Revisions to the Requirements for Authority To Manufacture and Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems, 10158-10159 [2016-04237]
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For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to
amend 33 CFR part 110 as follows:
PART 110—ANCHORAGE
REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 110
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 33 U.S.C. 471, 1221 through
1236, 2071; 33 CFR 1.05–1; Department of
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
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2. Revise § 110.111 to read as follows:
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§ 110.111
Marina del Rey Harbor, Calif.
An area in the main channel
encompassed within the following
described boundaries: Beginning at the
northeasterly corner in position latitude
33°58′41.6″ N., longtitude 118°26′50.8″
W.; thence southerly to latitude
33°58′30.2″ N., longtitude 118°26′50.8″
W.; thence westerly to latitude
33°58′30.2″ N., longtitude 118°26′55.1″
W.; thence northerly to latitude
33°58′41.6″ N., longtitude 118°26′55.1″
W.; thence easterly to the point of
origin. All coordinates referenced North
American Datum 1983.
Note to § 110.111: The Marina Del Rey
Harbor Master, Los Angeles County
prescribes local regulations for mooring and
boating activities in this area.
Dated: February 8, 2016.
J. A. Servidio,
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Eleventh Coast Guard District.
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evidencing systems and to reflect new
revenue assurance practices. (See 80 FR
42392–42393.) Postage collection under
the new rules will start on December 31,
2016. This document proposes minor
additional changes to the rules in
support of our efforts to collect the
appropriate revenue on mail pieces in a
more automated fashion. If this proposal
is adopted, the proposed clarifying
changes will also be implemented on
December 31, 2016. The revenue
assurance guidelines can be found in 39
CFR 501.16, and on https://
ribbs.usps.gov in the site index of
Automated Package Verification (APV)
documents, named APV Standard
Operating Procedure (SOP).
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 501
Administrative practice and
procedure.
Accordingly, for the reasons stated,
the Postal Service proposes to amend 39
CFR part 501 as follows:
PART 501—AUTHORIZATION TO
MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE
POSTAGE EVIDENCING SYSTEMS
POSTAL SERVICE
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 501 continues to read as follows:
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39 CFR Part 501
Revisions to the Requirements for
Authority To Manufacture and
Distribute Postage Evidencing
Systems
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 410, 2601, 2605, Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95–
452, as amended); 5 U.S.C. App. 3.
2. In § 501.16, revise paragraph (i) to
read as follows:
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Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Postal Service proposes
to revise its rules concerning PC postage
payment methodology by adding
supplementary information to clarify
the revenue assurance guidelines.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
March 30, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written
comments to the Manager, Payment
Technology, U.S. Postal Service®, 475
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Room 3500,
Washington, DC 20260. You may
inspect and photocopy all written
comments at the Payment Technology
office by appointment only between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday by calling 1–202–268–
7613 in advance. Email and faxed
comments are not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marlo Kay Ivey, Business Systems
Analyst, Payment Technology, U.S.
Postal Service, (202) 268–7613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
17, 2015, the United States Postal
Service published a final rule to revise
the rules concerning authorization to
manufacture and distribute postage
SUMMARY:
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§ 501.16 PC postage payment
methodology.
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(i) Revenue Assurance. (1) The
provider must support business
practices to assure Postal Service
revenue and accurate payment from
customers. For purposes of this
paragraph and the Automated Package
Verification (APV) Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP) document available at
https://ribbs.usps.gov, references to
‘‘provider’’ and ‘‘PC Postage Vendor’’
shall include postage resellers when
such resellers transmit postage revenue
to the Postal Service in any manner
other than through a PC Postage
provider. With respect to such
transactions, the resellers, and not the
PC Postage providers who provides the
labels, are responsible for complying
with these regulations. A ‘‘reseller’’ is
an entity that obtains postage through a
provider and is authorized to resell such
postage to its customers pursuant to an
agreement with the Postal Service.
