2021-14854. 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 227 locations will be reassigned from their market-dominant fee groups to competitive fee groups.

DATES:

Effective date: August 29, 2021.

ADDRESSES:

For additional information, please contact: Sheila Marano, Manager Product Management, Special Services, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 2P836, Washington, DC 20260.

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 proximity to private sector competitors and other criteria. Competitive locations provide more services than market dominant ones and have somewhat higher fees.

In May 2011, the Postal Service filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to transfer approximately 6,800 PO Box locations from market-dominant to competitive fee groups, based on a showing that sufficient competition exists when a private sector alternative exists within five miles or less. PRC Docket No. MC2011-25. Documents pertinent to that proceeding are available at www.prc.gov,, Docket No. MC2011-25. At that time, the Postal Service advised the PRC that a Federal Register notice would be filed whenever the Postal Service subsequently updates the list of competitive locations by applying the criteria approved in that docket. Since the original filing, the Postal Service updated the list of competitive locations in 2013 to add an additional location, see 79 FR 60928-60929 (Oct. 2, 2013), and subsequently updated it again to add 1625 locations effective Aug. 27, 2014, see 79 FR 38972-38998 (July 9, 2014). 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 May 11, 2021, the Postal Service provided notice with opportunity to comment of its re-application of the Docket No. MC2011-25 criteria to 237 PO Box locations (out of a total of approximately 32,788 locations). The Postal Service has not received any comments. Accordingly, the Postal Service hereby provides notice that Post Office® Box service for the 227 ZIP Code® locations listed below is reassigned from market dominant fee groups to competitive fee groups effective August 29, 2021.

This Notice also updates the May 11 list to exclude 10 locations which were erroneously included as those locations are for contract postal units (CPUs). The updated list of 227 PO Box locations are properly classified as competitive based on their proximity to a private sector competitor within five miles. The Postal Service updated the list of locations to remove the 10 CPU locations and confirms that the 227 reclassified locations meet all of the criteria that the Commission considered in Docket No. MC2011-25. The Postal Service used WebBATS and geospatial data to identify and confirm that each post office location is within five miles of a private sector competitor. The Postal Service excluded locations with less than 250 boxes due to the “small customer base” and locations with access constraints.

Communications are being sent to the identified Postmasters of the locations; and PO Box customers in the identified 227 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. No comments were received or delivered by mail with the initial notice.

Joshua Hofer,

Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.

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

The following is a list of the locations which are described in the Notice above reassigned from market dominant to competitive fee groups. 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 being moved to competitive fee groups, 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.

The list of 227 transferred locations is below.

