Parcel Processing Categories Simplification, 53914-53932 [2024-13924]
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to disclosure. Do not enclose any
material in your comments that you
consider to be confidential or
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Currently, the standards in DMM
section 203.4.8.1 do not require the use
of optional endorsement lines or carrier
route information lines on USPS
Marketing Mail letters in full carrier
route trays.
The Postal Service is proposing to
amend the standards in DMM section
203.8.1 to require optional endorsement
lines or carrier route information lines
on all USPS Marketing Mail carrier
route letters.
The Postal Service is proposing to
implement this change effective August
25, 2024.
We believe that the proposed revision
will provide consistency and clarity for
carrier route mail preparation.
Although exempt from the notice and
comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553(b), (c)) regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the
Postal Service invites public comment
on the following proposed revisions to
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), incorporated by reference in the
Code of Federal Regulations.
We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, the Postal Service
proposes 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):
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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Carrier Route Information Lines
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8.1
Basic Information
[Revise the last sentence of 8.1 to read
as follows:]
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endorsement lines or carrier route
information lines on all pieces in
mailings of USPS Marketing Mail letters
prepared under 245.6.7.
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Ruth Stevenson,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024–13942 Filed 6–27–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Parcel Processing Categories
Simplification
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Postal Service is
proposing to amend Mailing Standards
of the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) in
various sections to simplify the parcel
processing categories.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written
comments to the manager, Product
Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 4446,
Washington, DC 20260–5015. If sending
comments by email, include the name
and address of the commenter and send
to PCFederalRegister@usps.gov, with a
subject line of ‘‘Parcel Processing
Categories’’. Faxed comments are not
accepted.
You may inspect and photocopy all
written comments, by appointment
only, at USPS® Headquarters Library,
475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 11th Floor
North, Washington, DC, 20260. These
records are available for review on
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.,
by calling 202–268–2906.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Jarboe at (202) 268–7690, or
Garry Rodriguez at (202) 268–7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All
submitted comments and attachments
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consider to be confidential or
inappropriate for public disclosure.
Currently, the Postal Service has three
parcel processing categories:
machinable, irregular, and
nonmachinable. The Postal Service is
proposing to simplify the parcel
processing categories by making
revisions to the physical standards of
the machinable processing category and
consolidating the irregular and
nonmachinable processing categories
and renaming it ‘‘Nonstandard Parcels’’.
The Postal Service is proposing to
revise the ‘‘machinable’’ processing
category by removing the minimum size
dimensions requirement and, except for
USPS Marketing Mail parcels, the
minimum weight requirement. Except
for cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar
shaped pieces, and for labeling
requirements in Publication 52,
Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable
Mail, the minimum size of a machinable
parcel will be determined by if it is large
enough to hold the required delivery
address, return address, mailing labels,
postage, barcode, endorsements, and
other mail markings on a single optical
plane without bending, folding, or
overlapping. All labels and markings
must meet the applicable specifications
(e.g., DMM, Publication 199, Parcel
Labeling Guide). A parcel that does not
meet this requirement will be
considered nonmailable. Except for
USPS Marketing Mail parcels, which
will continue to have the 3.5 ounce
minimum to be a machinable parcel, the
minimum weight requirement for other
parcels will no longer be a factor in
determining machinability.
The proposed ‘‘Nonstandard Parcels’’
processing category will continue to
have a size and weight component that
will consist of parcels that exceed the
maximum dimensions of a machinable
parcel, parcels that weigh less than the
3.5-ounce minimum weight for USPS
Marketing Mail parcels only, and
parcels that exceed the 25 pound
maximum weight for a machinable
parcel. The ‘‘Nonstandard Parcels’’
processing category will also have a
‘‘Characteristics’’ component that will
define the criteria that will be used to
determine if a parcel is nonstandard
(e.g., cylindrical tubes and rolls,
packaging). The ‘‘Characteristics’’
component of ‘‘Nonstandard Parcels’’
will be supported by DMM sections
601.3.0, Packaging, and 601.4.0,
Acceptable Mailing Containers. The
packaging criteria in DMM section
601.7.0, Packaging Standards for Mail
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Centers, will be consolidated into DMM
section 601.3.0. The Postal Service is
also proposing to revise the packaging
standards under DMM section 601.3.0 to
include that except for hazardous,
restricted, and perishable items as
provided in Publication 52, all other
parcel priced pieces must be packaged
in a box or other acceptable container
that meets the applicable standards
under DMM sections 601.3.0 and
601.4.0.
The proposed revisions to parcel
processing categories will not affect the
Priority Mail Express®, Priority Mail®,
USPS Ground Advantage®, or USPS
Connect® Local, products. The proposed
revisions will result in no minimum
size dimensions requirement, except for
USPS Marketing Mail no minimum
weight requirements, and a
nomenclature change, for parcel
preparation under the Parcel Select®
Destination Entry, Library Mail, Media
Mail®, Bound Printed Matter,
Periodicals, and USPS Marketing Mail
parcels (regular and nonprofit) products.
In addition, the Postal Service is also
proposing to make minor revisions to
the ‘‘Additional Physical Standards’’
subsections under DMM 101 and 201 to
remove redundancy.
The Postal Service intends to notify
the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)
of these revisions for updates to the
Mail Classification Schedule in a future
filing. The Postal Service also intends to
revise all collateral material (e.g., Notice
123, Price List) in a future update.
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Proposed Effective Date
The Postal Service is proposing to
have November 1, 2024, as the effective
date. However, sack, tray, and pallet,
label compliance would not be in effect
until January 19, 2025.
We believe these proposed revisions
will simplify the parcel processing
categories providing mailers with a
more efficient process for shipping.
Although exempt from the notice and
comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553(b), (c)) regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the
Postal Service invites public comment
on the proposed revisions to Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM),
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect
these changes.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
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Accordingly, the Postal Service
proposes 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):
not measure more than 130 inches in
length and girth combined, no mailpiece
may measure more than 108 inches in
length and girth combined. For parcels,
length is the distance of the longest
dimension and girth is the distance
around the thickest part.
PART 111—[AMENDED]
3.2.2
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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Physical Standards for Parcels
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3.1 Processing Categories
[Revise the text of 3.1 to read as
follows:]
USPS categorizes parcels into one of
two mail processing categories:
machinable or nonstandard parcel.
These categories are based on the
physical dimensions of the parcel, and
the placement of the delivery address
and all required labels on the parcel (see
601.1.1.5 for mailabilty). For additional
information on the machinable and
nonstandard processing categories see
201.7.0.
[Revise the heading and text of 3.2 to
read as follows:]
3.2
Size and Weight
3.2.1 Size
Parcel sizes are as follows:
a. Minimum size: Except for
cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar
shaped pieces and labeling exceptions
in Publication 52, all parcels must be
large enough to hold the required
delivery address, return address,
mailing labels, postage, barcode,
endorsements, and other mail markings
on a single optical plane without
bending, folding, or overlapping (see
601.1.1.5). All labels and markings must
meet the applicable specifications (e.g.,
DMM, Publication 199, Parcel Labeling
Guide).
b. Maximum size: Except for USPS
Ground Advantage—Retail, which may
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Except as provided under 4.0 through
7.0, no mailpiece may weigh more than
70 pounds.
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4.0 Additional Physical Standards for
Priority Mail Express
[Revise the text of 4.0 to read as
follows:]
Lower size and weight standards than
provided under 3.2 may apply to
Priority Mail Express addressed to
certain APO/FPO and DPO mail subject
to 703.2.0, and 703.4.0, and for
Department of State mail subject to
703.3.0.
5.0 Additional Physical Standards for
Priority Mail
[Revise the text of 5.0 to read as
follows:]
Lower size and weight standards than
provided under 3.2 may apply to
Priority Mail addressed to certain APO/
FPO and DPO mail subject to 703.2.0,
and 703.4.0, and for Department of State
mail subject to 703.3.0.
6.0 Additional Physical Standards for
First-Class Mail and USPS Ground
Advantage—Retail
6.1
Maximum Weight
[Delete the heading 6.1.1 and move
revised text under 6.1 to read as
follows:]
First-Class Mail (letters and flats}
must not exceed 13 ounces.
[Delete 6.1.2, USPS Ground
Advantage—Retail, in its entirety.]
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Parcels
[Revise the introductory text of 6.4 to
read as follows:]
A USPS Ground Advantage—Retail
parcel is the following:
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[Delete item d in its entirety.]
7.0 Additional Physical Standards for
Media Mail and Library Mail
[Delete the introductory text and
items a and b. Move the text of item c
under 7.0 and revise as follows:]
Lower size and weight standards than
provided under 3.2 may apply to
Library Mail and Media Mail addressed
to certain APOs and FPOs, subject to
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of State mail, subject to 703.3.0.
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Retail Mail Priority Mail
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Prices and Eligibility
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2.0 Basic Eligibility Standards for
Priority Mail
2.1
Description of Service
[Revise the last sentence of 2.1 to read
as follows:]
* * * Certain Priority Mail
mailpieces, such as pieces containing
hazardous material or considered
nonstandard (e.g., oversized priced
pieces and nonstandard fee-priced
pieces), may receive deferred handling.
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7.3
Maximum Weight and Size
7.3.1
Maximum Weight
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Prices and Eligibility
[Revise the text of 7.3.1 to read as
follows:]
Except as provided under 8.0, no
mailpiece may weigh more than 70
pounds.
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130 Retail Mail First-Class Mail and
USPS Ground Advantage—Retail
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Description of Service
[Revise the last sentence of 2.1 to read
as follows:]
* * * Certain USPS Ground
Advantage—Retail mailpieces, such as
pieces containing hazardous material or
considered nonstandard (e.g., oversized
priced pieces and nonstandard feepriced pieces), may receive deferred
handling.
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Physical Standards
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Physical Standards for Parcels
7.1
Processing Categories
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[Revise the text of 7.1 to read as
follows:]
USPS categorizes parcels into one of
two mail processing categories:
machinable or nonstandard. These
categories are based on the physical
dimensions of the piece, and the
placement of the delivery address and
other required labels on the piece (see
601.1.1.5 for mailability).
7.2
Minimum Size
[Revise the text of 7.2 to read as
follows:]
Pieces are subject to the minimum
standards in 7.5, and may be subject to
other minimum dimensions, based on
the standards for specific prices. Except
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for cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar
shaped pieces and labeling exceptions
in Publication 52, generally the
minimum size of a parcel is any piece
that is not a letter or a flat and must be
large enough to hold the required
delivery address, return address,
mailing labels, postage, barcode,
endorsements, and other mail markings
on a single optical plane without
bending, folding, or overlapping (see
601.1.1.5). All labels and markings must
meet the applicable specifications (e.g.,
DMM, Publication 199, Parcel Labeling
Guide).
Criteria
[Delete the heading 7.5.1, Criteria,
and move the text under 7.5. Revise the
text of renumbered 7.5 to read as
follows:]
A machinable parcel is any piece that
is not a letter or a flat and that meets
the size and weight standards as
follows:
a. Minimum size: Except for
cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar
shaped pieces and labeling exceptions
in Publication 52, a piece must be large
enough to hold the required delivery
address, return address, mailing labels,
postage, barcode, endorsements, and
other mail markings on a single optical
plane without bending, folding, or
overlapping (see 601.1.1.5). All labels
and markings must meet the applicable
specifications.
b. Maximum size: Not more than, 22
inches long, or 18 inches wide, or 15
inches high (see Exhibit 7.5.1b).
c. Minimum weight: USPS Marketing
Mail parcels must weigh 3.5 ounces, all
other parcel products no minimum
weight.
d. Maximum weight: Not more than
25 pounds.
[Revise Exhibit 7.5.1b reference
number to read as follows:]
Exhibit 7.5 Machinable Parcel
Dimensions
[Revise the graphic in renumbered
Exhibit 7.5 by removing the image of the
minimum size parcel.]
[Delete 7.5.2, Criteria for Lightweight
Machinable Parcels, 7.5.3, Soft Goods
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[Revise the heading and text of 7.6 to
read as follows:]
7.6
Nonstandard Parcels
7.6.1 Dimensions and Weight
A parcel is considered nonstandard
by dimensions or weight as follows:
a. Dimensions: A parcel that measures
more than 22 inches in length or 18
inches in width or 15 inches in height.
b. Weight: A USPS Marketing Mail
parcel that weighs less than 3.5 ounces
or any parcel that weighs more than 25
pounds.
7.6.2 Characteristics
A parcel is considered nonstandard
by the following characteristics:
a. Cylindrical tubes or rolls.
b. A can, or wooden or metal box.
c. A parcel containing more than 24
ounces of liquid in glass containers, or
1 gallon or more of liquid in metal or
plastic containers (see 601.3.4).
d. An insecurely wrapped or
inadequately prepared parcel as
provided under 601.3.0 and 601.4.0.
[Delete 7.7, Nonmachinable Parcel, in
its entirety.]
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8.0 Additional Physical Standards by
Class of Mail
Revise the text of 8.1 and 8.2 to read
as follows:]
8.1 Priority Mail Express
Lower size and weight standards than
provided under 7.3 may apply to
Priority Mail Express addressed to
certain APO/FPO and DPO mail subject
to 703.2.0 and 703.4.0, and for
Department of State mail subject to
703.3.0.
8.2 Priority Mail
[Revise the text of 8.2 to read as
follows:]
8.2.1 Weight and Size
Lower weight and size standards than
provided under 7.3 may apply to
Priority Mail addressed to certain APO/
FPO and DPO mail subject to 703.2.0
and 703.4.0, and for Department of State
mail subject to 703.3.0.
8.2.2 Priority Mail Cubic
Priority Mail Cubic must not weigh
more than 20 pounds. See 223.1.3 for
additional information on size and
characteristics.
8.3 USPS Ground Advantage—
Commercial Parcels
[Delete 8.3.1, Weight, in its entirety
and renumber 8.3.2 as 8.3.1.]
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8.3.1 Size
[Revise the text of renumbered 8.3.1
to read as follows:]
A USPS Ground Advantage—
Commercial parcel is:
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[Delete item d in its entirety.]
[Add new 8.3.2 to read as follows:]
8.3.2 USPS Ground Advantage
Commercial Cubic
USPS Ground Advantage Commercial
Cubic must not weigh more than 20
pounds. See 285.1.3 for additional
information on size and characteristics.
8.4
USPS Marketing Mail Parcels
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8.4.2 Size
[Revise the text of 8.4.2 to read as
follows:]
USPS Marketing Mail parcel
dimensions are as follows:
a. Regular Marketing parcels and
Nonprofit Marketing parcels do not
meet flat-size physical standards and
must have the following characteristics:
1. Length: Not more than 12 inches.
Minimum length must be 5 inches if the
parcel is 1⁄4 inch thick or less.
2. Height: Not more than 9 inches.
Minimum height must be 31⁄2 inches if
the parcel is 1⁄4 inch thick or less.
3. Thickness: At least 0.009 inches
and not more than 2 inches.
4. An alternative addressing format,
according to 602.3.0.
b. Nonprofit Machinable Parcels and
Nonprofit Nonstandard Parcels
dimensions are as follows:
1. Large enough to hold the required
delivery address, return address,
mailing labels, postage, barcode,
endorsements, and other mail markings
on the address side of the parcel.
2. Not exceed 108 inches in length
and girth.
3. A Nonprofit Nonstandard Parcel is
a parcel not meeting the criteria for
machinable parcels as provided under
7.6.
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8.5 Parcel Select
[Delete 8.5.1 and 8.5.2 and renumber
8.5.3 as 8.5.1.]
8.5.1 USPS Connect Local
[Revise the text of renumbered 8.5.1 to
read as follows:]
Pieces mailed at USPS Connect Local
prices may not weigh more than 25
pounds.
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First-Class Mail, Periodicals, USPS
Marketing Mail, and Flat-Size Bound
Printed Matter
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3.3
Price Level Column Headings
The actual name of the price level (or
abbreviation) is used for column
headings required by 3.2 and shown
below:
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[Revise the introductory text of item b
to read as follows:]
b. Presorted First-Class Mail,
barcoded and nonbarcoded Periodicals
flats, nonbarcoded Periodicals letters,
and machinable, nonmachinable, and
nonstandard, USPS Marketing Mail:
PRICE
ABBREVIATION
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[Revise the ‘‘ADC’’ line item in the
‘‘Price’’ column under item b to read as
follows:]
ADC/RP&DC [USPS Marketing Mail
nonmachinable letters, flats, and
nonstandard parcels, and all
Periodicals]
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[Revise the ‘‘Mixed ADC’’ line item in
the ‘‘Price’’ column under item b to read
as follows:]
Mixed ADC [USPS Marketing Mail
nonmachinable letters, flats,
nonstandard parcels; and all
Periodicals]
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c. Carrier Route Periodicals and
Enhanced Carrier Route USPS
Marketing Mail:
PRICE
ABBREVIATION
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[Revise the ‘‘Saturation’’ and ‘‘High
Density’’ line items to read as follows:]
Saturation [letters, flats, and
nonstandard parcels]
High Density [letters, flats, and
nonstandard parcels]
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[Revise the ‘‘Basic’’ line item to read
as follows:]
Basic [letters, flats, and nonstandard
parcels]
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3.4
Sortation Level
The actual sortation level (or
corresponding abbreviation) is used for
the bundle, tray, sack, or pallet levels
required by 3.2 and shown below:
PRICE
ABBREVIATION
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[Revise the ‘‘5-Digit Scheme Carrier
Routes’’ line item to read as follows:]
5–Digit Scheme Carrier Routes [sacks/
flat trays and pallets (Periodicals and
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pallets (nonstandard parcels)]
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[Revise the ‘‘5-Digit Scheme Carrier
Routes’’ line item to read as follows:]
5–Digit Scheme [pallets, Periodicals
flats and nonstandard parcels, USPS
Marketing Mail flats, Bound Printed
Matter flats]
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[Revise the ‘‘Merged 5-Digit Scheme’’
line item to read as follows:]
Merged 5-Digit Scheme [flat trays and
pallets (Periodicals and USPS Marketing
Mail flats); sacks and pallets
(nonstandard parcels)]
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[Revise the ‘‘Merged 3-Digit’’ line item
to read as follows:]
Merged 3-Digit [flat trays (Periodicals
flats); sacks (nonstandard parcels)]
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[Revise the ‘‘SCF’’ line item to read as
follows:]
SCF [flat trays and pallets (Periodicals
flats and USPS Marketing Mail); sacks
and pallets (Bound Printed Matter and
nonstandard parcels)]
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4.0 Bundles
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4.10 Additional Standards for
Unsacked/Untrayed Bundles Entered at
DDU or S&DC Facilities
[Revise the introductory text of 4.10 to
read as follows:]
Mailers may enter unsacked,
untrayed, or nonpalletized bundles of
carrier route, Periodicals, or USPS
Marketing Mail flats and unsacked
Bound Printed Matter (BPM) flats or
nonstandard parcels (BPM only) at
destination delivery units (DDUs) or
sorting and delivery centers (DS&DC) if
all the following conditions are met:
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Letter and Flat Trays
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Line 2 (Content Line)
Line 2 (content line) must meet these
standards:
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b. Codes: The codes shown below
must be used as appropriate on Line 2
of tray, sack, and pallet labels.
CONTENT TYPE
CODE
*
*
*
*
*
[Delete the ‘‘Irregular Parcels’’ line
item.]
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Mixed Machinable and
Irregular Parcels’’ line item to read as
follows:]
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Mixed Machinable and Nonstandard
Parcels
MACH & NONSTD
[Revise the ‘‘Nonmachinable’’ line
item to read as follows:]
Nonstandard
NONSTD
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Irregular parcels’’ line
item under ‘‘Periodicals’’ in the
‘‘Processing Category and Presort Type’’
column to read as follows:]
Nonstandard parcels
*
*
*
*
*
7.0 Optional Endorsement Lines
(OELs)
Bound Printed Matter 1
*
*
7.2.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Irregular parcels’’ line
item under ‘‘Bound Printed Matter’’ in
the ‘‘Processing Category and Presort
Type’’ column to read as follows:]
Nonstandard parcels
*
ZIP Code Information
*
*
*
*
Exhibit 7.2.5 OEL Labeling Lists
PROCESSING CATEGORY AND
PRESORT TYPE
*
*
*
*
*
Media Mail
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Irregular parcels’’ line
item in the ‘‘Processing Category and
Presort Type’’ column under ‘‘Media
Mail’’ to read as follows:]
Periodicals 1
*
*
*
*
*
CLASS AND MAILING ..............................................................
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of ‘‘PER Irregular
Parcels . . .’’ to read as follows:]
[Revise the heading of ‘‘PER Irregular
Parcels—Carrier Route’’ to read as
follows:]
340
354
365
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397
398
395
396
399
355
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Barcode Standards
*
*
*
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390
394
391
392
363
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*
*
3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier
Numbers
*
*
*
*
*
Exhibit 3.2.4 [1–21–24] 3-Digit Content
Identifier Numbers
PMOD NONSTD NDC
PER NONSTD CR/5D
PER NONSTD CR/5D/3D
PER NONSTD CR/5D SCH
PER
PER
PER
PER
PER
PER
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
WSS 1
WSH 1
CR 1
5D CR–RTS
CR–RTS SCH
3D CR–RTS
PER Nonstandard Parcels—Presorted
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
5-digit sacks ................................................................................
3-digit sacks ................................................................................
SCF sacks ....................................................................................
ADC sacks or trays .....................................................................
mixed ADC sacks or trays .........................................................
origin mixed ADC sacks or trays ..............................................
