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Appendix F
Alaska Routes Serviced by Air
Transportation Only
The following zip codes in Alaska are
only serviced by air transportation and
have no surface transportation available.
99545, 99546, 99547, 99548, 99549,
99550, 99551, 99552, 99553, 99554,
99555, 99557, 99558, 99559, 99561,
99563, 99564, 99565, 99569, 99571,
99574, 99575, 99576, 99578, 99579,
99580, 99581, 99583, 99585, 99589,
99590, 99591, 99602, 99604, 99606,
99607, 99608, 99609, 99612, 99613,
99614, 99615, 99619, 99620, 99621,
99622, 99624, 99625, 99626, 99627,
99628, 99630, 99632, 99633, 99634,
99636, 99637, 99638, 99640, 99641,
99643, 99644, 99647, 99648, 99649,
99650, 99651, 99653, 99655, 99656,
99657, 99658, 99659, 99660, 99661,
99662, 99663, 99665, 99666, 99667,
99668, 99670, 99671, 99675, 99677,
99678, 99679, 99680, 99681, 99682,
99684, 99685, 99689, 99690, 99691,
99692, 99695, 99697, 99720, 99721,
99722, 99723, 99724, 99726, 99727,
99730, 99732, 99733, 99734, 99736,
99738, 99739, 99740, 99741, 99742,
99745, 99746, 99747, 99748, 99749,
99750, 99751, 99752, 99753, 99754,
99756, 99757, 99758, 99759, 99761,
99762, 99763, 99765, 99766, 99767,
99768, 99769, 99770, 99771, 99772,
99773, 99774, 99777, 99778, 99781,
99782, 99783, 99784, 99785, 99786,
99788, 99789, 99790, 99791, 99801,
99802, 99803, 99811, 99812, 99820,
99821, 99824, 99825, 99826, 99827,
99829, 99830, 99832, 99833, 99835,
99836, 99840, 99841, 99850, 99901,
99903, 99918, 99919, 99921, 99922,
99923, 99925, 99926, 99927, 99928,
99929, 99950.
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 121
Service Standards for MarketDominant Mail Products
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
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This final rule adds a service
standard for ConnectTM Local Mail to
the set of service standards for FirstClass Mail set forth in our regulations.
DATES: Effective date: January 22, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Pigott, 202–268–4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Introduction
On November 10, 2021, the Postal
Service filed a notice in Docket No.
MT2022–1 announcing its intent to
conduct a market test of an
experimental product denominated as
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail and
demonstrated that the market test would
comply with applicable legal
requirements. The Postal Regulatory
Commission found that the market test
met the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3641
and 39 CFR part 3045 and authorized
the market test to proceed in Order No.
6080 on January 4, 2022.
The Postal Service initially
introduced its test of USPS ConnectTM
Local Mail in Texas to align with its
nationwide rollout of the corresponding
packages product, USPS ConnectTM
Local. By the end of the second quarter,
which ended March 31, 2022, USPS
ConnectTM Local Mail was offered as a
market test product in 11 states.
Another 16 states were added in the
third quarter; 23 more were added in the
fourth quarter. Once the initial phased
national rollout was complete, USPS
ConnectTM Local Mail was offered in all
50 states and the District of Columbia.
The Postal Service is now seeking to
classify USPS ConnectTM Local Mail as
a permanent classification in the Mail
Classification Schedule (MCS). The
Postal Service has thus requested that
the service be listed in the MCS under
the First-Class Mail class in Postal
Regulatory Commission Docket No.
MC2023–12. Assuming the changes are
adopted in accordance with the
expected date of implementation of
January 22, 2023, the Postal Service
plans to add USPS ConnectTM Local
Mail as a price category within FirstClass Mail Flats. USPS ConnectTM Local
Mail will provide customers same-day
or next-day options for local delivery of
documents. USPS ConnectTM Local Mail
requires local induction through dropoff
at a participating Destination Delivery
Unit (DDU), or carrier pick-up in lineof-travel to a participating DDU.
Documents accepted by the Postal
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Service at a participating DDU by 7 a.m.
will receive a same day service
standard, while mailpieces received
after 7 a.m. at a participating DDU or by
carrier pick-up will receive a one day
service standard (i.e., they will be
eligible for delivery the following
delivery day).