(2) Specifically, the provider is
required to pay the Postage Adjustment
or to notify the customer and adjust the
balance in the postage evidencing
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system or otherwise facilitate postage
corrections to address any postage
discrepancies as directed by the Postal
Service no later than 60 days after initial
notification by the Postal Service,
subject to the applicable notification
periods and dispute mechanisms
available to customers for these
corrections. Postage Adjustment is
defined as a difference between the
postage paid for a service offered by the
Postal Service and the current
published/negotiated rate indicating the
postage due to the Postal Service for the
weight, packaging, dimensions and zone
of the mail piece as applicable. The
Postal Service will supply the provider
with the necessary detail to justify the
correction and amount of the postage
correction to be used in the adjustment
process. The provider must pay the
postage adjustment or supply customers
with visibility into identified postage
correction, facilitate a payment
adjustment from the customer in the
amount equivalent to the identified
postage discrepancies to the extent
possible, and enable customers to
submit electronic disputes of such
postage discrepancies to the Postal
Service. Further if the Customer does
not have funds sufficient to cover the
amount of the discrepancies or the
postage discrepancies have not been
resolved, the provider may be required
to temporarily suspend or permanently
shut down the customer’s ability to
print PC Postage as described in
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) 604.4.
(3) If the provider incorrectly
programmed postage rates, delayed
programming postage rate changes or
otherwise provided systems or software,
which caused customers to pay
incorrect postage amounts, within two
calendar weeks of the provider being
made aware of such error, the provider
shall correct the error and, in the event
that the amount of collected revenue is
less than the amount of revenue that
should have been collected absent the
error, (i) pay the Postal Service for the
postage deficiency and (ii) provide the
Postal Service with a detailed
breakdown of how the error affected the
provider’s collection of revenue.
(4) Except as may otherwise expressly
be agreed to by contract, the provider is
responsible for ensuring that:
(i) All customers pay (and the Postal
Service receives) the current published
prices that are available to mailers who
purchase postage through an approved
PC Postage provider; and
(ii) Payments to the Postal Service (or
the log files necessary for the Postal
Service to collect payments directly
from customers) are complete and
accurate and are initiated or
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transmitted, as applicable, to the Postal
Service each day.
(5) Each PC Postage Provider:
(i) Is responsible for ensuring that
customers are informed, understand and
agree that they may be charged for
deficient payment before they complete
their initial transactions;
(ii) Shall comply with applicable laws
and ensure that its systems, software,
interfaces, communications and other
properties that are used to sell or market
postal products accurately describe such
products;
(iii) Shall cover any costs that the
Postal Service may incur as a result of
any act or omission of such provider or
its employees, contractors or
representatives in connection with its
role as a PC Postage provider; and
(iv) In performing its obligations
hereunder, shall comply with the APV
SOP and all agreed to interface
documentation (as updated from time to
time).
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Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R02–OAR–2016–0061, FRL–9943–03–
Region 2]
Disapproval of Air Quality
Implementation Plans; Puerto Rico;
Attainment Demonstration for the
Arecibo Lead Nonattainment Area
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to
disapprove a State Implementation Plan,
submitted by the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico to the EPA on January 30,
2015, for the purpose of providing for
attainment of the 2008 Lead National
Ambient Air Quality Standards in the
Arecibo 2008 Lead nonattainment area.
While the SIP includes all of the
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Mazeeda Khan, Air Programs Branch,
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York 10007–1866, (212) 637–3715, or by
email at khan.mazeeda@epa.gov.
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I. What action is the EPA proposing?
II. What is the background information for
this proposal?
III. What is included in Puerto Rico’s
proposed SIP submittal?
IV. What is the EPA’s analysis of Puerto
Rico’s attainment plan submittal?
a. Modeling Approach
b. Modeling Results
V. What are the consequences of a
disapproved SIP?
a. What are the Act’s provisions for
sanctions?
b. What federal implementation plan
provisions apply if a State fails to submit
an approvable plan?
c. What are the ramifications regarding
conformity?
VI. What are the EPA’s conclusions?
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
a. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review
b. Paperwork Reduction Act
c. Regulatory Flexibility Act
d. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
e. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
f. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and
Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
g. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
h. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 501
Revisions to the Requirements for Authority To Manufacture and
Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes to revise its rules concerning PC
postage payment methodology by adding supplementary information to
clarify the revenue assurance guidelines.
DATES: Submit comments on or before March 30, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Manager, Payment
Technology, U.S. Postal Service[supreg], 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Room
3500, Washington, DC 20260. You may inspect and photocopy all written
comments at the Payment Technology office by appointment only between
the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday by calling 1-202-
268-7613 in advance. Email and faxed comments are not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlo Kay Ivey, Business Systems
Analyst, Payment Technology, U.S. Postal Service, (202) 268-7613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 17, 2015, the United States Postal
Service published a final rule to revise the rules concerning
authorization to manufacture and distribute postage evidencing systems
and to reflect new revenue assurance practices. (See 80 FR 42392-
42393.) Postage collection under the new rules will start on December
31, 2016. This document proposes minor additional changes to the rules
in support of our efforts to collect the appropriate revenue on mail
pieces in a more automated fashion. If this proposal is adopted, the
proposed clarifying changes will also be implemented on December 31,
2016. The revenue assurance guidelines can be found in 39 CFR 501.16,
and on https://ribbs.usps.gov in the site index of Automated Package
Verification (APV) documents, named APV Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP).