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204
PER Nonstandard Parcels—Carrier
Route
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
saturation price sacks ................................................................
high density price sacks ............................................................
basic price sacks .........................................................................
5-digit carrier routes sacks ........................................................
5-digit scheme car. rts. sacks .....................................................
3-digit carrier routes sacks ........................................................
[Revise the heading of ‘‘PER Irregular
Parcels—Presorted’’ to read as follows:]
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Irregular parcels’’ line
item in the ‘‘Processing Category and
Presort Type’’ column under ‘‘Media
Mail’’ to read as follows:]
Nonstandard parcels
*
*
*
*
*
PER Nonstandard Parcels—Merged
Carrier Route and Presorted
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
merged 5-digit sacks ..................................................................
merged 3-digit sacks ..................................................................
merged 5-digit scheme sacks .....................................................
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*
034
*
[Revise the ‘‘ASF/NDC/RPDC irregular
parcels’’ line item under ‘‘All other
Classes, Parcels, to read as follows:]
*
ASF/NDC nonstandard parcels .................................................
Library Mail
HUMAN-READABLE CONTENT LINE
All Other Classes, Parcels
Priority Mail Open and Distribute
*
CIN
Nonstandard parcels
PER
PER
PER
PER
PER
PER
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
5D
3D
SCF
ADC
WKG
WKG W FCM
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*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of ‘‘NEWS
Irregular Parcels . . .’’ to read as
follows:]
NEWS Nonstandard Parcels—Merged
Carrier Route and Presorted
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
merged 5-digit ............................................................................
merged 5-digit scheme ...............................................................
merged 3-digit sacks ..................................................................
[Revise the heading of ‘‘NEWS
Irregular Parcels—Carrier Route’’ to
read as follows:]
440
465
454
[Revise the heading of ‘‘NEWS
Irregular Parcels—Carrier Route’’ to
read as follows:]
497
498
495
496
499
455
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of ‘‘MKT
Marketing Parcels less than 6 oz. and
Irregular Parcels’’ to read as follows:]
489
490
494
491
492
463
[Revise the heading of ‘‘MKT
Marketing Parcels 6 oz. or more and
‘‘Machinable Parcels’’ to read as
follows:]
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS
MKT Marketing Parcels (Machinable)
and Nonprofit Machinable Priced
Parcels
*
590
590
596
571
570
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NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
5D
3D
SCF
ADC
WKG
WKG W FCM
MKT
MKT
MKT
MKT
MKT
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
5D SCH
5D
SCF
ASF
NDC
[Revise the heading of ‘‘Carrier Route
BPM—Irregular Parcels’’ to read as
follows:]
MKT Machinable and Nonstandard
Parcels—Presorted
Carrier Route BPM—Nonstandard
Parcels
*
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
*
*
*
*
*
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WSS 1
WSH 1
CR 1
5D CR–RTS
CR–RTS SCH
3D CR–RTS
[Revise the heading of ‘‘MKT
Machinable and Irregular Parcels—
Presorted’’ to read as follows:]
carrier route sacks ......................................................................
5-digit carrier routes sacks ........................................................
5-digit scheme car. rt. sacks ......................................................
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NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
MKT Marketing Parcels (Nonstandard)
and Nonprofit Nonstandard Priced
Parcels
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
5-digit scheme sacks ..................................................................
5-digit sacks ................................................................................
SCF sacks ....................................................................................
ASF sacks ...................................................................................
NDC sacks ...................................................................................
mixed NDC sacks
*
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS Nonstandard Parcels—Presorted
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
5-digit sacks ................................................................................
3-digit sacks ................................................................................
SCF sacks ....................................................................................
ADC sacks or trays .....................................................................
mixed ADC sacks or trays .........................................................
origin mixed ADC sacks or trays ..............................................
*
NEWS NONSTD CR/5D
NEWS NONSTD CR/5D SCH
NEWS NONSTD CR/5D/3D
NEWS Nonstandard Parcels—Carrier
Route
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
saturation price sacks ................................................................
high density price sacks ............................................................
basic price sacks .........................................................................
5-digit carrier routes sacks ........................................................
5-digit scheme car. rts. sacks .....................................................
3-digit carrier routes sacks ........................................................
*
53919
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PSVC NONSTD CR 1
PSVC NONSTD CR–RTS
PSVC NONSTD CR–RTS SCH
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[Revise the heading of ‘‘Presorted
BPM—Irregular Parcels’’ to read as
follows:]
Presorted BPM—Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
5-digit sacks ................................................................................
5-digit scheme sacks ..................................................................
3-digit sacks ................................................................................
SCF sacks ....................................................................................
ADC sacks ...................................................................................
mixed ADC sacks .......................................................................
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of ‘‘Media Mail
and Library Mail Irregular Parcels—
Presorted’’ to read as follows:]
690
690
691
696
692
694
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
690
690
691
692
694
*
*
*
*
*
[Delete the Combined Package
Services, Parcel Select, and USPS
Marketing—Irregular Parcels 2 up to 6
oz (APPS—machinable) line item in its
entirety.]
691
*
*
207
Periodicals
*
*
*
*
*
*
22.0 Preparing Nonbarcoded
(Presorted) Periodicals
*
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22.6
*
*
*
*
Sack Preparation
* * * For other mailing jobs,
preparation sequence, sack size, and
labeling:
a. 5-digit, required at 72 pieces,
optional at 24 pieces minimum.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: use ‘‘PER’’ or NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘5D’’.
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5D
5D SCH
3D
SCF
ADC
WKG
591
592
594
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Parcel Select—Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
Combined PSVC & MKT—Nonstandard
Parcels Cylindrical Tubes and Rolls
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
MKT/PSVC NONSTD 3D
MKT/PSVC NONSTD ADC
MKT/PSVC NONSTD WKG
b. 3-digit, required at 72 pieces,
optional at 24 pieces minimum.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: use ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘3D’’; followed by ‘‘NON BC’’ for flats.
c. SCF, required at 72 pieces, optional
at 24 pieces minimum.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘SCF’’; followed by ‘‘NON BC’’ for flats.
d. Origin/entry SCF, required for the
SCF of the origin (verification) office,
optional for the SCF of an entry office
PO 00000
5D SCH
5D
3D
ADC
WKG
PSVC NONSTD 3D
[Revise the of Combined PSVC &
MKT—Irregular Parcels less than 2 oz,
and tubes and rolls (not APPS—
machinable) to read as follows:]
3-digit sacks ................................................................................
ADC sacks ...................................................................................
Mixed ADC sacks .......................................................................
*
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
*
3-digit sacks ................................................................................
*
PSVC
PSVC
PSVC
PSVC
PSVC
[Revise the heading of ‘‘Parcel Select
Irregular (Nonmachinable) Parcels—
Presorted’’ to read as follows:]
Parcel Select
*
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
NONSTD
Media Mail and Library Mail
Nonstandard Parcels—Presorted
[Revise the text in the ‘‘HumanReadable Content Line’’ column to read
as follows:]
5-digit scheme sacks ..................................................................
5-digit sacks ................................................................................
3-digit sacks ................................................................................
ADC sacks ...................................................................................
mixed ADC sacks .......................................................................
*
PSVC
PSVC
PSVC
PSVC
PSVC
PSVC
other than the origin office, (no
minimum).
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: usen ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘SCF’’; followed by ‘‘NON BC’’ for flats..
e. ADC, required at 72 pieces,
optional at 24 pieces minimum.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘NONSTD’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘ADC’’.
f. Origin mixed ADC, required; no
minimum; for any remaining bundles
for destinations in L201, Column B,
corresponding to the origin ZIP Code in
Column A.
*
*
*
*
*
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[Revise the text of item f2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable, followed by ‘‘NONSTD’’ as
applicable, followed by ‘‘WKG W FCM.’’
g. Mixed ADC, required (no
minimum).
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item g2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘NONSTD’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘WKG’’ for
nonstandard parcels.
*
*
*
*
*
23.0 Preparing Carrier Route
Periodicals
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 23.4 to read as
follows:]
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23.4 Preparation—Flat-Size Pieces
and Nonstandard Parcels
23.4.1 Flat Tray and Sacking
Preparation and Labeling
* * * Preparation sequence, sack/tray
size, and labeling:
a. Carrier route, required at 72 pieces,
optional at 24 pieces, fewer pieces not
permitted.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘WSS’’ for saturation price mail, or
‘‘WSH’’ for high density price mail, or
‘‘CR’’ for basic price mail; followed by
the route type and number.
b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes,
required at 72 pieces, optional at 24
pieces, fewer pieces not permitted.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘CR–RTS SCH.’’
c. 5-digit carrier routes, required at 72
pieces, optional at 24 pieces, fewer
pieces not permitted.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable; followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘CR–RTS.’’
d. 3-digit carrier routes, required with
one 6-piece bundle. Flat-sized pieces
must be prepared in flat trays (see
203.5.6).
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
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2. Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as
applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS 3D’’ or
‘‘NONSTD 3D’’ as applicable, followed
by ‘‘CR–RTS.’’
*
*
*
*
*
an alternative addressing format. DALS
or DMLs may be used subject to 602.4.0.
*
*
*
*
*
240 Commercial Mail USPS
Marketing Mail
*
Prices and Eligibility
1.0
Prices and Fees
*
*
1.2
USPS Marketing Mail Prices
*
*
*
*
*
4.2 Minimum Per Piece Prices
243
*
4.0 Price Eligibility for USPS
Marketing Mail
*
USPS Marketing Mail prices are
applied as follows:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b to read as
follows:]
b. A price determined by adding the
per piece charge and the corresponding
per pound charge applies to any USPS
Marketing Mail piece that weighs more
than the following: Nonmachinable
letters and flats that weigh more than
4.0 ounces, presorted Marketing Parcels,
Nonprofit Machinable and Nonprofit
Nonstandard parcels that weigh more
than 3.3 ounces and machinable parcels
3.5 ounces or more.
*
*
*
*
*
The minimum per piece prices (the
minimum postage that must be paid for
each piece) apply as follows:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the fifth sentence of item c to
read as follows:]
c. Individual prices. * * * There are
also separate prices for Marketing
Parcels, Nonprofit Machinable priced
parcels, and Nonprofit Nonstandard
priced parcels. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
5.0 Additional Eligibility Standards
for Nonautomation USPS Marketing
Mail Letters, Flats, and Presorted USPS
Marketing Mail Parcels
*
*
*
*
*
5.3
Price Application
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading and text of 3.2.3
to read as follows:]
[Revise the second sentence of 5.3 to
read as follows:]
* * * Prices for Nonprofit parcels not
qualifying as Marketing Parcels apply
separately to Nonprofit Machinable
parcels and Nonprofit Nonstandard
parcels. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 5.8 to read as
follows:]
3.2.3 Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail
Machinable and Nonstandard Parcels
5.8 Prices for Nonstandard Parcels
and Marketing Parcels
Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail
parcels that do not qualify as Marketing
parcels may be prepared and mailed as
machinable or nonstandard parcels.
*
*
*
*
*
5.8.1
3.0 Basic Eligibility Standards for
USPS Marketing Mail
*
*
*
*
*
3.2
Defining Characteristics
*
3.3 Additional Basic Standards for
USPS Marketing Mail
Each USPS Marketing Mail mailing is
subject to these general standards:
[Revise the text of item a to read as
follows:]
a. All pieces in a mailing must be of
the same processing category, except
that nonstandard and machinable
parcels may be combined in 5-digit
scheme and 5-digit sacks or on 5-digit
scheme and 5-digit pallets.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the last sentence of item f to
read as follows:]
f. * * * Nonprofit USPS Marketing
Mail machinable or nonstandard parcels
must bear the addressee‘s name and
complete delivery address, or may use
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5-Digit Price
[Revise the introductory text of 5.8.1
to read as follows:]
5-digit prices apply to nonstandard
parcels and to Marketing parcels that are
dropshipped to a DNDC/RPDC (or ASF/
RPDC when claiming DNDC prices),
DSCF/DRPDC, or DDU or DS&DC and
presented:
*
*
*
*
*
5.8.2
SCF Price
[Revise the introductory text of 5.8.2
to read as follows:]
SCF prices apply to nonstandard
parcels and to Marketing parcels that are
dropshipped and presented to a DSCF/
DRPDC or DNDC/DRPDC:
*
*
*
*
*
5.8.3
NDC Price
[Revise the introductory text of 5.8.3
to read as follows:]
NDC prices apply to nonstandard
parcels and to Marketing parcels as
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[Revise the heading of 11.3 to read as
follows:]
follows under either of the following
conditions:
*
*
*
*
*
5.8.4
Mixed NDC Price
[Revise the first sentence of 5.8.4 to
read as follows:]
Mixed NDC prices apply to
nonstandard parcels and to Marketing
parcels in origin NDC/RPDC or mixed
NDC/RPDC containers that are not
eligible for 5-digit, SCF, or NDC prices.
* * *
*
*
*
*
*
245
Mail Preparation
1.0 General Information for Mail
Preparation
*
*
*
*
*
1.2
Definition of Mailings
Mailings are defined as:
*
*
*
*
*
b. USPS Marketing Mail. Except as
provided in 243.3.6, the types of USPS
Marketing Mail listed below may not be
part of the same mailing.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b6 to read as
follows:]
6. Machinable and nonmachinable or
nonstandard pieces.
*
*
*
*
*
1.4 Preparation Definitions and
Instructions
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For purposes of preparing mail:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the fifth sentence of item j to
read as follows:]
j. * * * The 5-digit scheme sort may
not be used for other mail prepared on
pallets, except for 5-digit bundles of
USPS Marketing Mail nonstandard
parcels that are part of a mailing job that
is prepared in part as palletized flats at
automation prices. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
11.0
Preparing Presorted Parcels
11.1
Basic Standards
All mailings and all pieces in each
mailing at USPS Marketing Mail and
Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail parcel
prices are subject to preparation
standards in 11.3 or 11.4, and to these
general standards:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b to read as
follows:]
b. Marketing Parcels, Nonprofit
Machinable priced parcels, and
Nonprofit Nonstandard priced parcels
must each be prepared as separate
mailings, except under 11.3.1.
*
*
*
*
*
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11.3 Preparing Marketing Parcels (6
Ounces or More) and Nonprofit
Machinable Parcels
11.3.1
Sacking
[Revise the text of 11.3.1 to read as
follows:]
Prepare mailings of machinable
Marketing Parcels weighing 6 ounces or
more and mailings of Nonprofit
Machinable priced parcels under 11.3.
Prepare 5-digit sacks only for parcels
dropshipped to a DNDC/RPDC (or ASF/
RPDC when claiming DNDC prices),
DSCF/DSCF, or DDU or DS&DC. Prepare
ASF/RPDC or NDC/RPDC sacks only for
parcels dropshipped to a DNDC/RPDC
(or ASF/RPDC when claiming DNDC
prices). There is no minimum for
parcels in 5-digit/scheme sacks entered
at a DDU or DS&DC. Mailers combining
nonstandard parcels with machinable
parcels placed in 5-digit/scheme sacks
must prepare those sacks under 11.3.2a.
Mailers combining machinable
Marketing Parcels weighing 6 ounces or
more with Nonprofit Machinable priced
parcels placed in ASF/RPDC, NDC/
RPDC, or mixed NDC/RPDC sacks must
prepare the sacks under 11.3.2.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 11.4 to read as
follows:]
11.4 Preparing Marketing Parcels
(Less Than 6 Ounces) and Nonprofit
Nonstandard Parcels
*
*
11.4.2
*
*
*
Sacking
[Revise the text of 11.4.2 to read as
follows:]
Prepare mailings of nonstandard
Marketing Parcels weighing less than 6
ounces and mailings of Nonprofit
Nonstandard priced parcels under 11.4.
Prepare 5-digit sacks only for parcels
dropshipped to a DNDC/RP&DC (or
ASF/RP&DC when claiming DNDC
prices), DSCF/RP&DC, or DDU or S&DC.
See 11.4.3 for restrictions on SCF/
RP&DC, ASF/RP&DC, and NDC/RP&DC
sacks. Mailers must prepare a sack when
the mail for a required presort
destination reaches 10 pounds of pieces.
There is no minimum for parcels
prepared in 5-digit/scheme sacks
entered at a DDU or S&DC. Mailers
combining Nonprofit Nonstandard
priced parcels with Nonprofit
Machinable priced parcels and
machinable Marketing Parcels weighing
6 ounces or more in 5-digit/scheme
sacks must prepare those sacks under
11.3.2. Mailers may not prepare sacks
containing nonstandard and machinable
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may combine Nonprofit Nonstandard
priced parcels with nonstandard
Marketing Parcels in sacks under 11.4.3.
11.4.3 Sacking and Labeling
Preparation sequence, sack size, and
labeling:
a. * * * Sacks must contain a 10pound minimum except at DDU or
S&DC entry which has no minimum;
labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks,
‘‘STD NONSTD 5D SCH.’’ For 5-digit
sacks, ‘‘STD NONSTD 5D.’’
b. SCF/RP&DC, allowed only for mail
deposited at a DSCF/RP&DC or a DNDC/
RP&DC to claim SCF price; 10-pound
minimum; labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
2. For Line 2, ‘‘STD NONSTD SCF.’’
c. ASF/RP&DC (optional), allowed
only for mail deposited at an ASF/
RP&DC to claim DNDC price; 10-pound
minimum; labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD ASF.’’
d. NDC/RP&DC, allowed only for mail
deposited at a DNDC/RP&DC to claim
the NDC price; 10-pound minimum;
labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD NDC.’’
e. Origin NDC/RPDC (required); no
minimum; labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD NDC.’’
f. Mixed NDC/RP&DC (required); no
minimum; labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item f2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD WKG.’’
*
*
*
*
*
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*
*
*
*
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Select
4.1 Preparing Destination Delivery
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Sacking and Labeling
4.4.3
[Revise the last sentence of 4.1.3 to
read as follows:]
* * * Machinable and nonstandard
pieces may be combined in the same
sack or on the same pallet (including
pallet boxes on pallets).
*
*
*
*
*
4.2 Preparing Destination Hub (DHub)
Parcel Select
*
*
4.2.3
*
*
*
Sacking and Labeling
Sacking requirements for DHub entry
include the following:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the second sentence of item b
to read as follows:]
b. * * * Machinable and nonstandard
pieces may be combined in the same
sack to meet this requirement. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
DNDC/DRP&DC mailing (if not
bedloaded), must be prepared as
follows:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b to read as
follows:]
b. DNDC/DRP&DC nonstandard
parcels that each weigh 25 pounds or
less must be sacked under 5.0 if the
parcels do not contain perishables and
the size of the parcels allows a sack to
hold at least two pieces. DNDC/DRP&DC
nonstandard parcels that cannot be
sacked in this manner or that weigh
more than 25 pounds must be
transported as outside (unsacked)
pieces. If authorized in advance by the
USPS, DNDC/DRP&DC nonstandard
parcels may be palletized.
*
*
*
*
*
256
*
4.3 Preparing Destination SCF (DSCF)/
RP&DC (DRP&DC) Parcel Select
2.0
Deposit
*
*
*
2.2
Containers
*
*
*
*
Basic Standards
Pieces must meet the applicable
standards in 4.0 and the following
criteria:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence of item d to
read as follows:]
d. Any remaining nonstandard parcels
(as defined in 201.7.6) sorted to 3-digit
ZIP Code prefixes in L002, Column C.
* * *
4.3.3
Sacking and Labeling
Sacking requirements for DSCF/
DRP&DC entry:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the second sentence of item b
to read as follows:]
b. * * * Machinable and nonstandard
pieces may be combined in the same
sack to meet this requirement. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of items g and h to
read as follows:]
g. 3-digit nonstandard sack labeling:
Line 1, use L051; for Line 2, ‘‘PSVC
NONSTD 3D.’’
h. See 705.8.0 for option to place 5digit scheme and 5-digit DSCF/DRP&DC
sacks, SCF/RP&DC sacks, and 3-digit
nonstandard sacks on an SCF/RP&DC
pallet.
4.4 Preparing Destination NDC
(DNDC)/RP&DC (DRP&DC) Parcel Select
*
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DNDC/DRP&DC mailings (if not
bedloaded), DDU or S&DC mailings (if
not bedloaded), and all DHub, and
DSCF/DRP&DC mailings must be
prepared as follows:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b to read as
follows:]
b. For DNDC price, nonstandard
parcels that each weigh 25 pounds or
less must be sacked under 255.4.0 if the
parcels do not contain perishables and
the size of the parcels allows a sack to
hold at least two pieces. DNDC/DRPDC
nonstandard parcels that cannot be
sacked in this manner or that weigh
more than 25 pounds must be
transported as outside (unsacked)
pieces. If authorized in advance by the
USPS, DNDC/DRPDC nonstandard
parcels may be palletized.
[Revise the last sentence of item c to
read as follows:]
c. * * * Machinable and nonstandard
pieces may be included in the same
sack.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item e to read as
follows:]
e. For DSCF/DRP&DC and DDU or
DS&DC, nonstandard parcels may be
palletized (including pallet boxes on
pallets). Nonstandard parcels may be
combined with machinable parcels on
5-digit scheme, 5-digit, and 3-digit
pallets (including pallet boxes on
pallets) claimed at DSCF or DDU prices
under 705.8.0.
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[Revise the last sentence of item f to
read as follows:]
f. * * * Machinable and nonstandard
pieces may be combined in 5-digit
scheme and 5-digit sacks or on 5-digit
scheme and 5-digit pallets (including
pallet boxes).
