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section of this preamble.
The rules of 26 CFR 601.601(a)(3)
apply to the hearing. Persons who wish
to present oral comments at the hearing
must submit written comments or
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and an outline of the topics to be
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Office of the Associate Chief Counsel
(Passthroughs and Special Industries).
However, other personnel from the IRS
and Treasury Department participated
in their development.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1
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recordkeeping requirements.
Proposed Amendments to the
Regulations
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is
proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 1—INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation
for part 1 is amended by adding an entry
in numerical order to read as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
Section 1.179C also issued under 26 U.S.C.
179C. * * *
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36 CFR Part 2
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 27
RIN 1024–AD70
General Regulations for Areas
Administered by the National Park
Service and the Fish and Wildlife
Service
AGENCIES: Fish and Wildlife Service and
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of re-opening of
comment period.
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Interior, through the National Park
Service and the Fish and Wildlife
Service, announces the re-opening of
the comment period on the proposed
rule concerning the possession and
transportation of firearms in national
park areas and national wildlife refuges.
The proposed rule was published in the
Federal Register on April 30, 2008 (73
FR 23388).
DATES: We must receive your comments
by August 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
by any of the following methods:
—Federal rulemaking portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
—Mail: Public Comments Processing,
Attn: 1024–AD70; Division of Policy
and Directives Management; U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax
Drive, Suite 222; Arlington, VA
22203.
—Hand-deliver: 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Suite 222, Arlington, VA
22203.
Par. 2. Section 1.179C–1 is added to
read as follows:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
§ 1.179C–1
refineries.
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[The text of proposed § 1.79C–1 is the
same as the text of § 1.179C–1T (a)
through (g) published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register].
Linda E. Stiff,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and
Enforcement.
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Background
The comment period on our proposed
rule governing firearms on lands
managed by the National Park Service
(NPS) and Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) closed on June 30, 2008. The
Department of Interior has received a
number of written requests to extend the
public comment period for this
proposed rule. We have given
consideration to these requests and
believe it is appropriate to provide an
additional 30 day period for comment
on the proposed regulation. We are
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therefore re-opening the comment
period for an additional 30 days.
If you have already commented on the
rule you do not have to resend your
comment. We will consider it when we
prepare the final rule. We will also
consider any comments received
between the close of the comment
period on June 30 and the re-opening of
this comment period.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be advised that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: July 3, 2008.
Lyle Laverty,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish
and Wildlife and Parks.
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Treatment of Undeliverable Books and
Sound Recordings
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: 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.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before August 8, 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: Bert
Olsen at 202–268–7276.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail
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Manual (DMM) 507.1.9.2, as originally
written (under the section titled Dead
Mail), was intended to facilitate a
process for identifying and returning to
the original publisher or distributor
books and recordings that had become
undeliverable as a result of being ‘‘loose
in the mail’’ (contents separated from
packaging and other address
information). Unpredictably, the rule
has been misinterpreted by some
publishers and distributors as allowing
them to reclaim ownership of all UAA
mail and not just mail that was truly
identified as ‘‘loose’’ in the mail.
Practically speaking, there are very few
commercially mailed books and sound
recordings found loose in the mail.
Books and sound recordings seldom
separate from their outer wrappings.
The vast majority of pieces that are not
delivered are pieces that the Postal
Service attempted to deliver but were
refused by the addressee.
Therefore, the Postal Service is
proposing to remove DMM Section
507.1.9.2 in its entirety. To clarify their
preferences regarding UAA pieces,
mailers are encouraged to use
appropriate ancillary service
endorsements. Currently, many
commercially mailed books and sound
recordings are mailed at Standard Mail
and Package Services prices using the
endorsement, ‘‘Change Service
Requested’’, to indicate that the piece
should not be returned. This
endorsement requires that UAA pieces,
including refused pieces, be disposed of
by the Postal Service and a notice of the
new address (if applicable) or reason for
nondelivery be provided to the mailer.