II. Explanation of Final Rule
The Postal Service’s market-dominant
service standards are contained in 39
CFR part 121. The revisions to 39 CFR
part 121 appear at the end of this
document. The following is a summary
of the revisions.
A. Service Standards Generally
Service standards contain two
components: (1) a delivery day range
within which mail in a given product is
expected to be delivered; and (2)
business rules that determine, within a
product’s applicable day range, the
specific number of delivery days after
acceptance of a mail piece by which a
customer can expect that piece to be
delivered, based on the piece’s point of
entry into the mail stream and its
delivery address.
Business rules are based on critical
entry times (CETs). The CET is the latest
time on a particular day that a mail
piece can be entered into the postal
network and still have its service
standard calculated based on that day
(this day is termed ‘‘day-zero’’). In other
words, if a piece is entered before the
CET, its service standard is calculated
from the day of entry, whereas if it is
entered after the CET, its service
standard is calculated from the
following day. (If the following day is a
Sunday or holiday, then the service
standard is calculated from the next
Postal Service delivery day.) For
example, if the applicable CET is 5:00
p.m., and a letter is entered at 4:00 p.m.
on a Tuesday, its service standard will
be calculated from Tuesday, whereas if
the letter is entered at 6:00 p.m. on a
Tuesday, its service standard will be
calculated from Wednesday. CETs are
not contained in 39 CFR part 121,
because they vary based on where mail
is entered, the mail’s level of
preparation, and other factors.
B. USPS ConnectTM Local Mail
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail will be
offered as a price category under FirstClass Mail Flats. It is intended for local
document delivery. Customers will be
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able to deposit USPS ConnectTM Local
Mail items at participating destination
delivery units (DDUs) or present them to
mail carriers along their lines of travel
to participating DDUs.
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail will
receive either a same-day or a 1-day (i.e.,
next-delivery day) service standard,
depending on whether it is accepted at
a participating DDU by the CET of 7:00
a.m. USPS ConnectTM Local Mail
accepted by the Postal Service at a
participating DDU by the applicable
CET will receive a same day service
standard, while mailpieces received
after applicable CET at a participating
DDU or by carrier pick-up will receive
a one day service standard.
Payment for USPS ConnectTM Local
Mail will be offered via Click N Ship
and by USPS API as well. Tracking will
be offered to USPS ConnectTM Local
Mail customers using IMpb barcodes.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 121
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, for the reasons stated,
the Postal Service adopts the following
amendment to 39 CFR part 121:
Appendix A to Part 121—Tables
Depicting Service Standard Day Ranges
PART 121—SERVICE STANDARDS
FOR MARKET-DOMINANT MAIL
PRODUCTS
1. The authority citation for part 121
is revised to read as follows:
■
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404,
1001, 3691.
2. Section 121.1 is amended by
redesignating paragraphs (a) through (g)
as paragraphs (b) through (h),
respectively, and adding a new
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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§ 121.1
The following tables reflect the service
standard day ranges resulting from the
application of the business rules applicable
to the market-dominant mail products
referenced in §§ 121.1 through 121.4 (for
purposes of this part, references to the
contiguous states also include the District of
Columbia):
Table 1. End-to-end service standard day
ranges for mail originating and destinating
within the contiguous 48 states and the
District of Columbia.
First-Class Mail.
(a) A same day service standard is
applied to USPS ConnectTM Local Mail
pieces properly accepted at
participating Destination Delivery Units
before the day-zero Critical Entry Time
(CET); a one day service standard is
applied to USPS ConnectTM Local Mail
pieces accepted via carrier pick-up or
properly accepted at participating
Destination Delivery Units after the dayzero CET.
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■ 3. Appendix A to part 121 is revised
to read as follows:
TABLE 1—CONTIGUOUS UNITED
STATES
End-to-end
range
(days)
Mail class
First-Class Mail * .......................
Periodicals ................................
USPS Marketing Mail ...............
Package Services .....................
1–5
3–9
3–10
2–8
* Excluding USPS ConnectTM Local Mail.
