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Federal Register
Vol. 73, No. 43
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed
issuance of rules and regulations. The
purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Address Facing Standards for Presort
Bundles on Pallets
Postal Service.
Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: Effective September 14, 2008,
the Postal Service is proposing to
require mailers to place presort bundles
on pallets with the addresses facing up.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before April 3, 2008.
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. Do not submit comments via fax
or e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Gunther at 202–268–7208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal
Service is in the process of
implementing technological changes
through the deployment of the Flats
Sequencing System (FSS) to automate
delivery sequencing for flat-size mail.
FSS can sort flat-size mailpieces into
delivery sequence, increasing the
efficiency of letter carriers by reducing
time in sorting mail, and allowing
delivery to begin earlier in the day. As
we approach deployment of FSS, we are
closely examining other technologies
that will enhance our efforts to make the
most of this investment and achieve the
lowest combined costs for handling flatsize mail.
Placement of presort bundles on
pallets with the address side up is
needed for efficient processing in
today’s processing environment and,
eventually, for the automated
preparation and induction for FSS in
the future.
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USPS standards in Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
705.8.5.7 and 705.8.5.9 require mailers
preparing presort bundles to ensure that
the delivery address information on the
top mailpiece in each bundle is visible
and readable by the naked eye.
Standards in 705.8.5.8 require that
bundles counter-stacked on pallets must
have all addresses facing up. Logically,
these standards should include the
requirement for all presort bundles
placed on pallets to be arranged with
the addresses facing up. Placing bundles
on pallets with the addresses facing up
aids in validation of the contents and
greatly enhances manual distribution of
the bundles.
Although exempt from the notice and
comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C.
of 553(b), (c)] regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), we
invite public comment on the following
proposed revisions to the DMM,
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
proposed to be amended as follows:
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, 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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Special Standards
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bundles on pallets must be face up by
adding new item i as follows:]
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be placed with the addresses facing up.
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes if the proposal is adopted.
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8–4078 Filed 3–3–08; 8:45 am]
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R07–OAR–2007–1180; FRL–8535–8]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; State of Iowa
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the state of Iowa
to demonstrate that the state meets the
requirements of Section 110(a)(1) and
(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Section
110(a) of the CAA requires that each
state adopt and submit a SIP for the
implementation, maintenance and
enforcement of each NAAQS
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and secondary NAAQS. A revision to
Iowa’s SIP detailing how the state plans
to ensure that the revised ozone
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maintained in Iowa was submitted on
June 15, 2007. The submittal addressed
all the elements of the October 2, 2007,
guidance issued by the Office of Air
Quality and Planning Standards with
respect to infrastructure SIPs.
DATES: Comments on this proposed
action must be received in writing by
April 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
OAR–2007–1180 by one of the following
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notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Address Facing Standards for Presort Bundles on Pallets
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Effective September 14, 2008, the Postal Service is proposing
to require mailers to place presort bundles on pallets with the
addresses facing up.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before April 3, 2008.
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. Do not submit comments via fax or e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Gunther at 202-268-7208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service is in the process of
implementing technological changes through the deployment of the Flats
Sequencing System (FSS) to automate delivery sequencing for flat-size
mail. FSS can sort flat-size mailpieces into delivery sequence,
increasing the efficiency of letter carriers by reducing time in
sorting mail, and allowing delivery to begin earlier in the day. As we
approach deployment of FSS, we are closely examining other technologies
that will enhance our efforts to make the most of this investment and
achieve the lowest combined costs for handling flat-size mail.
Placement of presort bundles on pallets with the address side up is
needed for efficient processing in today's processing environment and,
eventually, for the automated preparation and induction for FSS in the
future.
USPS[supreg] standards in Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) 705.8.5.7 and
705.8.5.9 require mailers preparing presort bundles to ensure that the
delivery address information on the top mailpiece in each bundle is
visible and readable by the naked eye. Standards in 705.8.5.8 require
that bundles counter-stacked on pallets must have all addresses facing
up. Logically, these standards should include the requirement for all
presort bundles placed on pallets to be arranged with the addresses
facing up. Placing bundles on pallets with the addresses facing up aids
in validation of the contents and greatly enhances manual distribution
of the bundles.
Although exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C. of 553(b), (c)] regarding
proposed rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), we invite public comment on
the following proposed revisions to the DMM, incorporated by reference
in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is proposed to be amended as follows:
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,
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:
* * * * *
700 Special Standards
* * * * *
705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
* * * * *
8.0 Preparing Pallets
* * * * *
8.5 General Preparation
* * * * *
8.5.6 Mail on Pallets
[Revise 8.5.6 to clarify that presort bundles on pallets must be face
up by adding new item i as follows:]
* * * * *
i. All presort bundles on pallets must be placed with the addresses
facing up.
* * * * *
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
reflect these changes if the proposal is adopted.
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8-4078 Filed 3-3-08; 8:45 am]
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