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and Saturation Flats on SCF Pallets
regardless of the entry (None, DNDC,
and DSCF). This preparation assures
that no bundle sorting is required prior
to the final processing plant.
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Eliminate Zip Coding of Mailing Lists
and Correction of Mailing Lists as AMS
Products
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
New Mailing Standards for Domestic
Mailing Services Products
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
On October 7, 2022, the Postal
Service (USPS®) filed a notice of
mailing services price adjustments with
the Postal Regulatory Commission
(PRC), effective January 22, 2023. This
final rule contains the revisions to
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM®) to implement the changes
coincident with the price adjustments
and other minor DMM changes.
DATES: Effective Date: January 22, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doriane Harley at (202) 268–2537 or
Dale Kennedy at (202) 268–6592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 28, 2022, the PRC favorably
reviewed the price adjustments
proposed by the Postal Service. The
price adjustments and DMM revisions
are scheduled to become effective on
January 22, 2023. Final prices are
available under Docket No. R2023–1
(Order No. 6341) on the Postal
Regulatory Commission’s website at
www.prc.gov.
SUMMARY:
Discount for Marketing Mail Flats on
SCF Pallets
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Currently, the Postal Service offers
discounts for Carrier Route, High
Density, High Density Plus, and
Saturation Flats on 5-Digit or 5-Digit
Scheme (direct) containers. Similar
discounts would now be offered to flatshaped Marketing Mail pieces on SCF
Pallets. This proposed discount will be
applicable to Automation and
Nonautomation (3-Digit and 5-Digit
Presort) Flats, Carrier Route Flats, High
Density Flats, High Density Plus Flats
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Currently, the Postal Service offers
mailing list services for manual
correction of name and address on
occupant lists and manual sorting of
mailing lists on cards by 5-digit ZIP
Code.
The Postal Service is proposing to
discontinue these two services due to
low volume usage and the availability of
other Address Management products
that allows more efficient access to the
same information in an electronic
format.
Elimination of Legacy Extra Service
Labels
In an attempt to reduce duplicate
labels, the Postal Service is eliminating
the following legacy labels: PS 153
Signature Confirmation, PS 3800
Certified Mail, PS 3813 Insured Mail
$500 and under, and PS 3813–P Insured
Mail over $500. These labels will be
replaced with IMpb compliant versions.
Mailers that continue to use the
eliminated labels will be subject to the
IMpb Noncompliance Fee.
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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.
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 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
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Additional Mailing Services
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Extra Services
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Forms and Labels
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2023 Mailing Promotions
The Postal Service has been incenting
mailers to integrate mobile technology
and use innovative print techniques in
commercial mail since 2012. These
promotions have become an integral
way for industry to try new things and
innovate their mail campaigns. A 2023
Promotions Calendar is planned with
opportunities for mailers to receive a
postage discount by applying treatments
or integrating technology in their mail
campaigns.
Market Dominant comments on
Proposed changes and USPS responses.
The Postal Service did not receive any
formal comments on the October 2022
proposed rule (87 FR 63741–63743).
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes.
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1.7.5 Legacy Extra Service Labels
Certain legacy extra service labels are
no longer valid and have been replaced
with IMpb compliant versions that have
a tracking number beginning with ‘‘92’’
or higher. Mailers using noncompliant
versions of the following extra service
labels will be subject to the IMpb
Noncompliance Fee (see Notice 123—
Price List):
a. PS 153 Signature Confirmation
b. PS 3800 Certified Mail
c. PS 3813 Insured Mail $500 and
under
d. PS 3813–P Insured Mail over
$500
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 240 / Thursday, December 15, 2022 / Rules and Regulations
[Revise the heading ‘‘8.0 Mailing List
Services’’ to read as follows:]
8.0
Address Management System
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[Replace current section 8.0 with new
text to read as follows:]
8.0
Address Management System
8.1 Address Management System
Products and Fees
For Address Management System
(AMS) products and fees, see Notice
123—Price List.
8.1.2 Carrier Route Information
System
The official city delivery scheme,
called the Carrier Route Information
System, is available to mailers.
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Preparing Pallets
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Pallet Presort and Labeling
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8.2.3 Procedure
Election boards or voter registration
commissions using permanent
registration may obtain residential
change-of-address information from
Forms 3575:
a. An authorized official of the board
or commission must sign and submit to
the manager, address management
systems (district), a written request that
lists the Post Offices for which changeof-address information is desired.
b. If the request is approved, an
agreement must be obtained from and
signed by an authorized official of the
board or commission detailing the terms
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follows]
e. SCF, required, permitted for
bundles, sacks, and trays. Pallet may
contain carrier route, automation price,
and/or Presorted price mail for the 3digit ZIP Code groups in L005, or L051
for Parcel Select Lightweight sacks.
Mailers may, at their option, place
AADC trays on SCF pallets when the
tray‘s ‘‘label to’’ 3-digit ZIP Code (from
L801) is within that SCF’s service area.
