Code of Federal Regulations > Title 39 > Chapter III > Part 3020 > Appendix Appendix A - Appendix A to Part 3020

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Title 39 - Postal Service last revised: Apr 01, 2024

Appendix Appendix A - Appendix A to Part 3020—Pro Forma N-Case Procedural Schedule

Line	Action	Day number
1	Pre-Filing Consultations ¹	n/a.
2	Commission Order ²	n/a.
3	Filing of Postal Service Request	0.
4	Commission Notice and Order ³	1-3.
5	Technical Conference	10.
6	Participant Discovery on Postal Service Case Ends	28.
7	Responses to Participant Discovery on Postal Service Case	35.
8	Participants Confirm Intent to File a Rebuttal Case	37. ⁴
9	Filing of Rebuttal Cases (if submitted)	42.
10	Deadline for Motions to Leave to File Surrebuttal	44. ⁵
11	Deadline for Answers to Motions for Surrebuttal	46.
12	Filing of Surrebuttal Cases (if authorized)	49. ⁶
13	Hearings:
	Hearings (with no Rebuttal Cases)	42-44.
	Hearings (with Rebuttal Cases, but no requests for leave to file Surrebuttal Cases)	49-51.
	Hearings (with Rebuttal Cases and requests for leave to file Surrebuttal Cases)	54-56.
14	Initial Briefs	(7 days after conclusion of hearings).
15	Reply Briefs	(7 days after filing of Initial Briefs).
16	Target Issuance Date of Advisory Opinion	90.

¹ The Postal Service would initiate pre-filing consultations and would file a notice with the Commission of such consultations prior to their commencement.

² This order would appoint a Public Representative.

³ This notice and order would announce the Postal Service request, set a deadline for interventions, set a date for a technical conference, and establish a procedural schedule.

⁴ If no participant elects to file a rebuttal case, hearings begin on Day 42.

⁵ If no surrebuttal cases are requested, hearings begin on Day 49.

⁶ If one or more surrebuttal cases are requested (whether or not authorized by the Commission), hearings begin on Day 54.

authority: 39 U.S.C. 404(d); 503; 504; 3661

source: 85 FR 9649, Feb. 19, 2020, unless otherwise noted.