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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
POSTAL SERVICE
This final
rule describes new prices and product
features for competitive products, by
class of mail, established by the
Governors of the United States Postal
Service®. New prices are available
under Docket Number CP2021–28 on
the Postal Regulatory Commission PRC
website at https://www.prc.gov, and on
the Postal Explorer® website at https://
pe.usps.com.
The Postal Service will revise Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM),
to reflect changes to prices and mailing
standards for the following competitive
products:
• Priority Mail Express®.
• Priority Mail®.
• First-Class Package Service®.
• Parcel Select®.
• USPS Retail Ground®.
• Extra Services.
• Return Services.
• Mailer Services.
• Recipient Services.
• Other.
Competitive product prices and
changes are identified by product as
follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Priority Mail Express
Prices
Overall, Priority Mail Express prices
will increase 1.2 percent. Priority Mail
Express will continue to offer zoned and
Flat Rate Retail, Commercial Base®, and
Commercial Plus® pricing.
Retail prices will increase an average
of 1.0 percent. The Flat Rate Envelope
price will remain at $26.35, the Legal
Flat Rate Envelope will remain at
$26.50, and the Padded Flat Rate
Envelope will remain at $26.95.
Commercial Plus prices were matched
to the Commercial Base prices in the
2016 price change and will continue to
be matched in 2021. Commercial Base
and Commercial Plus prices will
increase an average of 2.5 percent.
39 CFR Part 111
Priority Mail
Domestic Competitive Products
Pricing and Mailing Standards
Changes
Prices
Postal ServiceTM.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Postal Service is
amending Mailing Standards of the
United States Postal Service, Domestic
Mail Manual (DMM®), to reflect changes
to prices and mailing standards for
competitive products.
DATES: Effective January 24, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Foti at (202) 268–2931 or Garry
Rodriguez at (202) 268–7281.
SUMMARY:
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Overall, Priority Mail prices will
increase 3.5 percent. Priority Mail will
continue to offer zoned and Flat Rate
Retail, Commercial Base, and
Commercial Plus pricing.
Retail prices will increase an average
of 3.0 percent. The Flat Rate Envelope
price will increase to $7.95, the Legal
Flat Rate Envelope will increase to
$8.25, and the Padded Flat Rate
Envelope will increase to $8.55. The
Small Flat Rate Box price will increase
to $8.45 and the Medium Flat Rate
Boxes will increase to $15.50. The Large
Flat Rate Box will increase to $21.90
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and the APO/FPO/DPO Large Flat Rate
Box will increase to $20.40.
Commercial Base prices offer lower
prices to customers who use authorized
postage payment methods. Commercial
Base prices will increase an average of
3.6 percent.
The Commercial Plus price category
offers price incentives to large volume
customers who have a customer
commitment agreement with USPS®.
Commercial Plus prices as a whole will
increase 4.5 percent.
First-Class Package Service
Prices
Overall, First-Class Package Service—
Retail prices will increase 4.8 percent.
Overall, First-Class Package Service—
Commercial prices will increase 6.5
percent.
Parcel Select
Prices
The prices for Parcel Select
Destination Entry will increase an
average of 8.9 percent. Parcel Select
Ground prices will increase an average
of 1.3 percent. The prices for Parcel
Select Lightweight® will increase an
average of 20.0 percent.
USPS Retail Ground
Overall, USPS Retail Ground prices
will increase an average of 3.0 percent.
Extra Services
Adult Signature Service
Adult Signature Required and Adult
Signature Restricted Delivery service
prices are increasing 3.8 and 3.6 percent
respectively. The price for Adult
Signature Required will increase to
$6.90 and Adult Signature Restricted
Delivery will increase to $7.15.
Return Services
Parcel Return Service
Overall, Parcel Return Service prices
will increase an average of 4.9 percent.
Return Sectional Center Facility
(RSCF) prices will increase an average
of 4.9 percent and Return Delivery Unit
(RDU) prices will increase an average of
4.9 percent.
Mailer Services
Pickup on Demand Service
The Pickup on Demand® service fee
will increase 4.2 percent to $25.00.
USPS Premium Tracking Service
Overall, USPS Premium Tracking
ServiceTM prices will remain the same.
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USPS Premium Tracking Service Name
Change
The Postal Service is renaming USPS
Premium TrackingTM service as USPS
Tracking PlusTM service.
Recipient Services
Post Office Box Service
The competitive Post Office BoxTM
service prices will increase an average
of 23.3 percent within the updated price
ranges.