*
*
*
*
*
2.17 DNDC/DRP&DC Parcel Select—
Acceptance at Designated SCF/RP&DC–
USPS Benefit
A mailing that is otherwise eligible for
DNDC prices may be deposited, and
accepted, at an SCF/RP&DC designated
by the USPS when it benefits the USPS
and:
[Revise the text of item a to read as
follows:]
a. The mailing contains only
machinable parcels prepared in 5-digit
scheme and 5-digit sacks, pallets, or
containers and nonstandard parcels
prepared under 2.2.
*
*
*
*
*
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Bundles
*
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[Revise the heading and text of 2.4 to
read as follows:]
2.4 Bundle Sizes for Nonstandard
Parcels
Mailers must prepare unsacked,
nonpalletized bundles of nonstandard
parcels for DDU or DS&DC entry
according to 203.4.10, and as follows:
a. For Presorted nonstandard parcels,
under 8.2 for parcels weighing less than
10 pounds and 8.3 for parcels weighing
10 pounds or more.
b. For carrier route nonstandard
parcels, under 9.2 for parcels weighing
less than 10 pounds and 9.3 for parcels
weighing 10 pounds or more.
*
*
*
*
*
8.0 Preparing Presorted Parcels
8.1 Basic Standards
All mailings of Presorted Bound
Printed Matter (BPM) are subject to the
standards in 5.2, and 5.3, and to these
general standards:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the second sentence of item b
to read as follows:]
b. * * * See 201.7.0 for definitions of
machinable and nonstandard parcels.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 8.2 to read as
follows:]
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Weighing Less than 10 Pounds
*
*
9.0
Preparing Carrier Route Parcels
9.1
Basic Standards
*
*
*
*
8.2.4 Sacking and Labeling
Preparation sequence and labeling:
a. 5-digit/scheme (required); labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks,
‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH.’’ For 5-digit
sacks, ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D.’’
b. 3-digit (required); labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 3D.’’
c. SCF/RPDC (optional); labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD SCF.’’
d. ADC/RPDC (required); labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD ADC.’’
e. Mixed ADC/RPDC (required);
labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD WKG.’’
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 8.3 to read as
follows:]
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Weighing 10 Pounds or More
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b. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD CR,’’
followed by the route type and number.
*
*
*
*
*
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*
*
3.0
Destination Entry
All mailings of Carrier Route Bound
Printed Matter (BPM) are subject to the
standards in 9.2 through 9.4 and to
these general standards:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the second and last sentence
of item b to read as follows:]
b. * * * A BPM nonstandard parcel
is a piece that is not a machinable parcel
as defined in 201.7.5.1. Nonstandard
parcels also are pieces that meet the size
and weight standards for a machinable
parcel but are not individually boxed or
packaged to withstand processing on
parcel sorters under 601.3.0 and 601.4.0.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 9.2 to read as
follows:]
*
*
3.6
Mailings of Unsacked Bundles
9.2 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels
Weighing Less Than 10 Pounds
*
*
9.2.2
*
*
*
Required Sacking
[Revise the first sentence in the
introductory text of 9.2.2 to read as
follows:]
Mailers may prepare nonstandard
parcels as unsacked bundles under
203.4.10 or in bundles on pallets. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
9.2.4
8.3.3 Sacking and Labeling
Preparation sequence and labeling:
a. 5-digit/scheme (required); labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks,
‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH.’’ For 5-digit
sacks, ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D.’’
b. 3-digit (required); labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 3D.’’
c. SCF/RPDC (optional); labeling:
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD SCF.’’
d. ADC (required); labeling:
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD ADC.’’
e. Mixed ADC/RPDC (required);
labeling:
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as
follows:]
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*
*
*
*
Sack Label Line 2
*
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence of 3.6 to read
as follows:]
Mailers may present unsacked,
nonpalletized bundles of BPM flats or
nonstandard parcels that are properly
prepared for and entered at DDU prices
and unloaded according to standards in
3.8.9. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
4.0 Destination Network Distribution
Center (DNDC)/Regional Processing and
Distribution Center (DRP&DC) Entry
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 4.5 to read as
follows:]
4.5
Presorted Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the first sentence of 4.5 to read
as follows:]
Presorted nonstandard parcels in
sacks or on pallets at all sort levels may
claim DNDC prices. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 4.7 to read as
follows:]
4.7 Carrier Route Nonstandard
Parcels
Line 2 information:
[Revise the text of items a through c
to read as follows:]
a. Carrier route: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD CR,’’
followed by the route type and number.
b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes:
‘‘PSVC NONSTD CR–RTS SCH.’’
c. 5-digit carrier routes: ‘‘PSVC
NONSTD CR–RTS.’’
[Revise the heading of 9.3 to read as
follows:]
[Revise the first sentence of 4.7 to read
as follows:]
Carrier Route nonstandard parcels in
sacks at all sort levels or on pallets at
all sort levels may claim DNDC prices.
* * *
*
*
*
*
*
9.3 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels
Weighing 10 Pounds or More
*
[Revise the first and second sentence
in the introductory text of 9.2.2 to read
as follows:]
Mailers may prepare nonstandard
parcels as unsacked bundles under 2.2
or in bundles on pallets. When
preparing nonstandard parcels in sacks,
place parcels only in direct carrier route
sacks. * * * * * * Required
preparation:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b to read as
follows:]
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Entry
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 6,5 to read as
follows:]
6.5
Presorted Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the first sentence of 6.5 to read
as follows:]
Presorted nonstandard parcels in 5digit scheme sacks and 5-digit sacks, on
5-digit scheme or 5-digit pallets, or
prepared as unsacked 5-digit bundles
may claim DDU prices. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 6.7 to read as
follows:]
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within the same processing category.
[Revise the first sentence of 6.7 to read See 201.7.0 for definitions of
machinable and nonstandard parcels.
as follows:]
*
*
*
*
*
Carrier Route nonstandard parcels in
[Revise the heading of 6.3 to read as
sacks, on 5-digit scheme and 5-digit
follows:]
pallets, or prepared as unsacked carrier
route bundles may claim DDU prices.
6.3 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels
* * *
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
6.3.4 Sacking and Labeling
270 Commercial Mail Media Mail and
Preparation sequence and labeling:
Library Mail
a. 5-digit/scheme (optional, but
273 Prices and Eligibility
required for 5-digit price); labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
7.0 Price Eligibility for Media Mail
follows:]
and Library Mail
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks,
*
*
*
*
*
‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH.’’ For 5-digit
sacks, ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D.’’
7.3 Price Categories for Media Mail
b. 3-digit: required.
and Library Mail
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
7.3.2 Parcels
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 3D.’’
The price categories for parcels are as
c. ADC/RPDC: required.
follows:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the last sentence of item a to
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
read as follows:]
follows:]
a. * * * Nonstandard parcels may
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD ADC.’’
qualify for the 5-digit price if prepared
d. Mixed ADC/RPDC: required (no
to preserve sortation by 5-digit ZIP Code minimum).
as prescribed by the postmaster of the
*
*
*
*
*
mailing office.
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
[Revise the last sentence of item b to
follows:]
read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD WKG.’’
b. * * * Nonstandard parcels may
*
*
*
*
*
qualify for the basic price if prepared to
preserve sortation by NDC/RP&DC as
500 Additional Mailing Services
prescribed by the postmaster of the
503 Extra Services
mailing office.
1.0 Basic Standards for All Extra
*
*
*
*
*
Services
275 Mail Preparation
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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
1.4.1 Eligibility—Domestic Mail
4.0 Basic Standards for Preparing
*
*
*
*
*
Media Mail and Library Mail
Exhibit 1.4.1 Eligibility—Domestic
All mailings of Presorted Media Mail
and Presorted Library Mail are subject to Mail
these general requirements:
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise footnote 7 to read as follows:]
7. USPS Marketing Mail, Nonprofit
[Revise the last sentence of item d to
Machinable and Nonprofit Nonstandard
read as follows:]
d. * * * See 201.7.0 for definitions of priced parcels only.
machinable and nonstandard parcels.
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
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Parcels
6.1
Basic Standards
1.0
All mailings of Presorted Media Mail
and Presorted Library Mail parcels are
subject to these general requirements:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b to read as
follows:]
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1.1 Determining Mail Processing
Categories
1.1.1 Processing Categories
[Revise the first sentence of 1.1.1 to
read as follows:]
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There are four mail processing
categories for mailpieces: letter, flat,
machinable parcel, and nonstandard
parcel. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Add new 1.1.5 to read as follows:]
1.1.5 Nonmailable Placement of
Address on Parcel-Size Pieces
The placement of the address on a
parcel-size mailpiece may render a
piece nonmailable. Except for
cylindrical tubes or similar shaped
pieces and labeling exceptions in
Publication 52, if the address, return
address, mailing labels, postage,
barcode, endorsements, and other mail
markings are not all placed on a single
optical plane without bending, folding,
or overlapping, it is nonmailable.
*
*
*
*
*
3.0 Packaging
[Renumber 3.1 as 3.1.1 and revise the
title of new 3.1.1 to read as follows:]
3.1.1
*
Basic Standards
*
*
*
*
[Add new 3.1.2 to read as follows:]
3.1.2 Parcels
In addition to 3.1.1, except for
hazardous, restricted, and perishable
items as provided in Publication 52, all
other parcel priced pieces must be
packaged in a box or other acceptable
container that meet the applicable
standards under 3.0 and 4.0.
*
*
*
*
*
3.7 High-Density Items
[Revise the text of 3.7 to read as
follows:]
High-density items (such as tools,
hardware, and machine and auto parts)
weighing from 20 to 45 pounds must be
packaged in fiberboard boxes
constructed of a minimum 200-pound
test board or equivalent wood, metal, or
plastic containers. Plastic, metal, and
similar hard containers must be
packaged, treated, or otherwise prepared
so that their coefficient of friction or
ability to slide on a smooth, hard
surface is similar to that of a domesticclass fiberboard box of the same
approximate size and weight. Closure
must be done by staples, heat-shrinking,
adhesives, or tape. Boxes without inner
packing or containing loose material
must be reinforced or banded with
reinforced paper or plastic tape,
pressure-sensitive filament tape, or
firmly applied nonmetallic banding.
Internal blocking and bracing, including
the use of interior containers, cut forms,
partitions, dunnage, and liners, must be
used as required so that packages can
maintain their integrity without damage
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to the contents if dropped once on one
of their smallest sides on a solid surface
from a height of 3 feet. These items from
45 to 70 pounds must be similarly
packaged, closed, and reinforced, except
that exterior containers must be a
minimum of 275-pound test fiberboard
or equivalent.
[Revise the heading and text of 3.8 to
read as follows:]
3.8 Books
Books and similarly produced printed
matter (such as catalogs) fastened
together along one edge between
hardback, paperback, or self-covers, that
are more than one inch thick or one
pound must not be accepted in letterstyle non-reinforced flat envelopes or
without packaging. Envelopes or other
appropriate packaging must meet the
standards in 3.0. Void spaces within
containers must be filled with dunnage,
or otherwise stabilized to prevent
shifting or damage to the contents or
container. Shipments are packaged
according to the following weight
categories:
a. Up to five pounds, sealing must be
by multiple friction closures,
completely clinched staples, heatsealing, adhesives, tape, or nonmetallic
banding. Although shrinkwrap is not
acceptable as the only packaging for
hardback books and similarly produced
printed matter exceeding one pound or
one inch thick, it may be used on the
exterior of otherwise acceptable
containers. Shrinkwrap (under 3.6) may
be used as the only method of packaging
for paperback books and similarly
produced printed matter up to three
pounds.
b. From 5 to 10 pounds, closure must
be by tape, nonmetallic banding, or
adhesives. Reinforced tape or
nonmetallic banding is adequate for
both closure and reinforcement.
Nonmetallic banding must be firmly
applied to the point that the straps must
be tightened until they depress the
carton at the edges.
c. From 10 to 25 pounds, reinforced
tape or nonmetallic banding is adequate
for closure and reinforcement.
Nonmetallic banding must be firmly
applied to the point that the straps
tighten until they depress the carton at
the edges.
d. From 25 to 50 pounds, hardbound
books and similarly produced printed
matter must be packaged in 275-pound
test fiberboard boxes and paperback
books and similarly produced printed
matter must be packaged in 200-pound
test fiberboard boxes.
e. From 50 to 70 pounds, hardbound
books and similarly produced printed
matter must be packaged in 350-pound
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test fiberboard boxes and paperback
books and similarly produced printed
matter must be packaged in 275-pound
test fiberboard boxes.
[Renumber 3.9 through 3.13 as 3.13
through 3.17 and add new 3.9 through
3.12 to read as follows:]
3.12
3.9
4.0
Acceptable Mailing Containers
*
*
4.2
Boxes
Soft Goods
Boxes containing soft goods (e.g.,
textiles, clothing, linens, or draperies)
weighing up to 5 pounds must be filled
to capacity. Soft goods between the
weight range of 5 to 20 pounds must be
packaged in material with a minimum
70-pound outer ply basis weight.
Closure of bags must be by completely
clinched staples, heat-sealing,
adhesives, sewing, or tape. Improperly
clinched staples must be removed.
Shrinkwrapping is not acceptable as the
only packaging. Fiberboard containers
must be made of at least 200-pound test
board for soft goods weighing from 20
to 45 pounds and at least 275-pound test
board for soft goods weighing from 45
to 70 pounds.
3.10
Sound Recordings
Shipments of recordings (e.g., records
and CDs in paper sleeves, paperboard,
or chipboard shells) weighing up to 10
pounds must be packed in 70-pound
basis weight envelopes for weights up to
3 pounds, or outer corrugated,
fiberboard containers for weights up to
10 pounds. When shipments weigh from
20 to 40 pounds, multiple shell
containers must be packaged in 175pound test fiberboard containers or
equivalent and closed and reinforced by
adhesives, kraft paper tape, equivalent
plastic tape, or staples. When shipments
weigh from 40 to 65 pounds, multiple
shell containers up to 65 pounds must
be packaged in 200-pound test
fiberboard containers or equivalent and
closed and reinforced as described for
20- to 40-pound containers, except that
containers must be reinforced about
every 8 inches around the package.
Shipments weighing more than 65
pounds must be packaged in 275-pound
test fiberboard containers or equivalent.
3.11
Film Cases
A film case weighing more than 5
pounds or with strap-type closures,
except any film case the USPS
authorizes to be entered as a machinable
parcel under 201.7.0 and to be
identified by the words ‘‘Machinable in
United States Postal Service
Equipment’’ permanently attached as a
nontransferable decal in the lower right
corner of the case.
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All parcels must have the coefficient
of friction or ability to slide on a
smooth, hard surface, similar to that of
a domestic-class fiberboard box of the
same approximate size and weight.
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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Boxes are acceptable, subject to these
standards:
[Revise the text of items a through c
to read as follows:]
a. Paperboard boxes may be used for
loads to 10 pounds.
b. Metal-stayed paperboard boxes may
be used for loads to 20 pounds.
c. Solid and corrugated fiberboard
boxes may be used for loads to 70
pounds or according to the limits in 3.0.
[Delete the table under item c in its
entirety.]
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*
*
*
*
[Delete item g in its entirety.]
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of 4.4 and 4.5 to read
as follows:]
4.4
Paper Bags and Wraps
For loads of up to 5 pounds, paper
bags and wraps are acceptable when at
least of a 50-pound basis weight (the
strength of an average large grocery bag)
and the items are immune from impact
or pressure damage. A combination of
plies adding up to or exceeding 50pound basis weight is not acceptable.
For loads of up to 20 pounds, reinforced
bags or bags with a minimum of 70pound basis weight are acceptable.
Nonreinforced loose-fill padded bags are
not acceptable as exterior containers,
unless the exterior ply is at least 60pound basis weight.
4.5
Plastic Bags
Plastic bags must be at least 2 mil
thick polyethylene or equivalent for
loads up to 5 pounds; 4 mil thick for
loads up to 10 pounds.
4.6
Plastic Film
Heat-shrinkable plastic film—either
irradiated polyethylene, linear lowdensity polyolefin, or copolymer—may
be used as packaging for mailpieces
under the following conditions only:
[Delete item a and renumber items b
and c as items a and b. Revise the text
of renumbered items a and b to read as
follows:]
a. Film must be at least 11⁄4 (1.25) mil
thick for a load up to 5 pounds.
b. Film must be at least 11⁄2 (1.5) mil
thick for a load up to 10 pounds, only
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finer level pallets.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 7.0 and delete
the text in its entirety to read as
follows:]
Marketing Mail and Package Services
machinable or nonstandard parcel
mailings (e.g., merchandise and other
fulfillment mailings).
*
*
*
*
*
700
Special Standards
7.0
Reserved
*
*
*
705 Advanced Preparation and
Special Postage Payment Systems
*
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*
*
602
Addressing
*
*
3.0
Use of Alternative Addressing
*
*
3.2
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Conditions for General Use
The following conditions must be met
when using a simplified address on
commercial mailpieces:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the introductory text of item b
to read as follows:]
b. USPS Marketing Mail, Periodicals,
and Bound Printed Matter flat-size
mailpieces (including USPS Marketing
Mail pieces allowed as flats under
3.2.1c), USPS Marketing Mail Product
Samples mailed at saturation (Every
Door) prices, and Periodicals
nonstandard parcels for distribution to a
city route or to Post Office boxes in
offices with city carrier service may bear
a simplified address, but only when
complete distribution is made under the
following conditions:
*
*
*
*
*
3.2.3
Mail Preparation
[Revise the third sentence in the
introductory text of 3.2.3 to read as
follows:]
* * * Mailers must prepare
nonstandard parcels in carrier route
bundles in sacks or directly on pallets.
* * *
*
*
*
*
*
604 Postage Payment Methods and
Refunds
*
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*
5.0
Permit Imprint (Indicia)
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*
*
*
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS
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*
*
*
*
* * * The following standards apply:
[Revise the last sentence of item a to
read as follows:]
a. * * * Sample pieces are not
required for nonidentical-piece USPS
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6.4 Combining Package Services,
Parcel Select, and USPS Marketing
Mail—Optional 3-Digit SCF Entry
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6.4.2
*
*
*
Qualification and Preparation
Parcel Select and Bound Printed
Matter machinable parcels, and USPS
Marketing Mail parcels may be prepared
for entry at designated SCFs under these
standards:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d to read as
follows:]
d. USPS Marketing Mail, machinable
Marketing Parcels (regular and
nonprofit) and Nonprofit Machinable
priced parcels are eligible for the NDC/
RPDC presort-level DNDC price. USPS
Marketing Mail, nonstandard Marketing
Parcels (regular and nonprofit) and
Nonprofit Nonstandard priced parcels
are eligible for the 3-digit presort-level
DSCF price.
*
*
*
*
*
7.0 Combining Package Services and
Parcel Select Parcels for Destination
Entry
7.1 Combining Parcels—DSCF/RP&DC
and DDU or S&DC Entry
*
7.1.2
5.3.9 Use of a Company Permit
Imprint
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5.3 Indicia Design, Placement, and
Content
*
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6.0 Combining Mailings of USPS
Marketing Mail, Package Services, and
Parcel Select Parcels
Simplified Address
3.2.1
*
*
*
*
*
Basic Standards
[Revise the introductory text of 7.1.2
to read as follows:]
Package Services and Parcel Select
parcels that qualify as machinable and
nonstandard under 201 and meet the
following conditions may be combined
in 5-digit scheme and 5-digit sacks or 5digit scheme and 5-digit pallets under
these conditions:
*
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*
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*
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Preparing Pallets
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Presort
[Revise the seventh sentence of 8.5.1
to read as follows:]
* * * These standards may result in
some bundles of Periodicals flats and
nonstandard parcels and USPS
Marketing Mail flats that are part of a
mailing job prepared in part as
palletized flats at automation prices not
being placed on the finest level of pallet
possible. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
8.5.2
Required Preparation
The following standards apply to
Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail,
Parcel Select, and Package Services,
except Parcel Select mailed at DSCF and
DDU prices:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence of item b to
read as follows:]
b. For bundles of flat-size mailpieces
or bundles of nonstandard parcels on
pallets, after preparing all possible
pallets under 8.5.2a, when 250 or more
pounds of bundles remain for an ADC/
RPDC (Periodicals) or for a NDC/ASF/
RPDC (USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel
Select, and Package Services), mailers
must prepare the ADC/RPDC or NDC/
ASF/RPDC pallet, as applicable for the
class of mail. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
8.5.4
Minimum Height of Mail
The definitions of the minimum
height of mail used to qualify for DSCF/
DRPDC Parcel Select prices are as
follows:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence of item b to
read as follows:]
b. Nonstandard parcels. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
8.5.6
Mail on Pallets
These standards apply to mail on
pallets:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of items a and b to
read as follows:]
a. For Bound Printed Matter
nonstandard parcels, Presorted and
Carrier Route price mail may be
combined on all levels of pallet. For
Bound Printed Matter flats, Presorted
and Carrier Route price mail may be
combined on all levels of pallet except
as provided in 8.5.6g.
b. For sacks or flat trays of
Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail, and
Bound Printed Matter flats or
nonstandard parcels, carrier route price
mail must be prepared on separate 5-
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or presorted price mail.
*
*
*
*
*
8.6.5 Line 2 (Content Line)
Line 2 (content line) must meet these
standards:
*
*
*
*
*
b. Codes. The codes shown below
must be used as appropriate on Line 2
of sack, tray, and pallet labels.
