BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES, 1997
Docket No. R97-1
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NOTICE OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
OF FILING OF REVISED ATTACHMENT
TO WITNESS DEGEN’S RESPONE TO POIR NO. 2
(September 19. 1997)
Attached
are two revised pages of Attachment
POIR No. 2, filed on September
1 to witness Degen’s response to
2. With this revision, the unit costs are all calculated
with the correct volume figures, which are those shown on the bottom of each page
and come from the CRA Statistics by Class of Mail report
Respectfully
submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL. SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
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Eric P. Koetting
CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon all
participants of record in this proceeding in accordance with section I? of the Rules of
Practice.
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
(202) 268-2992; Fax -5402
September 19, 1997
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Eric P. Koetting
Revised
g/19/97
Revised
Response of United States Postal Service Wiiess Degen
to Presiding Officer’s Information Request No. 2
Attachment 1
Standard (S) Library Rate Units Costs 1990-1996 (nominal dollars)
FYI990
Cost Segment
FY1991
FYI992
FYI993
f-f1994
FYI995
FYI996
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Seg.4
Seg 6&7
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Seg.20
0.01
0.05
0.42
0.00
0.05
0.03
0.03
0.53
0.01
0.00
0.36
0.05
0.02
0.06
0.04
0.01
0.05
0.41
0.00
0~07
0.03
0.03
0.06
0~01
0~00
0.46
0.05
0.02
0.09
0.04
0.01
0.07
0.54
0.00
006
0.02
0.03
0.07
0.01
0.W
0.39
0.05
0.03
0.11
0~04
0.01
007
0.69
0.W
0.06
002
0.03
0.09
0.01
0.00
0.44
0.07
0.04
0.14
0.05
0.01
0.07
0.63
0.W
0.09
0.03
0.03
0.06
0.01
0.W
0.41
0.05
0~04
0~13
0.05
0.01
0.06
077
0.W
0.09
002
0.04
0.09
0.01
0.W
045
0.06
0.06
0.06
0~13
0.01
0.08
0.69
0.W
0~09
0.02
0.04
0.10
0.01
0.W
0.39
0.05
007
0.06
0.11
TOta ““It cost
1.24
133
1.42
1.73
1.62
1.69
1.73
Standard (B) Library Rate CRA Volume Statistics 1990-1996
Cost Segment
FYI990
WI991
FYI992
FY1993
FY1994
Pmces (‘dwusands)
Weight per piece (ounces)
Weight per cubic foot (pounds)
Weight in pounds (thousands)
Cubic feet @wands)
40,567
56.1
14.5
142,162
9,773
40,226
46.6
13.4
117.641
6,771
42,100
41.3
13.5
106,563
8,065
36,660
43.6
13.5
105,692
7,657
35,776
45.4
13.5
101,476
7,530
p/1995
29,500
36.9
13.5
71,633
5,315
FY1996
30,133
27.1
13.5
50,971
3,762
Revised
g/19/97
Revised
Response of Untied States Postal Service Witness Degen
to Presiding Officets Information Request No. 2
Attachment
l(Continued)
Standard (6) Special Rate Unit Costs 1990-1996 (nominal dollars)
Cost segment
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Seg.
Seg.
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Seg.
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FYI990
FYI991
FY 1992
Ff 1993
FY 1994
FY 1995
FY 1996
1
2
3
4
68.7
6
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
16
20
0.01
0.07
0~56
0.00
0.09
0.02
0.03
0.07
0.01
0.00
0.34
0.06
0.03
0.11
0.05
0.01
0.06
0.56
0~00
0.09
0.02
0.03
0.07
0.01
0.00
0.29
0.06
0.03
0.11
0.05
0 01
0.07
0.57
0.00
0.06
0.02
0.03
0.07
0.01
0.00
0.26
0.06
0.03
0.12
0.04
0.01
0.08
0.73
0.00
0.11
0.02
0.02
0.06
0.01
0.00
0.26
0.06
0.04
0.14
0.05
0.01
0.06
0 53
0.00
0.11
0.02
0.02
0.07
0.01
0.00
0.27
0.04
0.03
0.11
0.04
0.01
0.06
0.50
0.00
0.06
0.02
0.02
0.06
0.01
0.00
0.23
0.04
0.05
0.05
0.09
0 01
0.06
0.50
0.00
0 10
0.02
0~02
0.07
0.01
0.00
0~27
0.04
0.05
0.06
0.06
Total Unit Cost
1.45
1.40
1.39
1.63
1.32
1.21
1.31
Standard (B) Special Rate CRA Volume Statistics 1990.1996
Cost Segment
p/1990
FY 1991
FY 1992
FY1993
FYI994
FY 1995
FY1996
Pieces (thousands)
Weight per piece (ounces)
Weight per cubic foot (pounds)
Weight in pounds (thousands)
Cubic feet (thousands)
149.433
36.4
10.6
340,249
32,205
153.136
32.2
10.3
306.611
30,064
165,152
32.7
10.7
337,175
31,536
164,763
29.5
10.6
304,266
28,742
190,867
26.2
10.6
335,902
31,726
217,761
25.4
10.6
346,257
32,706
169,793
26.9
10.6
319,402
30,169