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2. Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters

RULES: Manufacture and distribution; authorization,

This rule provides contact information for submission of questions or comments and all notification, plans, and reports directed by regulation throughout 39 CFR Part 501Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters.
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3. Address Sequencing Services

PROPOSED RULES: Address sequencing services,

The United States Postal Service provides mailers with both manual and electronic address sequencing services for their address lists, including electronic address sequencing (EAS) service and computerized delivery sequencing (CDS) service. Mailers who prepare their mail using these services may qualify for postage discounts. In addition, these
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4. Discontinuance of Volume Discount Availability for IPA and ISAL Mailers

RULES: International Priority Mail and International Surface Air Lift mailers; discontinuance of volume discount rates,

This final rule deletes International Mail Manual (IMM) 292.212, 292.213, and 293.75, which authorized mailers who spent $2 million or more combined on International Priority Airmail (IPA) and International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) in the preceding Postal Service fiscal year to receive discounted postage rates.
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5. Priority Mail Flat-Rate Box

RULES: Priority mail flat-rate box experiment,

This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to implement the Priority Mail flatrate box experiment pursuant to the October 27, 2004, Decision of the Governors of the Postal Service approving the Recommend Decision of the Postal Rate Commission in its Docket No. MC20042. The recommended decision
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6. Eligibility Requirements for Standard Mail

RULES: Standard mail; eligibility requirements,

In this final rule the Postal Service adopts an amendment to Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards concerning material eligible for mailing at Standard Mail postage rates. The revised standards clarify the circumstances in which mail containing ``personal'' information may be eligible for Standard Mail, rather than FirstClass Mail, rates. The
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7. Use of Ancillary Service Endorsement for Mailing Certain Types of Checks

PROPOSED RULES: Checks sent at standard mail postage rates; ancillary service endorsement requirement,

This proposed rule would amend the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to require an endorsement requesting forwarding or return on certain mailpieces containing checks sent at Standard Mail postage rates, including ``convenience'' and ``balance transfer'' checks.
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8. Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters

RULES: Manufacture and distribution; authorization,

This final rule amends the regulations that define a postage meter and its components and a manufacturer and/or distributor of postage meters. The rule also puts forth the responsibilities of any authorized person or entity to notify the Postal Service upon a change in ownership or control, or bankruptcy or insolvency, and identifies factors the
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9. International Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference

RULES: Issue 30; issuance,

The Postal Service announces the issuance of Issue 30 of the International Mail Manual (IMM), and its incorporation by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.
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10. Changes in Domestic Mail Classifications

NOTICES: Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications; changes,

This notice sets forth the changes to the Domestic Mail Classification Schedule to be implemented as a result of the Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on the Opinion and Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission Approving Stipulation and Agreement on Experimental Periodicals Copalletization Dropship Discounts
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11. General Information on Postal Service

RULES: General information on Postal Service,

This rule amends the Postal Service regulations to reflect current information regarding the publication and availability of the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM).
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12. Change to the Retirement Plan for Manually Set Postage Meters

NOTICES: Manually set postage meters: retirement plan,

By this notice, the Postal ServiceTM revises the Retirement Plan for Manually Set Postage Meters, published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2000, pages 7793477938, for meters with lease expiration dates on or after October 1, 2004. The retirement date for these manually set electronic meters will be May 31, 2005. The Postal
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13. Bylaws of the Board of Governors

RULES: Miscellaneous amendments,

On September 14, 2004, the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service adopted a number of amendments to its Bylaws. These amendments changed the quorum of Governors required to vote on a recommended decision of the Postal Rate Commission, reserved the election of the Board's Vice Chairman to the Governors, and altered the rules for
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14. Authorization To Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters

RULES: Rented postage meters; cautionary label requirements,

This rule corrects outdated or incorrect information in the text of the cautionary label required to be placed on rented postage meters.
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15. Sunshine Act Meting

NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,

Times and Dates: 11 a.m., Monday, September 13, 2004; 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 14, 2004.
Place: Boston Massachusetts, at the Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Avenue, in the Esplanade Room.
Status: September 1311 a.m. (Closed); September 148:30 a.m. (Open) Matters to be Considered:

