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BILLING CODE 4335–30–P
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Plus One Permanent Product
Postal ServiceTM.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
On November 10, 2021, the
Postal Service (USPS®) filed a notice of
intent to implement Plus One as a
permanent product with the Postal
Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective
January 9, 2022. This final rule contains
the revisions to Mailing Standards of
the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to adopt
Plus One mailpiece as a permanent
product.
SUMMARY:
Effective date: January 9, 2022.
Elke
Reuning-Elliott at (202) 268–4068 or
Jacqueline Erwin at (202) 268–2158.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 10, 2021, the Postal Service
filed a request to add Plus One as a new
permanent product offering to USPS
Marketing Mail saturation letters as a
new optional feature. The Postal Service
conducted a two-year market test of Plus
One, beginning September 2019.
Plus One is an advertising card
mailed as an add-on mailpiece with a
USPS Marketing Mail letters marriage
mail envelope. The host mailpiece must
be mailed as a commercial automation
USPS Marketing Mail saturation
marriage mail letter, with a minimum of
90 percent of the mailing being
saturation sorted. The remaining 10
percent must be USPS Marketing Mail
high density and/or high density plus
letters. All mailpieces must be entered
at the destinating sectional center
facility, SCF, and the Plus One add-on
card must be part of the same mailing
as the host piece, addressed to the same
delivery points.
On January 4, 2022, the PRC favorably
reviewed the addition of Plus One as a
permanent Market Dominant product
proposed by the Postal Service. The
price and DMM revisions are scheduled
to become effective on January 9, 2022.
Final product information is available
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimbra G. Davis,
Director for the Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
§ 1241.52
§ 1241.60
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under Docket No. MC2022–20 (Order
No. 6081) on the Postal Regulatory
Commission’s website at www.prc.gov.
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List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
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.
We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes.
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,
401–404, 414, 416, 3001–3018, 3201–3220,
3401–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3629, 3631–
3633, 3641, 3681–3685, and 5001.
2. Revise the 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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200 Commercial Letters, Flats, and
Parcels Design Standards
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204
Barcode Standards
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3.0 Standards for Barcoded Tray
Labels, Sack Labels, and Container
Labels
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3.2 Specifications for Barcoded Tray
and Sack Labels
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3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier
Numbers
Exhibit 3.2.4
Numbers
3-Digit Content Identifier
CLASS AND MAILING
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[Revise Exhibit 3.2.4; to read as
follows:]
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USPS MARKETING MAIL
ECR Letters—Barcoded
saturation price—(including Plus
One) high density or high density plus
price—(including Plus One)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing
Services
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602
Addressing
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Notice 123 (Price List)
[Revise prices as applicable.]
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Ruth B. Stevenson,
Chief Counsel, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
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[Add new section 11.0 to 602; to read
as follows:]
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11.0
Commercial Plus One Mailpieces
POSTAL SERVICE
11.1
General
39 CFR Parts 233 and 273
11.1.1
Definition
The commercial mail Plus One
product is a bundled offering consisting
of a host mailpiece and a Plus One card.
Both the host mailpiece and the Plus
One card must meet the applicable basic
standards of a USPS Marketing mail
saturation letter in 245.6.0, be entered at
a destination sectional center facility
(DSCF), and meet automation standards
with a correct mailing address and
intelligent mail barcode, (IMb). The Plus
One mailpiece (card) must meet the
following additional standards:
• Have at least a six-month
relationship with the host mailer.
• Be addressed to the same delivery
points as the host mailpiece.
• Be sorted and presented separately
from the host piece.
• Must not exceed 6 inches long by
9.5 inches high.
• Must be at least 0.009 inches thick,
card stock.
• Must have ‘‘Plus One’’ marking
directly below Permit indicia.
11.1.2
Mail Preparation
Each Plus One mailing must be trayed
and labeled according to 245.6.7.
Palletized mailings must be prepared
according to 705.8.10.3.
11.1.3
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11.1.4 Extra Services
Items mailed with Plus One
mailpieces may not be combined with
any extra service.
