---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 3010.300"
title: "39"
number: "3010.300"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/3010.300"
---

# §3010.300. Applicability.


The Commission shall conduct proceedings on the record with the opportunity for a hearing subject to this subpart whenever:

- (a) The Commission determines that a complaint filed under [part 3022](/cfr/39/part3022.md) of this chapter raises one or more material issues of fact or law in accordance with [§ 3022.30](/cfr/39/3022.30.md) of this chapter and a proceeding on the record with the opportunity for a hearing is necessary;
- (b) The Commission determines that the streamlined procedures in [part 3020](/cfr/39/part3020.md) of this chapter applicable to a Postal Service request to change the nature of postal services which will generally affect service on a nationwide or substantially nationwide basis are not appropriate; or
- (c) **The Commission in the exercise of its discretion determines it is appropriate.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 85 FR 9620, Feb. 19, 2020, unless otherwise noted.