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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
New Marking Requirement for Bound
Printed Matter Machinable Parcels
Postal Service.
Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes a
new marking requirement for Bound
Printed Matter machinable parcels
consisting of multiple pieces secured
with transparent shrinkwrap. Under our
proposal, mailers must use a firm
optional endorsement line or apply a
pressure-sensitive firm bundle Label F.
The new marking will enable our
automated equipment to recognize that
a Bound Printed Matter parcel is
intended for a single address.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before January 26, 2006. We
propose to implement these changes on
May 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written
comments to the Manager, Mailing
Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 3436,
Washington DC 20260–3436. You may
inspect and photocopy all written
comments at USPS Headquarters
Library, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., 11th
Floor N, Washington DC between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel
Walker, 202–268–7266.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Our new
Automated Package Processing System
(APPS) simultaneously sorts parcels and
bundles of mail. When APPS sees a
Bound Printed Matter (BPM)
machinable parcel that consists of
multiple pieces, such as catalogs,
shrinkwrapped together and destined
for a single address, APPS is
programmed to identify the parcel as a
presort destination bundle. When APPS
fails to find an optional endorsement
line (OEL) or bundle label it diverts the
parcel to a reject bin.
Our proposal would require mailers to
place either a firm OEL or a firm bundle
Label F on BPM machinable parcels that
APPS otherwise might mistake as
bundles. If using a firm OEL, mailers
must place it and the 5-digit destination
ZIP Code of the BPM parcel in the
address block in the same location
designated for all OELs.
The firm OEL or bundle Label F will
indicate to APPS that the parcel is
destined for a single address, allowing
APPS to properly sort the parcel. This
new marking requirement is for BPM
machinable parcels only.
In addition to our proposal for the
firm OEL or bundle Label F, mailers
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must make the delivery address
information and the bundle Label F or
OEL visible and readable by the naked
eye. We published these readability
standards in the Federal Register on
October 20, 2005 (70 FR 61037).
We provide the new standards below.
We propose to implement these changes
on May 11, 2006.
Although we are exempt from the
notice and comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
410 (a)), we invite comments on the
following proposed revisions to Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM),
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR Part
111.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
PART 111—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 3001–3011, 3201–3219,
3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), as follows:
400
Discount Mail Parcels
*
*
*
*
*
402 Elements on the Face of a
Mailpiece
*
*
*
*
*
2.0 Placement and Content of
Markings
*
*
*
*
*
2.2 Parcel Post, Bound Printed Matter,
Media Mail, and Library Mail Markings
*
*
*
*
*
[Renumber 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 as 2.2.6 and
2.2.7 Add new 2.2.5, as follows:]
2.2.5 Address and Firm Designation
on Bound Printed Matter Machinable
Parcels
When a BPM machinable parcel
consists of multiple copies for a single
address secured with transparent
shrinkwrap, the delivery address
information and barcoded pressuresensitive bundle label or optional
endorsement line must be visible and
readable by the naked eye. Mailers must
label the parcel using one of the
following options:
a. A firm optional endorsement line
under 708.7.0, followed by the 5-digit
destination ZIP Code of the parcel.
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b. A blue, pressure-sensitive,
barcoded bundle Label F on the address
side of the bundle.
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700
Special Standards
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708
Technical Specifications
*
*
*
*
*
*
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7.0 Optional Endorsement Lines
(OELs)
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*
*
*
7.1
OEL Use
*
*
*
*
*
*
Exhibit 7.1.1 OEL Formats
[Revise Exhibit 7.1.1 by adding an OEL
example for BPM parcels, as follows:]
Sortation level
Firm—BPM machinable
parcels.
OEL example
FIRM 12345.
We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to reflect
these changes if our proposal is
adopted.
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[R04–OAR–2005–TN–0005; FRL–8015–1]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Tennessee;
Nitrogen Oxides Budget and
Allowance Trading Program, Phase II
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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to
approve State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revisions submitted by the State of
Tennessee on May 6, 2005. The revision
responds to the EPA’s regulation
entitled, ‘‘Interstate Ozone Transport:
Response to Court Decisions on the NOX
SIP Call, NOX SIP Call Technical
Amendments, and Section 126 Rules,’’
otherwise known as the ‘‘NOX SIP Call
Phase II.’’ This revision satisfies EPA’s
rule that requires Tennessee to submit
NOX SIP Call Phase II revisions needed
to achieve the necessary incremental
reductions of nitrogen oxides (NOX).
The intended effect of this SIP revision
is to reduce emissions of NOX in order
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Written comments must be
received on or before January 26, 2006.
DATES:
Comments may be
submitted by mail to: James Hou,
Regulatory Development Section, Air
Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically, or through hand
delivery/courier. Please follow the
detailed instructions described in the
direct final rule, ADDRESSES section
which is published in the Rules Section
of this Federal Register.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
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to help attain the national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone.
Specifically, this revision addresses
compliance plans for NOX emissions
from stationary internal combustion
engines.
In the Final Rules section of this
Federal Register, the EPA is approving
the State’s SIP revision as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates
no adverse comments. A detailed
rationale for the approval is set forth in
the direct final rule. If no significant,
material, and adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this rule. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period on
this document. Any parties interested in
commenting on this document should
do so at this time.
