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List of Subjects
§ 202.3
37 CFR Part 201
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Copyright, General provisions.
37 CFR Part 202
Copyright, Registration of claims to
registration.
Final Regulations
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Copyright Office amends parts 201 and
202 of 37 CFR, as follows:
PART 201—GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The authority citation for part 201
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.
§ 201.3
[Amended]
2. Amend § 201.3(c) as follows:
a. By removing the line beginning
‘‘Form-D barcode application properly
completed online) * * *’’ and the
phrase ‘‘; and Form CO without
barcodes or incomplete information, or
information added after printing (paper
filing)’’ from item (1) of the fee chart
titled ‘‘Registration, Recordation and
Related Services.’’
■ b. By adding ‘‘of automated databases
that predominantly consist of
photographs and updates thereto or
group registration of published
photographs’’ after ‘‘electronic filing’’ in
item (2) of the fee chart titled
‘‘Registration, Recordation and Related
Services.’’
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PART 202—PREREGISTRATION AND
REGISTRATION OF CLAIMS TO
COPYRIGHT
3. The authority citation for part 202
reads as follows:
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Authority: 17 U.S.C. 409 and 702.
§ 202.2
[Amended]
4. Amend § 202.2(b)(1) by removing
‘‘©’’ after ‘‘in the case of a sound
recording, the symbol’’ and adding ‘‘b’’
in its place.
■ 5. Amend § 202.3 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (b)(2) and
(b)(3).
■ b. In paragraphs (b)(10)(iv)(D) and
(b)(10)(v) by adding ‘‘(Form GR/PPh/
CON)’’ after the phrase ‘‘special
continuation sheet’’ wherever it
appears.
■ c. In paragraph (c)(2) introductory text
by removing ‘‘, electronically or in
printed form, on the appropriate form
prescribed by the Register of Copyrights
under’’ and by adding ‘‘by using one of
the methods set forth in’’ in its place.
■ d. By resdesignating footnotes 3
through 6 as footnotes 2 through 5.
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Registration of copyright.
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(2) Submission of application for
registration. For purposes of
registration, an applicant may submit an
application for registration of individual
works and certain groups of works
electronically through the Copyright
Office’s Web site, or by using the
printed forms prescribed by the Register
of Copyrights.
(i) An applicant may submit an
application electronically through the
Copyright Office Web site
[www.copyright.gov]. An online
submission requires a payment of the
application fee through an electronic
fund transfer, credit or debit card, or
through a Copyright Office deposit
account. Deposit materials in support of
the online application may be submitted
electronically in a digital format along
with the application and payment, or
deposit materials in physically tangible
formats may be separately mailed to the
Copyright Office, using a mailing label
generated during the online registration
process, or
(ii) (A) Alternatively, an applicant
may submit an application on one of the
printed forms prescribed by the Register
of Copyrights. Each printed form
corresponds to a class set forth in
paragraph (b)(1) of this section and is so
designated (‘‘Form TX’’; ‘‘Short Form
TX’’, ‘‘Form PA’’; ‘‘Short Form PA’’,
‘‘Form VA’’; ‘‘Short Form VA’’, ‘‘Form
SR’’; ‘‘Form SE’’; ‘‘Short Form SE’’, and
‘‘Form SE/Group’’).
(B) Short form applications may only
be used if certain conditions are met.
Short Form TX, Short Form PA, and
Short Form VA may be used only to
register a single work in a case when a
living author who is the only author of
his or her work is the sole owner of the
copyright in the work, the work is not
a compilation or derivative work
containing a substantial amount of
previously published or registered
material, and the work is not a work
made for hire. Short Form SE may be
used only if the claim is in a collective
work, the work is essentially an all-new
collective work or issue, the author is a
citizen or domiciliary of the United
States, the work is a work for hire, the
author(s) and claimant(s) are the same
person(s) or organization(s), and the
work was first published in the United
States.
(C) Printed form applications should
be submitted in the class most
appropriate to the nature of the
authorship in which copyright is
claimed. In the case of contributions to
collective works, applications should be
submitted in the class representing the
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copyrightable authorship in the
contribution. In the case of derivative
works, applications should be submitted
in the class most appropriately
representing the copyrightable
authorship involved in recasting,
transforming, adapting, or otherwise
modifying the preexisting work. In cases
where a work contains elements of
authorship in which copyright is
claimed which fall into two or more
classes, the application should be
submitted in the class most appropriate
to the type of authorship that
predominates in the work as a whole.
However, in any case where registration
is sought for a work consisting of or
including a sound recording in which
copyright is claimed, the application
shall be submitted on Form SR.
