---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 3030.160"
title: "39"
number: "3030.160"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/3030.160"
---

# §3030.160. Applicability.

- (a) This subpart allocates rate authority to address the effects of decreases in the density of mail as measured by the sources identified in [§ 3030.161](/cfr/39/3030.161.md). The calculation of the additional rate authority corresponding to the change in density is described in [§ 3030.162](/cfr/39/3030.162.md).
- (b) The Postal Service shall file a notice with the Commission by December 31 of each year that calculates the amount of density rate authority that is eligible to be authorized under this subpart.
- (c) The Commission shall review the Postal Service's notice and determine how much, if any, rate authority will be authorized under this subpart. Any rate authority allocated under this subpart:
  - (1) Shall be made available to the Postal Service as of the date of the Commission's determination;
  - (2) Must be included in the calculation of the maximum rate adjustment authority in the first generally applicable rate adjustment filed after the Commission's determination; and
  - (3) May be used to generate unused rate authority, if unused, within 12 months of the Commission's announcement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 503; 3622.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 81126, Dec. 15, 2020, unless otherwise noted.