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COUNTRY RATE GROUPS AND WEIGHT LIMITS—Continued
1 GXG
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rate
group 5
Sri Lanka .....................................................
Sudan ..........................................................
Suriname .....................................................
Swaziland ....................................................
Sweden .......................................................
Switzerland ..................................................
Syrian Arab Republic ..................................
Taiwan .........................................................
Tajikistan .....................................................
Tanzania ......................................................
Thailand .......................................................
Togo ............................................................
Tonga ..........................................................
Trinidad and Tobago ...................................
Tristan da Cunha ........................................
Tunisia .........................................................
Turkey .........................................................
Turkmenistan ...............................................
Turks and Caicos Islands ...........................
Tuvalu ..........................................................
Uganda ........................................................
Ukraine ........................................................
United Arab Emirates ..................................
Uruguay .......................................................
Uzbekistan ...................................................
Vanuatu .......................................................
Vatican City .................................................
Venezuela ...................................................
Vietnam .......................................................
Wallis and Futuna Islands ...........................
Western Samoa ..........................................
Yemen .........................................................
Zambia ........................................................
Zimbabwe ....................................................
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1 GXG
= Global Express Guaranteed.
= Priority Mail International.
= Express Mail International.
4 FCMI = First-Class Mail International.
5 Zero (0) = Service is not available.
2 PMI
3 EMI
Individual Country Listings
ACTION:
[For every country that First-Class Mail
International is available, revise the
First-Class Mail International section as
follows:]
39 CFR Part 111
SUMMARY: This final rule revises the
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM) to provide the eligibility
standards for the Outside-County
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 a 5% discount on
qualifying Outside-County copies. As
set forth in the new standards,
publications in each of the qualification
categories may be eligible for the rate;
issues of these publications will qualify
if eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of OutsideCounty copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000.
DATES: Effective Date: May 12, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Lease, 202–268–7264, or Sue Thomas,
202–268–7268, United States Postal
Service.
Periodicals—Limited Circulation Rate
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Country Conditions for Mailing
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First-Class Mail International
[Replace current price table with new
price tables for letters, large envelopes
(flats) and packages (small packets)
based on country’s First-Class Mail
International rate group.]
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Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8–2920 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am]
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Section
1003 of the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act, Public Law No. 109–
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435, 120 Stat. 3198, requires the Postal
Service to establish, in accordance with
the procedures in 39 U.S.C. 3622, a
reduced rate of postage for certain
copies of publications with at least one
copy mailed at In-County rates, and less
than 5,000 copies mailed to addresses
outside of the county in which copies
are eligible to be mailed at In-County
rates. Publications in each qualification
category may be eligible for the
discount. Although the literal language
of the statute does not appear to cover
Requester publications, other parts of
the statute allow Requester publications
to qualify for Nonprofit, Classroom, and
other preferred Periodicals rates and it
appears consistent with the spirit of the
law to allow them to qualify for the
Limited Circulation rate as well. In
order to do so, the new standards
provide that circulation limits apply to
paid and requester circulation,
depending upon the qualification
category of the publication.
The discount does not apply to
commingled nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies in excess of the
10% allowance in DMM 707.7,
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Nonprofit Periodicals, Classroom
Periodicals, and Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture Periodicals
publications. Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture publications
receive a similar reduced rate of postage
when also meeting the requirements of
DMM 707.11.2.2.
The eligibility test established by the
statute considers the outside county
circulation of the issue. Accordingly,
whether individual copies of a
publication within one of the eligible
qualification categories can utilize the
discount must be determined on an
issue-by-issue basis.
The Postal Service adopts the
following changes to the Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM),
which is incorporated by reference in
the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39
CFR Part 111.
County postage excluding the postage
for advertising pounds. The 5%
discount does not apply to commingled
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies in
excess of the 10% allowance in DMM
707.7.
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[Add new 1.1.8, and 1.1.9 as follows:]
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
1.1.9 Limited Circulation Science-ofAgriculture Publications
Publications meeting the
requirements of 11.2.2 receive a 5%
discount off the total Outside-County
postage, excluding the postage for
advertising pounds, if eligible copies are
mailed at In-County rates and the total
number of Outside-County copies
mailed for that issue is less than 5,000.
Nonsubscriber copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject
to the standards in 7.0.
