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Michael K. Yudin,
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Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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enforcement date of this change was
based on the review of subsequent
mailer feedback. All other requirements
that were published in the Federal
Register (78 FR 76548–76560) will be
implemented as specified.
Despite the decision to defer the
above referenced enforcement date, the
Postal Service continues to believe that
mailers who currently distribute BRM
cartons and labels for the return of
parcel-shaped items would be better
served by switching to Merchandise
Return Service® In light of mailers’
continuing eligibility to use BRM for the
payment of postage for parcel-shaped
items, and the Postal Service’s goal of
promoting enhanced package visibility,
the Postal Service expects to propose
rules mandating the use of an Intelligent
Mail® package barcode on certain BRM
cartons and labels.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2014–13042 Filed 6–4–14; 8:45 am]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Elimination of Business Reply Mail
(BRM) Parcels; Deferral of
Enforcement Date
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule; partial deferral of the
enforcement date.
AGENCY:
The Postal Service gives
notice that it is deferring the previouslyannounced enforcement date of January
25, 2015, for eliminating mailers’ option
to use Business Reply Mail® to pay
postage for parcel-shaped items.
DATES: The enforcement date for the
relevant portions of the final rule
published December 18, 2013 (78 FR
76548), is delayed indefinitely.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Newman, 603–673–2002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal
Service hereby gives notice that the
enforcement date of January 25, 2015,
for eliminating mailers’ option to use
Business Reply Mail (BRM) to pay
postage for parcel-shaped items,
previously published on December 18,
2013, in a final rule in the Federal
Register (78 FR 76548–76560), is hereby
deferred until further notice. In
particular, this deferral applies to the
requirements specified in the
amendment to Mailing Standards of the
United States Postal Service, Domestic
Mail Manual (DMM®) 505.1.4.1
(Business Reply Mail—General
Information—Description) published at
78 FR 76560. The decision to defer the
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40 CFR Part 300
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2003–0009; FRL–9911–
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National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion
of the Harbor Oil Superfund Site
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces the
deletion of the Harbor Oil Superfund
Site (Site) located at 11535 North Force
Avenue in Portland, Oregon, from the
National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL,
promulgated pursuant to section 105 of
the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is
an appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
the State of Oregon, through the
Department of Environmental Quality
have determined that all appropriate
response actions under CERCLA have
been completed. However, this deletion
does not preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: Effective Date: This action is
effective June 5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
SUMMARY:
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Elimination of Business Reply Mail (BRM) Parcels; Deferral of
Enforcement Date
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule; partial deferral of the enforcement date.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives notice that it is deferring the
previously-announced enforcement date of January 25, 2015, for
eliminating mailers' option to use Business Reply Mail[supreg] to pay
postage for parcel-shaped items.
DATES: The enforcement date for the relevant portions of the final rule
published December 18, 2013 (78 FR 76548), is delayed indefinitely.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Newman, 603-673-2002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service hereby gives notice that
the enforcement date of January 25, 2015, for eliminating mailers'
option to use Business Reply Mail (BRM) to pay postage for parcel-
shaped items, previously published on December 18, 2013, in a final
rule in the Federal Register (78 FR 76548-76560), is hereby deferred
until further notice. In particular, this deferral applies to the
requirements specified in the amendment to Mailing Standards of the
United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg])
505.1.4.1 (Business Reply Mail--General Information--Description)
published at 78 FR 76560. The decision to defer the enforcement date of
this change was based on the review of subsequent mailer feedback. All
other requirements that were published in the Federal Register (78 FR
76548-76560) will be implemented as specified.
Despite the decision to defer the above referenced enforcement
date, the Postal Service continues to believe that mailers who
currently distribute BRM cartons and labels for the return of parcel-
shaped items would be better served by switching to Merchandise Return
Service[supreg] In light of mailers' continuing eligibility to use BRM
for the payment of postage for parcel-shaped items, and the Postal
Service's goal of promoting enhanced package visibility, the Postal
Service expects to propose rules mandating the use of an Intelligent
Mail[supreg] package barcode on certain BRM cartons and labels.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2014-13042 Filed 6-4-14; 8:45 am]
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