39 CFR § 3021.2 - Applicability.

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title: "39 CFR § 3021.2 - Applicability."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "3021.2"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL RULES OF PRACTICE FOR SPECIFIC PROCEEDING TYPES"
part_number: "3021"
part_name: "RULES FOR APPEALS OF POSTAL SERVICE DETERMINATIONS TO CLOSE OR CONSOLIDATE POST OFFICES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "39 U.S.C. 404(d)."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 6679, Feb. 9, 2012, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 85 FR 9615, Feb. 19, 2020."
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# 3021.2 Applicability.

(a) The rules in this part apply when:

(1) The Postal Service decides to close or consolidate a post office, and

(2) A patron of that post office appeals the closing or consolidation.

(b) Subparts A through D to part 3010 of this chapter apply to appeals of post office closings or consolidations.

(c) Answers to motions filed by the Postal Service are due within 10 days.

[77 FR 6679, Feb. 9, 2012, as amended at 85 FR 9655, Feb. 19, 2020]