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Docket No. R2000-I
Postal Rate and Fee Changes
RESPONSE OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS HARAHUSH TO ADVO INTERROGATORIES
(ADVOIUSPS-T3-14,15-16)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides the responses of witness
Harahush to the following interrogatories of the Advo, Inc.: ADVOIUSPS-T3-11-14 and
15-16. filed on March 22 and April 4,2000, respectively.
By agreement of counsel,
no answer is filed to parts (a)(ii) and (b)(ii) of interrogatory 14.
Each 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
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
(202) 268-2993; Fax: -5402
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
April 20,200O
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS HARAHUSH TO
INTERROGATORIES OF ADVO INC.
ADVOIUSPS-Tb14. The City Carrier Cost System (CCS) is used to estimate the
number of possible and actual stops for Single Delivery Residential, Multiple Delivery
Residential, and Business and Mixed for each of the eight city letter carrier route types.
(a) For each stop type for each of the eight route types, please provide (i) the base
year 1998 annual number of possible and actual stops estimates and (ii) their
standard deviations, confidence intervals, and coefficients of variation.
(b) For each delivery type for each of the eight route types, please provide (i) the base
year 1998 annual number of possible and actual deliveries estimates and (ii) their
standard deviations, confidence intervals, and coefficients of variation.
RESPONSE:
See attached sheet.
Attachment to ADVONSPS-T3-14
POSSIBLE
RES P&L
7,740,620
559,692
654,621
RESCURB
5,033,017
403,121
445,530
STOPS
MIXFOOT
12,660
1,606
4,993
MIXPBL
62,607
5,715
19,440
MIXCURB
30,449
1,546
9,649
RESFOOT
760,779
200,556
129,364
ACTUAL
RESP&L
7,163,643
543,914
567,344
RESCURB
4,706,690
393,279
402,163
STOPS
MIXFOOT
11,516
1,660
4,130
MIXPSL
59,657
5,653
17,316
MIXCURB
26,645
1,466
6,526
BUSMOT
29,324
34,961
154,921
RESFOOT
662,626
1,432,326
161,226
POSSIBLE
RESPBL
7,740,620
3,944,173
614,624
RESCURB
5,033,017
3,611,380
559,227
DELIVERIES
MIXFOOT
12,660
10,032
6,696
MIXPSL
62,607
46,257
22,615
MIXCURB
30,449
16,049
12,302
BUS MOT
26,964
26,767
139,356
RES FOOT
760,779
1,245,556
156,564
RES CURB
4.706,690
2,790,166
466,175
DELIVERIES
MIX FOOT
11,516
6,966
5,633
MIX P&L
59,657
40,791
20,003
MIXCURB
26,645
11,693
10,544
BUS FOOT
2,629
562
37,519
BUSMOT
29,324
3,663
115.646
RES FOOT
662,626
205,563
145,527
BUSFOOT
SNGL DEL RES 11
2,161
MULT DEL RES
562
BUS & MIXED
33,590
BUSMOT
26,964
3,621
106,461
SNGL DEL RES
MULT DEL RES
BUS & MIXED
BUSFOOT
2.629
7,722
62,790
SNGL DEL RES I/
MULT DEL RES
BUS 8 MIXED
BUS FOOT
2,161
6,612
36,677
SNGL DEL RES
MULT DEL RES
BUS 8 MIXED
ACTUAL
RES P&L
7.163,643
3.266,706
699,776
I/ For Single Delivery Residential, Actual Deliieries is equal to Actual Stops
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS HARAHUSH TO
INTERROGATORIES OF ADVO INC.
ADVOIUSPS-T3-15. For each route type (in witness Meehan’s Cost Segment 7
Worksheets) for the base year, please provide (in Excel spreadsheet format if possible)
numbers of possible stops and possible deliveries for Multiple Delivery Residential
stops that are:
(a) NDCBUs and locked Curbline Centralized Receptacles
(b) Delivery/Postal Centers
(c) Office/Apartment Building Mail Receptacles, front- or rear-loaded
(d) Curbline Boxes that are not locked with a key, if any
(e) Multi-family House or Other Receptacles
If the sums for (a) through (e) do not match the totals in witness Meehan’s workpapers,
please explain why and provide a reconciliation, if necessary.
RESPONSE:
See attached sheet.
R2000-1
NDCEU
DEL CTR
OFC/APT
CURBLIN
MULTIFM
TOTAL
Attachment to ADVOIUSPS-T3-15
POSSIBLE
BUS FOOT BUS MOT
RES FT
25s
7,416
27
442
382
2,011
83,961
366
932
ls2
1,637
112,612
581
3.683
205,563
RES PSL
54,169
2,245
276,674
16.902
197,902
=w92
STOPS
RES CRB
129.736
2.194
133,JBs
85.665
52.180
463,122
POSSIBLE
RES FT
75,414
4,933
t .D4o.770
3,721
307,467
1432,326
RES P&L
701,250
32,435
2,536.798
66,266
545,462
3@44,173
DELIVERIES
RES CRB
1.56aIBz
39,263
1.616.557
242,601
152,576
3.611,379
BUS FOOT
NDCBU
DEL CTR
OFClAPT
CURBLIN
MULTIFM
TOTAL
2.468
4.365
889
7,722
BUS MOT
7.592
22,016
2.711
2,643
s4.9m
MIX FOOT
1.620
62
124
1,806
MIX P8L
775
MIX CURB TOTAL
306
202,673
4,908
4,136
620
502,769
52
317
106,306
742
304
366,273
5.715
I.E.47
1,181,929
MIX FOOT
MIX PBL
10,692
6.670
372
931
10,033
33,392
124
2.050
‘ls.258
MIX CURB
4,343
TOTAL
2,417,473
79,099
9,977
5,274.545
a96
316,713
1.034
1.013,072
16,050
9.102.902
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS HARAHUSH TO
INTERROGATORIES OF ADVO INC.
ADVOIUSPS-Tb16. As used in the City Carrier Cost System, please provide a
definition/description of the following:
(a) Delivery/Postal Centers (e.g., what proportion of the time does a carrier just drop
off mail to such centers as opposed to casing it.).
(b) Multiple Delivery Residential Curbline Boxes.
(c) Multiple Delivery Residential Other Receptacles.
RESPONSE:
(a) Delivery/Postal Centers - Shelter units consisting of groups of receptacles
mounted in a freestanding structure. They are normally used in areas of
townhouses, semidetatched homes, mobile home parks and apartment complexes.
(b) Multiple Delivery Residential Curbline Boxes - Groups of rural mail receptacles
located at the curbline, with delivery made by carriers from their vehicles.
(c) Multiple Delivery Residential Other Receptacles - Situations in which delivery is to
more than one mail receptacle at one stop. For example, delivery to multifamily
dwellings where a group or groups of mail receptacles are located so that all may
be served during a single stop is classified as other. (Some mail receptacle
arrangements may include more than one possible stop as well as several possible
deliveries.) Examples of other include:
1) Two groups of boxes on a right-angle corner so that the carrier can deliver to all
boxes in one stop.
2) Boxes on either side of a narrow hall or porch so that a carrier can deliver to all
boxes without stopping more than once,
3) Rental post office box arrangements
R2000-1
DECLARATION
I, Thomas W. Harahush, hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the
foregoing answers are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information
and belief.
Lp, IJ. /L&k&(
Thomas W. Harahush
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 12 of the Rules of
Practice.
/w2+
Richard T. Cooper
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
April 20,200O