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addressing requirements contained in
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addressing requirements contained in
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
New Move Update Assessment
Procedures for January 2010 for
Automation and Presort First-Class
Mail and All Standard Mail Items
Postal Service TM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Postal Service is filing
with the Postal Regulatory Commission
a notice of revisions to policies and
procedures for determining postage
adjustments for mailings of First-Class
Mail® and Standard Mail® pieces that
are determined to contain a large
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number of address inaccuracies.
Consistent with the Commission filing,
this notice and final rule provides
revised mailing standards and
procedures for administering the Move
Update standards.
DATES: Effective January 4, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Chatfield, 202–268–7278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal
Service previously published a final
rule regarding several changes to
mailing standards in support of the May
11, 2009 price change, in the Federal
Register on April 6, 2009, and stated:
* * * ‘‘Beginning in January 2010, we
establish a charge for Standard Mail
mailings not meeting Move Update
standards of 7 cents per piece, in
addition to the applicable Standard Mail
postage.’’ The notice and final rule
published today discusses tolerances for
determining when the number of
change-of-address inaccuracies in a
mailing requires additional postage
assessments at the time of acceptance,
and also discusses how the error rate
and additional postage assessment will
be calculated for First-Class Mail and
Standard Mail items at the time of
acceptance.
This assessment approach is not
designed to permit customers to
substitute payment of the Move Update
Assessment Charge for the
implementation of appropriate
processes that meet the requirements of
the Move Update standard. It is
designed to facilitate the acceptance of
mail in the event that a Performance
Based Verification (PBV) process
determines that a sample of the mailing
has an error rate above a tolerance
specified by the Postal Service. If
customers do not certify that they meet
the Move Update requirement or are
determined not to have met this
requirement, they are subject to singlepiece First-Class Mail prices on all
pieces in the mailing.
We provide additional background
and an explanation of the Move Update
standards and new procedures, followed
by changes to the mailing standards in
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM®).
Background
The Move Update standard requires
periodic matching of a mailer’s address
records with customer-filed change-ofaddress (COA) orders received and
maintained by the Postal Service. The
mailer then is required to update the
address on the mailpiece for any
addressee with a COA on file. The goal
is to reduce the number of mailpieces in
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a mailing that require forwarding or
return. Mailers who claim Presorted or
automation prices for First-Class Mail or
any Standard Mail prices must certify
that they have updated the mailing
addresses contained in the mailing
within the 95-day period preceding the
mailing date.
All deficient mailings of commercial
First-Class Mail pieces have been
subject to single-piece First-Class Mail
prices for each piece in the mailing. In
the absence of any action, the same
consequence would have applied to
Standard Mail mailings that Postal
Service acceptance procedures
determine to be deficient. This would
have been a substantial increase in
postage for Standard Mail pieces found
to be deficient at acceptance.
To mitigate this effect, the Postal
Service announced in 2008 that we
would assess 7 cents per piece for all
pieces in Standard Mail mailings with
an error rate (pieces with a COA that
were not updated/total pieces with
COAs) greater than a tolerance
established by the Postal Service. The
assessment was initially intended for
May 2009 implementation. However, in
response to strong customer concerns,
we deferred implementation until
January 2010 via an announcement in
our April 6, 2009 Federal Register
notice.
Consistent with the treatment of
Standard Mail, the Postal Service has
now decided to apply a 7-cent per piece
additional postage charge for First-Class
Mail pieces determined by acceptance
procedures to have an error rate of
greater than 30 percent, effectively
lowering the additional postage
assessments for First-Class Mail pieces.
In addition, for both First-Class Mail
and Standard Mail, the additional
postage charge would apply to the
percentage of the mailing, above the
Postal Service-established tolerance,
determined by sampling to be in error.
Procedures
Performance-Based Verification
procedures at acceptance allow the
Postal Service to test a sample of the
mailing and evaluate the effectiveness of
a customer’s Move Update processes.
The addresses in the verification sample
are compared to the National Change of
Address (NCOA) database. To determine
the change of address accuracy in the
sample, the PBV process will determine
the number of pieces within the sample
that should have been updated with
COA information (A). The PBV process
will then determine the number of
pieces that were not properly updated
(B). The PBV process will calculate the
error rate in the sample by dividing B
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by A (B ÷ A = error rate). At this time
the Postal Service has established an
acceptable tolerance rate of 30%. In
other words, only if the error rate in the
sample exceeds 30% will the mailing be
subject to an additional postage
assessment at the time of mailing. The
Postal Service has established an
exception to this process for small
samples: if the actual number of changes
of address not updated found in the
sampling is five or less (B = 5 or less),
the mailing will not be subject to the
assessment, regardless of the error rate.
