RE~;FIVED
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20266-0001
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES, 1997
SEP 19
5 22 PM
‘97
POSTAL
RATECOHHl$S,CN
OFFICE
OFTHESECRETARY
Docket No. R97-1
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RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS DEGEN TO INTERROGATORY OF
THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS MODEN
(OCA/USPS-T4-19)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides the response of witness Degen
to the following interrogatory
T4-19,
filed on September
The interrogatory
of the Office of the Consumer Advocate:
OCA/USPS-
5, 1997, and redirected from witness Moden.
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
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Eric P. Koetting
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20260-l 137
(202) 268-2992; Fax -5402
September 19, 1997
Response of United States Postal Service Witness Degen
to Interrogatories
of the Office of the Consumer Advocate
(Redirected from Witness Modem
OCA/USPS-TC 19. Please provide MODS volume or piece handling counts
for FY 1996 by CAG for each of the MODS cost pools. Please break this
information out by the method used to collect these piece counts
(SWS,
actual counts, etc.).
OCA/USPS-T4Attachments
19 Response.
1 and 2 to this response contain the requested
MODS TPH for the 11 cost pools associated
activities
listed in Table 7 of witness
TPH are from the modtph96dat
required
information
automated
operations
such measurements.
TPH variable
defined
testimony,
file in LR-H-248.
is generally
TPH in manual operations
informed
Bradley’s
is not available.
However,
method
Please note that there are volumes
operations
piece counts
servicewide
in any meaningful
level.
counts,
The local volume
whereas
weights
or other
recorded
in the
I am
volume
measures
measures
are not
sense and cannot be aggregated
cost pools, so they are not reported
the
and
at some facilities.
that in such cases, the TPH variable contains
at the area or facility
The
because
TPH in mechanized
based on converted
for various non-distribution
USPS-T-14.
and have not been
derived from machine
is generally
of
with the MODS sorting
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DECLARATION
I, Carl G. Degen, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing
answers
are true and correct,
and belief.
Date:
to the best of my knowledge,
information,
CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document
participants
of record in this proceeding
in accordance
with section 12 of the Rules of
Practice.
/
i .
Eric P. Koetting
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
September 19, 1997
upon all
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