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
I Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
amended as follows:
PART 111—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows;
I
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–
3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632,
3633, and 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of the
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), as follows:
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700
Special Standards
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707
Periodicals
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707.0
1.0
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Rates and Fees
Rates and Fees
1.1 Outside-County—Including
Science-of-Agriculture
[Revise 1.1.1 to incorporate the 5%
discount for Limited Circulation rates
and Limited Circulation Science-ofAgriculture rates as follow:]
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1.1.1
Pound Rates
Per pound or fraction:
Preferred Rate Discounts: Authorized
Nonprofit and Classroom mailers, and
publications that meet the standards for
Limited Circulation publications and
Limited Circulation Science-ofAgriculture publications receive a
discount of 5% off the total Outside-
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1.1.8 Limited Circulation Publications
Publications, excluding Nonprofit,
Classroom, and Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture publications
receive a 5% discount off the total
Outside-County postage, excluding the
postage for advertising pounds, if
eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of OutsideCounty copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject
to the standards in 7.0.
7.0 Mailing to Nonsubscribers or
Nonrequesters
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[Revise 7.9.3 to incorporate provisions
limiting the number of nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies that may be mailed
at the new Limited Circulation and
Limited Circulation Science-ofAgriculture rates as follows:]
7.9.3 Preferred Rates
For In-County rates, Nonprofit,
Classroom, Science-of-Agriculture,
Limited Circulation, and Limited
Circulation Science-of-Agriculture
publications, nonsubscriber (for
Periodicals except requester
publications) or nonrequester (for
requester publications) copies up to
10% of the total number of copies
mailed to subscribers or requesters
during the calendar year may be mailed
at the applicable Preferred rates or
Preferred rate discount, provided that
the nonsubscriber or nonrequester
copies would qualify as Preferred rate or
Preferred rate discount publications if
mailed to subscribers or requesters and
if the copies are presorted under
applicable standards. Nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies mailed over the
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10% limit are not eligible for Preferred
rates or the Preferred rate discount. To
qualify for regular Outside-County rates,
the nonsubscriber or nonrequester
copies over the 10% limit must be part
of a presorted, commingled mailing (one
that includes subscriber or requester
copies). Subject to 11.3, nonsubscriber
or nonrequester copies may be mailed at
In-County rates up to a 10% limit of the
total number of subscriber or requester
copies of the publication mailed at InCounty rates during the calendar year.
Once the 10% calendar year limit is
exceeded for the number of
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies
that may be mailed at Preferred rates or
the Preferred rate discount, the
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies
may not then be mailed at In-County
rates even if the 10% limit separately
applied to those rates is not exceeded.
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11.0
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Basic Rate Eligibility
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Outside-County Rates
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[Add new 11.1.4 as follows:]
11.1.4
Limited Circulation Discount
Publications, excluding Nonprofit,
Classroom, and Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture publications,
receive a 5% discount off the total
Outside-County postage, excluding the
postage for advertising pounds, if
eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of OutsideCounty copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject
to the standards in 7.0.
11.2 Outside-County Science-ofAgriculture Rates
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[Revise the first sentence in 11.2.2 to
include the words ‘‘or requesters’’ as
follows:]
11.2.2
General
Science-of-Agriculture rates apply to
Outside-County copies of authorized
Periodicals publications mailed by
publishers or news agents when the
total copies provided during any 12month period to subscribers or
requesters residing in rural areas are at
least 70% of the total number of copies
distributed by any means for any
purpose.
[Revise heading and text of 11.2.3 as
follows:]
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11.2.3 Limited Circulation Science-ofAgriculture Discount
Publications meeting the
requirements of 11.2.2, receive a 5%
discount off the total Outside-County
postage, excluding the postage for
advertising pounds, if eligible copies are
mailed at In-County rates and the total
number of Outside-County copies
mailed for that issue is less than 5,000.
Nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies
claiming the Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture discount are
subject to the standards in 7.0.
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Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8–2921 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Premium Forwarding Service
Postal ServiceTM.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This final rule revises Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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.
DATES: Effective Date: March 2, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laraine Hope at 202–268–2138 or Garry
Rodriguez at 202–268–7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal
Service published a final rule in the
Federal Register on June 10, 2005 (70
FR 33836), introducing a new service
called Premium Forwarding Service
(PFS). PFS is a personalized service for
reshipping mail from a customer’s
primary mailing address to a temporary
address on a weekly basis using Priority
Mail. With PFS, the Postal Service
reships mail to customers who are away
for at least two weeks and up to one
year.
The Postal Service filed a Request for
a Recommended Decision with the
Postal Regulatory Commission on July
31, 2007, to make the experimental
classification permanent. On January 7,
2008, the Postal Regulatory Commission
issued its Recommended Decision that
PFS become a permanent service
offering (Docket No. MC2007–3). The
Governors accepted that
recommendation and the Board of
Governors (BOG) of the Postal Service,
in Resolution 08–1 (January 24, 2008),
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directed implementation of PFS as a
permanent mail classification on March
2, 2008.