(D) Copies of the printed forms are
available on the Copyright Office’s Web
site [www.copyright.gov] and upon
request to the Copyright Public
Information Office, Library of Congress.
Printed form applications may be
completed and submitted by completing
a printed version or using a PDF version
of the applicable Copyright Office
application form and mailing it together
with the other required elements, i.e.,
physically tangible deposit copies
and/or materials, and the required filing
fee, all elements being placed in the
same package and sent by mail or handdelivered to the Copyright Office.
(3) Continuation sheets. A
continuation sheet (Form CON) is
appropriate only in the case when a
printed form application is used and
where additional space is needed by the
applicant to provide all relevant
information concerning a claim to
copyright. An application may include
more than one continuation sheet,
subject to the limitations in paragraph
(b)(10)(v) of this section.
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Dated: March 12, 2012.
Maria A. Pallante,
Register of Copyrights.
Dated: March 19, 2012.
James H. Billington,
The Librarian of Congress.
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
USPS Package Intercept—New Product
Offerings
Postal Service TM.
ACTION: Final rule with comments.
AGENCY:
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The Postal Service proposes
to revise Mailing Standards of the
United States Postal Service, Domestic
Mail Manual (DMM®) 507.5 and 508.7
to implement second phase of USPS
Package Intercept TM service introducing
an electronic process for Commercial
customers requesting USPS Package
Intercept and other related features.
DATES: Effective Date: June 24, 2012. We
must receive your comments on or
before June 15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written
comments to the manager, Product
Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Room 4446,
Washington DC 20260–5015. You may
inspect and photocopy all written
comments at USPS® Headquarters
Library, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW., 11th
Floor N, Washington DC by
appointment only between the hours of
9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday by calling 1–202–268–2906 in
advance. Email comments, containing
the name and address of the commenter,
may be sent to:
ProductClassification@usps.gov, with a
subject line of ‘‘Package Intercept—New
Product Offerings’’. Faxed comments are
not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Key at 202–268–7492 or Suzanne
Newman at 202–268–5581.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 22, 2012, USPS Package
Intercept service was introduced as a
new domestic service that replaced the
former recall of mail process. Plans were
announced to implement new features
for USPS Package Intercept service
using a phased-in approach. The Postal
Service proposes to implement the
second phase of the program on June 24,
2012, by offering an electronic
application method for commercial
customers to register and request USPS
Package Intercept service through the
Business Customer Gateway at https://
gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm.
Additional related features include
allowing these customers to redirect
mailpieces to a new address or to a Post
Office TM as Hold For Pickup service.
Additionally, customers using the
electronic process will have the option
of adding selected extra services to the
new Priority Mail® piece. Payment of all
associated fees and postage will be
made through the mailer’s Centralized
Account Payment System (ACH-Debit)
link.
Except for pieces being redirected
back to the sender that were originally
sent Express Mail®, Priority Mail or
First-Class Mail®, redirected mailpieces
would be subject to payment of Priority
Mail postage from the location where
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intercepted to the new destination based
on the dimensions, weight and zone of
the piece. An Intelligent Mail® package
barcode will be included on the
redirected new Priority Mail pieces.
The USPS Package Intercept fee
implemented on January 22, 2012, (see
Notice 123–Price List) will not change.
The USPS does not guarantee the
interception of a mailpiece.
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:
PART 111—[AMENDED]
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); 13 U.S.C 301–
307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 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:
Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail
Manual (DMM)
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Additional Mailing Services
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Mailer Services
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5.1.1 Eligibility
Package Intercept service is available
for any Express Mail, Priority Mail,
First-Class Mail, First-Class Package
Service, Parcel Select, and Package
Services mailpieces with a tracking
barcode, addressed to, from or between
domestic destinations (608.2) that do
not bear a customs declarations label,
and measuring not more than 108
inches in length and girth combined
except as noted in 5.1.2.
[Revise 5.1.2 as follows:]
5.1.2 Ineligible
Package Intercept is not available to:
1. Mailpieces sent to International
destinations.
2. Mailpieces sent to APO/FPO/DPO
destinations.
3. Domestic mailpieces requiring a
customs declarations label (see
608.2.4.).
4. Mailpieces that indicate surfaceonly transportation such as Label 127,
‘‘Surface Mail Only’’ or bears other
hazardous materials markings such as
‘‘Limited Quantity,’’ ‘‘Consumer
Commodity’’ or ‘‘ORM–D’’.
5. Mailpieces that do not contain a
tracking barcode.