CONTENT TYPE
CODE
*
*
*
*
*
[Delete the ‘‘Irregular Parcels’’ line
item in its entirety.]
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Content Type’’ text of the
‘‘Mixed Machinable and Irregular’’ line
item to read as follows:]
Mixed Machinable and Nonstandard
Parcels
MACH & NONSTD (USPS
Marketing Mail only)
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Content Type’’ text of the
‘‘Nonmachinable Parcels’’ line item to
read as follows:]
Nonstandard Parcels
NONSTD
*
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*
8.8 Basic Uses
These types of mail may be palletized:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d to read as
follows:]
d. Machinable or nonstandard parcels.
*
*
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*
*
8.9
Bundles on Pallets
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8.9.1 Applicability
[Revise the first sentence of 8.9.1 to
read as follows:]
Presort destination bundles of
Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail, and
Package Services flats and nonstandard
parcels may be placed directly on
pallets under 8.9.2 through 8.9.5 and
8.10. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
8.9.5 Bound Printed Matter
Bound Printed Matter on pallets must
be bundled as follows:
*
*
*
*
*
b. Presorted and Carrier Route Bound
Printed Matter:
[Revise the first sentence of item b1 to
read as follows:]
1. Only individual pieces of flats or
nonstandard parcels that weigh less
than 10 pounds each may be prepared
as bundles on pallets. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
8.10.2 Periodicals—Bundles, Sacks,
Letter or Flat Trays
[Revise the seventh sentence in the
introductory text of 8.10.2 to read as
follows:]
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* * * Bundles of Periodicals flats and
nonstandard parcels may also be
palletized under 10.0, 12.0, or 13.0.
* * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the third sentence in the
introductory text of item b to read as
follows:]
b. * * * Required for bundles
containing all other flats or nonstandard
parcels. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the third sentence in the
introductory text of item c to read as
follows:]
c. * * * Pallet must contain only 5digit bundles of automation price and/
or Presorted price mail for the same 5digit scheme under L001. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the third sentence in the
introductory text of item e to read as
follows:]
e. * * * Required for bundles
containing all other flats or nonstandard
parcels. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence in the
introductory text of item f to read as
follows:]
f. 5-digit, required, except for letter
trays; permitted for bundles, trays, and
sacks (nonstandard parcels only). * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the introductory text of item h
to read as follows:]
h. SCF, required, permitted for
bundles, trays, and sacks (nonstandard
parcels only). The pallet may contain
carrier route, automation price, and/or
Presorted price mail for the 3-digit ZIP
Code groups in L005. Mailers may place
origin mixed ADC (OMX) sacks
(nonstandard parcels only) or flat trays
on origin SCF pallets. Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence in the
introductory text of item i to read as
follows:]
i. ADC, required, permitted for
bundles, trays, and sacks (nonstandard
parcels only). * * *
*
*
*
*
*
8.10.3 USPS Marketing Mail—
Bundles, Sacks, or Trays
[Revise the fifth and sixth sentence of
the introductory text of 8.10.3 to read as
follows:]
* * * For parcels, use this
preparation only for nonstandard
parcels in sacks. Palletize unbundled or
unsacked nonstandard parcels under
8.10.8. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
d. 5-digit, required except for trays,
permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks
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Labeling:
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[Revise the first sentence of item d2 to
read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard
parcels, use ‘‘STD’’ followed by ‘‘FLTS’’
or ‘‘NONSTD,’’ as applicable; followed
by ‘‘5D’’ followed by ‘‘BARCODED’’ (or
‘‘BC’’) if the pallet contains automationprice mail; followed by
‘‘NONBARCODED’’ (or ‘‘NBC’’) if the
pallet contains Presorted-price mail.
* * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence in the
introductory text of item f to read as
follows:]
f. SCF, required, permitted for
bundles, trays, and sacks (nonstandard
parcels only). * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence in the text of
item f2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard
parcels, ‘‘STD’’ followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD,’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘SCF’’; followed by ‘‘BARCODED’’ (or
‘‘BC’’) if pallet contains automation
price mail; followed by
‘‘NONBARCODED’’ (or ‘‘NBC’’) if pallet
contains carrier route and/or Presorted
price mail. * * *
g. ASF, required unless bundle
reallocation is used under 8.13,
permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks
(nonstandard parcels only). * * *
* * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence in the text of
item g2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard
parcels, ‘‘STD’’ followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD,’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘ASF’’; followed by ‘‘BARCODED’’ (or
‘‘BC’’) if pallet contains automation
price mail; followed by
‘‘NONBARCODED’’ (or ‘‘NBC’’) if pallet
contains carrier route and/or Presorted
price mail. * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the
introductory text of item h to read as
follows:]
h. NDC, required, permitted for
bundles, trays, and sacks (nonstandard
parcels only). * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence in the text of
item h2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard
parcels, ‘‘STD’’ followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD,’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘NDC’’; followed by ‘‘BARCODED’’ (or
‘‘BC’’) if pallet contains automation
price mail; followed by
‘‘NONBARCODED’’ (or ‘‘NBC’’) if pallet
contains carrier route and/or Presorted
price mail. * * *
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[Revise the introductory text of item i
to read as follows:]
i. Mixed NDC, optional, permitted for
bundles, trays, and sacks (nonstandard
parcels only); allowed with no
minimum and required at 100 pounds of
mail for bundles of flats. Bundles of flats
totaling less than 100 pounds in weight
must be trayed if not palletized. The
pallet may contain carrier route,
automation, and/or Presorted mail.
Mailers must place trays and sacks
(nonstandard parcels only) containing
pieces paid at the single-piece price on
the mixed NDC pallet (unless required
to be presented separately by special
postage payment authorization).
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the first sentence in the text of
item i2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard
parcels, ‘‘STD’’ followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or
‘‘NONSTD,’’ as applicable; followed by
‘‘BARCODED’’ (or ‘‘BC’’) if pallet
contains automation price mail;
followed by ‘‘NONBARCODED’’ (or
‘‘NBC’’) if pallet contains carrier route
and/or Presorted price mail; followed by
‘‘WKG.’’ * * *
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 8.10.5 to read
as follows:]
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS
8.10.5 Package Services Nonstandard
Parcels—Bundles and Sacks
[Revise the fifth sentence of 8.10.5 to
read as follows:]
* * * At the mailer’s option, all
Package Services nonstandard parcels
also may be prepared for destination
entry (see 7.0). * * *
a. Merged 5-digit scheme, required,
permitted for bundles only. * * *
* * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD CR/5D’’;
followed by ‘‘SCHEME’’ (or ‘‘SCH’’).
b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes,
required, permitted for bundles only.
* * * * * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD’’; followed
by ‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ (or ‘‘CR–RTS’’);
followed by ‘‘SCHEME’’ (or ‘‘SCH’’).
c. 5-digit scheme, required, permitted
for bundles only. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D’’;
followed by ‘‘SCHEME’’ (or ‘‘SCH’’).
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d. Merged 5-digit, required, permitted
for bundles only. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD CR/5D.’’
e. 5-digit carrier routes, required,
permitted for bundles and sacks. * * *
* * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD’’; followed
by ‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ (or ‘‘CR–RTS’’).
f. 5-digit, required, permitted for
bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item f2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 5D.’’
g. 3-digit, optional, option not
available for bundles for 3-digit ZIP
Code prefixes marked ‘‘N’’ in L002.
* * * * * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item g2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD 3D.’’
h. SCF, required, permitted for
bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item h2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD SCF.’’
i. ASF, required, permitted for
bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item i2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD ASF.’’
j. NDC, required, permitted for
bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item j2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD NDC.’’
k. Mixed NDC, optional, permitted for
sacks only. * * * * * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item k2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘PSVC NONSTD WKG.’’
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading and introductory
text of 8.10.8 to read as follows:]
8.10.8 Nonstandard Parcels Weighing
2 Ounces or More—USPS Marketing
Mail, Including Marketing Parcels
Mailers who palletize unbundled or
unsacked nonstandard parcels must
make pallets or pallet boxes when there
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are 250 pounds or more for the
destination levels below for DNDC,
DSCF, or DDU prices. When prepared at
origin, a 200-pound minimum is
required for the NDC price. Prepare
pallets or pallet boxes of nonstandard
parcels (except tubes, rolls, and similar
pieces) weighing 2 ounces or more
under 8.0 and in the sequence listed
below. Label pallets or pallet boxes
according to the Line 1 and Line 2
information listed below and under 8.6.
Mailers may not prepare tubes, rolls,
and similar pieces or pieces that weigh
less than 2 ounces on pallets or in pallet
boxes, except for pieces in carrier route
bundles or in sacks under 8.10.3.
Preparation sequence and labeling:
a. 5-digit scheme, required. * * *
* * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD 5D’’;
followed by ‘‘SCHEME’’ (or ‘‘SCH’’).
b. 5-digit, required. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD 5D.’’
c. SCF, required. Allowed only for
mail deposited at a DSCF to claim SCF
price; labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: Use ‘‘STD NONSTD SCF.’’
d. ASF, optional, but required for
DNDC prices. * * * * * * Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD ASF.’’
e. NDC, required. * * * * * *
Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD NDC.’’
f. Origin NDC (required); no
minimum; labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item f2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD NDC.’’
g. Mixed NDC, optional. Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item g2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: ‘‘STD NONSTD WKG.’’
[Revise the heading of 8.11 to read as
follows:]
8.11 Bundle Reallocation To Protect
SCF Pallet for Periodicals Flats and
Nonstandard Parcels and USPS
Marketing Mail Flats on Pallets
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8.11.3 Reallocation of Bundles if
Optional 3-Digit Pallets Are Prepared
8.18.2 Alternate Preparation, Parcels
on Pallets
Reallocation rules are as follows:
*
*
*
*
[Revise the last sentence of item d to
read as follows:]
d. * * * Mail that falls beyond the
SCF/RPDC pallet level must be placed
on the next appropriate pallet (ADC/
RPDC, ASF/RPDC, NDC/RPDC or
MNDC/MRPDC) or in the next
appropriate sack (nonstandard parcels)
or flat tray.
DSCF price mailings not prepared
under 8.18.1 may be prepared as
follows:
[Revise the third sentence of item a to
read as follows:]
a. General. * * * Nonstandard pieces
under 201.7.6 may be combined on the
same pallet. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
8.11.4 Reallocation of Bundles if
Optional 3-Digit Pallets Are Not
Prepared
[Revise the fourth sentence in the
introductory text of 8.20 to read as
follows:]
* * * Nonstandard pieces under
201.7.6 may be combined. * * *
*
*
*
*
*
*
Reallocation rules are as follows:
*
*
*
*
[Revise the last sentence of item b to
read as follows:]
b. * * * Mail that falls beyond the
SCF/RPDC pallet level must be placed
on the next appropriate pallet (ADC/
RPDC, ASF/RPDC, NDC/RPDC, or
MNDC/MRPDC) or in the next
appropriate sack (nonstandard parcels)
or flat tray.
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the heading of 8.12 to read as
follows:]
*
8.12 Bundle Reallocation To Protect
ADC Pallet for Periodicals Flats and
Nonstandard Parcels on Pallets
*
*
*
*
*
8.14 Pallets of Bundles, Sacks, and
Trays
*
*
*
*
*
8.14.2* * *USPS Marketing Mail
Additional pallet preparation:
[Revise the last sentence of item a to
read as follows:]
a. Combined mailings. * * * * * *
Mailers may include machinable parcels
and nonstandard parcels on 5-digit
pallets.
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*
*
*
*
8.18 Parcel Select DSCF Prices—
Parcels on Pallets
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8.18.1 Basic Preparation, Parcels on
Pallets
Unless prepared under 8.18.2, or in
sacks, mail must be prepared for the
DSCF price as follows:
[Revise the third sentence of item a to
read as follows:]
a. General. * * * Nonstandard pieces
under 201.7.6 may be combined on the
same pallet or in the same overflow sack
when sorted to 5-digit scheme or 5-digit
destinations. * * *
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9.0 Combining Bundles of Automation
and Nonautomation Flats in Flat Trays
and Sacks
*
*
*
9.2
Periodicals
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
9.2.4 Optional Sack Preparation and
Labeling
[Revise the fifth sentence in the
introductory text of 9.2.4 to read as
follows:]
* * * If, due to the physical size of
the mailpieces, the machinable
barcoded price pieces are considered
flat-size under 201.6.0 and the
machinable nonbarcoded price pieces
are considered nonstandard parcels
under 201.7.6, the processing category
shown on the sack label must show
‘‘FLTS.’’ * * *
*
*
*
*
*
10.0 Merging Bundles of Flats Using
the City State Product
*
*
*
*
*
10.1.4 Sack and Flat-Tray Preparation
and Labeling
[Revise the introductory text of 10.1.4
to read as follows:]
All carrier route bundles must be
placed in sacks/flat trays under 10.1.4a
through 10.1.4e and 10.1.4h as
described below. When sorting is
performed under this section, mailers
must prepare merged 5-digit scheme
sacks (nonstandard parcels) or flat trays,
5-digit scheme carrier routes sacks/flat
trays, and merged 5-digit sacks
(nonstandard parcels) or flat trays for all
possible 5-digit schemes or 5-digit ZIP
Codes as applicable, using L001 (merged
5-digit scheme and 5-digit scheme
carrier routes sort only) and the Carrier
Route Indicators field in the City State
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Product when there is enough volume
for the 5-digit scheme or 5-digit ZIP
Code to prepare such sacks
(nonstandard parcels) or flat trays under
10.1.4. Mailers must label sacks/flat
trays according to the Line 1 and Line
2 information listed below and under
207.20.1. If, due to the physical size of
the mailpieces, the barcoded pieces are
considered flat-size under 207.26.0, and
the carrier route pieces and
nonbarcoded pieces are considered
nonstandard parcels under 201.7.6,
‘‘FLTS’’ must be shown as the
processing category on the sack/tray
label. If a mailing job does not contain
barcoded price pieces and the carrier
route pieces and the nonbarcoded
pieces are nonstandard parcel shaped,
use ‘‘NONSTD’’ for the processing
category on the contents line of the
label. Mailers must prepare sacks
containing carrier route and 5-digit
bundles from the carrier route,
barcoded, and nonbarcoded mailings in
the mailing job in the following manner
and sequence:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of item h to read as
follows:]
h. Merged 3-digit. Required for carrier
route, 5-digit, and 5-digit scheme
bundles remaining after preparing sacks
(nonstandard parcels only) or flat trays
under 10.1.4a through 10.1.4g, and any
3-digit and 3-digit scheme bundles with
a minimum of 24 pieces for a 3-digit
area. Labeling:
*
*
*
*
*
12.0 Merging Bundles of Flats on
Pallets Using a 5 Percent Threshold
*
*
*
*
*
12.1.5 Pallet Preparation and Labeling
[Revise the text in the fourth and last
sentence of 12.1.5 to read as follows:]
* * * If, due to the physical size of
the mailpieces, the barcoded price
pieces are considered flat size under
201.6.0 and the carrier route sorted
pieces and nonbarcoded price pieces are
considered nonstandard parcels under
201.7.6, ‘‘FLTS’’ must be shown as the
processing category on the pallet label.
If a mailing contains no barcoded price
pieces and the carrier route pieces and
the nonbarcoded pieces are nonstandard
parcels, use ‘‘NONSTD for the
processing category on the contents line
of the pallet label. Prepare and label
pallets as follows:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the second sentence of item c
to read as follows:]
c. * * * Required for all other flats
and nonstandard parcels. * * *
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a 5 Percent Threshold
*
*
13.1.5
*
*
*
Pallet Preparation and Labeling
[Revise the fourth and last sentence of
13.1.5 to read as follows:]
* * * If, due to the physical size of
the mailpieces, the barcoded price
pieces are considered flat-size under
201.6.0 and the carrier route sorted
pieces and nonbarcoded price pieces are
considered nonstandard parcels under
201.7.6, ‘‘FLTS’’ must be shown as the
processing category on the pallet label.
If a mailing contains no barcoded price
pieces and the carrier route pieces and
the nonbarcoded of pieces are
nonstandard parcels, use ‘‘NONSTD’’
for the processing category on the
contents line of the pallet label. Prepare
and label pallets as follows:
*
*
*
*
*
21.0 Optional Combined Parcel
Mailings
*
*
21.3
21.3.1
*
*
*
Mail Preparation
Basic Standards
Prepare combined mailings as
follows:
a. Different parcel types must be
prepared separately for combined parcel
mailings as indicated below:
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the text of items a2 and a3 to
read as follows:]
2. USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel
Select, and Package Services
nonstandard parcels, except for tubes,
rolls, triangles, and other similarly
nonstandard-shaped pieces: Use ‘‘STD/
PSVC’’ for line 2 content labeling.
3. USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel
Select, and Package Services tubes,
rolls, triangles, and similarly
nonstandard-shaped parcels: Use ‘‘STD/
PSVC NONSTD’’ for line 2 content
labeling.
*
*
*
*
*
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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
B
*
Bound Printed Matter, Commercial
Parcels
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘carrier route irregular
parcels’’ line item under ‘‘Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels’’ to
read as follows:]
carrier route nonstandard parcels,
265.9.2, 265.9.3
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘presorted irregular
parcels’’ line item under ‘‘Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels’’ to
read as follows:]
presorted nonstandard parcels,
265.8.2, 265.8.3
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable parcels’’
line item under ‘‘Bound Printed Matter,
Commercial Parcels’’ to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘bundles of irregular
parcels on pallets’’ line item under
‘‘Bound Printed Matter, Commercial
Parcels’’ to read as follows:]
bundles of nonstandard parcels on
pallets, 705.8.10.5
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘carrier route irregular
parcels’’ line item under ‘‘Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels’’ to
read as follows:]
carrier route nonstandard parcels,
265.9.2, 265.9.3
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘presorted irregular
parcels’’ line item under ‘‘Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels’’ to
read as follows:]
presorted nonstandard parcels,
265.8.2, 265.8.3
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘sacks of irregular parcels
on pallets’’ line item under ‘‘Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels’’ to
read as follows:]
sacks of nonstandard parcels on
pallets, 705.8.10.5
*
*
*
*
*
I
[Revise the text of 21.3.3 to read as
follows:]
Prepare and enter USPS Marketing
Mail, Parcel Select, and Package
Services nonstandard parcels, that are
not tubes, rolls, triangles, or similarly
nonstandard-shaped parcels) as
combined APPS-machinable parcels as
shown in the table below.
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*
[Delete the ‘‘Irregular parcels’’ line
item under ‘‘I’’.]
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L
*
*
*
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*
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[Revise the ‘‘irregular parcels’’ and
‘‘irregular parcels on pallets’’ line items
under ‘‘Library Mail, Commercial
Parcels’’ to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 275.6.3
nonstandard parcels on pallets,
705.8.10.5
*
*
*
*
*
[Delete the second duplicated line
item ‘‘irregular parcels’’ after the
‘‘bundles’’ line item.]
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable parcels’’
line item under ‘‘Library Mail,
Commercial Parcels’’ to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
*
*
*
*
*
M
*
*
*
*
*
Media Mail, Commercial Parcels
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘irregular parcels’’ and
‘‘irregular parcels on pallets’’ line items
under ‘‘Media Mail, Commercial
Parcels’’ to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 275.6.3
nonstandard parcels on pallets,
705.8.10.5
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable parcels’’
line item under ‘‘Media Mail,
Commercial Parcels’’ to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
*
*
*
*
*
N
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable’’ line
item under ‘‘N’’ to read as follows:]
Nonstandard
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘Parcel Select’’ line item
under the renamed ‘‘nonstandard’’ to
read as follows:]
Parcel Select, 201.7.6
*
*
*
*
*
P
*
*
*
*
*
Parcel Select
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘irregular parcels on
pallets’’ line item under ‘‘Parcel Select’’
to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels on pallets,
705.8.10.5
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable parcels
on pallets’’ line item under ‘‘Parcel
Select’’ to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels on pallets,
705.8.18.2
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*
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[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable parcels’’
line item under ‘‘Parcel Select’’ to read
as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
*
*
*
*
*
Parcels
[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable criteria’’
heading under ‘‘parcels’’ to read as
follows:]
nonstandard criteria
[Revise the ‘‘commercial mail’’ line
item under renamed ‘‘nonstandard
criteria’’ to read as follows:]
commercial mail, 201.7.6
*
*
*
*
*
Periodicals
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘carrier route irregular
parcels in sacks’’ line item under
‘‘Periodicals’’ to read as follows:]
carrier route nonstandard parcels in
sacks, 207.23.4
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘irregular parcels in
sacks’’ line item under ‘‘Periodicals’’ to
read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels in sacks,
207.22.6
*
*
*
*
*
S
*
*
*
*
*
Size
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘nonmachinable parcels’’
line item under ‘‘Size’’ to read as
follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 101.3.0, 201.7.0
*
*
*
*
*
U
*
*
*
*
*
USPS Marketing Mail, Parcels
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*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘bundling for irregular
parcels’’ line item under ‘‘USPS
Marketing Mail, parcels’’ to read as
follows:]
bundling for nonstandard parcels,
245.11.4, 245.12.5
*
*
*
*
*
[Revise the ‘‘presorted irregular
parcels’’ line item under ‘‘USPS
Marketing Mail, parcels’’ to read as
follows:]
presorted nonstandard parcels,
245.11.4
*
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*
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Ruth Stevenson,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2023–0300; FRL–11403–
01–R3]
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Oil
and Natural Gas Control Measures for
2008 and 2015 Ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
State implementation plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The
revisions establish and require
reasonably available control technology
(RACT) requirements for the 2008 and
2015 ozone national ambient air quality
standards (NAAQS) for each category of
volatile organic compound (VOC)
sources in Pennsylvania covered by the
EPA’s 2016 control techniques
guidelines (CTG) for the oil and gas
industry. EPA is also proposing to
approve Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania’s incorporation of the
Pennsylvania regulations into the
Allegheny County SIP with minor
changes to reference Allegheny County’s
existing regulations. This action is being
taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03–
OAR–2023–0300 at
www.regulations.gov, or via email to
Goold.Megan@epa.gov. For comments
submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. For either manner of
submission, EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
confidential business information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
make. EPA will generally not consider
comments or comment contents located
outside of the primary submission (i.e.,
on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission
methods, please contact the person
identified in the FOR FURTHER
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section. For the
full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael O’Shea, Planning &
Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air &
Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1600 John
F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone
number is (215) 814–2064. Dr. O’Shea
can also be reached via electronic mail
at oshea.michael@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 12, 2022, the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) submitted a revision to its SIP
establishing RACT requirements for the
2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS to control
VOC emissions from sources covered by
EPA’s 2016 CTG for the oil and gas
industry. On September 8, 2023, the
Allegheny County Health Department
(ACHD) submitted a revision to the
Allegheny County SIP incorporating by
reference (IBR) the aforementioned
Pennsylvania regulations with minor
modifications to Pennsylvania’s
regulations in order to refer to offices,
officers, and make proper cross
references to the existing Allegheny
County regulations and EPA-approved
SIP.
