RECEIVED
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20268-0001
Special
Services
Fees
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OFFICE
OFTHEISECRETARY
and Classifications)
Docket
No.
MC96-3
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORY TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SER\'ICE
(OCA/USPS-9)
(July
16, 1996)
Pursuant
the
T--‘
Postal
hereby
Rate
submits
documents.
the
to
United
incorporated
sections
25 and 26 of
the
Commission,
an interrogatory
Instructions
States
Postal
Office
the
of
Rules
the
with
Service
dated
Practic!e
Consumer
and a request
included
of
for
production
19,
199t,,
by reference.
Respectfully
submitted,
Ji5aiLd~
GAIL WILLETTE
Director
Office
of the
Advocate
OCA Interrogatories
June
Consumer
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
Advocate
of
of
1-4
are
hereby
to
Docket
No.
MC96-3
2
I'--'
OCA/USPS-9.
The following
Landwehr's
testimony
(USPS-T-7).
at
Given
that
interrogatory
refers
7 and witness
Needham's
witness
Needham's
to
USPS witness
testimony
testimony
at
8
states,
Box customers
and post office
employees
work together
to
determine
the appropriate
size box for customers'
needs.
Customers
may request
or be requested
to move to a larger
Isize box if their
current
box is too small
to handle
the
volume
of mail received.
a.
Please
explain
volumes
why non-resident
may exceed
administrative
requested
r---x
b.
Given
difference
box
service
burdens"
renting
to
upon
undersized
response
Please
explain
boxholder
customer
fee
is
office
are
sized
box.
Postal
the
an
not
the
with
providing
please
fee
will
adequately
"administrative
Service
office
place
boxes?
by
those
patrons
(See USP:; witne:ss
OCA/USPS-T4-1)
why the
Postal
a better
capacity
rent
the
and thus
non-residents,
for
mail
substantiate
non-resident
Service
whose
associated
versus
post
to
to
costs
anticipated
placed
boxes
post
available
residents
Postal
Lion's
resident
are
the
holders
an appropriately
attributable
how the
compensate
C.
,no costs
of
on a given
move to
in
explain
capacity
burden
to
that
the
box
problems
an adequately
Service
solution
than
sized
believes
to
is
Postal
that
Service
a requirement
post
office
a non-
that
box?
a
Docket
No.
MC96-3
3
,.--.
d.
Please
provide
performed
on the
service
e.
all
resident
F'lease
provide
performed
to
For
those
post
studies
workload
versus
non-resident
available
identify
post
office
and/or
non-residents
or
rationale
other
for
adequately
analyses
(1)
sized
not
provide
box,
and/or
(2)
which
an,alyses
residen.ts
and
boxes.
the
the
to
other
available
explaining
reassigning
or
who rent
all
analysis
holder:;.
studies
undersized
other
required
box
with
please
or
difference
frequency
residents
boxes,
studies
data,
the
rent
office
data,
actual
all
non-residents
f.
available
data,
Postal
Service's
boxholder
assessing
the
undersized
to
an
boxholder
the
,/-‘.*
57.
fee
for
For
those
post
or
needs."
boxes,
other
office
determine
sized
residents
office
studies
post
an adequately
and/or
please
analyses
employees
the
appropriate
are
box.
non-residents
provide
who rent
all
available
explaining
unable
size
why box
to
box
"work
for
undersized
data,
together
[the]
and
customers
customers’
to
CERTIFICATE
I hereby
document
accordance
upon
certify
all
with
that
I have
participants
section
OF SERVICE
3.B(3)
this
date
of
record
of
the
in
served
this
special
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
Washington,
July
I-
/--
16,
DC
1996
20268-0001
the
.Eoregoing
proceeding
rules
of
in
practice.