39 CFR § 3010.300 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s3010.300"
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title: "39 CFR § 3010.300 - Applicability."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "3010.300"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE FOR PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION"
part_number: "3010"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "39 U.S.C. 404(d); 503; 504; 3661."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 9620, Feb. 19, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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 of this chapter raises one or more material issues of fact or law in accordance with § 3022.30 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 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.