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Documentation
When requested by USPS, Plus One
mailpiece mailers must provide
standardized documentation according
to 203.3.0, to establish that the
applicable distribution standards are
met. Spoilage of host pieces may affect
eligibility to mail Plus One pieces in the
following manner:
a. File must show that at least 90% of
host pieces are saturation mail, the
remainder may be high density or high
density plus.
b. The total number of Plus One
pieces must be less than or equal to the
number of host pieces.
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Inspection Service Authority; Civil
Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
Postal ServiceTM.
Interim final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This document updates postal
regulations by implementing inflation
adjustments to civil monetary penalties
that may be imposed under consumer
protection and mailability provisions
enforced by the Postal Service pursuant
to the Deceptive Mail Prevention and
Enforcement Act and the Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act,
as well as the civil monetary penalty
that may be imposed by the Postal
Service for false claims and statements
under the Program Fraud Civil
Remedies Act. These adjustments are
required under the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990, as amended by the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015. This
document includes the adjustments for
2022 for the statutory civil monetary
penalties subject to the 2015 Act and all
necessary updates authorized by the
2015 Act for regulatory civil monetary
penalties.
DATES: Effective January 12, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Louis DiRienzo, (202) 268–3028,
ljdirienzo@uspis.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act Improvements Act of
2015 (2015 Act), Public Law 114–74,
129 Stat. 584, amended the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990 (1990 Act), Public Law 101–410,
104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), to
improve the effectiveness of civil
monetary penalties and to maintain
their deterrent effect. Section 3 of the
1990 Act specifically includes the Postal
Service in the definition of ‘‘agency’’
subject to its provisions.
SUMMARY:
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Beginning in 2017, the 2015 Act
requires the Postal Service to make an
annual adjustment for inflation to civil
penalties that meet the definition of
‘‘civil monetary penalty’’ under the
1990 Act. The Postal Service must make
the annual adjustment for inflation and
publish the adjustment in the Federal
Register by January 15 of each year. The
Postal Service has not completed the
annual adjustments for the civil
monetary penalty that may be imposed
under the Program Fraud Civil
Remedies Act. In order to satisfy the
annual adjustment requirement, the
Postal Service is making all annual
adjustments at this time. Each penalty
will be adjusted as instructed by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) based on the Consumer Price
Index (CPI–U) from the most recent
October. OMB has furnished detailed
instructions regarding the annual
adjustment for 2022 in memorandum
M–22–07, Implementation of Penalty
Inflation Adjustments for 2022,
Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (December 15, 2021),
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2021/12/M-22-07.pdf.
This year, OMB has advised that an
adjustment multiplier of 1.06222 will be
used. The new penalty amount must be
rounded to the nearest dollar.
The 2015 Act allows the interim final
rule and annual inflation adjustments to
be published without prior public
notice or opportunity for public
comment.
Adjustments to Postal Service Civil
Monetary Penalties
Civil monetary penalties may be
assessed for postal offenses under
sections 106 and 108 of the Deceptive
Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act,
Public Law 106–168, 113 Stat. 1811,
1814 (see, 39 U.S.C. 3012(a), (c)(1), (d),
and 3017 (g)(2), (h)(1)(A)); and section
1008 of the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act, Public Law 109–435,
120 Stat. 3259–3261 (see, 39 U.S.C. 3018
(c)(1)(A)). The statutory civil monetary
penalties subject to the 2015 Act and the
amount of each penalty after
implementation of the annual
adjustment for inflation are as follows:
39 U.S.C. 3012(a)—False
Representations and Lottery Orders
Under 39 U.S.C. 3005(a)(1)–(3), the
Postal Service may issue administrative
orders prohibiting persons from using
the mail to obtain money through false
representations or lotteries. Persons who
evade, attempt to evade, or fail to
comply with an order to stop such
prohibited practices may be liable to the
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[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-00396]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Plus One Permanent Product
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On November 10, 2021, the Postal Service (USPS[supreg]) filed
a notice of intent to implement Plus One as a permanent product with
the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective January 9, 2022. This
final rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to adopt Plus
One mailpiece as a permanent product.