If an assessment is warranted, the
assessment depends on the extent to
which the error rate exceeds the 30%
tolerance. If the error rate is 50%, the
assessment will apply to 20% of the
pieces in that mailing (50%¥30% =
20%) and 20% of the mailpieces in that
mailing will be assessed an additional 7
cents in postage. Additional examples
follow.
• If 40% of COAs were not updated,
then the assessment will apply to 10%
(40%¥30%) of the pieces in the
mailing.
• If 80% of COAs were not updated,
then the assessment will apply to 50%
(80%¥30%) of the pieces in the
mailing.
We will analyze the results of the PBV
samples periodically, and will adjust
the tolerance as needed to ensure the
effectiveness of mailers’ Move Update
processes.
The Postal Service adopts the
following changes 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 111.1.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
■ Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
amended as follows:
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, 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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3.5.4 Basis for Additional Postage
Assessments
Pieces in mailings that were not
addressed in accordance with the Move
Update Standard (under 3.5) are
ineligible for presort postage prices.
Pieces subject to an additional postage
assessment at the time of mailing for
change-of-address errors are subject to
additional postage of $0.07 per assessed
piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement
Policy, available at ribbs.usps.gov.
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3.5.4 Basis for Additional Postage
Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not
addressed in accordance with the Move
Update Standard (under 3.5) are
ineligible for presort postage prices.
Pieces subject to an additional postage
assessment at the time of mailing for
change of address errors are subject to
additional postage of $0.07 per assessed
piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement
Policy, available at ribbs.usps.gov.
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Standard Mail
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Flats
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3.0 Basic Standards for Standard Mail
Letters
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Move Update Standard
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Update standard must meet these
requirements:
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Pieces in mailings that were not
addressed in accordance with the Move
Update Standard (under 3.9) are
ineligible for Standard Mail prices.
Pieces subject to an additional postage
assessment at the time of mailing for
change of address errors are subject to
additional postage of $0.07 per assessed
piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement
Policy, available at ribbs.usps.gov.
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3.9.4 Basis for Additional Postage
Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not
addressed in accordance with the Move
Update Standard (under 3.9) are
ineligible for Standard Mail prices.
Pieces subject to an additional postage
assessment at the time of mailing for
change of address errors are subject to
additional postage of $0.07 per assessed
piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement
Policy, available at ribbs.usps.gov.
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Mail Parcels
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Change of Address for Region 4 State
and Local Agencies; Technical
Correction
3.5.4 Basis for Additional Postage
Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not
addressed in accordance with the Move
Update Standard (under 3.5) are
ineligible for presort postage prices.
Pieces subject to an additional postage
assessment at the time of mailing for
change of address errors are subject to
additional postage of $0.07 per assessed
piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement
Policy, available at ribbs.usps.gov.
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Pieces in mailings that were not
addressed in accordance with the Move
Update Standard (under 3.9) are
ineligible for presort postage prices.
Pieces subject to an additional postage
assessment at the time of mailing for
change of address errors are subject to
additional postage of $0.07 per assessed
piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement
Policy, available at ribbs.usps.gov.
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to reflect
these changes.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9–25462 Filed 10–26–09; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY: EPA is correcting the
addresses for EPA Region 4 State and
local agencies in EPA regulations. The
jurisdiction of EPA Region 4 includes
the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee. Certain
EPA air pollution control regulations
requiring submittal of notifications,
reports and other documents to the EPA
Regional office, must also be submitted
to the appropriate authorized State or
local agency. This technical amendment
updates and corrects the addresses for
submitting such information to the EPA
Region 4 State and local agency offices.
DATES: Effective Date: This action is
effective October 27, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deanne Grant, Regulatory Development
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air,
Pesticides and Toxics Management
Division, Region 4, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The
telephone number is (404) 562–9291.
Ms. Grant can also be reached via
electronic mail at
grant.deanne@epa.gov.
EPA is
correcting the addresses for EPA Region
4 State and local agencies in EPA
regulations found at 40 CFR parts 52, 60
and 61. Certain EPA air pollution
control regulations requiring submittal
of notifications, reports and other
documents to the EPA regional office,
must also be submitted to the
appropriate authorized State and local
agency. This technical amendment
updates and corrects the address for
submitting such information to the EPA
Region 4 State and local agency offices.
