The United States Postal Service was asked by U.S. Senators to delay the consolidation of mail processing facilities. 

The USPS has plans to consolidate its locations in 2015 and make the remaining locations 24-hour plant operations, reported Postal Reporter. 

These consolidations will affect 82 processing facilities.

The call for a halt in the consolidation process by the Senate comes after the USPS Inspector General failed to inform the public that the Postal Service did not thoroughly study the impact of the upcoming consolidations, reported KSMU Public Radio, which is broadcasted in Missouri. 

Senators sent a letter to the Inspector General asking for this impact study to be completed and to give the public enough time to comment on the process before a final decision is made, according to KSMU.

"There is no reason that the USPS cannot delay its consolidations to provide time for the public to see and comment on the service standard worksheets," read the letter. "It is only fair to allow the process to unfold in this way, and the USPS gains little by deciding to continue the consolidation process on its current, arbitrary timeline."