Alternatively, mailers who wish to have
UAA Standard Mail or Package Services
pieces returned can use the
endorsement, ‘‘Return Service
Requested.’’ This endorsement requires
that UAA pieces, including refused
packages, be returned to the sender with
the reason for non-delivery; the sender
is charged postage at the First-Class
Mail single-piece price or Priority Mail
single-piece price, for pieces originally
sent as Standard Mail, or the
appropriate Package Services singlepiece price, for pieces originally sent as
Package Services mail, based on the
weight of the piece.
and postage is collected for return.
DMM 507.1.9.3 notes that the Postal
Operations Manual (POM) ‘‘contains
USPS policy and procedures for
handling and disposing of dead mail.
Those procedures include provisions for
the sale or donation of dead mail.
In the past, as now, commercial
mailers of books and sound recordings
could endorse their mailings to provide
for the return of undeliverable as
addressed (UAA) items to them by
guaranteeing payment upon return, or
could by endorsement, or by lack of
endorsement, indicate that return was
not requested, in which case the
undeliverable items were to be
considered as the property of the U.S.
Postal Service.
DMM 507.1.5.3 and 1.5.4 list and
describe the endorsements available to
mailers of Standard Mail and Package
Services parcels who want to have
pieces that are undeliverable as
addressed forwarded or returned. Each
of these endorsements (‘‘Forwarding
Service Requested,’’ ‘‘Return Service
Requested,’’ or ‘‘Address Service
Requested,’’), provide for return of an
item to the mailer under certain
specified conditions when the mailer
provides payment for the return at the
appropriate price.
Accordingly, the Postal Service
proposes to delete DMM 507.1.9.2. The
Postal Service recognizes that this
change may affect the ancillary service
endorsement choices of mailers of books
and sound recordings and therefore
proposes that the final rule will be
effective 60 days following its
publication.
Although exempt from the notice and
comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C.
553(b),(c)] regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C 410(a), the
Postal Service invites comments on the
following proposed revisions to the
Domestic Mail Manual, which is
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.
Background Information
DMM 507.1.9 defines ‘‘dead mail’’ as
‘‘matter which is deposited in the mail
that is or becomes undeliverable and
cannot be returned to the sender from
the last office of address.’’ DMM
507.1.9.1 sets out general procedures for
attempting to identify senders or
recipients of dead mail and the means
by which identifiable items are returned
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows:
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List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative Practice and
Procedure, Postal Service.
PART 111—[AMENDED]
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,
and 5001.
2. Revise the following section of the
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) as set
forth below:
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Additional Services
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507
Mailer Services
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Treatment of Mail
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1.9
Dead Mail
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[Delete 1.9.2 in its entirety and
renumber current 1.9.3 as new 1.9.2]
1.9.2
Books and Sound Recordings
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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.
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39 CFR Part 111
Waiver of Signature Delivery Process
Postal ServiceTM.
Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes
revisions to the Mailing Standards of
the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to
update the standards regarding delivery
of Express Mail items with waiver of
signature requested and return receipt
for merchandise items with waiver of
signature requested. We propose that
employees deliver these shipments
without first attempting to obtain a
signature from the addressee.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before July 24, 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, Monday through Friday
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., USPS
Headquarters Library, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza SW., 11th Floor N, Washington,
DC. Do not submit comments via fax or
e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monica Grein at 202–268–8411.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently,
the delivery employee attempts to
obtain a signature from the addressee
even when the sender has authorized a
waiver of signature for Express Mail
items or items mailed with a return
receipt for merchandise. Waiver of
signature authorizes delivery to be made
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Treatment of Undeliverable Books and Sound Recordings
AGENCY: Postal Service\TM\.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: 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.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 8, 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: Bert Olsen at 202-268-7276.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic
Mail
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Manual (DMM[supreg]) 507.1.9.2, as originally written (under the
section titled Dead Mail), was intended to facilitate a process for
identifying and returning to the original publisher or distributor
books and recordings that had become undeliverable as a result of being
``loose in the mail'' (contents separated from packaging and other
address information). Unpredictably, the rule has been misinterpreted
by some publishers and distributors as allowing them to reclaim
ownership of all UAA mail and not just mail that was truly identified
as ``loose'' in the mail. Practically speaking, there are very few
commercially mailed books and sound recordings found loose in the mail.