EPA has determined that today’s rule
falls under the ‘‘good cause’’ exemption
in section 553(b)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
which, upon finding ‘‘good cause,’’
authorizes agencies to dispense with
public participation and section
553(d)(3) which allows an agency to
make a rule effective immediately
(thereby avoiding the 30-day delayed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
3.9.4 Basis for Additional Postage
Assessment
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Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; technical
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effective date otherwise provided for in
the APA). Today’s rule simply codifies
provisions which are already in effect as
a matter of law in Federal and approved
State programs. Under section 553 of the
APA, an agency may find good cause
where procedures are ‘‘impractical,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.’’ Public comment is
‘‘unnecessary’’ and ‘‘contrary to the
public interest’’ since the codification
only reflects existing law. Immediate
notice in the CFR benefits the public by
updating citations.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve State choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely approves State law as meeting
Federal requirements and does not
impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by State law. For that
reason, this action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L.104–4);
• Does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA; and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
New Move Update Assessment Procedures for January 2010 for
Automation and Presort First-Class Mail and All Standard Mail Items
AGENCY: Postal Service TM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is filing with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a notice of revisions to policies and procedures for
determining postage adjustments for mailings of First-Class
Mail[supreg] and Standard Mail[supreg] pieces that are determined to
contain a large number of address inaccuracies. Consistent with the
Commission filing, this notice and final rule provides revised mailing
standards and procedures for administering the Move Update standards.
DATES: Effective January 4, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Chatfield, 202-268-7278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service previously published a
final rule regarding several changes to mailing standards in support of
the May 11, 2009 price change, in the Federal Register on April 6,
2009, and stated: * * * ``Beginning in January 2010, we establish a
charge for Standard Mail mailings not meeting Move Update standards of
7 cents per piece, in addition to the applicable Standard Mail
postage.'' The notice and final rule published today discusses
tolerances for determining when the number of change-of-address
inaccuracies in a mailing requires additional postage assessments at
the time of acceptance, and also discusses how the error rate and
additional postage assessment will be calculated for First-Class Mail
and Standard Mail items at the time of acceptance.
This assessment approach is not designed to permit customers to
substitute payment of the Move Update Assessment Charge for the
implementation of appropriate processes that meet the requirements of
the Move Update standard. It is designed to facilitate the acceptance
of mail in the event that a Performance Based Verification (PBV)
process determines that a sample of the mailing has an error rate above
a tolerance specified by the Postal Service. If customers do not
certify that they meet the Move Update requirement or are determined
not to have met this requirement, they are subject to single-piece
First-Class Mail prices on all pieces in the mailing.
We provide additional background and an explanation of the Move
Update standards and new procedures, followed by changes to the mailing
standards in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]).
Background
The Move Update standard requires periodic matching of a mailer's
address records with customer-filed change-of-address (COA) orders
received and maintained by the Postal Service. The mailer then is
required to update the address on the mailpiece for any addressee with
a COA on file. The goal is to reduce the number of mailpieces in a
mailing that require forwarding or return. Mailers who claim Presorted
or automation prices for First-Class Mail or any Standard Mail prices
must certify that they have updated the mailing addresses contained in
the mailing within the 95-day period preceding the mailing date.
All deficient mailings of commercial First-Class Mail pieces have
been subject to single-piece First-Class Mail prices for each piece in
the mailing. In the absence of any action, the same consequence would
have applied to Standard Mail mailings that Postal Service acceptance
procedures determine to be deficient. This would have been a
substantial increase in postage for Standard Mail pieces found to be
deficient at acceptance.
To mitigate this effect, the Postal Service announced in 2008 that
we would assess 7 cents per piece for all pieces in Standard Mail
mailings with an error rate (pieces with a COA that were not updated/
total pieces with COAs) greater than a tolerance established by the
Postal Service. The assessment was initially intended for May 2009
implementation. However, in response to strong customer concerns, we
deferred implementation until January 2010 via an announcement in our
April 6, 2009 Federal Register notice.
Consistent with the treatment of Standard Mail, the Postal Service
has now decided to apply a 7-cent per piece additional postage charge
for First-Class Mail pieces determined by acceptance procedures to have
an error rate of greater than 30 percent, effectively lowering the
additional postage assessments for First-Class Mail pieces. In
addition, for both First-Class Mail and Standard Mail, the additional
postage charge would apply to the percentage of the mailing, above the
Postal Service-established tolerance, determined by sampling to be in
error.
Procedures
Performance-Based Verification procedures at acceptance allow the
Postal Service to test a sample of the mailing and evaluate the
effectiveness of a customer's Move Update processes. The addresses in
the verification sample are compared to the National Change of Address
(NCOA) database. To determine the change of address accuracy in the
sample, the PBV process will determine the number of pieces within the
sample that should have been updated with COA information (A). The PBV
process will then determine the number of pieces that were not properly
updated (B). The PBV process will calculate the error rate in the
sample by dividing B
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by A (B / A = error rate). At this time the Postal Service has
established an acceptable tolerance rate of 30%. In other words, only
if the error rate in the sample exceeds 30% will the mailing be subject
to an additional postage assessment at the time of mailing. The Postal
Service has established an exception to this process for small samples:
if the actual number of changes of address not updated found in the
sampling is five or less (B = 5 or less), the mailing will not be
subject to the assessment, regardless of the error rate.
