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1. New Address Requirements for Automation, Presorted, and Carrier Route Flat-Size Mail

RULES: New Address Requirements for Automation, Presorted, and Carrier Route Flat-Size Mail,

The Postal Service adopts new address placement and formatting requirements for Periodicals, Standard Mail[supreg], Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail[supreg], and Library Mail flatsize pieces sent at automation, presorted, or carrier route prices. We also adopt related revisions for automation and presorted FirstClass Mail[supreg] flats.
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2. Pricing and Requirement Changes for Competitive Products

RULES: Pricing and Requirement Changes for Competitive Products,

The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to reflect changes to the prices and standards for the following competitive products, now referred to as Shipping Services:
  • Express Mail[supreg]
  • Priority Mail[supreg]
  • Parcel Select[supreg]
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    3. Revised Standards for Postage and Fee Refunds

    PROPOSED RULES: Revised Standards for Postage and Fee Refunds,

    This revised proposed rule will modify the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[reg]) 604.9.0 to establish a minimum dollar amount for the issuance of checks by the USPS[reg] for the refund of unused postage value in postage meters and PC Postage[reg] accounts. In addition, we provide specific time
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    4. Letter-Size Booklets and Folded Self-Mailers

    PROPOSED RULES: Letter-Size Booklets and Folded Self-Mailers,

    The Postal Service is developing new mailing standards for folded selfmailers, booklets, and folded booklets mailed at automation and machinable letter prices. This notice provides advance information about the mail preparation changes to help mailers plan for future mailings.
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    5. Repositionable Notes Transitioned from an Experimental Test to a Permanent Classification

    RULES: Repositionable Notes Transitioned from an Experimental Test to a Permanent Classification,

    On February 27, 2008, the Postal Service\TM\, in accordance with the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, gave notice to the Postal Regulatory Commission, that the Governors of the Postal Service established Repositionable Notes (RPNs) as a permanent classification. The 3 by 3 removable, paper notes are an optional feature
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    6. New Standards Prohibit the Mailing of Replica or Inert Munitions

    PROPOSED RULES: New Standards to Prohibit the Mailing of Replica or Inert Munitions,

    The Postal Service is proposing new standards to prohibit the mailing of replica or inert munitions such as grenades or other simulated explosive devices.
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    7. Mailing Requirement Changes for Parcel Select

    PROPOSED RULES: Mailing Requirement Changes for Parcel Select,

    This proposal would revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to reflect changes to the mailing requirements of our Shipping Services product, Parcel Select[supreg], by requiring new markings on BMCPresort or OBMCPresort (InterBMC), and originentered Barcoded IntraBMC and Barcoded InterBMC
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    8. Address Facing Standards for Presort Bundles on Pallets

    PROPOSED RULES: Address Facing Standards for Presort Bundles on Pallets,

    Effective September 14, 2008, the Postal Service is proposing to require mailers to place presort bundles on pallets with the addresses facing up.
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    9. Service Barcode Required for Priority Mail Open and Distribute Container Address Labels

    RULES: Service Barcode Required for Priority Mail Open and Distribute Container Address Labels,

    In this final rule the Postal Service provides new mailing standards to require the use of a concatenated UCC/EAN Code 128 Service barcode with a unique Service Type Code ``55'' on all Priority Mail[supreg] Open and Distribute container address labels. A proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 100),
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    10. Periodicals--Limited Circulation Rate

    RULES: Periodicals - Limited Circulation Rate,

    This final rule revises the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to provide the eligibility standards for the OutsideCounty Limited Circulation rate that has been approved by the Governors of the United States Postal Service. Eligible issues of publications entitled to use this rate will receive
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    11. Address Facing Standards for Presort Bundles on Pallets

    RULES: Address Facing Standards for Presort Bundles on Pallets,

    The Postal Service is revising the mailing standards requiring mailers to place presort bundles on pallets with the addresses facing up.
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    12. Premium Forwarding Service

    RULES: Premium Forwarding Service,

    This final rule revises Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to make Premium Forwarding Service (PFS) a permanent mail classification. There are no major changes in the permanent PFS classification compared with the experimental service offering.
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    13. Treatment of Undeliverable Books and Sound Recordings

    PROPOSED RULES: Treatment of Undeliverable Books and Sound Recordings,

    The Postal Service is proposing to revise the mailing standards for the treatment of books and sound recordings that are found loose in the mail or undeliverable as addressed. The revision would eliminate confusion and simplify procedures.
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    14. AGENCY: Postal Service\TM\.