Table 2. End-to-end service standard day
ranges for mail originating and/or destinating
in non-contiguous states and territories.
TABLE 2—NON-CONTIGUOUS STATES AND TERRITORIES
End-to-end
Intra state/territory
To/from contiguous 48 states
Mail class
Alaska
First-Class Mail * ...............................................
Periodicals .........................................................
USPS Marketing Mail ........................................
Package Services .............................................
Hawaii,
Guam,
MP, & AS
1–4
3–5
3–5
** 2–4
PR &
USVI
1–4
3–5
3–5
2–4
Alaska
1–2
3
3–4
2–3
4–5
13–19
14–20
12–18
Hawaii,
Guam,
MP, & AS
To/from states of Alaska and
Hawaii, and the territories of Guam,
Puerto Rico (PR), American Samoa
(AS), Northern Mariana Islands
(MP), and U.S. Virgin Islands
(USVI)
PR &
USVI
4–5
12–22
13–23
11–21
4–5
11–16
12–17
10–15
Alaska
5
21–25
23–26
21–26
Hawaii,
Guam,
MP, & AS
5
21–26
23–27
20–26
PR &
USVI
5
23–26
24–27
20–24
* Excluding USPS ConnectTM Local Mail.
** Excluding bypass mail.
Sarah Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
Final rule; correcting
amendment.
ACTION:
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 121
Service Standards for Market-Dominant Mail Products
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule adds a service standard for
ConnectTM Local Mail to the set of service standards for
First-Class Mail set forth in our regulations.
DATES: Effective date: January 22, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Pigott, 202-268-4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
On November 10, 2021, the Postal Service filed a notice in Docket
No. MT2022-1 announcing its intent to conduct a market test of an
experimental product denominated as USPS ConnectTM Local
Mail and demonstrated that the market test would comply with applicable
legal requirements. The Postal Regulatory Commission found that the
market test met the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3641 and 39 CFR part 3045
and authorized the market test to proceed in Order No. 6080 on January
4, 2022.
The Postal Service initially introduced its test of USPS
ConnectTM Local Mail in Texas to align with its nationwide
rollout of the corresponding packages product, USPS
ConnectTM Local. By the end of the second quarter, which
ended March 31, 2022, USPS ConnectTM Local Mail was offered
as a market test product in 11 states. Another 16 states were added in
the third quarter; 23 more were added in the fourth quarter. Once the
initial phased national rollout was complete, USPS ConnectTM
Local Mail was offered in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The Postal Service is now seeking to classify USPS
ConnectTM Local Mail as a permanent classification in the
Mail Classification Schedule (MCS). The Postal Service has thus
requested that the service be listed in the MCS under the First-Class
Mail class in Postal Regulatory Commission Docket No. MC2023-12.
Assuming the changes are adopted in accordance with the expected date
of implementation of January 22, 2023, the Postal Service plans to add
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail as a price category within First-
Class Mail Flats. USPS ConnectTM Local Mail will provide
customers same-day or next-day options for local delivery of documents.
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail requires local induction through
dropoff at a participating Destination Delivery Unit (DDU), or carrier
pick-up in line-of-travel to a participating DDU. Documents accepted by
the Postal Service at a participating DDU by 7 a.m. will receive a same
day service standard, while mailpieces received after 7 a.m. at a
participating DDU or by carrier pick-up will receive a one day service
standard (i.e., they will be eligible for delivery the following
delivery day).
II. Explanation of Final Rule
The Postal Service's market-dominant service standards are
contained in 39 CFR part 121. The revisions to 39 CFR part 121 appear
at the end of this document. The following is a summary of the
revisions.
A. Service Standards Generally
Service standards contain two components: (1) a delivery day range
within which mail in a given product is expected to be delivered; and
(2) business rules that determine, within a product's applicable day
range, the specific number of delivery days after acceptance of a mail
piece by which a customer can expect that piece to be delivered, based
on the piece's point of entry into the mail stream and its delivery
address.
