DOCKET SECTION
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20268-0001
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POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES, 1997
Docket No. R97-1
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RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS TREWORGY TO INTERROGATORY
OF
THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
(OCA/USPS-T22-12)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides the response
Treworgy
to the following
OCA/lJSPS-T22-12.
interrogatory
Presiding
of the Office of the Consumer
Officer’s Ruling No. R97-I\40
of witness
Advocate:
specified October
17
as the date for filing this response.’
The interrogatory
is stated verbatim and is followed by the response.
Respectfully
submitted,
UNITED STATES
POSTAL
SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
p 2 &/L
Kenneth N. Hollies
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
(202) 268-3083; Fax -5402
October 17, 1997
‘Presiding Officer’s Ruling No. R97-1 also addressed responses to three parts of
A motion for extension of time to file those responses is being filed
interrogatory OCAIUSPS-T22-20.
contemporaneously
with this response.
IJ.S. POSTAL SERVICE WlTNESS DAVID E. TREWORGY
RESPONSE TO PRESIDING OFFICER’S RULING NO. R97-l/40
Page 1 of 1
OCAIUSPS-T22-12.
Please refer to your Worksheet C-l and C-2, concerning the scanning
infrastructure capital and program costs and the distribution key for volume variable costs.
Please update your Worksheet C-l and C-2 to reflect the $218 million contract awarded to
Lockheed Martin.
RESPONSE:
Pursuant to Presiding Offroar’s Ruling No. R97-l/40, updated Worksheets C-l and C-2 are
attached.
-
USPS-T-22, Docket R97-1
Worksheet
C-l (wired
Scanning
In response
to Prasldlng
Infrastructure
Officer’~ Ruling No. R97-1140)
Capital and Program Costs
(in thousands)
Capital COHS
Information svstems
carrier scanners
Box section scanners
support for carrier scanners
Suooo~ for box section scanners
rl~~
Miscellaneous
Total capital costs
with respect t.3
Test year
dellvery confirmation
of costs
costs 1 AMbution
Not volume variable
90.0
$14.666.4
125,763.l
Variable with overall carrier cast system (CS 6, 7, and IO)
925.763.1
$0.0
Not vol”me variable
94,099.z
$97.9
Variable with overall carrier cost System (CS 6. 7. and 10)
$97.9
$0.0
Not volume variable
515.6
$0.0
Not volume variable
$1.056.7
$25.661.0
$45.920.9
Test ysar
Program costs
lnfmmation svstems
Carrier scanner suppport and maintenance
80x section scanner support and maintenance
Call center development
colts
Training
Miscellaneous
Total program costs
$64723.5
s9;259.7
$1,473.3
$163.2
522.032.9
$22.556.0
$120,2306
Total capital and program costs
$166.151.5
Volume variable
tith respect to
delivery conflnatlon
’ Attrlbutlon of cosb
$0.0
Not volume variable
$9.259.7
Variable with overall carrier cost system (CS 6, 7. and 10)
$0.0
Not volume variable
$0.0
Not volume variable
$0.0
Not volume variable
$0.0
Not volume variable
99.259.7
Dktrlbution
of costs
No attributable costs to distribute
Overall carrier cost system (CS 6.7, and 10
NO attributable costs to distribute
Overall carrier cost system (CS 6, 7. and 10
NO attributable costs to distribute
No attributable casts to disbibute
Dlstrlbution of costs
NO attributable costs to distribute
Overall carrier cost system (CS 6. 7, and 10
No attributable costs to distribute
No attributable msts to distribute
No attributabk w&s to distribute
No attributable costs to distribute
$35.120.7
Notes
’ USPS Maheting
Department.
I OH 7197
USPS-T-22, Docket R97-1
Workrhnt C-Z(page.1
Distribution
(Inthousands)
Rata category
FkstClass Mail:
Letten&panzls
Presortrra
parcel
Single piece cards
0‘2) revisedin
responseto
ProsIdIng
CJf6caVs Ruling No.RQ71140
Key for Volume Variable Scanning
CS6.%?
