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.