INFORMATION CONTACT
I. Background
A. Final Control Techniques Guidelines
for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
On October 27, 2016, EPA published
in the Federal Register the ‘‘Final
Control Techniques Guidelines for the
Oil and Natural Gas Industry’’ (EPA’s
2016 Oil and Gas CTG) (81 FR 74798).1
EPA’s 2016 Oil and Gas CTG provided
information to state, local, and Tribal air
agencies to assist them in determining
RACT for VOC emissions from select oil
and natural gas industry emission
sources. CAA section 182(b)(2)(A) and
(B) requires that for ozone
nonattainment areas classified as
Moderate or above, states must revise
their SIPs to include provisions to
implement RACT for each category of
VOC sources covered by a CTG
document. CAA section 184(b)(1)(B)
extends this RACT obligation to all
areas of states within the Ozone
Transport Region (OTR). EPA classifies
nonattainment areas based on the
severity of their ozone problem.
Nonattainment areas fall into five
1 www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-10/
documents/2016-ctg-oil-and-gas.pdf.
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Parcel Processing Categories Simplification
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is proposing to amend Mailing Standards of
the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) in
various sections to simplify the parcel processing categories.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the manager, Product
Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 4446,
Washington, DC 20260-5015. If sending comments by email, include the
name and address of the commenter and send to
[email protected], with a subject line of ``Parcel Processing
Categories''. Faxed comments are not accepted.
You may inspect and photocopy all written comments, by appointment
only, at USPS[supreg] Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, 11th
Floor North, Washington, DC, 20260. These records are available for
review on Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., by calling 202-268-
2906.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Jarboe at (202) 268-7690, or
Garry Rodriguez at (202) 268-7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All submitted comments and attachments are
part of the public record and subject to disclosure. Do not enclose any
material in your comments that you consider to be confidential or
inappropriate for public disclosure.
Currently, the Postal Service has three parcel processing
categories: machinable, irregular, and nonmachinable. The Postal
Service is proposing to simplify the parcel processing categories by
making revisions to the physical standards of the machinable processing
category and consolidating the irregular and nonmachinable processing
categories and renaming it ``Nonstandard Parcels''.
The Postal Service is proposing to revise the ``machinable''
processing category by removing the minimum size dimensions requirement
and, except for USPS Marketing Mail parcels, the minimum weight
requirement. Except for cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar shaped
pieces, and for labeling requirements in Publication 52, Hazardous,
Restricted, and Perishable Mail, the minimum size of a machinable
parcel will be determined by if it is large enough to hold the required
delivery address, return address, mailing labels, postage, barcode,
endorsements, and other mail markings on a single optical plane without
bending, folding, or overlapping. All labels and markings must meet the
applicable specifications (e.g., DMM, Publication 199, Parcel Labeling
Guide). A parcel that does not meet this requirement will be considered
nonmailable. Except for USPS Marketing Mail parcels, which will
continue to have the 3.5 ounce minimum to be a machinable parcel, the
minimum weight requirement for other parcels will no longer be a factor
in determining machinability.
The proposed ``Nonstandard Parcels'' processing category will
continue to have a size and weight component that will consist of
parcels that exceed the maximum dimensions of a machinable parcel,
parcels that weigh less than the 3.5-ounce minimum weight for USPS
Marketing Mail parcels only, and parcels that exceed the 25 pound
maximum weight for a machinable parcel. The ``Nonstandard Parcels''
processing category will also have a ``Characteristics'' component that
will define the criteria that will be used to determine if a parcel is
nonstandard (e.g., cylindrical tubes and rolls, packaging). The
``Characteristics'' component of ``Nonstandard Parcels'' will be
supported by DMM sections 601.3.0, Packaging, and 601.4.0, Acceptable
Mailing Containers. The packaging criteria in DMM section 601.7.0,
Packaging Standards for Mail Processed at Network Distribution
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Centers, will be consolidated into DMM section 601.3.0. The Postal
Service is also proposing to revise the packaging standards under DMM
section 601.3.0 to include that except for hazardous, restricted, and
perishable items as provided in Publication 52, all other parcel priced
pieces must be packaged in a box or other acceptable container that
meets the applicable standards under DMM sections 601.3.0 and 601.4.0.
The proposed revisions to parcel processing categories will not
affect the Priority Mail Express[supreg], Priority Mail[supreg], USPS
Ground Advantage[supreg], or USPS Connect[supreg] Local, products. The
proposed revisions will result in no minimum size dimensions
requirement, except for USPS Marketing Mail no minimum weight
requirements, and a nomenclature change, for parcel preparation under
the Parcel Select[supreg] Destination Entry, Library Mail, Media
Mail[supreg], Bound Printed Matter, Periodicals, and USPS Marketing
Mail parcels (regular and nonprofit) products.
In addition, the Postal Service is also proposing to make minor
revisions to the ``Additional Physical Standards'' subsections under
DMM 101 and 201 to remove redundancy.
The Postal Service intends to notify the Postal Regulatory
Commission (PRC) of these revisions for updates to the Mail
Classification Schedule in a future filing. The Postal Service also
intends to revise all collateral material (e.g., Notice 123, Price
List) in a future update.
Proposed Effective Date
The Postal Service is proposing to have November 1, 2024, as the
effective date. However, sack, tray, and pallet, label compliance would
not be in effect until January 19, 2025.
We believe these proposed revisions will simplify the parcel
processing categories providing mailers with a more efficient process
for shipping.
Although exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b), (c)) regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the Postal Service invites public
comment on the proposed revisions to Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), incorporated by
reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
reflect these changes.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, the Postal Service proposes 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):
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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100 Retail Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
101 Physical Standards
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3.0 Physical Standards for Parcels
3.1 Processing Categories
[Revise the text of 3.1 to read as follows:]
USPS categorizes parcels into one of two mail processing
categories: machinable or nonstandard parcel. These categories are
based on the physical dimensions of the parcel, and the placement of
the delivery address and all required labels on the parcel (see
601.1.1.5 for mailabilty). For additional information on the machinable
and nonstandard processing categories see 201.7.0.
[Revise the heading and text of 3.2 to read as follows:]
3.2 Size and Weight
3.2.1 Size
Parcel sizes are as follows:
a. Minimum size: Except for cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar
shaped pieces and labeling exceptions in Publication 52, all parcels
must be large enough to hold the required delivery address, return
address, mailing labels, postage, barcode, endorsements, and other mail
markings on a single optical plane without bending, folding, or
overlapping (see 601.1.1.5). All labels and markings must meet the
applicable specifications (e.g., DMM, Publication 199, Parcel Labeling
Guide).
b. Maximum size: Except for USPS Ground Advantage--Retail, which
may not measure more than 130 inches in length and girth combined, no
mailpiece may measure more than 108 inches in length and girth
combined. For parcels, length is the distance of the longest dimension
and girth is the distance around the thickest part.
3.2.2 Weight
Except as provided under 4.0 through 7.0, no mailpiece may weigh
more than 70 pounds.
* * * * *
4.0 Additional Physical Standards for Priority Mail Express
[Revise the text of 4.0 to read as follows:]
Lower size and weight standards than provided under 3.2 may apply
to Priority Mail Express addressed to certain APO/FPO and DPO mail
subject to 703.2.0, and 703.4.0, and for Department of State mail
subject to 703.3.0.
5.0 Additional Physical Standards for Priority Mail
[Revise the text of 5.0 to read as follows:]
Lower size and weight standards than provided under 3.2 may apply
to Priority Mail addressed to certain APO/FPO and DPO mail subject to
703.2.0, and 703.4.0, and for Department of State mail subject to
703.3.0.
6.0 Additional Physical Standards for First-Class Mail and USPS Ground
Advantage--Retail
6.1 Maximum Weight
[Delete the heading 6.1.1 and move revised text under 6.1 to read
as follows:]
First-Class Mail (letters and flats{time} must not exceed 13
ounces.
[Delete 6.1.2, USPS Ground Advantage--Retail, in its entirety.]
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6.4 Parcels
[Revise the introductory text of 6.4 to read as follows:]
A USPS Ground Advantage--Retail parcel is the following:
* * * * *
[Delete item d in its entirety.]
7.0 Additional Physical Standards for Media Mail and Library Mail
[Delete the introductory text and items a and b. Move the text of
item c under 7.0 and revise as follows:]
Lower size and weight standards than provided under 3.2 may apply
to Library Mail and Media Mail addressed to certain APOs and FPOs,
subject to
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703.2.0 and 703.4.0 and for Department of State mail, subject to
703.3.0.
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120 Retail Mail Priority Mail
123 Prices and Eligibility
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2.0 Basic Eligibility Standards for Priority Mail
2.1 Description of Service
[Revise the last sentence of 2.1 to read as follows:]
* * * Certain Priority Mail mailpieces, such as pieces containing
hazardous material or considered nonstandard (e.g., oversized priced
pieces and nonstandard fee-priced pieces), may receive deferred
handling.
* * * * *
130 Retail Mail First-Class Mail and USPS Ground Advantage--Retail
133 Prices and Eligibility
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2.0 Basic Eligibility Standards for First-Class Mail and USPS Ground
Advantage--Retail
2.1 Description of Service
[Revise the last sentence of 2.1 to read as follows:]
* * * Certain USPS Ground Advantage--Retail mailpieces, such as
pieces containing hazardous material or considered nonstandard (e.g.,
oversized priced pieces and nonstandard fee-priced pieces), may receive
deferred handling.
* * * * *
200 Commercial Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
201 Physical Standards
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7.0 Physical Standards for Parcels
7.1 Processing Categories
[Revise the text of 7.1 to read as follows:]
USPS categorizes parcels into one of two mail processing
categories: machinable or nonstandard. These categories are based on
the physical dimensions of the piece, and the placement of the delivery
address and other required labels on the piece (see 601.1.1.5 for
mailability).
7.2 Minimum Size
[Revise the text of 7.2 to read as follows:]
Pieces are subject to the minimum standards in 7.5, and may be
subject to other minimum dimensions, based on the standards for
specific prices. Except for cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar
shaped pieces and labeling exceptions in Publication 52, generally the
minimum size of a parcel is any piece that is not a letter or a flat
and must be large enough to hold the required delivery address, return
address, mailing labels, postage, barcode, endorsements, and other mail
markings on a single optical plane without bending, folding, or
overlapping (see 601.1.1.5). All labels and markings must meet the
applicable specifications (e.g., DMM, Publication 199, Parcel Labeling
Guide).
7.3 Maximum Weight and Size
7.3.1 Maximum Weight
[Revise the text of 7.3.1 to read as follows:]
Except as provided under 8.0, no mailpiece may weigh more than 70
pounds.
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7.5 Machinable Parcels
7.5.1 Criteria
[Delete the heading 7.5.1, Criteria, and move the text under 7.5.
Revise the text of renumbered 7.5 to read as follows:]
A machinable parcel is any piece that is not a letter or a flat and
that meets the size and weight standards as follows:
a. Minimum size: Except for cylindrical tubes and rolls or similar
shaped pieces and labeling exceptions in Publication 52, a piece must
be large enough to hold the required delivery address, return address,
mailing labels, postage, barcode, endorsements, and other mail markings
on a single optical plane without bending, folding, or overlapping (see
601.1.1.5). All labels and markings must meet the applicable
specifications.
b. Maximum size: Not more than, 22 inches long, or 18 inches wide,
or 15 inches high (see Exhibit 7.5.1b).
c. Minimum weight: USPS Marketing Mail parcels must weigh 3.5
ounces, all other parcel products no minimum weight.
d. Maximum weight: Not more than 25 pounds.
[Revise Exhibit 7.5.1b reference number to read as follows:]
Exhibit 7.5 Machinable Parcel Dimensions
[Revise the graphic in renumbered Exhibit 7.5 by removing the image
of the minimum size parcel.]
[Delete 7.5.2, Criteria for Lightweight Machinable Parcels, 7.5.3,
Soft Goods and Enveloped Printed Matter, and 7.5.4, Exception, in their
entirety.]
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[Revise the heading and text of 7.6 to read as follows:]
7.6 Nonstandard Parcels
7.6.1 Dimensions and Weight
A parcel is considered nonstandard by dimensions or weight as
follows:
a. Dimensions: A parcel that measures more than 22 inches in length
or 18 inches in width or 15 inches in height.
b. Weight: A USPS Marketing Mail parcel that weighs less than 3.5
ounces or any parcel that weighs more than 25 pounds.
7.6.2 Characteristics
A parcel is considered nonstandard by the following
characteristics:
a. Cylindrical tubes or rolls.
b. A can, or wooden or metal box.
c. A parcel containing more than 24 ounces of liquid in glass
containers, or 1 gallon or more of liquid in metal or plastic
containers (see 601.3.4).
d. An insecurely wrapped or inadequately prepared parcel as
provided under 601.3.0 and 601.4.0.
[Delete 7.7, Nonmachinable Parcel, in its entirety.]
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8.0 Additional Physical Standards by Class of Mail
Revise the text of 8.1 and 8.2 to read as follows:]
8.1 Priority Mail Express
Lower size and weight standards than provided under 7.3 may apply
to Priority Mail Express addressed to certain APO/FPO and DPO mail
subject to 703.2.0 and 703.4.0, and for Department of State mail
subject to 703.3.0.
8.2 Priority Mail
[Revise the text of 8.2 to read as follows:]
8.2.1 Weight and Size
Lower weight and size standards than provided under 7.3 may apply
to Priority Mail addressed to certain APO/FPO and DPO mail subject to
703.2.0 and 703.4.0, and for Department of State mail subject to
703.3.0.
8.2.2 Priority Mail Cubic
Priority Mail Cubic must not weigh more than 20 pounds. See 223.1.3
for additional information on size and characteristics.
8.3 USPS Ground Advantage--Commercial Parcels
[Delete 8.3.1, Weight, in its entirety and renumber 8.3.2 as
8.3.1.]
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8.3.1 Size
[Revise the text of renumbered 8.3.1 to read as follows:]
A USPS Ground Advantage--Commercial parcel is:
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[Delete item d in its entirety.]
[Add new 8.3.2 to read as follows:]
8.3.2 USPS Ground Advantage Commercial Cubic
USPS Ground Advantage Commercial Cubic must not weigh more than 20
pounds. See 285.1.3 for additional information on size and
characteristics.
8.4 USPS Marketing Mail Parcels
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8.4.2 Size
[Revise the text of 8.4.2 to read as follows:]
USPS Marketing Mail parcel dimensions are as follows:
a. Regular Marketing parcels and Nonprofit Marketing parcels do not
meet flat-size physical standards and must have the following
characteristics:
1. Length: Not more than 12 inches. Minimum length must be 5 inches
if the parcel is \1/4\ inch thick or less.
2. Height: Not more than 9 inches. Minimum height must be 3\1/2\
inches if the parcel is \1/4\ inch thick or less.
3. Thickness: At least 0.009 inches and not more than 2 inches.
4. An alternative addressing format, according to 602.3.0.
b. Nonprofit Machinable Parcels and Nonprofit Nonstandard Parcels
dimensions are as follows:
1. Large enough to hold the required delivery address, return
address, mailing labels, postage, barcode, endorsements, and other mail
markings on the address side of the parcel.
2. Not exceed 108 inches in length and girth.
3. A Nonprofit Nonstandard Parcel is a parcel not meeting the
criteria for machinable parcels as provided under 7.6.
8.5 Parcel Select
[Delete 8.5.1 and 8.5.2 and renumber 8.5.3 as 8.5.1.]
8.5.1 USPS Connect Local
[Revise the text of renumbered 8.5.1 to read as follows:]
Pieces mailed at USPS Connect Local prices may not weigh more than
25 pounds.
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203 Basic Postage Statement, Documentation, and Preparation Standards
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3.0 Standardized Documentation for First-Class Mail, Periodicals, USPS
Marketing Mail, and Flat-Size Bound Printed Matter
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3.3 Price Level Column Headings
The actual name of the price level (or abbreviation) is used for
column headings required by 3.2 and shown below:
* * * * *
[Revise the introductory text of item b to read as follows:]
b. Presorted First-Class Mail, barcoded and nonbarcoded Periodicals
flats, nonbarcoded Periodicals letters, and machinable, nonmachinable,
and nonstandard, USPS Marketing Mail:
PRICE ABBREVIATION
* * * * *
[Revise the ``ADC'' line item in the ``Price'' column under item b
to read as follows:]
ADC/RP&DC [USPS Marketing Mail nonmachinable letters, flats, and
nonstandard parcels, and all Periodicals]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Mixed ADC'' line item in the ``Price'' column under
item b to read as follows:]
Mixed ADC [USPS Marketing Mail nonmachinable letters, flats,
nonstandard parcels; and all Periodicals]
* * * * *
c. Carrier Route Periodicals and Enhanced Carrier Route USPS
Marketing Mail:
PRICE ABBREVIATION
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Saturation'' and ``High Density'' line items to read
as follows:]
Saturation [letters, flats, and nonstandard parcels]
High Density [letters, flats, and nonstandard parcels]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Basic'' line item to read as follows:]
Basic [letters, flats, and nonstandard parcels]
* * * * *
3.4 Sortation Level
The actual sortation level (or corresponding abbreviation) is used
for the bundle, tray, sack, or pallet levels required by 3.2 and shown
below:
PRICE ABBREVIATION
* * * * *
[Revise the ``5-Digit Scheme Carrier Routes'' line item to read as
follows:]
5-Digit Scheme Carrier Routes [sacks/flat trays and pallets
(Periodicals and USPS Marketing Mail flats); sacks and pallets
(nonstandard parcels)]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``5-Digit Scheme Carrier Routes'' line item to read as
follows:]
5-Digit Scheme [pallets, Periodicals flats and nonstandard parcels,
USPS Marketing Mail flats, Bound Printed Matter flats]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Merged 5-Digit Scheme'' line item to read as
follows:]
Merged 5-Digit Scheme [flat trays and pallets (Periodicals and USPS
Marketing Mail flats); sacks and pallets (nonstandard parcels)]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Merged 3-Digit'' line item to read as follows:]
Merged 3-Digit [flat trays (Periodicals flats); sacks (nonstandard
parcels)]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``SCF'' line item to read as follows:]
SCF [flat trays and pallets (Periodicals flats and USPS Marketing
Mail); sacks and pallets (Bound Printed Matter and nonstandard
parcels)]
* * * * *
4.0 Bundles
* * * * *
4.10 Additional Standards for Unsacked/Untrayed Bundles Entered at DDU
or S&DC Facilities
[Revise the introductory text of 4.10 to read as follows:]
Mailers may enter unsacked, untrayed, or nonpalletized bundles of
carrier route, Periodicals, or USPS Marketing Mail flats and unsacked
Bound Printed Matter (BPM) flats or nonstandard parcels (BPM only) at
destination delivery units (DDUs) or sorting and delivery centers
(DS&DC) if all the following conditions are met:
* * * * *
5.0 Letter and Flat Trays
* * * * *
5.12 Line 2 (Content Line)
Line 2 (content line) must meet these standards:
* * * * *
b. Codes: The codes shown below must be used as appropriate on Line
2 of tray, sack, and pallet labels.