CSIO'
Infrastructure
TOtal
CS6,7,&!0
Distrlbutlon
W
Dlstdbuted
amount
1,673.760
1.016,479
69.369
36,403
3,016.011
296,466
263,567
19,246
11.053
590,336
2.170.226
1,262.046
106.617
47,456
3,606,347
24.32%
55136.6
$3.0344
$257.1
$112.3
$6540.4
Priority Mail
107,436
12,979
120,415
0.61%
$265.0
ExpressMail
21,374
4,729
26,103
0.16%
$61.6
Presoltprvipcs
Total First
166
Mailgrams
11
177
14.63%
6.64%
0.73%
0.32%
Capital and Program Costs
0.00%
SO.4
Second-class mail:
Wtihinmunty:
Outside county:
Reg rate pub
NonpmMpub
Classroom pub
23,499
13,610
37,109
0.25%
S67.6
223,671
59,624
1,656
106,266
34.191
913
331.959
93,615
2,769
2.24%
0.63%
0.02%
1765.7
s222.0
Total Second
306,650
157,002
465,652
3.14%
0.00%
s1.102.1
26,946
0.16%
Third-Ass
S6.6
mail:
Single piece rate
Bulk rate-reg
carpresort
Other
Tot?lngular
Bulkra,e- nonprof
carpresort
25,799
1,149
716,279
609,Ml
1.525,920
259,640
31X.392
564,032
975,919~
1,114,033
2,069,952
6.56%
7.51%
14.06%
46,962
Other
Totalnonprof
Total Third
191,940
236,902
1.790.621
13,634
70,010
63,844
649,025
60.796
261.950
0.41%
1.77%
2.16%
16.44%
322,746
2,439,646
S63.6
52,309s
52,6X.6
y46.6
s143.9
1620.0
5763.9
s5,774.3
1OH 7197
USPS-T-22. Docket R97-1
Workaheet
C-2 (page 2 of 2) revised In rsaponte
Distribution
to Pmldlng
Dftlcefs
Ruling No. ROT-IN0
Key for Volume Variable Scanning
Infrastructure
Capital and Program Costs
(in thousands)
Rate category
Fourth-class mail:
Parcel zone rate
Sound pmt matter
Spc 4thcl. rate
Library rate
Total Fourth
US Postal Service
Free mail
International mail
Total All Mail
Special services:
Registry
Certified
lllSUKlllC2
COD
Spedal delivery
Money orders
Stamped envelopes
Special handling
Post office box
Other
Total Spc Svcs
cs 10
Total
CS6,7,hiO
42,935
51,222
27,690
4,565
126,432
9,604
10,361
5,199
1,243
26,627
52,739
61.603
32,689
5,626
153,059
0.36%
0.42%
0.22%
0.04%
1.03%
5124.6
$145.8
577.8
913.8
S362.3
13.403
1,537
14,940
0.10%
535.4
3,222
671
3,693
0.03%
19.2
23,043
2,565
25,626
0.17%
$60.7
6,657,660
46.22%
S16,231.6
CS667
5.412.356
7,042
93,596
2,561
2,799
644
0
0
0
329
7,971
114,962
1445,502
2,335
54,056
2,736
3,674
219
1,233
0
0
0
26
M,483
9,377
147,654
5,319
6,673
663
1,233
0
0
329
7,997
179,445
Dlstib”t,on
key
0.06%
1.00%
0.04%
0.04%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
O.W%
0.05%
1.21%
Dlstdbuted
mlO”nt
522.2
9349.5
S12.6
S15.6
12.0
s2.9
so.0
$0.0
SO.8
$16.9
S424.7
Attributable
5.527.320
1,509,965
7.037.305
47.43%
S16.656.3
Other
5,934,155
1.667.077
7,601,232
52.57%
S18,464.4
11.461.475
3,377,062
14,836.537
100.00%
$35.120.7
Total Costs
Notes
’ See USPS-T-5, Workpaper B
10/17/97
CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing
participants
of record in this proceeding
in accordance
with seciion
of Practice.
k ‘jl $.Jl&
Kenneth N. Hollies
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
October 17, 1997
document
upon all
12 of the Rules