Monday, September 1311 a.m. (Closed)

1. Office of

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16. Restrictions on Private Carriage of Letters

RULES: Private Express Statutes; obsolete addresses correction,

This rule amends the Postal Service regulations on enforcement and suspension of the Private Express Statutes to correct obsolete addresses.
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17. Eligibility Requirements for Certain Nonprofit Standard Mail Material

RULES: Domestic Mail Manual; Nonprofit standard mail material; eligibility requirements,

In this final rule, the Postal Service adopts an amendment to Domestic Mail Manual standards governing insurance advertising in Nonprofit Standard Mail. The amendment sets forth guidelines for determining whether the coverage provided by an insurance policy offered by an authorized nonprofit organization to its members is not generally otherwise
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18. Standards Governing the Design of Wall-Mounted Centralized Mail Receptacles

RULES: Wall-mounted centralized mail receptacles; design standards,

This final rule replaces United States Postal Service[reg] (USPS[reg]) Standard 4B, Receptacles, Apartment House, Mail, which governs the design of wall mounted centralized mail receptacles whether utilized in commercial, residential, mixed
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residential or other types of structures. The new standard was developed
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19. Address Visibility on Bundles of Flat-Size and Irregular Parcel Mail

PROPOSED RULES: Bundles of flat-size and irregular parcel mail; address visibility,

The Postal Service is seeking comments on a proposal that adds additional standards for the visibility of address elements and presort designation (i.e., optional endorsement lines, barcoded pressure sensitive package labels, or facing slips) on bundles of flatsize and irregular parcel mailpieces. The proposed new standards apply only to bundles
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20. Periodicals Mail Enclosures With Merchandise Sent at Parcel Post or Bound Printed Matter Rates

PROPOSED RULES: Sample copies of authorized periodicals publications enclosed with merchandise mailed at Parcel Post or Bound Printed Matter rates,

This proposed rule provides standards that would allow sample copies of authorized Periodicals publications to be mailed with merchandise mailed at Parcel Post[reg] or Bound Printed Matter rates of postage.
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21. Signature Confirmation Service: Elimination of Signature Waiver Option

PROPOSED RULES: Signature Confirmation service; signature waiver option elimination,

This proposed rule provides a change to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMMTM ) that would eliminate the signature waiver option for Signature ConfirmationTM service under DMM S919.1.10. The Postal ServiceTM is proposing this change because the signature waiver option is no longer necessary. Additionally, this option has
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22. Experimental Outside-County Periodicals Co-Palletization Discounts for High-Editorial, Heavy-Weight, Small-Circulation

RULES: High-editorial, heavy-weight, small-circulation publications; experimental outside-country periodicals co-palletization discounts,

This interim rule provides standards for a Postal Service\TM\ experiment. The experiment will test whether additional rate incentives would encourage the copalletization and dropshipment of currently sacked bundles of individual Periodicals publications that have high editorial content, are heavier weight, and have small mailed circulation. This
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23. General Organization, Delegations of Authority, Relationships and Communication Channels

RULES: Relationships and communications channels; amendments,

This rule amends the Postal Service regulations on general organization, delegations of authority, and relationships and communication channels to bring these regulations into line with the Postal Service's current organizational structure. It also removes several obsolete parts from the subchapter dealing with organization and administration.
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24. Procedures To Adjudicate Claims for Personal Injury or Property Damage Arising Out of the Operation of the U.S. Postal

RULES: Personal injury or property damage arising out of U.S. Postal Service operation; claims adjudication procedures,

This rule amends the Postal Service's regulations concerning tort claims to correct mailing addresses and to clarify ambiguous provisions.
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25. Issue 3 of the Purchasing Manual; Incorporation by Reference

RULES: Issue 3; availability,

The Postal Service announces the publication of Issue 3 of the Postal Service Purchasing Manual. Issue 3 supersedes previous editions of the Purchasing Manual, and is incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.
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