39 CFR § 778.11 - What are the Postal Service's obligations in interstate situations?

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title: "39 CFR § 778.11 - What are the Postal Service's obligations in interstate situations?"
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "778.11"
section_name: "What are the Postal Service's obligations in interstate situations?"
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
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subchapter_name: "SPECIAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "778"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF POSTAL SERVICE FACILITY ACTIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "39 U.S.C. 401."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 29376, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 778.11 What are the Postal Service's obligations in interstate situations?

(a) The Postal Service is responsible for:

(1) Identifying proposed direct federal development projects that have an impact on interstate areas;

(2) Notifying appropriate officials and entities in states which have adopted a process and which select the Postal Service's facility project action for review;

(3) Making efforts to identify and notify the affected state, areawide, regional, and local officials and entities in those states that have not adopted a process under the Order or do not select the Postal Service's facility project action for review;

(4) Responding pursuant to § 778.10 if the Postal Service receives a recommendation from a designated areawide agency transmitted by a single point of contact in cases in which the review, coordination, and communication with the Postal Service have been delegated.

(b) The Postal Service uses the procedures in § 778.10 if a state process provides a state process recommendation to the Postal Service through a single point of contact.