    RULES: Priority Mail Large Flat-Rate Box; Domestic APO/FPO,

    This final rule revises the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), to add the new Priority Mail[supreg] Large FlatRate Box that has been approved by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.

    The new Priority Mail large flatrate box is approximately 50 percent larger than the

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    15. Waiver of Signature Delivery Process

    PROPOSED RULES: Waiver of Signature Delivery Process,

    The Postal Service proposes revisions to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to update the standards regarding delivery of Express Mail[supreg] items with waiver of signature requested and return receipt for merchandise items with waiver of signature requested. We propose that employees
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    16. Express Mail Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium

    RULES: Express Mail Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium,

    The Postal ServiceTM 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.
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    17. Automated Clearing House (ACH) Debit Added as New Method of Payment for Express Mail Corporate Account Customers

    RULES: Express Mail Corporate Account Customers; Automated Clearing House Debit Added as New Method of Payment,

    This final rule revises Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), by making Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit a new method of payment for Express Mail[supreg] Corporate Account (EMCA) customers and eliminating the option to open new local trust accounts. The ACH system is a secure, private
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    18. AGENCY: Postal Service.

    PROPOSED RULES: Implementation of Intelligent Mail Barcodes,

    In January 2009, mailers will be required to meet one of two options using Intelligent Mail[supreg] barcodes to access automation prices for letters and flats. Automation prices will no longer be available for the use of the POSTNET barcode. This Federal Register notice provides advance information to help mailers understand the mail preparation
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    19. Implementation of New Standards for Intelligent Mail Barcodes

    RULES: Intelligent Mail Barcodes; Implementation of New Standards,

    On April 30, 2008, we published in the Federal Register (Volume 73, Number 84, pages 2339323403) proposed mailing standards to require the use of Intelligent Mail[supreg] barcodes on all letters and flats mailed at automation prices as of May 2010. We described two options for using Intelligent Mail barcodes as of May 2009: The basic option and
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    20. Barcodes

    PROPOSED RULES: Implementation of New Standards for Intelligent Mail Barcodes,

    On January 7, 2008, we published in the Federal Register (Volume 73, Number 4) an advance notice of our intention to require the use of Intelligent Mail barcodes on all letters and flats mailed at automation prices as of January, 2009. We presented our Intelligent Mail vision and asked for comments from our customers. We described two options for
    POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

    21. General Information on Postal Service

    RULES: General Information on Postal Service,

    The Postal Service announces the issuance of Issue 300, dated January 8, 2006; Issue 300, dated March 15, 2007; and Issue 300, dated May 14, 2007, of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), and their incorporation by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.
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    22. New Automation Requirements for Detached Address Labels

    PROPOSED RULES: New Automation Requirements for Detached Addressed Labels,

    The Postal Service proposes revisions to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) for detached address labels (DALs). To increase efficiency and reduce handling costs, we propose that DALs accompanying saturation mailings of Periodicals or Standard Mail[supreg] flats must be automation compatible
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    23. Service Barcode Required for Priority Mail Open and Distribute Container Address Labels

    PROPOSED RULES: Service Barcode Required for Priority Mail Open and Distribute Container Address Labels Address Labels,

    In this proposed rule the Postal Service provides new mailing standards to require the use of a concatenated UCC/EAN Code 128 Service barcode with a unique Service Type Code ``55'' on all Priority Mail[reg] Open and Distribute container address labels. A proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 100,
    POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

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