Business rules are based on critical entry times (CETs). The CET is
the latest time on a particular day that a mail piece can be entered
into the postal network and still have its service standard calculated
based on that day (this day is termed ``day-zero''). In other words, if
a piece is entered before the CET, its service standard is calculated
from the day of entry, whereas if it is entered after the CET, its
service standard is calculated from the following day. (If the
following day is a Sunday or holiday, then the service standard is
calculated from the next Postal Service delivery day.) For example, if
the applicable CET is 5:00 p.m., and a letter is entered at 4:00 p.m.
on a Tuesday, its service standard will be calculated from Tuesday,
whereas if the letter is entered at 6:00 p.m. on a Tuesday, its service
standard will be calculated from Wednesday. CETs are not contained in
39 CFR part 121, because they vary based on where mail is entered, the
mail's level of preparation, and other factors.
B. USPS ConnectTM Local Mail
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail will be offered as a price
category under First-Class Mail Flats. It is intended for local
document delivery. Customers will be
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able to deposit USPS ConnectTM Local Mail items at
participating destination delivery units (DDUs) or present them to mail
carriers along their lines of travel to participating DDUs.
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail will receive either a same-day
or a 1-day (i.e., next-delivery day) service standard, depending on
whether it is accepted at a participating DDU by the CET of 7:00 a.m.
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail accepted by the Postal Service at
a participating DDU by the applicable CET will receive a same day
service standard, while mailpieces received after applicable CET at a
participating DDU or by carrier pick-up will receive a one day service
standard.
Payment for USPS ConnectTM Local Mail will be offered
via Click N Ship and by USPS API as well. Tracking will be offered to
USPS ConnectTM Local Mail customers using IMpb barcodes.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 121
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, for the reasons stated, the Postal Service adopts the
following amendment to 39 CFR part 121:
PART 121--SERVICE STANDARDS FOR MARKET-DOMINANT MAIL PRODUCTS
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1. The authority citation for part 121 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 1001, 3691.
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2. Section 121.1 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (a) through (g)
as paragraphs (b) through (h), respectively, and adding a new paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 121.1 First-Class Mail.
(a) A same day service standard is applied to USPS
ConnectTM Local Mail pieces properly accepted at
participating Destination Delivery Units before the day-zero Critical
Entry Time (CET); a one day service standard is applied to USPS
ConnectTM Local Mail pieces accepted via carrier pick-up or
properly accepted at participating Destination Delivery Units after the
day-zero CET.
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3. Appendix A to part 121 is revised to read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 121--Tables Depicting Service Standard Day Ranges
The following tables reflect the service standard day ranges
resulting from the application of the business rules applicable to
the market-dominant mail products referenced in Sec. Sec. 121.1
through 121.4 (for purposes of this part, references to the
contiguous states also include the District of Columbia):
Table 1. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail
originating and destinating within the contiguous 48 states and the
District of Columbia.
Table 1--Contiguous United States
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End-to-end
Mail class range
(days)
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First-Class Mail *......................................... 1-5
Periodicals................................................ 3-9
USPS Marketing Mail........................................ 3-10
Package Services........................................... 2-8
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* Excluding USPS Connect\TM\ Local Mail.
Table 2. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail
originating and/or destinating in non-contiguous states and
territories.
Table 2--Non-Contiguous States and Territories
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End-to-end
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Intra state/territory To/from contiguous 48 states To/from states of Alaska and
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawaii, and the territories of
Guam, Puerto Rico (PR), American
Samoa (AS), Northern Mariana
Mail class Islands (MP), and U.S. Virgin
Hawaii, Hawaii, Islands (USVI)
Alaska Guam, MP, & PR & USVI Alaska Guam, MP, & PR & USVI ----------------------------------
AS AS Hawaii,
Alaska Guam, MP, & PR & USVI
AS
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First-Class Mail *............................. 1-4 1-4 1-2 4-5 4-5 4-5 5 5 5
Periodicals.................................... 3-5 3-5 3 13-19 12-22 11-16 21-25 21-26 23-26
USPS Marketing Mail............................ 3-5 3-5 3-4 14-20 13-23 12-17 23-26 23-27 24-27
Package Services............................... ** 2-4 2-4 2-3 12-18 11-21 10-15 21-26 20-26 20-24
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* Excluding USPS ConnectTM Local Mail.
** Excluding bypass mail.
Sarah Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
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