Books and sound recordings seldom separate from their outer wrappings.
The vast majority of pieces that are not delivered are pieces that the
Postal Service attempted to deliver but were refused by the addressee.
Therefore, the Postal Service is proposing to remove DMM Section
507.1.9.2 in its entirety. To clarify their preferences regarding UAA
pieces, mailers are encouraged to use appropriate ancillary service
endorsements. Currently, many commercially mailed books and sound
recordings are mailed at Standard Mail and Package Services prices
using the endorsement, ``Change Service Requested'', to indicate that
the piece should not be returned. This endorsement requires that UAA
pieces, including refused pieces, be disposed of by the Postal Service
and a notice of the new address (if applicable) or reason for
nondelivery be provided to the mailer. Alternatively, mailers who wish
to have UAA Standard Mail or Package Services pieces returned can use
the endorsement, ``Return Service Requested.'' This endorsement
requires that UAA pieces, including refused packages, be returned to
the sender with the reason for non-delivery; the sender is charged
postage at the First-Class Mail single-piece price or Priority Mail
single-piece price, for pieces originally sent as Standard Mail, or the
appropriate Package Services single-piece price, for pieces originally
sent as Package Services mail, based on the weight of the piece.
Background Information
DMM 507.1.9 defines ``dead mail'' as ``matter which is deposited in
the mail that is or becomes undeliverable and cannot be returned to the
sender from the last office of address.'' DMM 507.1.9.1 sets out
general procedures for attempting to identify senders or recipients of
dead mail and the means by which identifiable items are returned and
postage is collected for return. DMM 507.1.9.3 notes that the Postal
Operations Manual (POM) ``contains USPS policy and procedures for
handling and disposing of dead mail. Those procedures include
provisions for the sale or donation of dead mail.
In the past, as now, commercial mailers of books and sound
recordings could endorse their mailings to provide for the return of
undeliverable as addressed (UAA) items to them by guaranteeing payment
upon return, or could by endorsement, or by lack of endorsement,
indicate that return was not requested, in which case the undeliverable
items were to be considered as the property of the U.S. Postal Service.
DMM 507.1.5.3 and 1.5.4 list and describe the endorsements
available to mailers of Standard Mail and Package Services parcels who
want to have pieces that are undeliverable as addressed forwarded or
returned. Each of these endorsements (``Forwarding Service Requested,''
``Return Service Requested,'' or ``Address Service Requested,''),
provide for return of an item to the mailer under certain specified
conditions when the mailer provides payment for the return at the
appropriate price.
Accordingly, the Postal Service proposes to delete DMM 507.1.9.2.
The Postal Service recognizes that this change may affect the ancillary
service endorsement choices of mailers of books and sound recordings
and therefore proposes that the final rule will be effective 60 days
following its publication.
Although exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C. 553(b),(c)] regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C 410(a), the Postal Service invites comments on
the following proposed revisions to the Domestic Mail Manual, which is
incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39
CFR 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,
416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, and
5001.
2. Revise the following section of the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
as set forth below:
* * * * *
500 Additional Services
* * * * *
507 Mailer Services
1.0 Treatment of Mail
* * * * *
1.9 Dead Mail
* * * * *
[Delete 1.9.2 in its entirety and renumber current 1.9.3 as new 1.9.2]
1.9.2 Books and Sound Recordings
* * * * *
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. E8-15223 Filed 7-8-08; 8:45 am]
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