ZIP	Facilities name	City	St	CFG	NFG
ALABAMA
35010	ALEXANDER CITY	ALEXANDER CITY	AL	4	34
35044	CHILDERSBURG	CHILDERSBURG	AL	4	34
35453	COTTONDALE	COTTONDALE	AL	5	35
35068	FULTONDALE	FULTONDALE	AL	5	35
35071	GARDENDALE	GARDENDALE	AL	5	35
35094	LEEDS	LEEDS	AL	4	34
36303	NORTHSIDE	DOTHAN	AL	4	34
35179	VINEMONT	VINEMONT	AL	5	35
ARKANSAS
72501	BATESVILLE	BATESVILLE	AR	5	35
72543	HEBER SPRINGS	HEBER SPRINGS	AR	5	35
ARIZONA
85321	AJO	AJO	AZ	3	33
86323	CHINO VALLEY	CHINO VALLEY	AZ	5	35
85356	WELLTON	WELLTON	AZ	4	34
CALIFORNIA
95225	BURSON	BURSON	CA	4	34
93210	COALINGA	COALINGA	CA	5	35
95426	COBB	COBB	CA	5	35
92242	EARP	EARP	CA	3	33
92548	HOMELAND	HOMELAND	CA	4	34
92251	IMPERIAL	IMPERIAL	CA	3	33
95454	LAYTONVILLE	LAYTONVILLE	CA	5	35
94305	STANFORD	STANFORD	CA	3	33
92277	TWENTYNINE PALMS	TWENTYNINE PALMS	CA	2	32
96093	WEAVERVILLE	WEAVERVILLE	CA	5	35
COLORADO
80102	BENNETT	BENNETT	CO	6	36
81211	BUENA VISTA	BUENA VISTA	CO	4	34
80701	FORT MORGAN	FORT MORGAN	CO	4	34
CONNECTICUT
06268	STORRS MANSFIELD	STORRS MANSFIELD	CT	3	33
FLORIDA
32615	ALACHUA	ALACHUA	FL	4	34
34420	BELLEVIEW	BELLEVIEW	FL	5	35
33043	BIG PINE KEY	BIG PINE KEY	FL	5	35
32131	EAST PALATKA	EAST PALATKA	FL	4	34
32439	FREEPORT	FREEPORT	FL	3	33
32040	GLEN SAINT MARY	GLEN SAINT MARY	FL	5	35
34736	GROVELAND	GROVELAND	FL	4	34
32063	MACCLENNY	MACCLENNY	FL	3	33
34753	MASCOTTE	MASCOTTE	FL	7	37
34762	OKAHUMPKA	OKAHUMPKA	FL	7	37
32177	PALATKA	PALATKA	FL	4	34
34219	PARRISH	PARRISH	FL	4	34
33946	PLACIDA	PLACIDA	FL	5	35
33570	RUSKIN	RUSKIN	FL	4	34
33957	SANIBEL	SANIBEL	FL	5	35
32959	SHARPES	SHARPES	FL	5	35
33873	WAUCHULA	WAUCHULA	FL	5	35
32362	WOODVILLE	WOODVILLE	FL	4	34
33890	ZOLFO SPRINGS	ZOLFO SPRINGS	FL	5	35
GEORGIA
30553	LAVONIA	LAVONIA	GA	4	34
31757	TALL TIMBERS VLG	THOMASVILLE	GA	4	34
30474	VIDALIA	VIDALIA	GA	4	34
30680	WINDER	WINDER	GA	4	34
GUAM
96929	ANDERSEN AFB	YIGO	GU	1	31
96913	BARRIGADA	BARRIGADA	GU	1	31
96910	HAGATNA	HAGATNA	GU	1	31
HAWAII
96719	HAWI	HAWI	HI	3	33
IOWA
50125	INDIANOLA	INDIANOLA	IA	5	35
52501	OTTUMWA	OTTUMWA	IA	5	35
IDAHO
83853	PORTHILL	PORTHILL	ID	5	35
83467	SALMON	SALMON	ID	3	33
ILLINOIS
60115	DEKALB	DEKALB	IL	5	35
61801	DOWNTOWN URBANA	URBANA	IL	3	33
60099	ZION	ZION	IL	4	34
INDIANA
46312	EAST CHICAGO	EAST CHICAGO	IN	4	34
46140	GREENFIELD	GREENFIELD	IN	3	33
46320	HAMMOND	HAMMOND	IN	2	32
KANSAS
67601	HAYS	HAYS	KS	4	34
66618	NORTHPARK	TOPEKA	KS	4	34
KENTUCKY
42330	CENTRAL CITY	CENTRAL CITY	KY	4	34
41635	HAROLD	HAROLD	KY	5	35
42431	MADISONVILLE	MADISONVILLE	KY	4	34
40165	SHEPHERDSVILLE	SHEPHERDSVILLE	KY	7	37
LOUISIANA
71405	BALL	BALL	LA	5	35
70427	BOGALUSA	BOGALUSA	LA	4	34
70043	CHALMETTE	CHALMETTE	LA	6	36
70359	GRAY	GRAY	LA	5	35
71360	PINEVILLE	PINEVILLE	LA	3	33
70663	SULPHUR	SULPHUR	LA	4	34
71477	TIOGA	TIOGA	LA	5	35
