---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 3030.161"
title: "39"
number: "3030.161"
heading: "Density calculation data sources."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/3030.161"
---

# §3030.161. Density calculation data sources.

- (a) The data needed for the calculation of the density rate authority in [§ 3030.162](/cfr/39/3030.162.md) shall be obtained from the values reported by the Postal Service as specified in [paragraphs (b) through (d)](#b..d) of this section. When both originally filed and annually revised data are available, the originally filed data shall be used. When the originally filed data are corrected through a refiling or in the Commission's Annual Compliance Determination report, the corrected version of the originally filed data shall be used.
- (b) Market dominant volume and total volume from the Revenue, Pieces, and Weight report, filed by the Postal Service under [§ 3050.25](/cfr/39/3050.25.md) of this chapter;
- (c) Institutional costs and total costs from the Cost and Revenue Analysis report, filed with the Postal Service's [section 3652](/cfr/39/3652.md) report (see [§ 3050.1(g)](/cfr/39/3050.1.md?p=g) of this chapter); and
- (d) The number of delivery points, from the input data used to produce the Total Factor Productivity estimates, filed with the Postal Service's [section 3652](/cfr/39/3652.md) report.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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