James Hou, Regulatory Development
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air,
Pesticides and Toxics Management
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The
telephone number is (404) 562–8965.
Mr. Hou can also be reached via
electronic mail at hou.james@epa.gov.
For
additional information see the direct
final rule which is published in the
Rules section of this Federal Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: December 9, 2005.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
42 CFR Part 51a
RIN # 0906–AA70
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for
Children Program (HTPC)
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
Secretary’s proposal to require HTPC
grant recipients to contribute nonFederal matching funds in years 2
through 5 of the project period equal to
two times the amount of the Federal
Grant Award or such lesser amount
determined by the Secretary for good
cause shown.
DATES: To be considered, comments on
this proposed rule must be submitted by
February 27, 2006. Subject to
consideration of the comments
submitted, the Department intends to
publish final regulations.
ADDRESSES: See Supplementary
Information Request for Comments
section for addresses for submitting all
comments concerning this proposed
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jose
Belardo, J.D., 301–443–0757.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Authorized by 42 U.S.C. 701(a)(3), the
HTPC is a grant program funded and
administered by the Health Resources
and Services Administration’s (HRSA)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB). Its purpose is to stimulate
innovative community-based programs
that employ prevention strategies to
promote access to health care for
children and their families nationwide
by providing grant funds to implement
a new or enhance an existing child
health initiative. Currently, there are 58
HTPC funded projects. In fiscal year
(FY) 2005 48 projects are continuing
grantees and 10 are newly funded.
Since the inception of this grant
program in 1989, the HTPC has issued
a programmatic requirement in its
guidance that grant applicants must
demonstrate the capability to meet cost
participation goals by securing nonFederal matching funds and/or in-kind
resources for the second through fifth
years of the project. One of the key goals
of this initiative is that funded programs
are to be sustainable beyond the 5-year
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
New Marking Requirement for Bound Printed Matter Machinable
Parcels
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes a new marking requirement for
Bound Printed Matter machinable parcels consisting of multiple pieces
secured with transparent shrinkwrap. Under our proposal, mailers must
use a firm optional endorsement line or apply a pressure-sensitive firm
bundle Label F. The new marking will enable our automated equipment to
recognize that a Bound Printed Matter parcel is intended for a single
address.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before January 26, 2006. We
propose to implement these changes on May 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Manager, Mailing
Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 3436,
Washington DC 20260-3436. You may inspect and photocopy all written
comments at USPS Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 11th
Floor N, Washington DC between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel Walker, 202-268-7266.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Our new Automated Package Processing System
(APPS) simultaneously sorts parcels and bundles of mail. When APPS sees
a Bound Printed Matter (BPM) machinable parcel that consists of
multiple pieces, such as catalogs, shrinkwrapped together and destined
for a single address, APPS is programmed to identify the parcel as a
presort destination bundle. When APPS fails to find an optional
endorsement line (OEL) or bundle label it diverts the parcel to a
reject bin.
Our proposal would require mailers to place either a firm OEL or a
firm bundle Label F on BPM machinable parcels that APPS otherwise might
mistake as bundles. If using a firm OEL, mailers must place it and the
5-digit destination ZIP Code of the BPM parcel in the address block in
the same location designated for all OELs.
The firm OEL or bundle Label F will indicate to APPS that the
parcel is destined for a single address, allowing APPS to properly sort
the parcel. This new marking requirement is for BPM machinable parcels
only.
In addition to our proposal for the firm OEL or bundle Label F,
mailers must make the delivery address information and the bundle Label
F or OEL visible and readable by the naked eye. We published these
readability standards in the Federal Register on October 20, 2005 (70
FR 61037).
We provide the new standards below. We propose to implement these
changes on May 11, 2006.
Although we are exempt from the notice and comment requirements of
the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 410 (a)), we invite comments
on the following proposed revisions to Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), incorporated by
reference in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR Part 111.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
PART 111--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414,
3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), as follows:
400 Discount Mail Parcels
* * * * *
402 Elements on the Face of a Mailpiece
* * * * *
2.0 Placement and Content of Markings
* * * * *
2.2 Parcel Post, Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail, and Library Mail
Markings
* * * * *
[Renumber 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 as 2.2.6 and 2.2.7 Add new 2.2.5, as
follows:]
2.2.5 Address and Firm Designation on Bound Printed Matter Machinable
Parcels
When a BPM machinable parcel consists of multiple copies for a
single address secured with transparent shrinkwrap, the delivery
address information and barcoded pressure-sensitive bundle label or
optional endorsement line must be visible and readable by the naked
eye. Mailers must label the parcel using one of the following options:
a. A firm optional endorsement line under 708.7.0, followed by the
5-digit destination ZIP Code of the parcel.
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b. A blue, pressure-sensitive, barcoded bundle Label F on the
address side of the bundle.
* * * * *
700 Special Standards
* * * * *
708 Technical Specifications
* * * * *
7.0 Optional Endorsement Lines (OELs)
* * * * *
7.1 OEL Use
* * * * *
Exhibit 7.1.1 OEL Formats
[Revise Exhibit 7.1.1 by adding an OEL example for BPM parcels, as
follows:]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sortation level OEL example
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Firm--BPM machinable parcels........... FIRM 12345.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to
reflect these changes if our proposal is adopted.
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E5-7857 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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