Mailers may also, at their option, place
mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays,
labeled per L010, on an SCF pallet
entered at the SCF facility responsible
for the processing of mixed ADC or
mixed AADC trays for that NDC/ASF
facility. The SCF Pallet discount applies
to 3-Digit, 5-Digit, Carrier Route, High
Density, High Density Plus, Saturation
(including EDDM—Not Retail) USPS
Marketing Mail flat shaped pieces on a
SCF pallet entered at an Origin (None),
DNDC, or DSCF entry. SCF pallet
discount does not apply to Marketing
Mail letters or parcels. Labeling: * * *
Notice 123 (Price List)
[Revise prices as applicable.]
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes.
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Sarah Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.
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[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2021–0946; FRL–9334.1–
01–OLEM]
Standards and Practices for All
Appropriate Inquiries
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
EPA is taking final action to
amend the Standards and Practices for
All Appropriate Inquiries to reference a
standard practice recently made
available by ASTM International, a
widely recognized standards developing
organization. Specifically, this final rule
amends the All Appropriate Inquiries
Rule (AAI rule) to reference ASTM
International’s E1527–21 ‘‘Standard
Practice for Environmental Site
Assessments: Phase I Environmental
Site Assessment Process’’ and allow for
its use to satisfy the requirements for
conducting all appropriate inquiries
under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, and to remove after
one year recognition of the previous
version of that standard, ASTM E1527–
13, as compliant with the AAI rule.
DATES: This rule is effective on February
13, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more detailed information on specific
aspects of this rule, contact Patricia
Overmeyer, Office of Brownfields and
Land Revitalization (5105T), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460–0002, 202–566–2774, or
Overmeyer.patricia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
SUMMARY:
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8.2.2 Fee Assessment
The fee for address changes provided
to election boards and voter registration
commissions is assessed for each Form
3575 submitted. The fee is collected on
a per card basis regardless of the
number of changes made on the card
and whether the change concerns a
person on the board’s or commission’s
list of registrants. Instead of the actual
forms, the USPS may supply facsimiles
of the forms or copies of the information
they contain at no additional fee.
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AGENCY:
8.10.3 USPS Marketing Mail or Parcel
Select Lightweight—Bundles, Sacks, or
Trays
8.2.1 General
Election boards or voter registration
commissions may use the ‘‘Return
Service Requested’’ endorsement and/or
the National Change of Address Linkage
System (NCOALink) to maintain current
address lists.
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Registration Commissions
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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8.1.3 Address Changes to Election
Boards and Voter Registration
Commissions
For the designated fee, the USPS
provides address changes to election
boards and voter registration
commissions.
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under which the change-of-address
information is to be released.
c. The board or commission receives
the requested information from the
postmasters of the listed Post Offices
and pays those postmasters the
applicable fees.
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Table of Contents
I. Does this action apply to me?
II. Statutory Authority
III. Background
IV. Summary of Comments
V. What action is the EPA taking?
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Does this action apply to me?
This action offers certain parties the
option of using an available industry
standard to conduct all appropriate
inquiries. Parties purchasing potentially
contaminated properties may use the
ASTM E1527–21 standard practice to
comply with the all appropriate
inquiries requirements of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76577-76578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26973]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On October 7, 2022, the Postal Service (USPS[supreg]) filed a
notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory
Commission (PRC), effective January 22, 2023. This final rule contains
the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to implement the changes coincident
with the price adjustments and other minor DMM changes.
DATES: Effective Date: January 22, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doriane Harley at (202) 268-2537 or
Dale Kennedy at (202) 268-6592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 28, 2022, the PRC favorably
reviewed the price adjustments proposed by the Postal Service. The
price adjustments and DMM revisions are scheduled to become effective
on January 22, 2023. Final prices are available under Docket No. R2023-
1 (Order No. 6341) on the Postal Regulatory Commission's website at
www.prc.gov.
Discount for Marketing Mail Flats on SCF Pallets
Currently, the Postal Service offers discounts for Carrier Route,
High Density, High Density Plus, and Saturation Flats on 5-Digit or 5-
Digit Scheme (direct) containers. Similar discounts would now be
offered to flat-shaped Marketing Mail pieces on SCF Pallets. This
proposed discount will be applicable to Automation and Nonautomation
(3-Digit and 5-Digit Presort) Flats, Carrier Route Flats, High Density
Flats, High Density Plus Flats and Saturation Flats on SCF Pallets
regardless of the entry (None, DNDC, and DSCF). This preparation
assures that no bundle sorting is required prior to the final
processing plant.
Eliminate Zip Coding of Mailing Lists and Correction of Mailing Lists
as AMS Products
Currently, the Postal Service offers mailing list services for
manual correction of name and address on occupant lists and manual
sorting of mailing lists on cards by 5-digit ZIP Code.
The Postal Service is proposing to discontinue these two services
due to low volume usage and the availability of other Address
Management products that allows more efficient access to the same
information in an electronic format.