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 501
Administrative practice and procedure.
Accordingly, for the reasons stated, the Postal Service proposes to
amend 39 CFR part 501 as follows:
PART 501--AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE
EVIDENCING SYSTEMS
0
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 501 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 410,
2601, 2605, Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95-
452, as amended); 5 U.S.C. App. 3.
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2. In Sec. 501.16, revise paragraph (i) to read as follows:
Sec. 501.16 PC postage payment methodology.
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(i) Revenue Assurance. (1) The provider must support business
practices to assure Postal Service revenue and accurate payment from
customers. For purposes of this paragraph and the Automated Package
Verification (APV) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) document
available at https://ribbs.usps.gov, references to ``provider'' and
``PC Postage Vendor'' shall include postage resellers when such
resellers transmit postage revenue to the Postal Service in any manner
other than through a PC Postage provider. With respect to such
transactions, the resellers, and not the PC Postage providers who
provides the labels, are responsible for complying with these
regulations. A ``reseller'' is an entity that obtains postage through a
provider and is authorized to resell such postage to its customers
pursuant to an agreement with the Postal Service.
(2) Specifically, the provider is required to pay the Postage
Adjustment or to notify the customer and adjust the balance in the
postage evidencing
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system or otherwise facilitate postage corrections to address any
postage discrepancies as directed by the Postal Service no later than
60 days after initial notification by the Postal Service, subject to
the applicable notification periods and dispute mechanisms available to
customers for these corrections. Postage Adjustment is defined as a
difference between the postage paid for a service offered by the Postal
Service and the current published/negotiated rate indicating the
postage due to the Postal Service for the weight, packaging, dimensions
and zone of the mail piece as applicable. The Postal Service will
supply the provider with the necessary detail to justify the correction
and amount of the postage correction to be used in the adjustment
process. The provider must pay the postage adjustment or supply
customers with visibility into identified postage correction,
facilitate a payment adjustment from the customer in the amount
equivalent to the identified postage discrepancies to the extent
possible, and enable customers to submit electronic disputes of such
postage discrepancies to the Postal Service. Further if the Customer
does not have funds sufficient to cover the amount of the discrepancies
or the postage discrepancies have not been resolved, the provider may
be required to temporarily suspend or permanently shut down the
customer's ability to print PC Postage as described in Domestic Mail
Manual (DMM) 604.4.
(3) If the provider incorrectly programmed postage rates, delayed
programming postage rate changes or otherwise provided systems or
software, which caused customers to pay incorrect postage amounts,
within two calendar weeks of the provider being made aware of such
error, the provider shall correct the error and, in the event that the
amount of collected revenue is less than the amount of revenue that
should have been collected absent the error, (i) pay the Postal Service
for the postage deficiency and (ii) provide the Postal Service with a
detailed breakdown of how the error affected the provider's collection
of revenue.
(4) Except as may otherwise expressly be agreed to by contract, the
provider is responsible for ensuring that:
(i) All customers pay (and the Postal Service receives) the current
published prices that are available to mailers who purchase postage
through an approved PC Postage provider; and
(ii) Payments to the Postal Service (or the log files necessary for
the Postal Service to collect payments directly from customers) are
complete and accurate and are initiated or transmitted, as applicable,
to the Postal Service each day.
(5) Each PC Postage Provider:
(i) Is responsible for ensuring that customers are informed,
understand and agree that they may be charged for deficient payment
before they complete their initial transactions;
(ii) Shall comply with applicable laws and ensure that its systems,
software, interfaces, communications and other properties that are used
to sell or market postal products accurately describe such products;
(iii) Shall cover any costs that the Postal Service may incur as a
result of any act or omission of such provider or its employees,
contractors or representatives in connection with its role as a PC
Postage provider; and
(iv) In performing its obligations hereunder, shall comply with the
APV SOP and all agreed to interface documentation (as updated from time
to time).
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
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