PFS will be a permanent classification
effective March 2, 2008. There are no
major changes in the permanent PFS
classification compared with the
experimental service offering.
There were two minor changes made
to the DMM language. The name of the
fee charged to customers when they
apply to use PFS is now referred to as
an ‘‘application fee’’ for consistency.
Also, the references to oversized parcels
in renumbered sections 3.3.7 (formerly
709.4.3.7) and 3.4.1 (formerly 709.4.4.1)
were removed due to redundancy.
Although the references to oversized
parcels have been removed from the
aforementioned sections, any oversized
parcel not requiring a scan or signature
or arriving postage due at the primary
address is still charged the appropriate
oversized Parcel Post rate.
The Postal Service adopts the
following changes to Mailing Standards
of the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), which is
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
address is $11.95 for each week of
service requested. The amount due for
the total weeks requested must be paid
in full at the time the application is
received.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedures, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
amended as follows:
3.2.1 Description
Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)
provides residential delivery customers
and certain post office box customers an
option to have all mail addressed to
their primary address reshipped or
rerouted to a temporary address, mainly
by means of a weekly Priority Mail
shipment. PFS is available for a period
of not less than 2 weeks and not more
than 1 year. This optional service is
separate from the piece-by-piece
forwarding service offered in 2.0,
whereby only certain mailpieces are
forwarded.
PART 111—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
Part 111 continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–
3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632,
3633, and 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), as follows:
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500
Additional Mailing Services
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Mailer Services
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[Renumber 3.0 through 12.0 as 4.0
through 13.0. Add new 3.0, Premium
Forwarding Service, as follows:]
3.0
Premium Forwarding Service
3.1
Rates and Fees
3.1.1 Application Fee
Customers must pay a $10.00
nonrefundable application fee.
3.1.2 Weekly Reshipment Charge
The reshipment charge for each
Priority Mail shipment to one temporary
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3.1.3 Extension of Service
A Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)
customer may contact the post office
responsible for delivery to the primary
address prior to the last shipment date
and extend PFS service (up to 1 year
maximum service from the initial start
date) as needed. An extension is
processed only after the post office
receives payment of the reshipment
charges due for the total weeks of
extension requested.
3.1.4 Early Termination of Service
A customer who terminates PFS early
(e.g., a customer prepays for 10 weeks
but returns to a primary address after 8
weeks, either temporarily or
permanently) may request a refund for
any unused weekly shipment charges
from the post office serving the primary
address. The application fee is
nonrefundable.
3.2
Basic Standards
3.2.2 Use
Participation in PFS is subject to the
following standards:
a. PFS is available to residential
delivery customers and to post office
box customers with a size-one or sizetwo post office box.
b. A customer must submit a
completed PFS application, Form 8176,
Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)
Application, as specified by the Postal
Service. The application fee and weekly
reshipment charges for the full duration
of the requested service must
accompany the application.
c. Except as provided in 3.2.2d,
customers must designate on the
application whether the order is for an
‘‘Individual’’ or an ‘‘Entire Household.’’
d. For customers whose primary
address is a post office box, only the box
customer is authorized to initiate the
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[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9197-9199]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Periodicals--Limited Circulation Rate
AGENCY: Postal Service\TM\.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: 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 Outside-County 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 a 5% discount on qualifying Outside-County copies. As
set forth in the new standards, publications in each of the
qualification categories may be eligible for the rate; issues of these
publications will qualify if eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that
issue is less than 5,000.
DATES: Effective Date: May 12, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Lease, 202-268-7264, or Sue
Thomas, 202-268-7268, United States Postal Service.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1003 of the Postal Accountability
and Enhancement Act, Public Law No. 109-435, 120 Stat. 3198, requires
the Postal Service to establish, in accordance with the procedures in
39 U.S.C. 3622, a reduced rate of postage for certain copies of
publications with at least one copy mailed at In-County rates, and less
than 5,000 copies mailed to addresses outside of the county in which
copies are eligible to be mailed at In-County rates. Publications in
each qualification category may be eligible for the discount. Although
the literal language of the statute does not appear to cover Requester
publications, other parts of the statute allow Requester publications
to qualify for Nonprofit, Classroom, and other preferred Periodicals
rates and it appears consistent with the spirit of the law to allow
them to qualify for the Limited Circulation rate as well. In order to
do so, the new standards provide that circulation limits apply to paid
and requester circulation, depending upon the qualification category of
the publication.