Premium Forwarding Service
Premium Forwarding Service® (PFS®)
prices will increase between 3.9 and 4.0
percent depending on the specific price
element. The enrollment fee paid at the
retail counter for PFS-Residential will
increase to $22.75 and the PFSResidential, PFS-Commercial, and PFSLocal enrollment fee paid online will
increase to $20.90 per application. The
price of the weekly shipment charge for
PFS-Residential and per container
charge for PFS-Local will increase to
$22.75.
USPS Package Intercept
The USPS Package Intercept® fee will
increase 4.1 percent to $15.25.
Other
Address Enhancement Service
Address Enhancement Service
competitive product prices will increase
between 3.7 and 100.0 percent.
Small Parcel Forwarding Fee
The small parcel forwarding fee, an
optional service first offered in January
2019, will increase 4.2 percent to $4.95.
Oversize Item Charge
As provided in the October 17, 2018,
Federal Register final rule (83 FR
52326–52330) for an overweight item,
the Postal Service is introducing a
similar charge for an item identified in
the postal network that exceeds the 130inch length plus girth maximum
dimensional limit for Postal Service
products, and is therefore nonmailable.
Oversize items identified in the postal
network will be assessed a $100 fee
payable before release of the item,
unless the item is discovered and
picked up at the same facility where it
was entered. The Postal Service is also
adding a commercial payment method,
PostalOne!, for fee payment.
Resources
The Postal Service provides
additional resources to assist customers
with this price change for competitive
products. These tools include price lists,
downloadable price files, and Federal
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Register Notices, which may be found
on the Postal Explorer® website at
https://pe.usps.com.
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
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 Mailing Standards of the
United States Postal Service, Domestic
Mail Manual (DMM) as follows:
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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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[Revise the heading and text of 11.0
to read as follows:]
11.0
USPS Tracking Plus Service
USPS Tracking Plus service allows
customers to request the Postal Service
retain scan data, or scan and signature
data for their packages, beyond the
Postal Service’s standard data retention
period, for up to 10 years. USPS
Tracking Plus service is available for
commercial packages shipped via
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail,
First-Class Package Service, Parcel
Select, and commercial packages with
Adult Signature Services. For Scan and
Signature Retention on products other
than Priority Mail Express, the customer
must have purchased an underlying
signature service, such as Signature
Confirmation service (see Notice 123–
Price List). Customers can request USPS
Tracking Plus service online at
usps.com or through a Shipping
Services File.
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing
Services
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Mailability
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[Revise the heading of 1.2 to read as
follows:]
1.2
Overweight or Oversize Items
[Revise the text of 1.2.1 to read as
follows:]
1.2.1
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
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Description
The Postal Service maximum
mailpiece weight limit is 70 pounds (see
201.7.3) and the maximum dimension is
130 inches (length plus girth). Any item
exceeding the 70-pound weight or 130inch dimensional maximum limits are
nonmailable and if found in the postal
network, must be secured for pick-up by
the mailer or addressee and assessed a
fee as provided under 1.2.3.
1.2.2
Products and Services
[Revise the text of 1.2.2 to read as
follows:]
The standard in 1.2.1 applies to any
item that exceeds the 70-pound
maximum weight limit or 130-inch
maximum dimensional limit including
return services, return to sender, and
undeliverable as addressed. The
standard in 1.2.1 for items exceeding the
70-pound weight or 130-inch
dimensional maximum limits does not
apply to the Competitive P.O. Box Street
Addressing feature in DMM subsection
508.4.5.4.
1.2.3
Fee
[Revise the text of 1.2.3 to read as
follows:]
Except for an overweight or oversize
item discovered and picked up at the
same facility where it was entered, the
overweight/oversize item fee of $100
will be assessed and must be paid before
release of the item. The $100
overweight/oversize item fee may be
paid by any authorized retail payment
method or through PostalOne!.
1.2.4
Pickup
[Revise the text of 1.2.4 to read as
follows:]
Unless authorized, an overweight or
oversize item not paid for and picked up
within 14 calendar days will be
considered abandoned and disposed of
at the discretion of the Postal Service.
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Notice 123 (Price List)
[Revise competitive prices as
applicable.]
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes.