5.2
5.1 Description of Service
[Revise 5.1 as follows:]
Package Intercept service provides a
method for customers to authorize
redirection of any mailable domestic
mailpieces with a tracking barcode as
provided in 5.1.1. If the mail item is
found and redirected, additional postage
is charged as provided under 5.2.
Package Intercept requests are active for
10 business days from the date of the
request. Interception of eligible
mailpieces is not guaranteed. Requests
can be made as follows:
a. Retail customers may request the
redirection of any mailable domestic
mailpiece back to the sender by
submitting PS Form 1509, Sender’s
Request for USPS Package Intercept
Service at any Retail Post Office
location.
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b. Commercial customers may request
the redirection of any mailable domestic
mailpiece back to the sender, a new
delivery address or a Post Office as Hold
For Pickup service (508.7.0) by
registering and submitting requests
through the Business Customer Gateway
at https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/
login.htm. Package information on the
mailpieces to be intercepted will be
provided by the customer to the USPS
through an electronic file exchange.
[Revise 5.1.1 as follows:]
Postage and Fees
[Revise 5.2 as follows:]
Customers must pay a nonrefundable
per-piece fee to initiate the process of
attempting to intercept the mailpiece.
The USPS does not guarantee the
interception of a mailpiece. All
intercepted mailpieces that are
redirected back to the sender through
the retail method using PS Form 1509
are subject to payment of the applicable
postage based on how the piece was
originally mailed. All intercepted
mailpieces that are redirected back to
the sender, a new delivery address or a
Post Office as Hold For Pickup service
through the electronic commercial
method are relabeled and handled as a
new Priority Mail piece. Except for
pieces being redirected back to the
sender that were originally sent by
Express Mail, Priority Mail or FirstClass Mail, the new Priority Mail piece
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is charged the applicable Priority Mail
postage from the location where
intercepted to the new destination based
on the dimensions, weight and zone of
the piece. The payment of fees are made
as follows:
a. For retail customers, payment of
fees may be made by cash, check, credit
card, or debit card at any retail Post
Office location. Payment of any
applicable return postage will be
collected from the sender as postage due
upon delivery.
b. For commercial customers,
payment of fees and any applicable
postage must be processed through the
mailer’s Centralized Account Payment
System (ACH-Debit) account link.
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5.3 Adding Extra Services
[Revise 5.3 as follows:]
Extra services may be added to
Package Intercept mailpieces under
limited circumstances. Customers who
register and file their request through
the Business Customer Gateway at
https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm
may add, and pay additional postage
for, extra services on the new Priority
Mail piece at the time of their intercept
request. Except for Registered Mail,
which retains its original extra services
identification number, the relabeled
new Priority Mail item will be assigned
a new extra service identification
number and barcode applicable to the
extra service purchased. An Intelligent
Mail package barcode will be included
on all redirected new Priority Mail
pieces and all available USPS
acceptance, processing and delivery
scans will be available to the customer
at no charge. The following extra
services may be added to the new
Priority Mail item at the time of the
intercept request:
a. Adult Signature Required
b. Adult Signature Restricted Delivery
c. Insurance
d. Signature Confirmation
e. Registered Mail must be added if
the original shipment included
Registered Mail service, but otherwise
may not be added.
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5.5 Request for Intercept
[Revise 5.5 as follows:]
Retail customers may request to have
their package intercepted and redirected
to sender by submitting PS Form 1509,
Sender’s Request for USPS Package
Intercept Service, at any Post Office
when presenting valid Governmentissued photo identification. Commercial
customers may request to have their
package redirected to sender, to a new
postal delivery address, or to a Post
Office as Hold For Pickup service
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through the Business Customer Gateway
at https://pe.usps.com/. Packages
designated for redirection to a new
address provided by the mailer that are
undeliverable as addressed will be
returned to sender as provided in 507.1.
Only the sender or authorized
representative can request Package
Intercept.
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Recipient Services
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7.0
Hold For Pickup
7.1
Fees and Postage
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7.1.1 Postage Payment Methods
Hold For Pickup service is available
to mailers using the ‘‘Hold For Pickup’’
label when postage is paid by:
[Add new item 7.1.1e. as follows:]
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e. A mailer’s Centralized Account
Processing System (CAPS) account
when used in conjunction with a
Package Intercept request.
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to reflect
these changes.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2012–7356 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0873; FRL–9653–3]
RIN 2060–AH23
Quality Assurance Requirements for
Continuous Opacity Monitoring
Systems at Stationary Sources
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The EPA published a direct
final rule titled ‘‘Quality Assurance
Requirements for Continuous Opacity
Monitoring Systems at Stationary
Sources’’ in the Federal Register on
February 14, 2012. Because we received
adverse comments to the parallel
proposed rule issued under the same
name on February 14, 2012, we are
withdrawing the direct final rule.
