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RECEII/E[I BEFORE THE POSTAL RATE COMMISSd@ 16 3 z,~ p/j y7 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20248-0001 Nwni fib’> .. ‘- LLHP41&+)H OFFIC_r Of 7,’ Ii 28C~ET~/!~ POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES, DOCKET 1997 NO. R97-1 SECOND SET OF INTERROGATORIES OF MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS OF AMERICA TO USPS WITNESS ALEXANDROVICH (MPAICTSPS-TS-2-3) (September 16, 1997) Pursuant to the Commission’s submits the attached interrogatories Rules of Practice, to USPS witness Magazine Alexandrovich Respectfully Publishers of America (MPAAJSPS-TS-2-3). submitted. Magazine Publishers of America Suite 610 1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 296-7277 hereby 2 INTERROGATORIES OF MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS OF .AMERlCA TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS ALEXANDROVICB MPANSPS-TS-2 Please refer to Witness Baron’s responses to MPAAJSPS-T17-2 and 3, Table I of this interrogatory, the FY 1996 Cost Segments and Components report, ,and the BY 1996 Cost Segments and Components report a. Please confnm that Table I accurately reflects the before final adjustmems Carrier attributable costs to mail classes in FY 1996 and BY 1996 b. Please contirm that the distribution to BY 1996 c. Please explain ti~lly why the distribution between FY 1996 and BY 1996 d Was there any change in the distribution of attributable of Rural costs to classes of mail changed from FY 1996 of attributable key? distribution Rural Carrier costs to mail classes changed If so. please describe the change. Table I. FY I996 and BY 1996 Attributable Rural Carrier #Costs ‘Attributable Cost BY 1996 0.3% 39.1% Free Mail - Blind & 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 10.4% 0.9% 4.3% 43.0% 1.8% 0.1% 100% 3 MPANSPS-TS-3, Please refer to Docket No. R90-1, USPS-T-13, Appedx F, Section This section describes the FY 1989 Rural Carrier mail shape adjustment. This adjustment reclassified I out of every 6 0106 letters as flats so that 2858R survey data had the same percentages of letters and flats as the National Mail Count. a~ Please confirm that the Postal Service made this mail shape adjustment in the current before distributing attributable costs to Classes and Subclasses of mail. 111, case by If part a. is confirmed, please identify where this adjustment is documentefd. c. If part a. is confirmed, reclassified as flats. please provide the proportion d. If part a. is confirmed and the reclassified I. please explain fully why the proportion e. If part a. is not confirmed, please explain fully why the Postal Service did not make the rural carrier mail shape adjustment. f. If part a. is not confirmed. please state whether there is still a discrepancy between survey and the National Mail Count in terms of percentages of letters and flats. of letters in Base Year 1996 that were proportion of letters is smaller tlhan in Docket has decreased. R90. the 2858R 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certie that I have this date served the foregoing document upon all participants record in this proceeding in accordance with section I2 of the rules of practice Washington, D C. September 16. 1997 -__- - of