Ruth Stevenson,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020–25833 Filed 11–19–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
48 CFR Parts 204, 209, and 252
[Docket DARS–2020–0030]
RIN 0750–AK89
Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement: Repeal of
DFARS Provision and Clause on
Reserve Officer Training Corps and
Military Recruiting on Campus (DFARS
Case 2020–D002)
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
DoD is issuing a final rule
amending the Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulation Supplement
(DFARS) to remove a provision and a
clause that are no longer necessary.
DATES: Effective November 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carrie Moore, telephone 571–372–6093.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
DFARS provision 252.209–7003,
Reserve Officer Training Corps and
Military Recruiting on CampusRepresentation, and DFARS clause
252.209–7005, Reserve Officer Training
Corps and Military Recruiting on
Campus, are included in all solicitations
and contracts with institutions of higher
education. The provision and clause
implement 10 U.S.C. 983, which
prohibits funds from being provided via
a contract to institutions of higher
education that prohibit or prevent: (1)
The maintenance, establishment, or
operation of a Senior Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC) unit at the
institution, or (2) a student at that
institution from enrolling in a unit of
the Senior ROTC at another institution
of higher education; and/or (3) the
Secretary of a military department or
Secretary of Homeland Security from
gaining access to campuses, or students
on campuses, for military recruiting
purposes, or (4) access by military
recruiters, for the purposes of military
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recruiting, to certain information
pertaining to students enrolled at the
institution.
The provision advises offerors that, by
submitting an offer, they represent that
the institution does not have any
prohibitive policies or practices subject
to the statute. The clause requires
contractors, during performance of the
contract, to not have any policies or
practices subject to the prohibition at 10
U.S.C. 983, and identifies the actions
available to the Government as a result
of a contractor’s misrepresentation or
noncompliance with the clause.
10 U.S.C. 983(d)(1) states that the
prohibition applies to any funds made
available for: DoD; the Department of
Homeland Security; the National
Nuclear Security Administration of the
Department of Energy; the Department
of Transportation; the Central
Intelligence Agency; and any
department or agency for which regular
appropriations are made in a
Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
As the legislation applies to several
Federal agencies, a FAR clause has been
implemented to create a single standard
for all agencies that are subject to the
statute. A final rule (85 FR 67619)
issued under FAR case 2018–021
amended the FAR to implement the
requirements of 10 U.S.C. 983 for all
affected Federal agencies. As such,
DFARS provision 252.209–7003 and
clause 252.209–7005 are duplicative
and no longer necessary, and can be
removed from the DFARS.
The removal of this DFARS text
supports a recommendation from the
DoD Regulatory Reform Task Force. On
February 24, 2017, the President signed
Executive Order (E.O.) 13777,
‘‘Enforcing the Regulatory Reform
Agenda,’’ which established a Federal
policy ‘‘to alleviate unnecessary
regulatory burdens’’ on the American
people. In accordance with E.O. 13777,
DoD established a Regulatory Reform
Task Force to review and validate DoD
regulations, including the DFARS. A
public notice of the establishment of the
DFARS Subgroup to the DoD Regulatory
Reform Task Force, for the purpose of
reviewing DFARS provisions and
clauses, was published in the Federal
Register at 82 FR 35741 on August 1,
2017, and requested public input.
Public comment was received on the
provision. The respondents advised that
the provision only applies to
institutions of higher education, yet it
appears in the System for Award
Management (SAM) as a provision all
contractors must complete in order to
register as a vendor in SAM. As a result
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of this final rule, DFARS provision
252.209–7003 will be removed from
SAM.
The DoD Task Force reviewed the
requirements of DFARS provision
252.209–7003 and DFARS clause
252.209–7005, and determined that the
DFARS coverage would not be
necessary, and recommended removal,
contingent upon a similar clause being
implemented in the FAR that is
available for use by all Federal agencies,
when applicable.
II. Applicability to Contracts at or
Below the Simplified Acquisition
Threshold and for Commercial Items,
Including Commercially Available Offthe-Shelf Items
This rule only removes obsolete
DFARS provision 252.209–7003,
Reserve Officer Training Corps and
Military Recruiting on CampusRepresentation, and DFARS clause
252.209–7005, Reserve Officer Training
Corps and Military Recruiting on
Campus. The rule does not impose any
new requirements on contracts at or
below the simplified acquisition
threshold and for commercial items,
including commercially available offthe-shelf items.
