39 CFR 111.2 - Availability of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual.

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§ 111.2

Availability of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual.

(a) Copies of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, both current and previous issues, are available during regular business hours for reference and public inspection at the U.S. Postal Service Library, National Headquarters in Washington, DC. Copies of only the current issue are available during regular business hours for public inspection at area and district offices of the Postal Service and at all post offices, classified stations, and classified branches. The Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual is available for examination on the Internet at http://pe.usps.gov.

(b) A copy of the current Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual is on file at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

(c) Subscriptions to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual can be purchased by the public from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402-9375.

[62 FR 14827, Mar. 28, 1997, as amended at 69 FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004; 69 FR 59139, Oct. 4, 2004; 70 FR 14535, Mar. 23, 2005]

Title 39 published on 2012-07-01

The following are only the Rules published in the Federal Register after the published date of Title 39.

For a complete list of all Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices view the Rulemaking tab.

2013-04-18; vol. 78 # 75 - Thursday, April 18, 2013

78 FR 23137 - Implementation of Full-Service Intelligent Mail Requirements for Automation Prices

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FR Doc.	2013-08721
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective Date: January 26, 2014.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), throughout various sections to modify eligibility requirements for mailers to qualify for automation prices. Effective January 26, 2014, use of “full-service” Intelligent Mail® is required to qualify for automation prices for postcards (First-Class Mail® only), letters, and flats when mailed using the following services: First-Class Mail, Standard Mail® and Periodicals®; and for flats mailed at Bound Printed Matter® prices. Additionally, the 10/24 transitional barcoded tray label format is eliminated, and mailers are required to use the 24-digit Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb TM ) format on tray, tub, and sack labels.

2013-02-22; vol. 78 # 36 - Friday, February 22, 2013

78 FR 12234 - Promotions and Incentive Programs for First-Class Mail and Standard Mail

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FR Doc.	2013-03926
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: March 4, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service will revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 709.3 to include new promotions and incentive programs that will be offered at various time periods during calendar year 2013 for Presorted and automation First-Class Mail® cards, letters, and flats, and Standard Mail® letters, flats, or parcels.

2012-12-20; vol. 77 # 245 - Thursday, December 20, 2012

77 FR 75362 - New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products

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FR Doc.	2012-30256
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

In October 2012, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective in January 2013. This final rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) that we will adopt to implement the changes coincident with the price adjustments.

2012-11-28; vol. 77 # 229 - Wednesday, November 28, 2012

77 FR 70895 - New Marking Standards for Parcels Containing Hazardous Materials

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FR Doc.	2012-28673
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective January 1, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 601.10 to adopt new mandatory marking standards for parcels containing mailable hazardous material that will align with the revised requirements provided by the Department of Transportation (DOT). This revision also provides terminology and categorization changes needed to respond to the pending elimination of the “Other Regulated Material” (ORM-D) category and the partial elimination of the “consumer commodity” category by the DOT.

2012-11-02; vol. 77 # 213 - Friday, November 2, 2012

77 FR 66149 - Retirement of FASTforward Technology

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FR Doc.	2012-26697
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service will revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 602.5.0 to terminate the use of FASTforward TM technology as a Move Update option for commercial First-Class Mail®, First-Class Package Service TM , Standard Mail®, and Parcel Select Lightweight® mailings.

2012-10-26; vol. 77 # 208 - Friday, October 26, 2012

77 FR 65279 - Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards Changes

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FR Doc.	2012-26243
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective Date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), to reflect changes to prices and mailing standards for the following competitive products: Express Mail®, Priority Mail®, First-Class Package Service TM , Parcel Select®, Parcel Post®, Extra Services, Return Services, Mailer Services, and Recipient Services.

2012-10-15; vol. 77 # 199 - Monday, October 15, 2012

77 FR 62446 - Every Door Direct Mail-Retail

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FR Doc.	2012-25059
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

This final rule establishes the retail option of Every Door Direct Mail-Retail® (EDDM-Retail) as a formal product offering within Mailing Services, and ends the market test period for this initiative.

2012-09-24; vol. 77 # 185 - Monday, September 24, 2012

77 FR 58774 - New Pallet Preparation Standards for Periodicals

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FR Doc.	2012-23417
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 705.8.10.2 to align pallet preparation standards for Periodicals with those currently required for Periodicals prepared in sacks and similar containers. The Postal Service will also align the preparation standards for merged pallets of Periodicals in DMM 705.10, 705.12 and 705.13 with other DMM sections by allowing mailers using these programs to place Periodicals bundles directly on mixed area distribution center (ADC) pallets.

2012-09-13; vol. 77 # 178 - Thursday, September 13, 2012

77 FR 56552 - Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion

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FR Doc.	2012-22507
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: November 7, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service will revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 709.3 to add a new temporary promotion during November of 2012 for Presorted and automation First-Class Mail® cards, letters, and flats, and Standard Mail® letters and flats bearing two-dimensional mobile barcodes or equivalent print technology.

2012-07-31; vol. 77 # 147 - Tuesday, July 31, 2012

77 FR 45246 - Domestic Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference

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FR Doc.	2012-18590
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

This final rule is effective on July 31, 2012. The incorporation by reference of the DMM dated June 24, 2012 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of July 31, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service announces the issuance of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) dated June 24, 2012, and its incorporation by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.

