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CFR Citation: 39 CFR Part 111

NOTICE: RULES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Express Mail Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium

DATES: Effective Date: March 3, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Postal Service^TM is revising ExpressMail[supreg] service to reflect a premium of $12.50 in addition to current postage for guaranteed Sunday or holiday delivery of Express Mail pieces.

SUMMARY: Express Mail Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Bert Olsen, 202-268-7276.

We adopt the following amendments to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
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List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service. Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is amended as follows:
PART 111[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 30013011, 32013219, 34033406, 3626, 3632, 3633, 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), as follows: * * * * *
100 Retail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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110 Express Mail
113 Rates and Eligibility
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Exhibit 1.3 Express Mail RatesSame Day Airport Service Suspended * * * * *
[Add an additional footnote, number 3, to Exhibit 1.3, Express Mail Rate Chart, as follows:]

3. For Sunday/holiday delivery, add $12.50.
* * * * *
[Renumber current 1.5 through 1.7 as new 1.6 through 1.8, and add new 1.5 as follows:]

1.5 Sunday and Holiday Premium

When delivery is guaranteed for a Sunday or holiday, there is a premium of $12.50, unless paying via an Express Mail Manifesting Agreement. Customers not desiring delivery on a Sunday or a holiday may avoid the premium by opting for guaranteed delivery on the subsequent delivery day.
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700 Special Standards
* * * * *
705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems * * * * *
2.0 Manifest Mailing System
* * * * *
2.6 Express Mail Manifesting Agreements
* * * * *
2.6.3 Service Guarantee
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[Revise current text to be identified as item b and add a new a as follows:]

a. Mailers using Express Mail Manifesting (EMM) receive Sunday/ holiday guaranteed delivery at no additional charge without paying a premium.
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Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E81775 Filed 13108; 8:45 am]
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