DATES: As of March 28, 2012, the EPA
withdraws the direct final rule
published on February 14, 2012 (77 FR
8160).
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
SUMMARY:
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No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0873. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://wwww.regulations.gov Web
site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., Confidential Business Information
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy at the Procedure 3—
Quality Assurance Requirements for
Continuous Opacity Monitoring
Systems at Stationary Sources Docket,
EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The Docket Facility and Public
Reading Room are open from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566–
1742, and the telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744.
Ms.
Lula H. Melton, U.S. EPA, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Air
Quality Assessment Division,
Measurement Technology Group (Mail
Code: E143–02), Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711; telephone number: (919)
541–2910; fax number: (919) 541–0516;
email address: melton.lula@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The EPA
issued ‘‘Quality Assurance
Requirements for Continuous Opacity
Monitoring Systems at Stationary
Sources’’ as a direct final rule in the
Federal Register on February 14, 2012
(77 FR 8160). The EPA issued a parallel
proposed rule under the same name on
February 14, 2012 (77 FR 8209). We
stated in the direct final rule that if we
received adverse comments to the
parallel proposed rule, we would
publish a timely notice of withdrawal of
the direct final rule in the Federal
Register. We received adverse
comments on the proposed rule and are
consequently withdrawing the ‘‘Quality
Assurance Requirements for Continuous
Opacity Monitoring Systems at
Stationary Sources’’ published as a
direct final rule in the Federal Register
on February 14, 2012.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 21, 2012.
Gina McCarthy,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012–7487 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
USPS Package Intercept--New Product Offerings
AGENCY: Postal Service TM.
ACTION: Final rule with comments.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the
United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) 507.5
and 508.7 to implement second phase of USPS Package Intercept
TM service introducing an electronic process for Commercial
customers requesting USPS Package Intercept and other related features.
DATES: Effective Date: June 24, 2012. We must receive your comments on
or before June 15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the manager, Product
Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Room 4446,
Washington DC 20260-5015. You may inspect and photocopy all written
comments at USPS[supreg] Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW.,
11th Floor N, Washington DC by appointment only between the hours of 9
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday by calling 1-202-268-2906 in
advance. Email comments, containing the name and address of the
commenter, may be sent to: ProductClassification@usps.gov, with a
subject line of ``Package Intercept--New Product Offerings''. Faxed
comments are not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Key at 202-268-7492 or Suzanne
Newman at 202-268-5581.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 22, 2012, USPS Package Intercept
service was introduced as a new domestic service that replaced the
former recall of mail process. Plans were announced to implement new
features for USPS Package Intercept service using a phased-in approach.
The Postal Service proposes to implement the second phase of the
program on June 24, 2012, by offering an electronic application method
for commercial customers to register and request USPS Package Intercept
service through the Business Customer Gateway at https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm. Additional related features include
allowing these customers to redirect mailpieces to a new address or to
a Post Office TM as Hold For Pickup service.
Additionally, customers using the electronic process will have the
option of adding selected extra services to the new Priority
Mail[supreg] piece. Payment of all associated fees and postage will be
made through the mailer's Centralized Account Payment System (ACH-
Debit) link.
Except for pieces being redirected back to the sender that were
originally sent Express Mail[supreg], Priority Mail or First-Class
Mail[supreg], redirected mailpieces would be subject to payment of
Priority Mail postage from the location where intercepted to the new
destination based on the dimensions, weight and zone of the piece. An
Intelligent Mail[supreg] package barcode will be included on the
redirected new Priority Mail pieces.
The USPS Package Intercept fee implemented on January 22, 2012,
(see Notice 123-Price List) will not change. The USPS does not
guarantee the interception of a mailpiece.
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:
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); 13 U.S.C 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-
1737; 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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500 Additional Mailing Services
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507 Mailer Services
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5.0 Package Intercept
5.1 Description of Service
[Revise 5.1 as follows:]
Package Intercept service provides a method for customers to
authorize redirection of any mailable domestic mailpieces with a
tracking barcode as provided in 5.1.1. If the mail item is found and
redirected, additional postage is charged as provided under 5.2.