Elimination of Legacy Extra Service Labels
In an attempt to reduce duplicate labels, the Postal Service is
eliminating the following legacy labels: PS 153 Signature Confirmation,
PS 3800 Certified Mail, PS 3813 Insured Mail $500 and under, and PS
3813-P Insured Mail over $500. These labels will be replaced with IMpb
compliant versions. Mailers that continue to use the eliminated labels
will be subject to the IMpb Noncompliance Fee.
2023 Mailing Promotions
The Postal Service has been incenting mailers to integrate mobile
technology and use innovative print techniques in commercial mail since
2012. These promotions have become an integral way for industry to try
new things and innovate their mail campaigns. A 2023 Promotions
Calendar is planned with opportunities for mailers to receive a postage
discount by applying treatments or integrating technology in their mail
campaigns.
Market Dominant comments on Proposed changes and USPS responses.
The Postal Service did not receive any formal comments on the
October 2022 proposed rule (87 FR 63741-63743).
* * * * *
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
reflect these changes.
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.
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 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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500 Additional Mailing Services
503 Extra Services
1.0 Basic Standards for All Extra Services
* * * * *
1.7 Forms and Labels
* * * * *
[Add new 1.7.5 to read as follows:]
1.7.5 Legacy Extra Service Labels
Certain legacy extra service labels are no longer valid and have
been replaced with IMpb compliant versions that have a tracking number
beginning with ``92'' or higher. Mailers using noncompliant versions of
the following extra service labels will be subject to the IMpb
Noncompliance Fee (see Notice 123--Price List):
a. PS 153 Signature Confirmation
b. PS 3800 Certified Mail
c. PS 3813 Insured Mail $500 and under
d. PS 3813-P Insured Mail over $500
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507 Mailer Services
Overview
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[Revise the heading ``8.0 Mailing List Services'' to read as
follows:]
8.0 Address Management System
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[Replace current section 8.0 with new text to read as follows:]
8.0 Address Management System
8.1 Address Management System Products and Fees
For Address Management System (AMS) products and fees, see Notice
123--Price List.
8.1.2 Carrier Route Information System
The official city delivery scheme, called the Carrier Route
Information System, is available to mailers.
8.1.3 Address Changes to Election Boards and Voter Registration
Commissions
For the designated fee, the USPS provides address changes to
election boards and voter registration commissions.
8.2 Election Boards and Voter Registration Commissions
8.2.1 General
Election boards or voter registration commissions may use the
``Return Service Requested'' endorsement and/or the National Change of
Address Linkage System (NCOA\Link\) to maintain current address lists.
8.2.2 Fee Assessment
The fee for address changes provided to election boards and voter
registration commissions is assessed for each Form 3575 submitted. The
fee is collected on a per card basis regardless of the number of
changes made on the card and whether the change concerns a person on
the board's or commission's list of registrants. Instead of the actual
forms, the USPS may supply facsimiles of the forms or copies of the
information they contain at no additional fee.
8.2.3 Procedure
Election boards or voter registration commissions using permanent
registration may obtain residential change-of-address information from
Forms 3575:
a. An authorized official of the board or commission must sign and
submit to the manager, address management systems (district), a written
request that lists the Post Offices for which change-of-address
information is desired.
b. If the request is approved, an agreement must be obtained from
and signed by an authorized official of the board or commission
detailing the terms under which the change-of-address information is to
be released.
c. The board or commission receives the requested information from
the postmasters of the listed Post Offices and pays those postmasters
the applicable fees.
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705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
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8.0 Preparing Pallets
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8.10 Pallet Presort and Labeling
* * * * *
8.10.3 USPS Marketing Mail or Parcel Select Lightweight--Bundles,
Sacks, or Trays
* * * * *
[Revise the text of 8.10.3e to read as follows]
e. SCF, required, permitted for bundles, sacks, and trays. Pallet
may contain carrier route, automation price, and/or Presorted price
mail for the 3-digit ZIP Code groups in L005, or L051 for Parcel Select
Lightweight sacks. Mailers may, at their option, place AADC trays on
SCF pallets when the tray`s ``label to'' 3-digit ZIP Code (from L801)
is within that SCF's service area. Mailers may also, at their option,
place mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays, labeled per L010, on an SCF pallet
entered at the SCF facility responsible for the processing of mixed ADC
or mixed AADC trays for that NDC/ASF facility. The SCF Pallet discount
applies to 3-Digit, 5-Digit, Carrier Route, High Density, High Density
Plus, Saturation (including EDDM--Not Retail) USPS Marketing Mail flat
shaped pieces on a SCF pallet entered at an Origin (None), DNDC, or
DSCF entry. SCF pallet discount does not apply to Marketing Mail
letters or parcels. Labeling: * * *
Notice 123 (Price List)
[Revise prices as applicable.]
* * * * *
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
reflect these changes.
Sarah Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-26973 Filed 12-14-22; 8:45 am]
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