MARYLAND
20613	BRANDYWINE	BRANDYWINE	MD	4	34
20755	FORT GEORGE G MEADE	FORT GEORGE G MEADE	MD	3	33
MAINE
04619	CALAIS	CALAIS	ME	2	32
04543	DAMARISCOTTA	DAMARISCOTTA	ME	4	34
04043	KENNEBUNK	KENNEBUNK	ME	1	31
04046	KENNEBUNKPORT	KENNEBUNKPORT	ME	4	34
04758	MARS HILL	MARS HILL	ME	3	33
04553	NEWCASTLE	NEWCASTLE	ME	4	34
04094	WEST KENNEBUNK	WEST KENNEBUNK	ME	4	34
MICHIGAN
49401	ALLENDALE	ALLENDALE	MI	5	35
48111	BELLEVILLE	BELLEVILLE	MI	5	35
49306	BELMONT	BELMONT	MI	5	35
MINNESOTA
56537	FERGUS FALLS	FERGUS FALLS	MN	4	34
56001	MANKATO	MANKATO	MN	3	33
MISSOURI
63841	DEXTER	DEXTER	MO	5	35
64083	RAYMORE	RAYMORE	MO	3	33
63117	RICHMOND HEIGHTS	SAINT LOUIS	MO	2	32
63080	SULLIVAN	SULLIVAN	MO	3	33
MISSISSIPPI
39342	MARION	MARION	MS	6	36
39305	NORTH MERIDIAN	MERIDIAN	MS	4	34
39307	WEST MERIDIAN	MERIDIAN	MS	4	34
MONTANA
59917	EUREKA	EUREKA	MT	4	34
59752	THREE FORKS	THREE FORKS	MT	4	34
NORTH CAROLINA
28725	DILLSBORO	DILLSBORO	NC	5	35
27244	ELON	ELON	NC	5	35
28307	FORT BRAGG	FORT BRAGG	NC	2	32
28741	HIGHLANDS	HIGHLANDS	NC	5	35
28348	HOPE MILLS	HOPE MILLS	NC	2	32
27021	KING	KING	NC	5	35
28645	LENOIR	LENOIR	NC	3	33
27557	MIDDLESEX	MIDDLESEX	NC	5	35
27030	MOUNT AIRY	MOUNT AIRY	NC	3	33
28372	PEMBROKE	PEMBROKE	NC	5	35
27045	RURAL HALL	RURAL HALL	NC	5	35
28779	SYLVA	SYLVA	NC	3	33
27049	TOAST	TOAST	NC	5	35
28788	WEBSTER	WEBSTER	NC	5	35
NORTH DAKOTA
58784	STANLEY	STANLEY	ND	5	35
NEBRASKA
69341	GERING	GERING	NE	4	34
69361	SCOTTSBLUFF	SCOTTSBLUFF	NE	4	34
NEW HAMPSHIRE
03253	MEREDITH	MEREDITH	NH	5	35
NEW JERSEY
07001	AVENEL	AVENEL	NJ	1	31
08002	ELLISBURG	CHERRY HILL	NJ	3	33
07630	EMERSON	EMERSON	NJ	1	31
NEW MEXICO
87015	EDGEWOOD	EDGEWOOD	NM	5	35
88047	MESILLA PARK	MESILLA PARK	NM	4	34
NEVADA
89883	WEST WENDOVER	WEST WENDOVER	NV	5	35
89445	WINNEMUCCA	WINNEMUCCA	NV	3	33
NEW YORK
13502	BUTTERFIELD	UTICA	NY	4	34
12919	CHAMPLAIN	CHAMPLAIN	NY	5	35
12920	CHATEAUGAY	CHATEAUGAY	NY	5	35
13640	FINEVIEW	WELLESLEY ISLAND	NY	4	34
13602	FORT DRUM	FORT DRUM	NY	3	33
13655	HOGANSBURG	HOGANSBURG	NY	5	35
14843	HORNELL	HORNELL	NY	3	33
14845	HORSEHEADS	HORSEHEADS	NY	3	33
13501	KERNAN	UTICA	NY	4	34
13403	MARCY	MARCY	NY	5	35
13662	MASSENA	MASSENA	NY	4	34
13413	NEW HARTFORD	NEW HARTFORD	NY	3	33
13440	ROME	ROME	NY	4	34
13683	ROOSEVELTOWN	ROOSEVELTOWN	NY	5	35
13504	UTICA	UTICA	NY	4	34
OHIO
43062	PATASKALA	PATASKALA	OH	4	34
44907	SOUTHWEST	MANSFIELD	OH	4	34
44281	WADSWORTH	WADSWORTH	OH	3	33
OKLAHOMA
74429	COWETA	COWETA	OK	3	33
73533	DUNCAN	DUNCAN	OK	4	34
74554	KREBS	KREBS	OK	5	35
74501	MCALESTER	MCALESTER	OK	4	34
73801	WOODWARD	WOODWARD	OK	4	34
OREGON
97325	AUMSVILLE	AUMSVILLE	OR	5	35
97814	BAKER CITY	BAKER CITY	OR	3	33
97523	CAVE JUNCTION	CAVE JUNCTION	OR	4	34
97351	INDEPENDENCE	INDEPENDENCE	OR	3	33
97361	MONMOUTH	MONMOUTH	OR	3	33
