The Postal Service requests comments from the mailing industry on several proposals to reduce the volume of undeliverableasaddressed (UAA) mail. The Postal Service intends to extend the Move Update requirement for presorted rate mailings beyond FirstClass Mail to also include Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Package Services; to decrease from 180

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The Postal Service is eliminating the option in the Domestic Mail Manual that allows mailers to bedload bundles (more than one package strapped together) of Periodicals flatsize mail.

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule adopts a proposal to revise Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) M050 to clarify how additional postage is assessed for Standard Mail Enhanced Carrier Route (ECR) and Periodicals carrier route mailings found to be out of sequence. Concurrent with the DMM amendment, the Postal Service will implement new policies and guidelines for assessing

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service requiring mailers to deposit, at the Pittsburgh Bulk Mail Center (BMC), Standard Mail machinable parcels and Package Services machinable parcels, currently required to be taken to the Buffalo, New York, Auxiliary Service Facility (ASF), in order to

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule provides a change to certain sections applicable to Periodicals mail in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM). It adds a new optional method a publisher may use to determine percopy weights and to substantiate the advertising percentage in each edition of each issue of a periodical. The new option is called the Periodicals Accuracy,

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The Postal Service proposes to revise the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to increase the administrative charges for processing refunds for unused meter stamps and business reply mail (BRM) pieces returned with [[Page 63583]]
postage affixed. These charges have not been increased for the past 20 years, and are updated to reflect the current hourly cost

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule amends Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) G030 to clarify the language describing the method used by the Postal Service to determine postal zones. This final rule is effective with the implementation date of the Docket No. R20011 omnibus rate case on June 30, 2002. On that date, the Postal Service will update zone chart coordinates for all

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to implement the rate, fee, and classification changes for all classes of mail and special services included in the Decision of the Governors of the Postal Service in Postal Rate Commission Docket No. R20011.

POSTAL SERVICE : Transportation Department

This proposal would amend some of the standards and identification procedures for Standard Mail and Periodicals lettersize and flatsize mail using the simplified address format as provided in Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) A040.4.0. This proposal would improve the processing and distribution of such mail and would also clarify and expand the standards

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The Postal Service requests comments from the mailing industry (especially the presort software industry) as to how Bound Printed Matter (BPM) mailings with individually addressed ``firm pieces'' can be prepared under current eligibility and mail preparation standards. The term ``firm piece'' is generally used to describe a mailpiece that consists

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The Automated Flat Sorting Machine (AFSM) 100 represents the next step into the automated processing environment envisioned for flats mail. Mailpieces that currently qualify for automation flat rates under FSM 881 standards (Domestic Mail Manual C820.2.0) will be eligible for the automation flat rates provided the pieces meet the physical criteria

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule sets forth Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to allow mailers to select a number from 10 to 17 as the minimum number of pieces at which 5digit packages may be prepared in a Standard Mail job of flatsize pieces (DMM C050.3.0) that are not more than \3/4\inch thick. Currently mailers must prepare

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This proposed rule amends the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to realign permissible points for mailer deposit of Standard Mail machinable parcels and Package Services machinable parcels currently taken to the Buffalo, New York, Auxiliary Service Facility (ASF), and claimed at destination bulk mail center (DBMC) rates. The proposed rule would require

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule revises the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to update the administrative charges for processing refunds for unused meter stamps and business reply mail (BRM) pieces returned with postage affixed. These charges have not been increased for the past 20 years, and are updated to reflect the current hourly cost for processing the refunds.

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to implement the classification and fees for Confirm service as established by the decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on the recommended decision of the Postal Rate Commission approving stipulation and agreement

POSTAL SERVICE : Treasury Department

The Postal Service proposes to amend the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to clarify and simplify the eligibility standards for free matter for the blind and other physically handicapped persons in conformance, to the extent practicable, with similar standards adopted by the Library of Congress for its National Library Service for the Blind and

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The Postal Service is proposing to revise the mailing standards in Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) C023 related to the requirements and packaging standards for mailable types of Division 6.2 infectious substances. These DMM revisions would adopt some of the regulatory and packaging changes for infectious substances that the U. S. Department of

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This document clarifies and responds to comments on the mail preparation standards for Presorted Bound Printed Matter (BPM) mailings that include individually addressed firm pieces. The term ``firm piece'' is generally used to describe a mailpiece that consists of more than one component (all destined for the same delivery address) composited into

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The Postal Service proposes to revise its standards concerning indemnity claims as set forth in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) S010, Indemnity Claims; and related provisions of S913, Insured Mail, and S920, Collect on Delivery (COD) Mail. Other than the proposed changes concerning time periods for filing claims and retention periods for

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The Postal Service proposes revisions to the Domestic Mail Manual that would exclude the use of metal strapping or metal banding material to secure pallets of mail, whether an individual pallet of mail, a pallet composed of several individual pallets stacked to form a single unit, or a pallet with a pallet box containing mail. These proposed

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

On September 24, 2001, the United States Postal Service, in conformance with sections 3622 and 3623 of the Postal Reorganization Act (39 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), filed a request for a recommended decision by the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) on proposed rate, fee, and classification changes. The PRC designated this filing as Docket No.

POSTAL SERVICE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Postal Service is proposing revisions to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) that would provide new mail preparation standards for co packaging and cosacking flatsize Bound Printed Matter. The standards for copackaging would be optional, while the standards for cosacking would be mandatory beginning on June 1, 2003. Prior to that date, the use of

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This document describes the numerous amendments consolidated in the Transmittal Letter for Issue 57 of the Domestic Mail Manual, which is incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations; see 39 CFR 111.1. These amendments reflect changes in mail preparation requirements and other rules and regulations.

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This document corrects a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2002 (67 FR 4562).

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule revises the standards for securing pallets of mail, whether an individual pallet of mail, a pallet composed of several individual pallets stacked to form a single unit, or a pallet with a pallet box containing mail, by excluding the use of metal strapping or metal banding material. These revisions will also exclude metal buckles,

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service