CONTENT TYPE CODE
* * * * *
[Delete the ``Irregular Parcels'' line item.]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Mixed Machinable and Irregular Parcels'' line item to
read as follows:]
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Mixed Machinable and Nonstandard Parcels MACH & NONSTD
[Revise the ``Nonmachinable'' line item to read as follows:]
Nonstandard NONSTD
* * * * *
7.0 Optional Endorsement Lines (OELs)
* * * * *
7.2.5 ZIP Code Information
* * * * *
Exhibit 7.2.5 OEL Labeling Lists
PROCESSING CATEGORY AND PRESORT TYPE
* * * * *
Periodicals 1
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Irregular parcels'' line item under ``Periodicals''
in the ``Processing Category and Presort Type'' column to read as
follows:]
Nonstandard parcels
* * * * *
Bound Printed Matter 1
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Irregular parcels'' line item under ``Bound Printed
Matter'' in the ``Processing Category and Presort Type'' column to read
as follows:]
Nonstandard parcels
Media Mail
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Irregular parcels'' line item in the ``Processing
Category and Presort Type'' column under ``Media Mail'' to read as
follows:]
Nonstandard parcels
Library Mail
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Irregular parcels'' line item in the ``Processing
Category and Presort Type'' column under ``Media Mail'' to read as
follows:]
Nonstandard parcels
* * * * *
204 Barcode Standards
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3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
* * * * *
Exhibit 3.2.4 [1-21-24] 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
CLASS AND MAILING.............. CIN HUMAN-READABLE CONTENT
LINE
* * * * *
Priority Mail Open and Distribute
* * * * *
All Other Classes, Parcels
* * * * *
[Revise the ``ASF/NDC/RPDC irregular parcels'' line item under
``All other Classes, Parcels, to read as follows:]
ASF/NDC nonstandard parcels.... 034 PMOD NONSTD NDC
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of ``PER Irregular Parcels . . .'' to read as
follows:]
PER Nonstandard Parcels--Merged Carrier Route and Presorted
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
merged 5-digit sacks........... 340 PER NONSTD CR/5D
merged 3-digit sacks........... 354 PER NONSTD CR/5D/3D
merged 5-digit scheme sacks.... 365 PER NONSTD CR/5D SCH
[Revise the heading of ``PER Irregular Parcels--Carrier Route'' to
read as follows:]
PER Nonstandard Parcels--Carrier Route
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
saturation price sacks......... 397 PER NONSTD WSS \1\
high density price sacks....... 398 PER NONSTD WSH \1\
basic price sacks.............. 395 PER NONSTD CR \1\
5-digit carrier routes sacks... 396 PER NONSTD 5D CR-RTS
5-digit scheme car. rts. sacks. 399 PER NONSTD CR-RTS SCH
3-digit carrier routes sacks... 355 PER NONSTD 3D CR-RTS
[Revise the heading of ``PER Irregular Parcels--Presorted'' to read
as follows:]
PER Nonstandard Parcels--Presorted
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
5-digit sacks.................. 389 PER NONSTD 5D
3-digit sacks.................. 390 PER NONSTD 3D
SCF sacks...................... 394 PER NONSTD SCF
ADC sacks or trays............. 391 PER NONSTD ADC
mixed ADC sacks or trays....... 392 PER NONSTD WKG
origin mixed ADC sacks or trays 363 PER NONSTD WKG W FCM
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[Revise the heading of ``NEWS Irregular Parcels . . .'' to read as
follows:]
NEWS Nonstandard Parcels--Merged Carrier Route and Presorted
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
merged 5-digit................. 440 NEWS NONSTD CR/5D
merged 5-digit scheme.......... 465 NEWS NONSTD CR/5D SCH
merged 3-digit sacks........... 454 NEWS NONSTD CR/5D/3D
[Revise the heading of ``NEWS Irregular Parcels--Carrier Route'' to
read as follows:]
NEWS Nonstandard Parcels--Carrier Route
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
saturation price sacks......... 497 NEWS NONSTD WSS \1\
high density price sacks....... 498 NEWS NONSTD WSH \1\
basic price sacks.............. 495 NEWS NONSTD CR \1\
5-digit carrier routes sacks... 496 NEWS NONSTD 5D CR-RTS
5-digit scheme car. rts. sacks. 499 NEWS NONSTD CR-RTS SCH
3-digit carrier routes sacks... 455 NEWS NONSTD 3D CR-RTS
[Revise the heading of ``NEWS Irregular Parcels--Carrier Route'' to
read as follows:]
NEWS Nonstandard Parcels--Presorted
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
5-digit sacks.................. 489 NEWS NONSTD 5D
3-digit sacks.................. 490 NEWS NONSTD 3D
SCF sacks...................... 494 NEWS NONSTD SCF
ADC sacks or trays............. 491 NEWS NONSTD ADC
mixed ADC sacks or trays....... 492 NEWS NONSTD WKG
origin mixed ADC sacks or trays 463 NEWS NONSTD WKG W FCM
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of ``MKT Marketing Parcels less than 6 oz. and
Irregular Parcels'' to read as follows:]
MKT Marketing Parcels (Nonstandard) and Nonprofit Nonstandard Priced
Parcels
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
5-digit scheme sacks........... 590 MKT NONSTD 5D SCH
5-digit sacks.................. 590 MKT NONSTD 5D
SCF sacks...................... 596 MKT NONSTD SCF
ASF sacks...................... 571 MKT NONSTD ASF
NDC sacks...................... 570 MKT NONSTD NDC
mixed NDC sacks
[Revise the heading of ``MKT Marketing Parcels 6 oz. or more and
``Machinable Parcels'' to read as follows:]
MKT Marketing Parcels (Machinable) and Nonprofit Machinable Priced
Parcels
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of ``MKT Machinable and Irregular Parcels--
Presorted'' to read as follows:]
MKT Machinable and Nonstandard Parcels--Presorted
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of ``Carrier Route BPM--Irregular Parcels'' to
read as follows:]
Carrier Route BPM--Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
carrier route sacks............ 697 PSVC NONSTD CR \1\
5-digit carrier routes sacks... 698 PSVC NONSTD CR-RTS
5-digit scheme car. rt. sacks.. 698 PSVC NONSTD CR-RTS SCH
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[Revise the heading of ``Presorted BPM--Irregular Parcels'' to read
as follows:]
Presorted BPM--Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
5-digit sacks.................. 690 PSVC NONSTD 5D
5-digit scheme sacks........... 690 PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH
3-digit sacks.................. 691 PSVC NONSTD 3D
SCF sacks...................... 696 PSVC NONSTD SCF
ADC sacks...................... 692 PSVC NONSTD ADC
mixed ADC sacks................ 694 PSVC NONSTD WKG
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of ``Media Mail and Library Mail Irregular
Parcels--Presorted'' to read as follows:]
Media Mail and Library Mail Nonstandard Parcels--Presorted
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
5-digit scheme sacks........... 690 PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH
5-digit sacks.................. 690 PSVC NONSTD 5D
3-digit sacks.................. 691 PSVC NONSTD 3D
ADC sacks...................... 692 PSVC NONSTD ADC
mixed ADC sacks................ 694 PSVC NONSTD WKG
* * * * *
Parcel Select
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of ``Parcel Select Irregular (Nonmachinable)
Parcels--Presorted'' to read as follows:]
Parcel Select--Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
3-digit sacks.................. 691 PSVC NONSTD 3D
* * * * *
[Delete the Combined Package Services, Parcel Select, and USPS
Marketing--Irregular Parcels 2 up to 6 oz (APPS--machinable) line item
in its entirety.]
[Revise the of Combined PSVC & MKT--Irregular Parcels less than 2
oz, and tubes and rolls (not APPS--machinable) to read as follows:]
Combined PSVC & MKT--Nonstandard Parcels Cylindrical Tubes and Rolls
[Revise the text in the ``Human-Readable Content Line'' column to
read as follows:]
3-digit sacks.................. 591 MKT/PSVC NONSTD 3D
ADC sacks...................... 592 MKT/PSVC NONSTD ADC
Mixed ADC sacks................ 594 MKT/PSVC NONSTD WKG
* * * * *
207 Periodicals
* * * * *
22.0 Preparing Nonbarcoded (Presorted) Periodicals
* * * * *
22.6 Sack Preparation
* * * For other mailing jobs, preparation sequence, sack size, and
labeling:
a. 5-digit, required at 72 pieces, optional at 24 pieces minimum.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: use ``PER'' or NEWS'' as applicable; followed by
``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``5D''.
b. 3-digit, required at 72 pieces, optional at 24 pieces minimum.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: use ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by
``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``3D''; followed by
``NON BC'' for flats.
c. SCF, required at 72 pieces, optional at 24 pieces minimum.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by ``FLTS''
or ``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``SCF''; followed by ``NON
BC'' for flats.
d. Origin/entry SCF, required for the SCF of the origin
(verification) office, optional for the SCF of an entry office other
than the origin office, (no minimum).
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: usen ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by
``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``SCF''; followed by
``NON BC'' for flats..
e. ADC, required at 72 pieces, optional at 24 pieces minimum.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by
``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``ADC''.
f. Origin mixed ADC, required; no minimum; for any remaining
bundles for destinations in L201, Column B, corresponding to the origin
ZIP Code in Column A.
* * * * *
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[Revise the text of item f2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable, followed by
``NONSTD'' as applicable, followed by ``WKG W FCM.''
g. Mixed ADC, required (no minimum).
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item g2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by
``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``WKG'' for nonstandard parcels.
* * * * *
23.0 Preparing Carrier Route Periodicals
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 23.4 to read as follows:]
23.4 Preparation--Flat-Size Pieces and Nonstandard Parcels
23.4.1 Flat Tray and Sacking Preparation and Labeling
* * * Preparation sequence, sack/tray size, and labeling:
a. Carrier route, required at 72 pieces, optional at 24 pieces,
fewer pieces not permitted.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by ``FLTS''
or ``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``WSS'' for saturation price
mail, or ``WSH'' for high density price mail, or ``CR'' for basic price
mail; followed by the route type and number.
b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes, required at 72 pieces, optional
at 24 pieces, fewer pieces not permitted.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by ``FLTS''
or ``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``CR-RTS SCH.''
c. 5-digit carrier routes, required at 72 pieces, optional at 24
pieces, fewer pieces not permitted.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable; followed by ``FLTS''
or ``NONSTD'' as applicable; followed by ``CR-RTS.''
d. 3-digit carrier routes, required with one 6-piece bundle. Flat-
sized pieces must be prepared in flat trays (see 203.5.6).
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PER'' or ``NEWS'' as applicable, followed by ``FLTS
3D'' or ``NONSTD 3D'' as applicable, followed by ``CR-RTS.''
* * * * *
240 Commercial Mail USPS Marketing Mail
243 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
* * * * *
1.2 USPS Marketing Mail Prices
USPS Marketing Mail prices are applied as follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b to read as follows:]
b. A price determined by adding the per piece charge and the
corresponding per pound charge applies to any USPS Marketing Mail piece
that weighs more than the following: Nonmachinable letters and flats
that weigh more than 4.0 ounces, presorted Marketing Parcels, Nonprofit
Machinable and Nonprofit Nonstandard parcels that weigh more than 3.3
ounces and machinable parcels 3.5 ounces or more.
* * * * *
3.0 Basic Eligibility Standards for USPS Marketing Mail
* * * * *
3.2 Defining Characteristics
* * * * *
[Revise the heading and text of 3.2.3 to read as follows:]
3.2.3 Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail Machinable and Nonstandard Parcels
Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail parcels that do not qualify as
Marketing parcels may be prepared and mailed as machinable or
nonstandard parcels.
* * * * *
3.3 Additional Basic Standards for USPS Marketing Mail
Each USPS Marketing Mail mailing is subject to these general
standards:
[Revise the text of item a to read as follows:]
a. All pieces in a mailing must be of the same processing category,
except that nonstandard and machinable parcels may be combined in 5-
digit scheme and 5-digit sacks or on 5-digit scheme and 5-digit
pallets.
* * * * *
[Revise the last sentence of item f to read as follows:]
f. * * * Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail machinable or nonstandard
parcels must bear the addressee`s name and complete delivery address,
or may use an alternative addressing format. DALS or DMLs may be used
subject to 602.4.0.
* * * * *
4.0 Price Eligibility for USPS Marketing Mail
* * * * *
4.2 Minimum Per Piece Prices
The minimum per piece prices (the minimum postage that must be paid
for each piece) apply as follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the fifth sentence of item c to read as follows:]
c. Individual prices. * * * There are also separate prices for
Marketing Parcels, Nonprofit Machinable priced parcels, and Nonprofit
Nonstandard priced parcels. * * *
* * * * *
5.0 Additional Eligibility Standards for Nonautomation USPS Marketing
Mail Letters, Flats, and Presorted USPS Marketing Mail Parcels
* * * * *
5.3 Price Application
[Revise the second sentence of 5.3 to read as follows:]
* * * Prices for Nonprofit parcels not qualifying as Marketing
Parcels apply separately to Nonprofit Machinable parcels and Nonprofit
Nonstandard parcels. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 5.8 to read as follows:]
5.8 Prices for Nonstandard Parcels and Marketing Parcels
5.8.1 5-Digit Price
[Revise the introductory text of 5.8.1 to read as follows:]
5-digit prices apply to nonstandard parcels and to Marketing
parcels that are dropshipped to a DNDC/RPDC (or ASF/RPDC when claiming
DNDC prices), DSCF/DRPDC, or DDU or DS&DC and presented:
* * * * *
5.8.2 SCF Price
[Revise the introductory text of 5.8.2 to read as follows:]
SCF prices apply to nonstandard parcels and to Marketing parcels
that are dropshipped and presented to a DSCF/DRPDC or DNDC/DRPDC:
* * * * *
5.8.3 NDC Price
[Revise the introductory text of 5.8.3 to read as follows:]
NDC prices apply to nonstandard parcels and to Marketing parcels as
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follows under either of the following conditions:
* * * * *
5.8.4 Mixed NDC Price
[Revise the first sentence of 5.8.4 to read as follows:]
Mixed NDC prices apply to nonstandard parcels and to Marketing
parcels in origin NDC/RPDC or mixed NDC/RPDC containers that are not
eligible for 5-digit, SCF, or NDC prices. * * *
* * * * *
245 Mail Preparation
1.0 General Information for Mail Preparation
* * * * *
1.2 Definition of Mailings
Mailings are defined as:
* * * * *
b. USPS Marketing Mail. Except as provided in 243.3.6, the types of
USPS Marketing Mail listed below may not be part of the same mailing.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b6 to read as follows:]
6. Machinable and nonmachinable or nonstandard pieces.
* * * * *
1.4 Preparation Definitions and Instructions
For purposes of preparing mail:
* * * * *
[Revise the fifth sentence of item j to read as follows:]
j. * * * The 5-digit scheme sort may not be used for other mail
prepared on pallets, except for 5-digit bundles of USPS Marketing Mail
nonstandard parcels that are part of a mailing job that is prepared in
part as palletized flats at automation prices. * * *
* * * * *
11.0 Preparing Presorted Parcels
11.1 Basic Standards
All mailings and all pieces in each mailing at USPS Marketing Mail
and Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail parcel prices are subject to
preparation standards in 11.3 or 11.4, and to these general standards:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b to read as follows:]
b. Marketing Parcels, Nonprofit Machinable priced parcels, and
Nonprofit Nonstandard priced parcels must each be prepared as separate
mailings, except under 11.3.1.
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 11.3 to read as follows:]
11.3 Preparing Marketing Parcels (6 Ounces or More) and Nonprofit
Machinable Parcels
11.3.1 Sacking
[Revise the text of 11.3.1 to read as follows:]
Prepare mailings of machinable Marketing Parcels weighing 6 ounces
or more and mailings of Nonprofit Machinable priced parcels under 11.3.
Prepare 5-digit sacks only for parcels dropshipped to a DNDC/RPDC (or
ASF/RPDC when claiming DNDC prices), DSCF/DSCF, or DDU or DS&DC.
Prepare ASF/RPDC or NDC/RPDC sacks only for parcels dropshipped to a
DNDC/RPDC (or ASF/RPDC when claiming DNDC prices). There is no minimum
for parcels in 5-digit/scheme sacks entered at a DDU or DS&DC. Mailers
combining nonstandard parcels with machinable parcels placed in 5-
digit/scheme sacks must prepare those sacks under 11.3.2a. Mailers
combining machinable Marketing Parcels weighing 6 ounces or more with
Nonprofit Machinable priced parcels placed in ASF/RPDC, NDC/RPDC, or
mixed NDC/RPDC sacks must prepare the sacks under 11.3.2.
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 11.4 to read as follows:]
11.4 Preparing Marketing Parcels (Less Than 6 Ounces) and Nonprofit
Nonstandard Parcels
* * * * *
11.4.2 Sacking
[Revise the text of 11.4.2 to read as follows:]
Prepare mailings of nonstandard Marketing Parcels weighing less
than 6 ounces and mailings of Nonprofit Nonstandard priced parcels
under 11.4. Prepare 5-digit sacks only for parcels dropshipped to a
DNDC/RP&DC (or ASF/RP&DC when claiming DNDC prices), DSCF/RP&DC, or DDU
or S&DC. See 11.4.3 for restrictions on SCF/RP&DC, ASF/RP&DC, and NDC/
RP&DC sacks. Mailers must prepare a sack when the mail for a required
presort destination reaches 10 pounds of pieces. There is no minimum
for parcels prepared in 5-digit/scheme sacks entered at a DDU or S&DC.
Mailers combining Nonprofit Nonstandard priced parcels with Nonprofit
Machinable priced parcels and machinable Marketing Parcels weighing 6
ounces or more in 5-digit/scheme sacks must prepare those sacks under
11.3.2. Mailers may not prepare sacks containing nonstandard and
machinable parcels to other presort levels. Mailers may combine
Nonprofit Nonstandard priced parcels with nonstandard Marketing Parcels
in sacks under 11.4.3.
11.4.3 Sacking and Labeling
Preparation sequence, sack size, and labeling:
a. * * * Sacks must contain a 10-pound minimum except at DDU or
S&DC entry which has no minimum; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks, ``STD NONSTD 5D SCH.'' For 5-
digit sacks, ``STD NONSTD 5D.''
b. SCF/RP&DC, allowed only for mail deposited at a DSCF/RP&DC or a
DNDC/RP&DC to claim SCF price; 10-pound minimum; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. For Line 2, ``STD NONSTD SCF.''
c. ASF/RP&DC (optional), allowed only for mail deposited at an ASF/
RP&DC to claim DNDC price; 10-pound minimum; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD ASF.''
d. NDC/RP&DC, allowed only for mail deposited at a DNDC/RP&DC to
claim the NDC price; 10-pound minimum; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD NDC.''
e. Origin NDC/RPDC (required); no minimum; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD NDC.''
f. Mixed NDC/RP&DC (required); no minimum; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item f2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD WKG.''
* * * * *
250 Commercial Mail Parcel Select
* * * * *
255 Mail Preparation
* * * * *
4.0 Preparing Destination Entry Parcel Select
4.1 Preparing Destination Delivery Unit (DDU) or Sorting and Delivery
Center (S&DC) Parcel Select
* * * * *
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4.1.3 Sacking and Labeling
[Revise the last sentence of 4.1.3 to read as follows:]
* * * Machinable and nonstandard pieces may be combined in the same
sack or on the same pallet (including pallet boxes on pallets).
* * * * *
4.2 Preparing Destination Hub (DHub) Parcel Select
* * * * *
4.2.3 Sacking and Labeling
Sacking requirements for DHub entry include the following:
* * * * *
[Revise the second sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. * * * Machinable and nonstandard pieces may be combined in the
same sack to meet this requirement. * * *
* * * * *
4.3 Preparing Destination SCF (DSCF)/RP&DC (DRP&DC) Parcel Select
* * * * *
4.3.2 Basic Standards
Pieces must meet the applicable standards in 4.0 and the following
criteria:
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence of item d to read as follows:]
d. Any remaining nonstandard parcels (as defined in 201.7.6) sorted
to 3-digit ZIP Code prefixes in L002, Column C. * * *
4.3.3 Sacking and Labeling
Sacking requirements for DSCF/DRP&DC entry:
* * * * *
[Revise the second sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. * * * Machinable and nonstandard pieces may be combined in the
same sack to meet this requirement. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the text of items g and h to read as follows:]
g. 3-digit nonstandard sack labeling: Line 1, use L051; for Line 2,
``PSVC NONSTD 3D.''
h. See 705.8.0 for option to place 5-digit scheme and 5-digit DSCF/
DRP&DC sacks, SCF/RP&DC sacks, and 3-digit nonstandard sacks on an SCF/
RP&DC pallet.
4.4 Preparing Destination NDC (DNDC)/RP&DC (DRP&DC) Parcel Select
* * * * *
4.4.3 Sacking and Labeling
DNDC/DRP&DC mailing (if not bedloaded), must be prepared as
follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b to read as follows:]
b. DNDC/DRP&DC nonstandard parcels that each weigh 25 pounds or
less must be sacked under 5.0 if the parcels do not contain perishables
and the size of the parcels allows a sack to hold at least two pieces.
DNDC/DRP&DC nonstandard parcels that cannot be sacked in this manner or
that weigh more than 25 pounds must be transported as outside
(unsacked) pieces. If authorized in advance by the USPS, DNDC/DRP&DC
nonstandard parcels may be palletized.
* * * * *
256 Enter and Deposit
* * * * *
2.0 Deposit
* * * * *
2.2 Containers
DNDC/DRP&DC mailings (if not bedloaded), DDU or S&DC mailings (if
not bedloaded), and all DHub, and DSCF/DRP&DC mailings must be prepared
as follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b to read as follows:]
b. For DNDC price, nonstandard parcels that each weigh 25 pounds or
less must be sacked under 255.4.0 if the parcels do not contain
perishables and the size of the parcels allows a sack to hold at least
two pieces. DNDC/DRPDC nonstandard parcels that cannot be sacked in
this manner or that weigh more than 25 pounds must be transported as
outside (unsacked) pieces. If authorized in advance by the USPS, DNDC/
DRPDC nonstandard parcels may be palletized.
