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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Proposed Rules
2 Jet skis and vessels without mechanical propulsion are prohibited from the parade route.
3 Vessels less than 10 feet in length are prohibited from the parade route unless capable of safely participating.
4 Vessels found to be unsafe to participate at the discretion of a present law enforcement officer are prohibited from the parade route.
5 Northbound vessels in excess of 65
feet in length without mooring arrangement made prior to the date of the event are prohibited from entering Seddon Channel, unless the vessel is officially entered in the Gasparilla Marine Parade.
6 Vessels not officially entered in the Gasparilla Marine Parade may not enter the parade staging area box within the following coordinates: 275353 N, 0822747 W; 275322 N, 0822710
W; 275236 N, 0822755 W;
275302 N, 0822831 W.
7 Designated representatives may control vessel traffic throughout the enforcement area as determined by the prevailing conditions.
8 Persons and vessels may request authorization to enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated areas by contacting the COTP
St. Petersburg by telephone at 727
8247506, or a designated representative via VHF radio on channel 16. If authorization is granted, all persons and vessels receiving such authorization must comply with the instructions of the COTP St. Petersburg or a designated representative.
d Enforcement Period. This rule will be enforced from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 17, 2021.
Dated: January 13, 2021.
Matthew A. Thompson, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port St. Petersburg.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
39 CFR Part 3030
Docket No. RM20212; Order No. 5816

Market Dominant Products Postal Regulatory Commission.
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

Enhancement Act PAEA particularly related to maximizing incentives to increase efficiency and reduce costs, maintaining high-quality service standards, and assuring financial stability including retained earnings.
This advance notice informs the public of the dockets initiation, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
DATES:
Comments are due: April 15, 2021.
Reply comments are due: May 17, 2021.
Submit comments electronically via the Commissions Filing Online system at http
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing alternatives.
ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 2027896820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Background III. Substantive Areas for Further Refinement IV. Administrative Actions V. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3622d3, the Commission issues this advance notice of proposed rulemaking to seek input from the public about what additional regulations promulgated by the Commission may be necessary to achieve the objectives of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act PAEA 1 over the longer-term, particularly related to maximizing incentives to increase efficiency and reduce costs, maintaining high-quality service standards, and assuring financial stability including retained earnings.
II. Background In Docket No. RM20173, the Commission found that the existing Market Dominant ratemaking system did not achieve the PAEAs objectives during the 10 years following the PAEAs enactment.2 The Commissions
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1 Public Law 109435, 201, 120 Stat. 3198, 3204
2006.
2 See Docket No. RM20173, Order Adopting Final Rules for the System of Regulating Rates and Classes for Market Dominant Products, November 30, 2020, at 2 Order No. 5763; see also Docket No.
RM20173, Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, December 5, 2019, at 7 Order No.
5337; Docket No. RM20173, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the System for Regulating Rates and Classes for Market Dominant Products, December 1,
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findings were premised in part on the existing ratemaking systems inability to assure financial stability including retained earnings, maximize incentives to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and maintain high-quality service standards. See Order No. 4257 at 35, 274275. During the PAEA era, the existing ratemaking system was inadequate, which resulted in an accumulated deficit,3 maximum use of the Postal Services borrowing authority and a sharp decline in capital investments,4 operational efficiency increases and cost reductions that were insufficient to achieve overall financial stability and/or retained earnings,5 and reduction of the high-quality service standards that were set in 2007.6
In response, the Commission modified the ratemaking systems design to encourage and enable the Postal Service to address its complex challenges by making prudent pricing and operational decisions. See Order No. 5763 at 285. Among other changes made, the modified rules provide additional rate authority to address two underlying drivers of the Postal Services net losses that are largely outside of its direct and near-term control: 1 The increase in per-unit cost resulting from the decline in mail density for each fiscal year under subpart D of 39 CFR part 3030 of this chapter; and 2 the statutorily mandated amortization payments for particular retirement costs under subpart E of 39 CFR part 3030 of this chapter. See id. These principled adjustments to the price cap made by the Commission in Docket No. RM2017
2017, at 26 Order No. 4258; Docket No. RM2017
3, Order on the Findings and Determination of the 39 U.S.C. 3622 Review, December 1, 2017, at 35, 274275 Order No. 4257.
3 See Order No. 4257 at 171172 describing how the consecutive net losses resulted in an accumulated deficit.
4 The Postal Service lacks shareholders and instead must finance capital investments through revenue or through borrowing. Order No. 4258 at 4849. Therefore, as consecutive years of net losses resulted in an accumulated deficit, the Postal Service relied heavily on its borrowing authority, deferred capital investments, and increased its cash reserves. See id. at 4652.
5 Order No. 4257 at 222, 274275 summarizing that while some cost reductions and efficiency gains were achieved post-PAEA, they were insufficient to achieve financial stability in the medium term and long term.
6 Id. at 273. The two major service standard changes in the first 10 years after the passage of the PAEA were reviewed by the Commission, prior to implementation, in Docket Nos. N20121 and N20141. The Network Rationalization initiative implemented by the Postal Service included changes to the service standards for First-Class Mail, Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail, and Package Services. The Load Leveling initiative included changes to the service standards for USPS
Marketing Mail. Id. at 264273.

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