RECEIVES
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES,
2000
:
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DOCKET NO. R2000-1
FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES
AND REQUESTS
FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FROM
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE TO UNITED STATES
POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS KINGSLEY
(UPS/USPS-TIO-1 through 3)
(January 21,200O)
Pursuant to the Commission’s
serves the following interrogatories
Rules of Practice, United Parcel Service hereby
and requests for production of documents
to United States Postal Service witness Kingsley (UPS/USPS-TIO-1
directed
through 3).
Respectfully submitted,
c-J.&-Z~&
Jf%n E. McKeever
William J. Pinamont
Phillip E. Wilson, Jr.
Attorneys for United Parcel Service
Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe
3400 Two Logan Square
18th & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2762
(215) 656-3310
(215) 656-3301 (FAX)
and
1200 Nineteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-2430
(202) 861-3900
Of Counsel.
L.L.P.
‘00
INTERROGATORIES
OF UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS KINGSLEY
UPS/USPS-TIO-1.
“Expedited/Package
Refer to the attached notice dated November 18, 1999, from
Services,” published on page 8 of the Postal Bulletin for November
18, 1999, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A to this interrogatory,
regarding
“‘Return to Sender’ Priority Mail,” which refers to “The Priority Mail Mailstream.”
Please
describe in detail the Priority Mail Mailstream and all alternative mail flows for Priority
Mail, including a description of the types of facilities at each point in the mail flow which
process Priority Mail.
UPS/USPS-T1 O-2. Refer to the attached notice dated November 18, 1999, from
“Operational
Requirements,
Operational
Planning,” published on page 11 of the Postal
Bulletin for November 18, 1999, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B to this
interrogatory,
concerning
(a)
“Plant Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) Procedures.”
Provide a copy of the “recently conducted audit by the Office of
Inspector General” referred to in that notice.
Provide copies of all other audits, whether conducted
by the Office
of Inspector General or by some other office, division, unit, or department
of the Postal
(b)
Service, concerning
facilities/plants
drop shipments at destination BMCs, SCFs, DDUs, or other
of the Postal Service.
(4
Provide all estimates and all studies, reports, memoranda,
documents concerning
shipments at destination
the time spent by employees involved in the acceptance
BMCs, SCFs, DDUs, or other facilities/plants
Service.
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or other
of drop
of the Postal
INTERROGATORIES
OF UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS KINGSLEY
(d)
documents
Provide all estimates and all reports, studies, memoranda, or other
relating to the costs of the acceptance
BMCs, SCFs, DDUs, or other facilities/plants
(e)
Provide all instructions,
of drop shipments at destination
of the Postal Service.
directives, manuals, or other documents
relating to the procedures to be followed by employees involved in the acceptance
drop shipments at BMCs, SCFs, DDUs, or other facilities/plants
UPS/USPS-TIO-3.
Describe all steps undertaken
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of the Postal Service.
by “the origin oftIce that
verifie[s] the shipment” (the attached Postal Bulletin at page II.7
Exhibit B).
of
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CERilFlCATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing document by first class
mail, postage prepaid, in accordance
with Section 12 of the Commission’s
Rules of
Practice.
/-I
d&n E. McKeever
Attorney for United Parcel Service
Dated: January 21.2000
Philadelphia, Pa.