[Revise the last sentence of item c to read as follows:]
c. * * * Machinable and nonstandard pieces may be included in the
same sack.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item e to read as follows:]
e. For DSCF/DRP&DC and DDU or DS&DC, nonstandard parcels may be
palletized (including pallet boxes on pallets). Nonstandard parcels may
be combined with machinable parcels on 5-digit scheme, 5-digit, and 3-
digit pallets (including pallet boxes on pallets) claimed at DSCF or
DDU prices under 705.8.0.
[Revise the last sentence of item f to read as follows:]
f. * * * Machinable and nonstandard pieces may be combined in 5-
digit scheme and 5-digit sacks or on 5-digit scheme and 5-digit pallets
(including pallet boxes).
* * * * *
2.17 DNDC/DRP&DC Parcel Select--Acceptance at Designated SCF/RP&DC-USPS
Benefit
A mailing that is otherwise eligible for DNDC prices may be
deposited, and accepted, at an SCF/RP&DC designated by the USPS when it
benefits the USPS and:
[Revise the text of item a to read as follows:]
a. The mailing contains only machinable parcels prepared in 5-digit
scheme and 5-digit sacks, pallets, or containers and nonstandard
parcels prepared under 2.2.
* * * * *
260 Commercial Mail Bound Printed Matter
* * * * *
265 Mail Preparation
* * * * *
2.0 Bundles
* * * * *
[Revise the heading and text of 2.4 to read as follows:]
2.4 Bundle Sizes for Nonstandard Parcels
Mailers must prepare unsacked, nonpalletized bundles of nonstandard
parcels for DDU or DS&DC entry according to 203.4.10, and as follows:
a. For Presorted nonstandard parcels, under 8.2 for parcels
weighing less than 10 pounds and 8.3 for parcels weighing 10 pounds or
more.
b. For carrier route nonstandard parcels, under 9.2 for parcels
weighing less than 10 pounds and 9.3 for parcels weighing 10 pounds or
more.
* * * * *
8.0 Preparing Presorted Parcels
8.1 Basic Standards
All mailings of Presorted Bound Printed Matter (BPM) are subject to
the standards in 5.2, and 5.3, and to these general standards:
* * * * *
[Revise the second sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. * * * See 201.7.0 for definitions of machinable and nonstandard
parcels.
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 8.2 to read as follows:]
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8.2 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels Weighing Less than 10 Pounds
* * * * *
8.2.4 Sacking and Labeling
Preparation sequence and labeling:
a. 5-digit/scheme (required); labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks, ``PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH.'' For 5-
digit sacks, ``PSVC NONSTD 5D.''
b. 3-digit (required); labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD 3D.''
c. SCF/RPDC (optional); labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD SCF.''
d. ADC/RPDC (required); labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD ADC.''
e. Mixed ADC/RPDC (required); labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD WKG.''
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 8.3 to read as follows:]
8.3 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels Weighing 10 Pounds or More
* * * * *
8.3.3 Sacking and Labeling
Preparation sequence and labeling:
a. 5-digit/scheme (required); labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks, ``PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH.'' For 5-
digit sacks, ``PSVC NONSTD 5D.''
b. 3-digit (required); labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD 3D.''
c. SCF/RPDC (optional); labeling:
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD SCF.''
d. ADC (required); labeling:
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD ADC.''
e. Mixed ADC/RPDC (required); labeling:
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD WKG.''
* * * * *
9.0 Preparing Carrier Route Parcels
9.1 Basic Standards
9.1.1 General Standards for Carrier Route Preparation
All mailings of Carrier Route Bound Printed Matter (BPM) are
subject to the standards in 9.2 through 9.4 and to these general
standards:
* * * * *
[Revise the second and last sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. * * * A BPM nonstandard parcel is a piece that is not a
machinable parcel as defined in 201.7.5.1. Nonstandard parcels also are
pieces that meet the size and weight standards for a machinable parcel
but are not individually boxed or packaged to withstand processing on
parcel sorters under 601.3.0 and 601.4.0.
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 9.2 to read as follows:]
9.2 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels Weighing Less Than 10 Pounds
* * * * *
9.2.2 Required Sacking
[Revise the first sentence in the introductory text of 9.2.2 to
read as follows:]
Mailers may prepare nonstandard parcels as unsacked bundles under
203.4.10 or in bundles on pallets. * * *
* * * * *
9.2.4 Sack Label Line 2
Line 2 information:
[Revise the text of items a through c to read as follows:]
a. Carrier route: ``PSVC NONSTD CR,'' followed by the route type
and number.
b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes: ``PSVC NONSTD CR-RTS SCH.''
c. 5-digit carrier routes: ``PSVC NONSTD CR-RTS.''
[Revise the heading of 9.3 to read as follows:]
9.3 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels Weighing 10 Pounds or More
[Revise the first and second sentence in the introductory text of
9.2.2 to read as follows:]
Mailers may prepare nonstandard parcels as unsacked bundles under
2.2 or in bundles on pallets. When preparing nonstandard parcels in
sacks, place parcels only in direct carrier route sacks. * * * * * *
Required preparation:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b to read as follows:]
b. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD CR,'' followed by the route type and
number.
* * * * *
266 Enter and Deposit
* * * * *
3.0 Destination Entry
* * * * *
3.6 Mailings of Unsacked Bundles
[Revise the first sentence of 3.6 to read as follows:]
Mailers may present unsacked, nonpalletized bundles of BPM flats or
nonstandard parcels that are properly prepared for and entered at DDU
prices and unloaded according to standards in 3.8.9. * * *
* * * * *
4.0 Destination Network Distribution Center (DNDC)/Regional Processing
and Distribution Center (DRP&DC) Entry
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 4.5 to read as follows:]
4.5 Presorted Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the first sentence of 4.5 to read as follows:]
Presorted nonstandard parcels in sacks or on pallets at all sort
levels may claim DNDC prices. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 4.7 to read as follows:]
4.7 Carrier Route Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the first sentence of 4.7 to read as follows:]
Carrier Route nonstandard parcels in sacks at all sort levels or on
pallets at all sort levels may claim DNDC prices. * * *
* * * * *
6.0 Destination Delivery Unit (DDU) or Sorting and Delivery Center
(DS&DC) Entry
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 6,5 to read as follows:]
6.5 Presorted Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the first sentence of 6.5 to read as follows:]
Presorted nonstandard parcels in 5-digit scheme sacks and 5-digit
sacks, on 5-digit scheme or 5-digit pallets, or prepared as unsacked 5-
digit bundles may claim DDU prices. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 6.7 to read as follows:]
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6.7 Carrier Route Nonstandard Parcels
[Revise the first sentence of 6.7 to read as follows:]
Carrier Route nonstandard parcels in sacks, on 5-digit scheme and
5-digit pallets, or prepared as unsacked carrier route bundles may
claim DDU prices. * * *
* * * * *
270 Commercial Mail Media Mail and Library Mail
273 Prices and Eligibility
* * * * *
7.0 Price Eligibility for Media Mail and Library Mail
* * * * *
7.3 Price Categories for Media Mail and Library Mail
* * * * *
7.3.2 Parcels
The price categories for parcels are as follows:
[Revise the last sentence of item a to read as follows:]
a. * * * Nonstandard parcels may qualify for the 5-digit price if
prepared to preserve sortation by 5-digit ZIP Code as prescribed by the
postmaster of the mailing office.
[Revise the last sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. * * * Nonstandard parcels may qualify for the basic price if
prepared to preserve sortation by NDC/RP&DC as prescribed by the
postmaster of the mailing office.
* * * * *
275 Mail Preparation
* * * * *
4.0 Basic Standards for Preparing Media Mail and Library Mail
All mailings of Presorted Media Mail and Presorted Library Mail are
subject to these general requirements:
* * * * *
[Revise the last sentence of item d to read as follows:]
d. * * * See 201.7.0 for definitions of machinable and nonstandard
parcels.
* * * * *
6.0 Preparing Media Mail and Library Mail Parcels
6.1 Basic Standards
All mailings of Presorted Media Mail and Presorted Library Mail
parcels are subject to these general requirements:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b to read as follows:]
b. All parcels in a mailing must be within the same processing
category. See 201.7.0 for definitions of machinable and nonstandard
parcels.
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 6.3 to read as follows:]
6.3 Preparing Nonstandard Parcels
* * * * *
6.3.4 Sacking and Labeling
Preparation sequence and labeling:
a. 5-digit/scheme (optional, but required for 5-digit price);
labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For 5-digit scheme sacks, ``PSVC NONSTD 5D SCH.'' For 5-
digit sacks, ``PSVC NONSTD 5D.''
b. 3-digit: required.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD 3D.''
c. ADC/RPDC: required.
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD ADC.''
d. Mixed ADC/RPDC: required (no minimum).
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD WKG.''
* * * * *
500 Additional Mailing Services
503 Extra Services
1.0 Basic Standards for All Extra Services
* * * * *
1.4.1 Eligibility--Domestic Mail
* * * * *
Exhibit 1.4.1 Eligibility--Domestic Mail
* * * * *
[Revise footnote 7 to read as follows:]
7. USPS Marketing Mail, Nonprofit Machinable and Nonprofit
Nonstandard priced parcels only.
* * * * *
600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
601 Mailability
1.0 General Standards
1.1 Determining Mail Processing Categories
1.1.1 Processing Categories
[Revise the first sentence of 1.1.1 to read as follows:]
There are four mail processing categories for mailpieces: letter,
flat, machinable parcel, and nonstandard parcel. * * *
* * * * *
[Add new 1.1.5 to read as follows:]
1.1.5 Nonmailable Placement of Address on Parcel-Size Pieces
The placement of the address on a parcel-size mailpiece may render
a piece nonmailable. Except for cylindrical tubes or similar shaped
pieces and labeling exceptions in Publication 52, if the address,
return address, mailing labels, postage, barcode, endorsements, and
other mail markings are not all placed on a single optical plane
without bending, folding, or overlapping, it is nonmailable.
* * * * *
3.0 Packaging
[Renumber 3.1 as 3.1.1 and revise the title of new 3.1.1 to read as
follows:]
3.1.1 Basic Standards
* * * * *
[Add new 3.1.2 to read as follows:]
3.1.2 Parcels
In addition to 3.1.1, except for hazardous, restricted, and
perishable items as provided in Publication 52, all other parcel priced
pieces must be packaged in a box or other acceptable container that
meet the applicable standards under 3.0 and 4.0.
* * * * *
3.7 High-Density Items
[Revise the text of 3.7 to read as follows:]
High-density items (such as tools, hardware, and machine and auto
parts) weighing from 20 to 45 pounds must be packaged in fiberboard
boxes constructed of a minimum 200-pound test board or equivalent wood,
metal, or plastic containers. Plastic, metal, and similar hard
containers must be packaged, treated, or otherwise prepared so that
their coefficient of friction or ability to slide on a smooth, hard
surface is similar to that of a domestic-class fiberboard box of the
same approximate size and weight. Closure must be done by staples,
heat-shrinking, adhesives, or tape. Boxes without inner packing or
containing loose material must be reinforced or banded with reinforced
paper or plastic tape, pressure-sensitive filament tape, or firmly
applied nonmetallic banding. Internal blocking and bracing, including
the use of interior containers, cut forms, partitions, dunnage, and
liners, must be used as required so that packages can maintain their
integrity without damage
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to the contents if dropped once on one of their smallest sides on a
solid surface from a height of 3 feet. These items from 45 to 70 pounds
must be similarly packaged, closed, and reinforced, except that
exterior containers must be a minimum of 275-pound test fiberboard or
equivalent.
[Revise the heading and text of 3.8 to read as follows:]
3.8 Books
Books and similarly produced printed matter (such as catalogs)
fastened together along one edge between hardback, paperback, or self-
covers, that are more than one inch thick or one pound must not be
accepted in letter-style non-reinforced flat envelopes or without
packaging. Envelopes or other appropriate packaging must meet the
standards in 3.0. Void spaces within containers must be filled with
dunnage, or otherwise stabilized to prevent shifting or damage to the
contents or container. Shipments are packaged according to the
following weight categories:
a. Up to five pounds, sealing must be by multiple friction
closures, completely clinched staples, heat-sealing, adhesives, tape,
or nonmetallic banding. Although shrinkwrap is not acceptable as the
only packaging for hardback books and similarly produced printed matter
exceeding one pound or one inch thick, it may be used on the exterior
of otherwise acceptable containers. Shrinkwrap (under 3.6) may be used
as the only method of packaging for paperback books and similarly
produced printed matter up to three pounds.
b. From 5 to 10 pounds, closure must be by tape, nonmetallic
banding, or adhesives. Reinforced tape or nonmetallic banding is
adequate for both closure and reinforcement. Nonmetallic banding must
be firmly applied to the point that the straps must be tightened until
they depress the carton at the edges.
c. From 10 to 25 pounds, reinforced tape or nonmetallic banding is
adequate for closure and reinforcement. Nonmetallic banding must be
firmly applied to the point that the straps tighten until they depress
the carton at the edges.
d. From 25 to 50 pounds, hardbound books and similarly produced
printed matter must be packaged in 275-pound test fiberboard boxes and
paperback books and similarly produced printed matter must be packaged
in 200-pound test fiberboard boxes.
e. From 50 to 70 pounds, hardbound books and similarly produced
printed matter must be packaged in 350-pound test fiberboard boxes and
paperback books and similarly produced printed matter must be packaged
in 275-pound test fiberboard boxes.
[Renumber 3.9 through 3.13 as 3.13 through 3.17 and add new 3.9
through 3.12 to read as follows:]
3.9 Soft Goods
Boxes containing soft goods (e.g., textiles, clothing, linens, or
draperies) weighing up to 5 pounds must be filled to capacity. Soft
goods between the weight range of 5 to 20 pounds must be packaged in
material with a minimum 70-pound outer ply basis weight. Closure of
bags must be by completely clinched staples, heat-sealing, adhesives,
sewing, or tape. Improperly clinched staples must be removed.
Shrinkwrapping is not acceptable as the only packaging. Fiberboard
containers must be made of at least 200-pound test board for soft goods
weighing from 20 to 45 pounds and at least 275-pound test board for
soft goods weighing from 45 to 70 pounds.
3.10 Sound Recordings
Shipments of recordings (e.g., records and CDs in paper sleeves,
paperboard, or chipboard shells) weighing up to 10 pounds must be
packed in 70-pound basis weight envelopes for weights up to 3 pounds,
or outer corrugated, fiberboard containers for weights up to 10 pounds.
When shipments weigh from 20 to 40 pounds, multiple shell containers
must be packaged in 175-pound test fiberboard containers or equivalent
and closed and reinforced by adhesives, kraft paper tape, equivalent
plastic tape, or staples. When shipments weigh from 40 to 65 pounds,
multiple shell containers up to 65 pounds must be packaged in 200-pound
test fiberboard containers or equivalent and closed and reinforced as
described for 20- to 40-pound containers, except that containers must
be reinforced about every 8 inches around the package. Shipments
weighing more than 65 pounds must be packaged in 275-pound test
fiberboard containers or equivalent.
3.11 Film Cases
A film case weighing more than 5 pounds or with strap-type
closures, except any film case the USPS authorizes to be entered as a
machinable parcel under 201.7.0 and to be identified by the words
``Machinable in United States Postal Service Equipment'' permanently
attached as a nontransferable decal in the lower right corner of the
case.
3.12 Coefficient of Friction
All parcels must have the coefficient of friction or ability to
slide on a smooth, hard surface, similar to that of a domestic-class
fiberboard box of the same approximate size and weight.
* * * * *
4.0 Acceptable Mailing Containers
* * * * *
4.2 Boxes
Boxes are acceptable, subject to these standards:
[Revise the text of items a through c to read as follows:]
a. Paperboard boxes may be used for loads to 10 pounds.
b. Metal-stayed paperboard boxes may be used for loads to 20
pounds.
c. Solid and corrugated fiberboard boxes may be used for loads to
70 pounds or according to the limits in 3.0.
[Delete the table under item c in its entirety.]
* * * * *
[Delete item g in its entirety.]
* * * * *
[Revise the text of 4.4 and 4.5 to read as follows:]
4.4 Paper Bags and Wraps
For loads of up to 5 pounds, paper bags and wraps are acceptable
when at least of a 50-pound basis weight (the strength of an average
large grocery bag) and the items are immune from impact or pressure
damage. A combination of plies adding up to or exceeding 50-pound basis
weight is not acceptable. For loads of up to 20 pounds, reinforced bags
or bags with a minimum of 70-pound basis weight are acceptable.
Nonreinforced loose-fill padded bags are not acceptable as exterior
containers, unless the exterior ply is at least 60-pound basis weight.
4.5 Plastic Bags
Plastic bags must be at least 2 mil thick polyethylene or
equivalent for loads up to 5 pounds; 4 mil thick for loads up to 10
pounds.
4.6 Plastic Film
Heat-shrinkable plastic film--either irradiated polyethylene,
linear low-density polyolefin, or copolymer--may be used as packaging
for mailpieces under the following conditions only:
[Delete item a and renumber items b and c as items a and b. Revise
the text of renumbered items a and b to read as follows:]
a. Film must be at least 1\1/4\ (1.25) mil thick for a load up to 5
pounds.
b. Film must be at least 1\1/2\ (1.5) mil thick for a load up to 10
pounds, only
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when mailers prepare the parcels on 5-digit/scheme, merged 5-digit/
scheme, or finer level pallets.
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 7.0 and delete the text in its entirety to
read as follows:]
7.0 Reserved
* * * * *
602 Addressing
* * * * *
3.0 Use of Alternative Addressing
* * * * *
3.2 Simplified Address
3.2.1 Conditions for General Use
The following conditions must be met when using a simplified
address on commercial mailpieces:
* * * * *
[Revise the introductory text of item b to read as follows:]
b. USPS Marketing Mail, Periodicals, and Bound Printed Matter flat-
size mailpieces (including USPS Marketing Mail pieces allowed as flats
under 3.2.1c), USPS Marketing Mail Product Samples mailed at saturation
(Every Door) prices, and Periodicals nonstandard parcels for
distribution to a city route or to Post Office boxes in offices with
city carrier service may bear a simplified address, but only when
complete distribution is made under the following conditions:
* * * * *
3.2.3 Mail Preparation
[Revise the third sentence in the introductory text of 3.2.3 to
read as follows:]
* * * Mailers must prepare nonstandard parcels in carrier route
bundles in sacks or directly on pallets. * * *
* * * * *
604 Postage Payment Methods and Refunds
* * * * *
5.0 Permit Imprint (Indicia)
* * * * *
5.3 Indicia Design, Placement, and Content
* * * * *
5.3.9 Use of a Company Permit Imprint
* * * The following standards apply:
[Revise the last sentence of item a to read as follows:]
a. * * * Sample pieces are not required for nonidentical-piece USPS
Marketing Mail and Package Services machinable or nonstandard parcel
mailings (e.g., merchandise and other fulfillment mailings).
* * * * *
700 Special Standards
* * * * *
705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
* * * * *
6.0 Combining Mailings of USPS Marketing Mail, Package Services, and
Parcel Select Parcels
* * * * *
6.4 Combining Package Services, Parcel Select, and USPS Marketing
Mail--Optional 3-Digit SCF Entry
* * * * *
6.4.2 Qualification and Preparation
Parcel Select and Bound Printed Matter machinable parcels, and USPS
Marketing Mail parcels may be prepared for entry at designated SCFs
under these standards:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d to read as follows:]
d. USPS Marketing Mail, machinable Marketing Parcels (regular and
nonprofit) and Nonprofit Machinable priced parcels are eligible for the
NDC/RPDC presort-level DNDC price. USPS Marketing Mail, nonstandard
Marketing Parcels (regular and nonprofit) and Nonprofit Nonstandard
priced parcels are eligible for the 3-digit presort-level DSCF price.
* * * * *
7.0 Combining Package Services and Parcel Select Parcels for
Destination Entry
7.1 Combining Parcels--DSCF/RP&DC and DDU or S&DC Entry
* * * * *
7.1.2 Basic Standards
[Revise the introductory text of 7.1.2 to read as follows:]
Package Services and Parcel Select parcels that qualify as
machinable and nonstandard under 201 and meet the following conditions
may be combined in 5-digit scheme and 5-digit sacks or 5-digit scheme
and 5-digit pallets under these conditions:
* * * * *
8.0 Preparing Pallets
* * * * *
8.5 General Preparation
8.5.1 Presort
[Revise the seventh sentence of 8.5.1 to read as follows:]
* * * These standards may result in some bundles of Periodicals
flats and nonstandard parcels and USPS Marketing Mail flats that are
part of a mailing job prepared in part as palletized flats at
automation prices not being placed on the finest level of pallet
possible. * * *
* * * * *
8.5.2 Required Preparation
The following standards apply to Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail,
Parcel Select, and Package Services, except Parcel Select mailed at
DSCF and DDU prices:
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. For bundles of flat-size mailpieces or bundles of nonstandard
parcels on pallets, after preparing all possible pallets under 8.5.2a,
when 250 or more pounds of bundles remain for an ADC/RPDC (Periodicals)
or for a NDC/ASF/RPDC (USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel Select, and Package
Services), mailers must prepare the ADC/RPDC or NDC/ASF/RPDC pallet, as
applicable for the class of mail. * * *
* * * * *
8.5.4 Minimum Height of Mail
The definitions of the minimum height of mail used to qualify for
DSCF/DRPDC Parcel Select prices are as follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. Nonstandard parcels. * * *
* * * * *
8.5.6 Mail on Pallets
These standards apply to mail on pallets:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of items a and b to read as follows:]
a. For Bound Printed Matter nonstandard parcels, Presorted and
Carrier Route price mail may be combined on all levels of pallet. For
Bound Printed Matter flats, Presorted and Carrier Route price mail may
be combined on all levels of pallet except as provided in 8.5.6g.
b. For sacks or flat trays of Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail, and
Bound Printed Matter flats or nonstandard parcels, carrier route price
mail must be prepared on separate 5-
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digit pallets from automation price and/or presorted price mail.