If an assessment is warranted, the assessment depends on the extent
to which the error rate exceeds the 30% tolerance. If the error rate is
50%, the assessment will apply to 20% of the pieces in that mailing
(50%-30% = 20%) and 20% of the mailpieces in that mailing will be
assessed an additional 7 cents in postage. Additional examples follow.
If 40% of COAs were not updated, then the assessment will
apply to 10% (40%-30%) of the pieces in the mailing.
If 80% of COAs were not updated, then the assessment will
apply to 50% (80%-30%) of the pieces in the mailing.
We will analyze the results of the PBV samples periodically, and
will adjust the tolerance as needed to ensure the effectiveness of
mailers' Move Update processes.
The Postal Service adopts the following changes 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 111.1.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
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Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is amended as follows:
PART 111--[AMENDED]
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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.
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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)
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233 Prices and Eligibility
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3.0 Basic Standards for First-Class Mail Letters
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[Add new 3.5.4 to read as follows:]
3.5.4 Basis for Additional Postage Assessments
Pieces in mailings that were not addressed in accordance with the
Move Update Standard (under 3.5) are ineligible for presort postage
prices. Pieces subject to an additional postage assessment at the time
of mailing for change-of-address errors are subject to additional
postage of $0.07 per assessed piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement Policy, available at
ribbs.usps.gov.
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240 Standard Mail
243 Prices and Eligibility
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3.0 Basic Standards for Standard Mail Letters
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3.9 Move Update Standard
3.9.1 Basic Standards
* * * Addresses subject to the Move Update standard must meet these
requirements:
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3.9.4 Basis for Additional Postage Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not addressed in accordance with the
Move Update Standard (under 3.9) are ineligible for Standard Mail
prices. Pieces subject to an additional postage assessment at the time
of mailing for change of address errors are subject to additional
postage of $0.07 per assessed piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement Policy, available at
ribbs.usps.gov.
* * * * *
300 Commercial Mail Flats
* * * * *
330 First-Class Mail
333 Prices and Eligibility
* * * * *
3.0 Eligibility Standards for First-Class Mail Flats
* * * * *
3.5 Move Update Standards
* * * * *
[Add new 3.5.4 to read as follows:]
3.5.4 Basis for Additional Postage Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not addressed in accordance with the
Move Update Standard (under 3.5) are ineligible for presort postage
prices. Pieces subject to an additional postage assessment at the time
of mailing for change of address errors are subject to additional
postage of $0.07 per assessed piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement Policy, available at
ribbs.usps.gov.
* * * * *
340 Standard Mail
343 Prices and Eligibility
* * * * *
3.0 Basic Standards for Standard Mail Flats
* * * * *
3.9 Move Update Standard
3.9.1 Basic Standards
* * * Addresses subject to the Move Update standard must meet these
requirements:
* * * * *
[Delete item d in its entirety.]
* * * * *
[Add new 3.9.4 to read as follows:]
3.9.4 Basis for Additional Postage Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not addressed in accordance with the
Move Update Standard (under 3.9) are ineligible for Standard Mail
prices. Pieces subject to an additional postage assessment at the time
of mailing for change of address errors are subject to additional
postage of $0.07 per assessed piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement Policy, available at
ribbs.usps.gov.
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400 Commercial Parcels
* * * * *
430 First-Class Mail
433 Prices and Eligibility
* * * * *
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3.0 Basic Standards for First-Class Mail Parcels
* * * * *
3.5 Move Update Standard
* * * * *
[Add new 3.5.4 to read as follows:]
3.5.4 Basis for Additional Postage Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not addressed in accordance with the
Move Update Standard (under 3.5) are ineligible for presort postage
prices. Pieces subject to an additional postage assessment at the time
of mailing for change of address errors are subject to additional
postage of $0.07 per assessed piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement Policy, available at
ribbs.usps.gov.
* * * * *
440 Standard Mail
443 Prices and Eligibility
* * * * *
3.0 Basic Standards for Standard Mail Parcels
* * * * *
3.9 Move Update Standard
3.9.1 Basic Standards
* * * Addresses subject to the Move Update standard must meet these
requirements:
* * * * *
[Delete item d in its entirety.]
* * * * *
[Add new 3.9.4 to read as follows:]
3.9.4 Basis for Additional Postage Assessment
Pieces in mailings that were not addressed in accordance with the
Move Update Standard (under 3.9) are ineligible for presort postage
prices. Pieces subject to an additional postage assessment at the time
of mailing for change of address errors are subject to additional
postage of $0.07 per assessed piece according to procedures published
in the Move Update Mailer Advisement Policy, available at
ribbs.usps.gov.
* * * * *
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to
reflect these changes.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9-25462 Filed 10-26-09; 8:45 am]
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