III. Publication of This Final Rule for
Public Comment Is Not Required by
Statute
The statute that applies to the
publication of the FAR is the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy statute
(codified at title 41 of the United States
Code). Specifically, 41 U.S.C. 1707(a)(1)
requires that a procurement policy,
regulation, procedure or form (including
an amendment or modification thereof)
must be published for public comment
if it relates to the expenditure of
appropriated funds, and has either a
significant effect beyond the internal
operating procedures of the agency
issuing the policy, regulation,
procedure, or form, or has a significant
cost or administrative impact on
contractors or offerors. This final rule is
not required to be published for public
comment, because DoD is not issuing a
new regulation; rather, this rule is
merely removing an obsolete provision
and clause from the DFARS.
IV. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and
13563 direct agencies to assess all costs
and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards
Changes
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is amending Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), to reflect
changes to prices and mailing standards for competitive products.
DATES: Effective January 24, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Foti at (202) 268-2931 or Garry
Rodriguez at (202) 268-7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule describes new prices and
product features for competitive products, by class of mail,
established by the Governors of the United States Postal
Service[supreg]. New prices are available under Docket Number CP2021-28
on the Postal Regulatory Commission PRC website at https://www.prc.gov,
and on the Postal Explorer[supreg] website at https://pe.usps.com.
The Postal Service will revise Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), to reflect changes
to prices and mailing standards for the following competitive products:
Priority Mail Express[supreg].
Priority Mail[supreg].
First-Class Package Service[supreg].
Parcel Select[supreg].
USPS Retail Ground[supreg].
Extra Services.
Return Services.
Mailer Services.
Recipient Services.
Other.
Competitive product prices and changes are identified by product as
follows:
Priority Mail Express
Prices
Overall, Priority Mail Express prices will increase 1.2 percent.
Priority Mail Express will continue to offer zoned and Flat Rate
Retail, Commercial Base[supreg], and Commercial Plus[supreg] pricing.
Retail prices will increase an average of 1.0 percent. The Flat
Rate Envelope price will remain at $26.35, the Legal Flat Rate Envelope
will remain at $26.50, and the Padded Flat Rate Envelope will remain at
$26.95.
Commercial Plus prices were matched to the Commercial Base prices
in the 2016 price change and will continue to be matched in 2021.
Commercial Base and Commercial Plus prices will increase an average of
2.5 percent.
Priority Mail
Prices
Overall, Priority Mail prices will increase 3.5 percent. Priority
Mail will continue to offer zoned and Flat Rate Retail, Commercial
Base, and Commercial Plus pricing.
Retail prices will increase an average of 3.0 percent. The Flat
Rate Envelope price will increase to $7.95, the Legal Flat Rate
Envelope will increase to $8.25, and the Padded Flat Rate Envelope will
increase to $8.55. The Small Flat Rate Box price will increase to $8.45
and the Medium Flat Rate Boxes will increase to $15.50. The Large Flat
Rate Box will increase to $21.90 and the APO/FPO/DPO Large Flat Rate
Box will increase to $20.40.
Commercial Base prices offer lower prices to customers who use
authorized postage payment methods. Commercial Base prices will
increase an average of 3.6 percent.
The Commercial Plus price category offers price incentives to large
volume customers who have a customer commitment agreement with
USPS[supreg]. Commercial Plus prices as a whole will increase 4.5
percent.
First-Class Package Service
Prices
Overall, First-Class Package Service--Retail prices will increase
4.8 percent.
Overall, First-Class Package Service--Commercial prices will
increase 6.5 percent.
Parcel Select
Prices
The prices for Parcel Select Destination Entry will increase an
average of 8.9 percent. Parcel Select Ground prices will increase an
average of 1.3 percent. The prices for Parcel Select
Lightweight[supreg] will increase an average of 20.0 percent.
USPS Retail Ground
Overall, USPS Retail Ground prices will increase an average of 3.0
percent.
Extra Services
Adult Signature Service
Adult Signature Required and Adult Signature Restricted Delivery
service prices are increasing 3.8 and 3.6 percent respectively. The
price for Adult Signature Required will increase to $6.90 and Adult
Signature Restricted Delivery will increase to $7.15.
Return Services
Parcel Return Service
Overall, Parcel Return Service prices will increase an average of
4.9 percent.
Return Sectional Center Facility (RSCF) prices will increase an
average of 4.9 percent and Return Delivery Unit (RDU) prices will
increase an average of 4.9 percent.
Mailer Services
Pickup on Demand Service
The Pickup on Demand[supreg] service fee will increase 4.2 percent
to $25.00.