* * * * *
8.6.5 Line 2 (Content Line)
Line 2 (content line) must meet these standards:
* * * * *
b. Codes. The codes shown below must be used as appropriate on Line
2 of sack, tray, and pallet labels.
CONTENT TYPE CODE
* * * * *
[Delete the ``Irregular Parcels'' line item in its entirety.]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Content Type'' text of the ``Mixed Machinable and
Irregular'' line item to read as follows:]
Mixed Machinable and Nonstandard Parcels MACH & NONSTD (USPS
Marketing Mail only)
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Content Type'' text of the ``Nonmachinable Parcels''
line item to read as follows:]
Nonstandard Parcels NONSTD
* * * * *
8.8 Basic Uses
These types of mail may be palletized:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d to read as follows:]
d. Machinable or nonstandard parcels.
* * * * *
8.9 Bundles on Pallets
8.9.1 Applicability
[Revise the first sentence of 8.9.1 to read as follows:]
Presort destination bundles of Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail,
and Package Services flats and nonstandard parcels may be placed
directly on pallets under 8.9.2 through 8.9.5 and 8.10. * * *
* * * * *
8.9.5 Bound Printed Matter
Bound Printed Matter on pallets must be bundled as follows:
* * * * *
b. Presorted and Carrier Route Bound Printed Matter:
[Revise the first sentence of item b1 to read as follows:]
1. Only individual pieces of flats or nonstandard parcels that
weigh less than 10 pounds each may be prepared as bundles on pallets. *
* *
* * * * *
8.10.2 Periodicals--Bundles, Sacks, Letter or Flat Trays
[Revise the seventh sentence in the introductory text of 8.10.2 to
read as follows:]
* * * Bundles of Periodicals flats and nonstandard parcels may also
be palletized under 10.0, 12.0, or 13.0. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the third sentence in the introductory text of item b to
read as follows:]
b. * * * Required for bundles containing all other flats or
nonstandard parcels. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the third sentence in the introductory text of item c to
read as follows:]
c. * * * Pallet must contain only 5-digit bundles of automation
price and/or Presorted price mail for the same 5-digit scheme under
L001. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the third sentence in the introductory text of item e to
read as follows:]
e. * * * Required for bundles containing all other flats or
nonstandard parcels. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the introductory text of item f to
read as follows:]
f. 5-digit, required, except for letter trays; permitted for
bundles, trays, and sacks (nonstandard parcels only). * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the introductory text of item h to read as follows:]
h. SCF, required, permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks
(nonstandard parcels only). The pallet may contain carrier route,
automation price, and/or Presorted price mail for the 3-digit ZIP Code
groups in L005. Mailers may place origin mixed ADC (OMX) sacks
(nonstandard parcels only) or flat trays on origin SCF pallets.
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the introductory text of item i to
read as follows:]
i. ADC, required, permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks
(nonstandard parcels only). * * *
* * * * *
8.10.3 USPS Marketing Mail--Bundles, Sacks, or Trays
[Revise the fifth and sixth sentence of the introductory text of
8.10.3 to read as follows:]
* * * For parcels, use this preparation only for nonstandard
parcels in sacks. Palletize unbundled or unsacked nonstandard parcels
under 8.10.8. * * *
* * * * *
d. 5-digit, required except for trays, permitted for bundles,
trays, and sacks (when applicable). * * * * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard parcels, use ``STD'' followed
by ``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD,'' as applicable; followed by ``5D'' followed
by ``BARCODED'' (or ``BC'') if the pallet contains automation-price
mail; followed by ``NONBARCODED'' (or ``NBC'') if the pallet contains
Presorted-price mail. * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the introductory text of item f to
read as follows:]
f. SCF, required, permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks
(nonstandard parcels only). * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the text of item f2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard parcels, ``STD'' followed by
``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD,'' as applicable; followed by ``SCF''; followed by
``BARCODED'' (or ``BC'') if pallet contains automation price mail;
followed by ``NONBARCODED'' (or ``NBC'') if pallet contains carrier
route and/or Presorted price mail. * * *
g. ASF, required unless bundle reallocation is used under 8.13,
permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks (nonstandard parcels only). * *
* * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the text of item g2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard parcels, ``STD'' followed by
``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD,'' as applicable; followed by ``ASF''; followed by
``BARCODED'' (or ``BC'') if pallet contains automation price mail;
followed by ``NONBARCODED'' (or ``NBC'') if pallet contains carrier
route and/or Presorted price mail. * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the introductory text of item h to
read as follows:]
h. NDC, required, permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks
(nonstandard parcels only). * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the text of item h2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard parcels, ``STD'' followed by
``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD,'' as applicable; followed by ``NDC''; followed by
``BARCODED'' (or ``BC'') if pallet contains automation price mail;
followed by ``NONBARCODED'' (or ``NBC'') if pallet contains carrier
route and/or Presorted price mail. * * *
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[Revise the introductory text of item i to read as follows:]
i. Mixed NDC, optional, permitted for bundles, trays, and sacks
(nonstandard parcels only); allowed with no minimum and required at 100
pounds of mail for bundles of flats. Bundles of flats totaling less
than 100 pounds in weight must be trayed if not palletized. The pallet
may contain carrier route, automation, and/or Presorted mail. Mailers
must place trays and sacks (nonstandard parcels only) containing pieces
paid at the single-piece price on the mixed NDC pallet (unless required
to be presented separately by special postage payment authorization).
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in the text of item i2 to read as
follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats and nonstandard parcels, ``STD'' followed by
``FLTS'' or ``NONSTD,'' as applicable; followed by ``BARCODED'' (or
``BC'') if pallet contains automation price mail; followed by
``NONBARCODED'' (or ``NBC'') if pallet contains carrier route and/or
Presorted price mail; followed by ``WKG.'' * * *
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 8.10.5 to read as follows:]
8.10.5 Package Services Nonstandard Parcels--Bundles and Sacks
[Revise the fifth sentence of 8.10.5 to read as follows:]
* * * At the mailer's option, all Package Services nonstandard
parcels also may be prepared for destination entry (see 7.0). * * *
a. Merged 5-digit scheme, required, permitted for bundles only. * *
* * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD CR/5D''; followed by ``SCHEME'' (or
``SCH'').
b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes, required, permitted for bundles
only. * * * * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD''; followed by ``CARRIER ROUTES'' (or
``CR-RTS''); followed by ``SCHEME'' (or ``SCH'').
c. 5-digit scheme, required, permitted for bundles only. * * * * *
* Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD 5D''; followed by ``SCHEME'' (or ``SCH'').
d. Merged 5-digit, required, permitted for bundles only. * * * * *
* Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD CR/5D.''
e. 5-digit carrier routes, required, permitted for bundles and
sacks. * * * * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD''; followed by ``CARRIER ROUTES'' (or
``CR-RTS'').
f. 5-digit, required, permitted for bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item f2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD 5D.''
g. 3-digit, optional, option not available for bundles for 3-digit
ZIP Code prefixes marked ``N'' in L002. * * * * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item g2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD 3D.''
h. SCF, required, permitted for bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item h2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD SCF.''
i. ASF, required, permitted for bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item i2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD ASF.''
j. NDC, required, permitted for bundles and sacks. * * * * * *
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item j2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD NDC.''
k. Mixed NDC, optional, permitted for sacks only. * * * * * *
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item k2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``PSVC NONSTD WKG.''
* * * * *
[Revise the heading and introductory text of 8.10.8 to read as
follows:]
8.10.8 Nonstandard Parcels Weighing 2 Ounces or More--USPS Marketing
Mail, Including Marketing Parcels
Mailers who palletize unbundled or unsacked nonstandard parcels
must make pallets or pallet boxes when there are 250 pounds or more for
the destination levels below for DNDC, DSCF, or DDU prices. When
prepared at origin, a 200-pound minimum is required for the NDC price.
Prepare pallets or pallet boxes of nonstandard parcels (except tubes,
rolls, and similar pieces) weighing 2 ounces or more under 8.0 and in
the sequence listed below. Label pallets or pallet boxes according to
the Line 1 and Line 2 information listed below and under 8.6. Mailers
may not prepare tubes, rolls, and similar pieces or pieces that weigh
less than 2 ounces on pallets or in pallet boxes, except for pieces in
carrier route bundles or in sacks under 8.10.3. Preparation sequence
and labeling:
a. 5-digit scheme, required. * * * * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item a2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD 5D''; followed by ``SCHEME'' (or ``SCH'').
b. 5-digit, required. * * * * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item b2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD 5D.''
c. SCF, required. Allowed only for mail deposited at a DSCF to
claim SCF price; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item c2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: Use ``STD NONSTD SCF.''
d. ASF, optional, but required for DNDC prices. * * * * * *
Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item d2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD ASF.''
e. NDC, required. * * * * * * Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item e2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD NDC.''
f. Origin NDC (required); no minimum; labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item f2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD NDC.''
g. Mixed NDC, optional. Labeling:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item g2 to read as follows:]
2. Line 2: ``STD NONSTD WKG.''
[Revise the heading of 8.11 to read as follows:]
8.11 Bundle Reallocation To Protect SCF Pallet for Periodicals Flats
and Nonstandard Parcels and USPS Marketing Mail Flats on Pallets
* * * * *
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8.11.3 Reallocation of Bundles if Optional 3-Digit Pallets Are Prepared
Reallocation rules are as follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the last sentence of item d to read as follows:]
d. * * * Mail that falls beyond the SCF/RPDC pallet level must be
placed on the next appropriate pallet (ADC/RPDC, ASF/RPDC, NDC/RPDC or
MNDC/MRPDC) or in the next appropriate sack (nonstandard parcels) or
flat tray.
8.11.4 Reallocation of Bundles if Optional 3-Digit Pallets Are Not
Prepared
Reallocation rules are as follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the last sentence of item b to read as follows:]
b. * * * Mail that falls beyond the SCF/RPDC pallet level must be
placed on the next appropriate pallet (ADC/RPDC, ASF/RPDC, NDC/RPDC, or
MNDC/MRPDC) or in the next appropriate sack (nonstandard parcels) or
flat tray.
* * * * *
[Revise the heading of 8.12 to read as follows:]
8.12 Bundle Reallocation To Protect ADC Pallet for Periodicals Flats
and Nonstandard Parcels on Pallets
* * * * *
8.14 Pallets of Bundles, Sacks, and Trays
* * * * *
8.14.2* * *USPS Marketing Mail
Additional pallet preparation:
[Revise the last sentence of item a to read as follows:]
a. Combined mailings. * * * * * * Mailers may include machinable
parcels and nonstandard parcels on 5-digit pallets.
* * * * *
8.18 Parcel Select DSCF Prices--Parcels on Pallets
8.18.1 Basic Preparation, Parcels on Pallets
Unless prepared under 8.18.2, or in sacks, mail must be prepared
for the DSCF price as follows:
[Revise the third sentence of item a to read as follows:]
a. General. * * * Nonstandard pieces under 201.7.6 may be combined
on the same pallet or in the same overflow sack when sorted to 5-digit
scheme or 5-digit destinations. * * *
* * * * *
8.18.2 Alternate Preparation, Parcels on Pallets
DSCF price mailings not prepared under 8.18.1 may be prepared as
follows:
[Revise the third sentence of item a to read as follows:]
a. General. * * * Nonstandard pieces under 201.7.6 may be combined
on the same pallet. * * *
* * * * *
8.20 Parcel Select and Bound Printed Matter DDU Prices
[Revise the fourth sentence in the introductory text of 8.20 to
read as follows:]
* * * Nonstandard pieces under 201.7.6 may be combined. * * *
* * * * *
9.0 Combining Bundles of Automation and Nonautomation Flats in Flat
Trays and Sacks
* * * * *
9.2 Periodicals
* * * * *
9.2.4 Optional Sack Preparation and Labeling
[Revise the fifth sentence in the introductory text of 9.2.4 to
read as follows:]
* * * If, due to the physical size of the mailpieces, the
machinable barcoded price pieces are considered flat-size under 201.6.0
and the machinable nonbarcoded price pieces are considered nonstandard
parcels under 201.7.6, the processing category shown on the sack label
must show ``FLTS.'' * * *
* * * * *
10.0 Merging Bundles of Flats Using the City State Product
* * * * *
10.1.4 Sack and Flat-Tray Preparation and Labeling
[Revise the introductory text of 10.1.4 to read as follows:]
All carrier route bundles must be placed in sacks/flat trays under
10.1.4a through 10.1.4e and 10.1.4h as described below. When sorting is
performed under this section, mailers must prepare merged 5-digit
scheme sacks (nonstandard parcels) or flat trays, 5-digit scheme
carrier routes sacks/flat trays, and merged 5-digit sacks (nonstandard
parcels) or flat trays for all possible 5-digit schemes or 5-digit ZIP
Codes as applicable, using L001 (merged 5-digit scheme and 5-digit
scheme carrier routes sort only) and the Carrier Route Indicators field
in the City State Product when there is enough volume for the 5-digit
scheme or 5-digit ZIP Code to prepare such sacks (nonstandard parcels)
or flat trays under 10.1.4. Mailers must label sacks/flat trays
according to the Line 1 and Line 2 information listed below and under
207.20.1. If, due to the physical size of the mailpieces, the barcoded
pieces are considered flat-size under 207.26.0, and the carrier route
pieces and nonbarcoded pieces are considered nonstandard parcels under
201.7.6, ``FLTS'' must be shown as the processing category on the sack/
tray label. If a mailing job does not contain barcoded price pieces and
the carrier route pieces and the nonbarcoded pieces are nonstandard
parcel shaped, use ``NONSTD'' for the processing category on the
contents line of the label. Mailers must prepare sacks containing
carrier route and 5-digit bundles from the carrier route, barcoded, and
nonbarcoded mailings in the mailing job in the following manner and
sequence:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of item h to read as follows:]
h. Merged 3-digit. Required for carrier route, 5-digit, and 5-digit
scheme bundles remaining after preparing sacks (nonstandard parcels
only) or flat trays under 10.1.4a through 10.1.4g, and any 3-digit and
3-digit scheme bundles with a minimum of 24 pieces for a 3-digit area.
Labeling:
* * * * *
12.0 Merging Bundles of Flats on Pallets Using a 5 Percent Threshold
* * * * *
12.1.5 Pallet Preparation and Labeling
[Revise the text in the fourth and last sentence of 12.1.5 to read
as follows:]
* * * If, due to the physical size of the mailpieces, the barcoded
price pieces are considered flat size under 201.6.0 and the carrier
route sorted pieces and nonbarcoded price pieces are considered
nonstandard parcels under 201.7.6, ``FLTS'' must be shown as the
processing category on the pallet label. If a mailing contains no
barcoded price pieces and the carrier route pieces and the nonbarcoded
pieces are nonstandard parcels, use ``NONSTD for the processing
category on the contents line of the pallet label. Prepare and label
pallets as follows:
* * * * *
[Revise the second sentence of item c to read as follows:]
c. * * * Required for all other flats and nonstandard parcels. * *
*
* * * * *
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13.0 Merging Bundles of Flats on Pallets Using the City State Product
and a 5 Percent Threshold
* * * * *
13.1.5 Pallet Preparation and Labeling
[Revise the fourth and last sentence of 13.1.5 to read as follows:]
* * * If, due to the physical size of the mailpieces, the barcoded
price pieces are considered flat-size under 201.6.0 and the carrier
route sorted pieces and nonbarcoded price pieces are considered
nonstandard parcels under 201.7.6, ``FLTS'' must be shown as the
processing category on the pallet label. If a mailing contains no
barcoded price pieces and the carrier route pieces and the nonbarcoded
of pieces are nonstandard parcels, use ``NONSTD'' for the processing
category on the contents line of the pallet label. Prepare and label
pallets as follows:
* * * * *
21.0 Optional Combined Parcel Mailings
* * * * *
21.3 Mail Preparation
21.3.1 Basic Standards
Prepare combined mailings as follows:
a. Different parcel types must be prepared separately for combined
parcel mailings as indicated below:
* * * * *
[Revise the text of items a2 and a3 to read as follows:]
2. USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel Select, and Package Services
nonstandard parcels, except for tubes, rolls, triangles, and other
similarly nonstandard-shaped pieces: Use ``STD/PSVC'' for line 2
content labeling.
3. USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel Select, and Package Services tubes,
rolls, triangles, and similarly nonstandard-shaped parcels: Use ``STD/
PSVC NONSTD'' for line 2 content labeling.
* * * * *
21.3.3 Combining USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel Select, and Package
Services APPS-Machinable Parcels
[Revise the text of 21.3.3 to read as follows:]
Prepare and enter USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel Select, and Package
Services nonstandard parcels, that are not tubes, rolls, triangles, or
similarly nonstandard-shaped parcels) as combined APPS-machinable
parcels as shown in the table below.
* * * * *
Index
* * * * *
B
* * * * *
Bound Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels
* * * * *
[Revise the ``carrier route irregular parcels'' line item under
``Bound Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
carrier route nonstandard parcels, 265.9.2, 265.9.3
* * * * *
[Revise the ``presorted irregular parcels'' line item under ``Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
presorted nonstandard parcels, 265.8.2, 265.8.3
* * * * *
[Revise the ``nonmachinable parcels'' line item under ``Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
* * * * *
[Revise the ``bundles of irregular parcels on pallets'' line item
under ``Bound Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
bundles of nonstandard parcels on pallets, 705.8.10.5
* * * * *
[Revise the ``carrier route irregular parcels'' line item under
``Bound Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
carrier route nonstandard parcels, 265.9.2, 265.9.3
* * * * *
[Revise the ``presorted irregular parcels'' line item under ``Bound
Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
presorted nonstandard parcels, 265.8.2, 265.8.3
* * * * *
[Revise the ``sacks of irregular parcels on pallets'' line item
under ``Bound Printed Matter, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
sacks of nonstandard parcels on pallets, 705.8.10.5
* * * * *
I
* * * * *
[Delete the ``Irregular parcels'' line item under ``I''.]
* * * * *
L
* * * * *
Library Mail, Commercial Parcels
* * * * *
[Revise the ``irregular parcels'' and ``irregular parcels on
pallets'' line items under ``Library Mail, Commercial Parcels'' to read
as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 275.6.3
nonstandard parcels on pallets, 705.8.10.5
* * * * *
[Delete the second duplicated line item ``irregular parcels'' after
the ``bundles'' line item.]
* * * * *
[Revise the ``nonmachinable parcels'' line item under ``Library
Mail, Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
* * * * *
M
* * * * *
Media Mail, Commercial Parcels
* * * * *
[Revise the ``irregular parcels'' and ``irregular parcels on
pallets'' line items under ``Media Mail, Commercial Parcels'' to read
as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 275.6.3
nonstandard parcels on pallets, 705.8.10.5
* * * * *
[Revise the ``nonmachinable parcels'' line item under ``Media Mail,
Commercial Parcels'' to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
* * * * *
N
* * * * *
[Revise the ``nonmachinable'' line item under ``N'' to read as
follows:]
Nonstandard
* * * * *
[Revise the ``Parcel Select'' line item under the renamed
``nonstandard'' to read as follows:]
Parcel Select, 201.7.6
* * * * *
P
* * * * *
Parcel Select
* * * * *
[Revise the ``irregular parcels on pallets'' line item under
``Parcel Select'' to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels on pallets, 705.8.10.5
* * * * *
[Revise the ``nonmachinable parcels on pallets'' line item under
``Parcel Select'' to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels on pallets, 705.8.18.2
* * * * *
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[Revise the ``nonmachinable parcels'' line item under ``Parcel
Select'' to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 201.7.6
* * * * *
Parcels
[Revise the ``nonmachinable criteria'' heading under ``parcels'' to
read as follows:]
nonstandard criteria
[Revise the ``commercial mail'' line item under renamed
``nonstandard criteria'' to read as follows:]
commercial mail, 201.7.6
* * * * *
Periodicals
* * * * *
[Revise the ``carrier route irregular parcels in sacks'' line item
under ``Periodicals'' to read as follows:]
carrier route nonstandard parcels in sacks, 207.23.4
* * * * *
[Revise the ``irregular parcels in sacks'' line item under
``Periodicals'' to read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels in sacks, 207.22.6
* * * * *
S
* * * * *
Size
* * * * *
[Revise the ``nonmachinable parcels'' line item under ``Size'' to
read as follows:]
nonstandard parcels, 101.3.0, 201.7.0
* * * * *
U
* * * * *
USPS Marketing Mail, Parcels
* * * * *
[Revise the ``bundling for irregular parcels'' line item under
``USPS Marketing Mail, parcels'' to read as follows:]
bundling for nonstandard parcels, 245.11.4, 245.12.5
* * * * *
[Revise the ``presorted irregular parcels'' line item under ``USPS
Marketing Mail, parcels'' to read as follows:]
presorted nonstandard parcels, 245.11.4
* * * * *
Ruth Stevenson,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-13924 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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