The discount does not apply to commingled nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies in excess of the 10% allowance in DMM 707.7,
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Nonprofit Periodicals, Classroom Periodicals, and Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture Periodicals publications. Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture publications receive a similar reduced rate of
postage when also meeting the requirements of DMM 707.11.2.2.
The eligibility test established by the statute considers the
outside county circulation of the issue. Accordingly, whether
individual copies of a publication within one of the eligible
qualification categories can utilize the discount must be determined on
an issue-by-issue basis.
The Postal Service adopts the following changes to the Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), which is 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.
0
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is amended as follows:
PART 111--[AMENDED]
0
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,
416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633,
and 5001.
0
2. Revise the following sections of the Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), as follows:
* * * * *
700 Special Standards
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707 Periodicals
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707.0 Rates and Fees
1.0 Rates and Fees
1.1 Outside-County--Including Science-of-Agriculture
[Revise 1.1.1 to incorporate the 5% discount for Limited Circulation
rates and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture rates as follow:]
1.1.1 Pound Rates
Per pound or fraction:
Preferred Rate Discounts: Authorized Nonprofit and Classroom
mailers, and publications that meet the standards for Limited
Circulation publications and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture
publications receive a discount of 5% off the total Outside-County
postage excluding the postage for advertising pounds. The 5% discount
does not apply to commingled nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies in
excess of the 10% allowance in DMM 707.7.
* * * * *
[Add new 1.1.8, and 1.1.9 as follows:]
1.1.8 Limited Circulation Publications
Publications, excluding Nonprofit, Classroom, and Limited
Circulation Science-of-Agriculture publications receive a 5% discount
off the total Outside-County postage, excluding the postage for
advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County rates
and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject to the standards in 7.0.
1.1.9 Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture Publications
Publications meeting the requirements of 11.2.2 receive a 5%
discount off the total Outside-County postage, excluding the postage
for advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that
issue is less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber copies claiming the Limited
Circulation discount are subject to the standards in 7.0.
7.0 Mailing to Nonsubscribers or Nonrequesters
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[Revise 7.9.3 to incorporate provisions limiting the number of
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies that may be mailed at the new
Limited Circulation and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture
rates as follows:]
7.9.3 Preferred Rates
For In-County rates, Nonprofit, Classroom, Science-of-Agriculture,
Limited Circulation, and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture
publications, nonsubscriber (for Periodicals except requester
publications) or nonrequester (for requester publications) copies up to
10% of the total number of copies mailed to subscribers or requesters
during the calendar year may be mailed at the applicable Preferred
rates or Preferred rate discount, provided that the nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies would qualify as Preferred rate or Preferred rate
discount publications if mailed to subscribers or requesters and if the
copies are presorted under applicable standards. Nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies mailed over the 10% limit are not eligible for
Preferred rates or the Preferred rate discount. To qualify for regular
Outside-County rates, the nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies over the
10% limit must be part of a presorted, commingled mailing (one that
includes subscriber or requester copies). Subject to 11.3,
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies may be mailed at In-County rates
up to a 10% limit of the total number of subscriber or requester copies
of the publication mailed at In-County rates during the calendar year.
Once the 10% calendar year limit is exceeded for the number of
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies that may be mailed at Preferred
rates or the Preferred rate discount, the nonsubscriber or nonrequester
copies may not then be mailed at In-County rates even if the 10% limit
separately applied to those rates is not exceeded.
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11.0 Basic Rate Eligibility
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11.1 Outside-County Rates
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[Add new 11.1.4 as follows:]
11.1.4 Limited Circulation Discount
Publications, excluding Nonprofit, Classroom, and Limited
Circulation Science-of-Agriculture publications, receive a 5% discount
off the total Outside-County postage, excluding the postage for
advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County rates
and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject to the standards in 7.0.
11.2 Outside-County Science-of-Agriculture Rates
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[Revise the first sentence in 11.2.2 to include the words ``or
requesters'' as follows:]
11.2.2 General
Science-of-Agriculture rates apply to Outside-County copies of
authorized Periodicals publications mailed by publishers or news agents
when the total copies provided during any 12-month period to
subscribers or requesters residing in rural areas are at least 70% of
the total number of copies distributed by any means for any purpose.
[Revise heading and text of 11.2.3 as follows:]
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11.2.3 Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture Discount
Publications meeting the requirements of 11.2.2, receive a 5%
discount off the total Outside-County postage, excluding the postage
for advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that
issue is less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies claiming
the Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture discount are subject to
the standards in 7.0.
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Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8-2921 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710-12-P
