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POSTAL SERVICE
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
39 CFR Part 111
Address Facing Standards for Presort
Bundles on Pallets
Postal Service.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Implementation: Effective September
11, 2008, mailers must prepare pallets,
containing presort bundles with all
addresses facing up, under revised
DMM 705.8.5.6. We encourage mailers
to make these changes as soon as
possible, but no later than September
11, 2008.
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
amended as follows:
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PART 111—[AMENDED]
The Postal Service is revising
the mailing standards requiring mailers
to place presort bundles on pallets with
the addresses facing up.
DATES: Effective Date: September 11,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Gunther at 202–268–7208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal
Service is in the process of
implementing technological changes to
automate delivery sequencing for flatsize mail, through the deployment of the
Flats Sequencing System (FSS). FSS
will 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.
Placement of presort bundles on
pallets with the address side up is
needed to improve efficiencies in
today’s processing environment and for
automated preparation and induction
for FSS in the future.
In today’s processing applications,
this new standard will aid in validating
that bundles are placed on the correct
pallet, improving the manual
distribution of these bundles.
Comments Received: We received one
comment on the proposal, from a
commercial printer. The commenter
recommended we revise the proposal to
allow one or two columns of bundles to
be placed on their edge to maximize the
‘‘footprint’’ of mail that can be placed
on a pallet.
Pallets containing bundles placed on
their edge will not maintain their
integrity as well as pallets containing
bundles that all lie flat. Allowing
bundles on their edge would also lessen
our ability to read the address side of a
bundle, which is one objective of this
standard change. In addition, we plan to
use automated preparation stations to
support FSS, which require bundles to
lie flat on pallets. Therefore, we have
decided not to adopt the
recommendation.
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1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows:
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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, 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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Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM)
*
*
*
700
Special Standards
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
705 Advanced Preparation and
Special Postage Payment Systems
*
*
8.0
Preparing Pallets
*
*
8.5
General Preparation
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8.5.6
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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Mail on Pallets
*
*
*
*
*
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bundles on pallets must be placed face
up as follows:]
i. All presort bundles on pallets must
be placed with the addresses facing up.
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Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
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Ozone Maintenance Plan and 2002
Base-Year Inventory for the Wayne
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Although listed in the electronic docket,
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Copies of the State submittal are
available at the Pennsylvania
Department of Environment Protection,
Bureau of Air Quality Control, P.O. Box
8468, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania 17105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Address Facing Standards for Presort Bundles on Pallets
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is revising the mailing standards requiring
mailers to place presort bundles on pallets with the addresses facing
up.
DATES: Effective Date: September 11, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Gunther at 202-268-7208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service is in the process of
implementing technological changes to automate delivery sequencing for
flat-size mail, through the deployment of the Flats Sequencing System
(FSS). FSS will 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.
Placement of presort bundles on pallets with the address side up is
needed to improve efficiencies in today's processing environment and
for automated preparation and induction for FSS in the future.
In today's processing applications, this new standard will aid in
validating that bundles are placed on the correct pallet, improving the
manual distribution of these bundles.
Comments Received: We received one comment on the proposal, from a
commercial printer. The commenter recommended we revise the proposal to
allow one or two columns of bundles to be placed on their edge to
maximize the ``footprint'' of mail that can be placed on a pallet.
Pallets containing bundles placed on their edge will not maintain
their integrity as well as pallets containing bundles that all lie
flat. Allowing bundles on their edge would also lessen our ability to
read the address side of a bundle, which is one objective of this
standard change. In addition, we plan to use automated preparation
stations to support FSS, which require bundles to lie flat on pallets.
Therefore, we have decided not to adopt the recommendation.
Implementation: Effective September 11, 2008, mailers must prepare
pallets, containing presort bundles with all addresses facing up, under
revised DMM 705.8.5.6. We encourage mailers to make these changes as
soon as possible, but no later than September 11, 2008.
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, 3633, and
5001.
0
2. Revise the following sections of Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) as follows:
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail
Manual (DMM)
* * * * *
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
* * * * *
[Add new item i to clarify that presort bundles on pallets must be
placed face up as follows:]
i. All presort bundles on pallets must be placed with the addresses
facing up.
* * * * *
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8-12148 Filed 6-5-08; 8:45 am]
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