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July 1, 2009
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Postal Service to hold public meeting
on New Castle mail processing study

Meeting to be held at New Castle High School, 7 p.m., July 15

NEW CASTLE, PA—The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move some mail processing operations from the New Castle Processing & Distribution Facility into the Pittsburgh Processing & Distribution Center.

The meeting will take place Wednesday, July 15 at the New Castle High School, 300 E Lincoln Avenue; at 7 p.m. The meeting will last no longer than 2 hours and will end promptly at 9 p.m. Attendees are asked to park in the Hurricane Drive parking lot and enter the high school from the rear entrance.

A summary of the proposal, the meeting agenda and presentation materials will be made available to the public on usps.com prior to the meeting.

With the deep decline in mail volume due to current economic conditions, the Postal Service has an excess of employees and equipment in some mail processing operations. A study was begun on April 10 at the New Castle Processing & Distribution Facility to determine the feasibility of consolidating redundant operations to see if any efficiencies and cost savings would be achieved.

The study results support consolidating some mail processing operations that are currently being performed at the New Castle P&DF by taking advantage of available processing capacity at the Pittsburgh P&DC in order to increase efficiency and improve productivity. While no final decision has been reached, Postal Service managers will give an overview of the reasons for the proposal and its possible outcomes, and will listen to community input and concerns. A summary of the proposal, a meeting agenda and presentation materials will be made available on usps.com.

Anyone who wishes to submit comments in writing can send them to:

Consumer Affairs Manager
Western PA District
1001 California Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15290-1007

Public comments will be accepted until July 30.

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