97381	SILVERTON	SILVERTON	OR	4	34
97385	SUBLIMITY	SUBLIMITY	OR	4	34
PENNSYLVANIA
19023	DARBY	DARBY	PA	3	33
19348	KENNETT SQUARE	KENNETT SQUARE	PA	3	33
17044	LEWISTOWN	LEWISTOWN	PA	4	34
17850	MONTANDON	MONTANDON	PA	5	35
18015	SOUTHSIDE	BETHLEHEM	PA	3	33
19372	THORNDALE	THORNDALE	PA	3	33
18657	TUNKHANNOCK	TUNKHANNOCK	PA	3	33
19375	UNIONVILLE	UNIONVILLE	PA	5	35
PUERTO RICO
00936	SAN JUAN	SAN JUAN	PR	2	32
00976	TRUJILLO ALTO	TRUJILLO ALTO	PR	2	32
RHODE ISLAND
02882	NARRAGANSETT	NARRAGANSETT	RI	2	32
SOUTH CAROLINA
29822	CLEARWATER	CLEARWATER	SC	5	35
29569	LORIS	LORIS	SC	3	33
SOUTH DAKOTA
57532	FORT PIERRE	FORT PIERRE	SD	6	36
57501	PIERRE	PIERRE	SD	5	35
57069	VERMILLION	VERMILLION	SD	4	34
57078	YANKTON	YANKTON	SD	4	34
TENNESSEE
37643	ELIZABETHTON	ELIZABETHTON	TN	3	33
37062	FAIRVIEW	FAIRVIEW	TN	5	35
37743	GREENEVILLE	GREENEVILLE	TN	3	33
TEXAS
75751	ATHENS	ATHENS	TX	3	33
75551	ATLANTA	ATLANTA	TX	5	35
78133	CANYON LAKE	CANYON LAKE	TX	5	35
78834	CARRIZO SPRINGS	CARRIZO SPRINGS	TX	7	37
78234	FORT SAM HOUSTON	JBSA FT SAM HOUSTON	TX	5	35
78358	FULTON	FULTON	TX	6	36
78026	JOURDANTON	JOURDANTON	TX	4	34
75142	KAUFMAN	KAUFMAN	TX	3	33
79331	LAMESA	LAMESA	TX	5	35
78642	LIBERTY HILL	LIBERTY HILL	TX	7	37
77864	MADISONVILLE	MADISONVILLE	TX	4	34
77357	NEW CANEY	NEW CANEY	TX	6	36
77630	ORANGE	ORANGE	TX	5	35
77446	PRAIRIE VIEW	PRAIRIE VIEW	TX	7	37
75572	QUEEN CITY	QUEEN CITY	TX	6	36
77510	SANTA FE	SANTA FE	TX	7	37
79556	SWEETWATER	SWEETWATER	TX	5	35
76692	WHITNEY	WHITNEY	TX	7	37
75169	WILLS POINT	WILLS POINT	TX	4	34
UTAH
84651	PAYSON	PAYSON	UT	4	34
VIRGINIA
20143	CATHARPIN	CATHARPIN	VA	5	35
24504	COURTHOUSE LYNCHBURG	LYNCHBURG	VA	3	33
23801	FORT LEE	FORT LEE	VA	3	33
22630	FRONT ROYAL	FRONT ROYAL	VA	3	33
24572	MADISON HEIGHTS	MADISON HEIGHTS	VA	5	35
VIRGIN ISLANDS
00802	CHARLOTTE AMALIE	ST THOMAS	VI	2	32
00830	CRUZ BAY	ST JOHN	VI	5	35
00802	EMANCIPATION GARDENS	ST THOMAS	VI	2	32
00802	VETERANS ANNEX	ST THOMAS	VI	3	33
VERMONT
05440	ALBURGH	ALBURGH	VT	4	34
05033	BRADFORD	BRADFORD	VT	4	34
05830	DERBY LINE	DERBY LINE	VT	5	35
05855	NEWPORT	NEWPORT	VT	3	33
05478	SAINT ALBANS	SAINT ALBANS	VT	3	33
05676	WATERBURY	WATERBURY	VT	2	32
05777	WEST RUTLAND	WEST RUTLAND	VT	4	34
WASHINGTON
99109	CHEWELAH	CHEWELAH	WA	5	35
99006	DEER PARK	DEER PARK	WA	5	35
98257	LA CONNER	LA CONNER	WA	5	35
98045	NORTH BEND	NORTH BEND	WA	4	34
98844	OROVILLE	OROVILLE	WA	5	35
98394	VAUGHN	VAUGHN	WA	3	33
WISCONSIN
53029	HARTLAND	HARTLAND	WI	4	34
54476	SCHOFIELD	SCHOFIELD	WI	3	33
54880	SUPERIOR	SUPERIOR	WI	4	34
WEST VIRGINIA
26330	BRIDGEPORT	BRIDGEPORT	WV	4	34
25625	HOLDEN	HOLDEN	WV	5	35
24901	LEWISBURG	LEWISBURG	WV	4	34
25560	SCOTT DEPOT	SCOTT DEPOT	WV	5	35
25652	WHITMAN	WHITMAN	WV	5	35
WYOMING
82716	GILLETTE	GILLETTE	WY	5	35
82072	LARAMIE	LARAMIE	WY	5	35