4	34
24482	VERONA	VERONA	VA	5	35
22945	IVY	IVY	VA	5	35
24574	MONROE	MONROE	VA	5	35
22642	LINDEN	LINDEN	VA	4	34
23005	ASHLAND	ASHLAND	VA	3	33
22553	SPOTSYLVANIA	SPOTSYLVANIA	VA	5	35
23875	PRINCE GEORGE	PRINCE GEORGE	VA	7	37
VERMONT
05829	DERBY	DERBY	VT	5	35
05059	QUECHEE	QUECHEE	VT	3	33
05055	NORWICH	NORWICH	VT	4	34
WASHINGTON
98546	GRAPEVIEW	GRAPEVIEW	WA	4	34
98384	SOUTH COLBY	SOUTH COLBY	WA	3	33
98239	COUPEVILLE	COUPEVILLE	WA	4	34
98840	OKANOGAN	OKANOGAN	WA	4	34
99005	COLBERT	COLBERT	WA	4	34
WISCONSIN
53157	PELL LAKE	PELL LAKE	WI	5	35
53191	WILLIAMS BAY	WILLIAMS BAY	WI	5	35
54650	ONALASKA	ONALASKA	WI	4	34
WEST VIRGINIA
25526	HURRICANE	HURRICANE	WV	4	34
26301	DOWNTOWN CLARKSBURG	CLARKSBURG	WV	4	34
25313	CROSS LANES	CHARLESTON	WV	4	34
25177	SAINT ALBANS	SAINT ALBANS	WV	4	34
25143	NITRO	NITRO	WV	4	34
25547	PECKS MILL	PECKS MILL	WV	5	35
25535	LAVALETTE	LAVALETTE	WV	5	35
25427	HEDGESVILLE	HEDGESVILLE	WV	4	34

Footnotes

1.  Docket No. MC2022-46, Order Approving Request to Transfer Additional Post Office Box Service Locations to the Competitive Product List, July 21, 2022 (Order No. 6234).

2.  Docket No. MC2022-46, Request of the United States Postal Service to Transfer Post Office Box Service in Selected Locations to the Competitive Product List, March 16, 2022 (Request).

3.   See87 FR 16255-16261 (March 22, 2022).