Package Intercept requests are active for 10 business days from the
date of the request. Interception of eligible mailpieces is not
guaranteed. Requests can be made as follows:
a. Retail customers may request the redirection of any mailable
domestic mailpiece back to the sender by submitting PS Form 1509,
Sender's Request for USPS Package Intercept Service at any Retail Post
Office location.
b. Commercial customers may request the redirection of any mailable
domestic mailpiece back to the sender, a new delivery address or a Post
Office as Hold For Pickup service (508.7.0) by registering and
submitting requests through the Business Customer Gateway at https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm. Package information on the mailpieces
to be intercepted will be provided by the customer to the USPS through
an electronic file exchange.
[Revise 5.1.1 as follows:]
5.1.1 Eligibility
Package Intercept service is available for any Express Mail,
Priority Mail, First-Class Mail, First-Class Package Service, Parcel
Select, and Package Services mailpieces with a tracking barcode,
addressed to, from or between domestic destinations (608.2) that do not
bear a customs declarations label, and measuring not more than 108
inches in length and girth combined except as noted in 5.1.2.
[Revise 5.1.2 as follows:]
5.1.2 Ineligible
Package Intercept is not available to:
1. Mailpieces sent to International destinations.
2. Mailpieces sent to APO/FPO/DPO destinations.
3. Domestic mailpieces requiring a customs declarations label (see
608.2.4.).
4. Mailpieces that indicate surface-only transportation such as
Label 127, ``Surface Mail Only'' or bears other hazardous materials
markings such as ``Limited Quantity,'' ``Consumer Commodity'' or ``ORM-
D''.
5. Mailpieces that do not contain a tracking barcode.
5.2 Postage and Fees
[Revise 5.2 as follows:]
Customers must pay a nonrefundable per-piece fee to initiate the
process of attempting to intercept the mailpiece. The USPS does not
guarantee the interception of a mailpiece. All intercepted mailpieces
that are redirected back to the sender through the retail method using
PS Form 1509 are subject to payment of the applicable postage based on
how the piece was originally mailed. All intercepted mailpieces that
are redirected back to the sender, a new delivery address or a Post
Office as Hold For Pickup service through the electronic commercial
method are relabeled and handled as a new Priority Mail piece. Except
for pieces being redirected back to the sender that were originally
sent by Express Mail, Priority Mail or First-Class Mail, the new
Priority Mail piece
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is charged the applicable Priority Mail postage from the location where
intercepted to the new destination based on the dimensions, weight and
zone of the piece. The payment of fees are made as follows:
a. For retail customers, payment of fees may be made by cash,
check, credit card, or debit card at any retail Post Office location.
Payment of any applicable return postage will be collected from the
sender as postage due upon delivery.
b. For commercial customers, payment of fees and any applicable
postage must be processed through the mailer's Centralized Account
Payment System (ACH-Debit) account link.
5.3 Adding Extra Services
[Revise 5.3 as follows:]
Extra services may be added to Package Intercept mailpieces under
limited circumstances. Customers who register and file their request
through the Business Customer Gateway at https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm may add, and pay additional postage for, extra services on
the new Priority Mail piece at the time of their intercept request.
Except for Registered Mail, which retains its original extra services
identification number, the relabeled new Priority Mail item will be
assigned a new extra service identification number and barcode
applicable to the extra service purchased. An Intelligent Mail package
barcode will be included on all redirected new Priority Mail pieces and
all available USPS acceptance, processing and delivery scans will be
available to the customer at no charge. The following extra services
may be added to the new Priority Mail item at the time of the intercept
request:
a. Adult Signature Required
b. Adult Signature Restricted Delivery
c. Insurance
d. Signature Confirmation
e. Registered Mail must be added if the original shipment included
Registered Mail service, but otherwise may not be added.
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5.5 Request for Intercept
[Revise 5.5 as follows:]
Retail customers may request to have their package intercepted and
redirected to sender by submitting PS Form 1509, Sender's Request for
USPS Package Intercept Service, at any Post Office when presenting
valid Government-issued photo identification. Commercial customers may
request to have their package redirected to sender, to a new postal
delivery address, or to a Post Office as Hold For Pickup service
through the Business Customer Gateway at https://pe.usps.com/. Packages
designated for redirection to a new address provided by the mailer that
are undeliverable as addressed will be returned to sender as provided
in 507.1. Only the sender or authorized representative can request
Package Intercept.
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508 Recipient Services
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7.0 Hold For Pickup
7.1 Fees and Postage
7.1.1 Postage Payment Methods
Hold For Pickup service is available to mailers using the ``Hold
For Pickup'' label when postage is paid by:
[Add new item 7.1.1e. as follows:]
* * * * *
e. A mailer's Centralized Account Processing System (CAPS) account
when used in conjunction with a Package Intercept request.
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We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to
reflect these changes.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2012-7356 Filed 3-27-12; 8:45 am]
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