DATES: Effective date: January 9, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elke Reuning-Elliott at (202) 268-4068
or Jacqueline Erwin at (202) 268-2158.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 10, 2021, the Postal Service
filed a request to add Plus One as a new permanent product offering to
USPS Marketing Mail saturation letters as a new optional feature. The
Postal Service conducted a two-year market test of Plus One, beginning
September 2019.
Plus One is an advertising card mailed as an add-on mailpiece with
a USPS Marketing Mail letters marriage mail envelope. The host
mailpiece must be mailed as a commercial automation USPS Marketing Mail
saturation marriage mail letter, with a minimum of 90 percent of the
mailing being saturation sorted. The remaining 10 percent must be USPS
Marketing Mail high density and/or high density plus letters. All
mailpieces must be entered at the destinating sectional center
facility, SCF, and the Plus One add-on card must be part of the same
mailing as the host piece, addressed to the same delivery points.
On January 4, 2022, the PRC favorably reviewed the addition of Plus
One as a permanent Market Dominant product proposed by the Postal
Service. The price and DMM revisions are scheduled to become effective
on January 9, 2022. Final product information is available under Docket
No. MC2022-20 (Order No. 6081) on the Postal Regulatory Commission's
website at www.prc.gov.
* * * * *
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
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.
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
reflect these changes.
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, 401-404, 414, 416, 3001-3018, 3201-3220, 3401-
3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3629, 3631-3633, 3641, 3681-3685, and 5001.
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2. Revise the 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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200 Commercial Letters, Flats, and Parcels Design Standards
* * * * *
204 Barcode Standards
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3.0 Standards for Barcoded Tray Labels, Sack Labels, and Container
Labels
* * * * *
3.2 Specifications for Barcoded Tray and Sack Labels
* * * * *
3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
Exhibit 3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
CLASS AND MAILING
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[Revise Exhibit 3.2.4; to read as follows:]
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USPS MARKETING MAIL
ECR Letters--Barcoded
saturation price--(including Plus One) high density or high density
plus price--(including Plus One)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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602 Addressing
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[Add new section 11.0 to 602; to read as follows:]
11.0 Commercial Plus One Mailpieces
11.1 General
11.1.1 Definition
The commercial mail Plus One product is a bundled offering
consisting of a host mailpiece and a Plus One card. Both the host
mailpiece and the Plus One card must meet the applicable basic
standards of a USPS Marketing mail saturation letter in 245.6.0, be
entered at a destination sectional center facility (DSCF), and meet
automation standards with a correct mailing address and intelligent
mail barcode, (IMb). The Plus One mailpiece (card) must meet the
following additional standards:
Have at least a six-month relationship with the host
mailer.
Be addressed to the same delivery points as the host
mailpiece.
Be sorted and presented separately from the host piece.
Must not exceed 6 inches long by 9.5 inches high.
Must be at least 0.009 inches thick, card stock.
Must have ``Plus One'' marking directly below Permit
indicia.
11.1.2 Mail Preparation
Each Plus One mailing must be trayed and labeled according to
245.6.7. Palletized mailings must be prepared according to 705.8.10.3.
11.1.3 Documentation
When requested by USPS, Plus One mailpiece mailers must provide
standardized documentation according to 203.3.0, to establish that the
applicable distribution standards are met. Spoilage of host pieces may
affect eligibility to mail Plus One pieces in the following manner:
a. File must show that at least 90% of host pieces are saturation
mail, the remainder may be high density or high density plus.
b. The total number of Plus One pieces must be less than or equal
to the number of host pieces.
11.1.4 Extra Services
Items mailed with Plus One mailpieces may not be combined with any
extra service.
* * * * *
Notice 123 (Price List)
[Revise prices as applicable.]
* * * * *
Ruth B. Stevenson,
Chief Counsel, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
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