USPS Premium Tracking Service
Overall, USPS Premium Tracking ServiceTM prices will
remain the same.
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USPS Premium Tracking Service Name Change
The Postal Service is renaming USPS Premium TrackingTM
service as USPS Tracking PlusTM service.
Recipient Services
Post Office Box Service
The competitive Post Office BoxTM service prices will
increase an average of 23.3 percent within the updated price ranges.
Premium Forwarding Service
Premium Forwarding Service[supreg] (PFS[supreg]) prices will
increase between 3.9 and 4.0 percent depending on the specific price
element. The enrollment fee paid at the retail counter for PFS-
Residential will increase to $22.75 and the PFS-Residential, PFS-
Commercial, and PFS-Local enrollment fee paid online will increase to
$20.90 per application. The price of the weekly shipment charge for
PFS-Residential and per container charge for PFS-Local will increase to
$22.75.
USPS Package Intercept
The USPS Package Intercept[supreg] fee will increase 4.1 percent to
$15.25.
Other
Address Enhancement Service
Address Enhancement Service competitive product prices will
increase between 3.7 and 100.0 percent.
Small Parcel Forwarding Fee
The small parcel forwarding fee, an optional service first offered
in January 2019, will increase 4.2 percent to $4.95.
Oversize Item Charge
As provided in the October 17, 2018, Federal Register final rule
(83 FR 52326-52330) for an overweight item, the Postal Service is
introducing a similar charge for an item identified in the postal
network that exceeds the 130-inch length plus girth maximum dimensional
limit for Postal Service products, and is therefore nonmailable.
Oversize items identified in the postal network will be assessed a $100
fee payable before release of the item, unless the item is discovered
and picked up at the same facility where it was entered. The Postal
Service is also adding a commercial payment method, PostalOne!, for fee
payment.
Resources
The Postal Service provides additional resources to assist
customers with this price change for competitive products. These tools
include price lists, downloadable price files, and Federal Register
Notices, which may be found on the Postal Explorer[supreg] website at
https://pe.usps.com.
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 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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[Revise the heading and text of 11.0 to read as follows:]
11.0 USPS Tracking Plus Service
USPS Tracking Plus service allows customers to request the Postal
Service retain scan data, or scan and signature data for their
packages, beyond the Postal Service's standard data retention period,
for up to 10 years. USPS Tracking Plus service is available for
commercial packages shipped via Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail,
First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select, and commercial packages
with Adult Signature Services. For Scan and Signature Retention on
products other than Priority Mail Express, the customer must have
purchased an underlying signature service, such as Signature
Confirmation service (see Notice 123-Price List). Customers can request
USPS Tracking Plus service online at usps.com or through a Shipping
Services File.
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
601 Mailability
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[Revise the heading of 1.2 to read as follows:]
1.2 Overweight or Oversize Items
[Revise the text of 1.2.1 to read as follows:]
1.2.1 Description
The Postal Service maximum mailpiece weight limit is 70 pounds (see
201.7.3) and the maximum dimension is 130 inches (length plus girth).
Any item exceeding the 70-pound weight or 130-inch dimensional maximum
limits are nonmailable and if found in the postal network, must be
secured for pick-up by the mailer or addressee and assessed a fee as
provided under 1.2.3.
1.2.2 Products and Services
[Revise the text of 1.2.2 to read as follows:]
The standard in 1.2.1 applies to any item that exceeds the 70-pound
maximum weight limit or 130-inch maximum dimensional limit including
return services, return to sender, and undeliverable as addressed. The
standard in 1.2.1 for items exceeding the 70-pound weight or 130-inch
dimensional maximum limits does not apply to the Competitive P.O. Box
Street Addressing feature in DMM subsection 508.4.5.4.
1.2.3 Fee
[Revise the text of 1.2.3 to read as follows:]
Except for an overweight or oversize item discovered and picked up
at the same facility where it was entered, the overweight/oversize item
fee of $100 will be assessed and must be paid before release of the
item. The $100 overweight/oversize item fee may be paid by any
authorized retail payment method or through PostalOne!.
1.2.4 Pickup
[Revise the text of 1.2.4 to read as follows:]
Unless authorized, an overweight or oversize item not paid for and
picked up within 14 calendar days will be considered abandoned and
disposed of at the discretion of the Postal Service.
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Notice 123 (Price List)
[Revise competitive prices as applicable.]
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We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
reflect these changes.
Ruth Stevenson,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-25833 Filed 11-19-20; 8:45 am]
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