2012-07-10; vol. 77 # 132 - Tuesday, July 10, 2012

77 FR 40527 - New Express Mail Price Category—Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope

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FR Doc.	2012-16488
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: July 10, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), to expand Express Mail® product options to include a new Padded Flat Rate Envelope.

This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.

This list is taken from the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules provided by GPO [Government Printing Office].

It is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date, though we do refresh the database weekly. More limitations on accuracy are described at the GPO site.

United States Code

USC : Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

§ 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

USC : Title 13 - CENSUS

§ 301 - Collection and publication

§ 302 - Rules, regulations, and orders

§ 303 - Secretary of Treasury functions

§ 304 - Filing export information, delayed filings, penalties for failure to file

§ 305 - Penalties for unlawful export information activities

§ 306 - Delegation of functions

§ 307 - Relationship to general census law

USC : Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS

§ 101 - Definitions

§ 3001 - Purposes

§ 3002 - Definitions

§ 3011 - Basic educational assistance entitlement for service on active duty

§ 3201 - Purpose

USC : Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE

§ 101 - Postal policy

§ 401 - General powers of the Postal Service

§ 403 - General duties

§ 404 - Specific powers

§ 414 - Special postage stamps

§ 416 - Authority to issue semipostals

§ 3001 - Nonmailable matter

§ 3002 - Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys

§ 3002a - Nonmailability of locksmithing devices

§ 3003 - Mail bearing a fictitious name or address

§ 3004 - Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address

§ 3005 - False representations; lotteries

§ 3006 - Repealed.

§ 3007 - Detention of mail for temporary periods

§ 3008 - Prohibition of pandering advertisements

§ 3009 - Mailing of unordered merchandise

§ 3010 - Mailing of sexually oriented advertisements

§ 3011 - Judicial enforcement

§ 3201 - Definitions

§ 3202 - Penalty mail

§ 3203 - Endorsements on penalty covers

§ 3204 - Restrictions on use of penalty mail

§ 3205 - Accounting for penalty covers

§ 3206 - Reimbursement for penalty mail service

§ 3207 - Limit of weight of penalty mail; postage on overweight matter

§ 3208 - Shipment by most economical means

§ 3209 - Executive departments to supply information

§ 3210 - Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, and congressional officials

§ 3211 - Public documents

§ 3212 - Congressional Record under frank of Members of Congress

§ 3213 - Seeds and reports from Department of Agriculture

§ 3214 - Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former President

§ 3215 - Lending or permitting use of frank unlawful

§ 3216 - Reimbursement for franked mailings

§ 3217 - Correspondence of members of diplomatic corps and consuls of countries of Postal Union of Americas and Spain

§ 3218 - Franked mail for survivors of Members of Congress

§ 3219 - Mailgrams

§ 3403 - Matter for blind and other handicapped persons

§ 3404 - Unsealed letters sent by blind or physically handicapped persons

§ 3405 - Markings

§ 3406 - Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

§ 3621 - Applicability; definitions

§ 3626 - Reduced rates

§ 3632 - Action of the Governors

§ 3633 - Provisions applicable to rates for competitive products

§ 5001 - Provisions for carrying mail

Title 39 published on 2012-07-01

The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 39 CFR 111 after this date.

2013-05-02; vol. 78 # 85 - Thursday, May 2, 2013

78 FR 25677 - Balloting Materials Postage

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FR Doc.	2013-10347
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Proposed rule.

We must receive your comments on or before June 3, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 703.8.0 to require all ballot types to indicate that the proper amount of postage must be paid and to require balloting materials indicate the amount of postage for the return of ballots, unless mailed under the special exemption for military or overseas voting or returned under Business Reply Mail® service.

2013-04-24; vol. 78 # 79 - Wednesday, April 24, 2013

78 FR 24132 - New Mailing Standards for Live Animals and Special Handling

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FR Doc.	2013-09603
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POSTAL SERVICE

Proposed rule.

Submit comments on or before May 24, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is proposing to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 503.14 and 601.9.3 to require special handling service for shipments containing certain types of live animals, to limit the mail classes available for use when shipping certain types of live animals, and to expand the mailability of live animals domestically to include any adult bird weighing no more than 25 pounds.

2013-04-18; vol. 78 # 75 - Thursday, April 18, 2013

78 FR 23137 - Implementation of Full-Service Intelligent Mail Requirements for Automation Prices

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FR Doc.	2013-08721
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective Date: January 26, 2014.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2013-03-14; vol. 78 # 50 - Thursday, March 14, 2013

78 FR 16213 - Refunds and Exchanges

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FR Doc.	2013-05863
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POSTAL SERVICE

Proposed rule.

Submit comments on or before April 15, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service TM proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 604.9, and other DMM sections, to remove obsolete standards pertaining to postage refunds and stamp exchanges; standardize processes for requesting refunds for PC Postage® labels and extra service refunds; and change the methods for calculating refund assessment amounts.

2013-02-26; vol. 78 # 38 - Tuesday, February 26, 2013

78 FR 13006 - New Intelligent Mail Package Barcode Standards To Enhance Package Visibility; Opportunity for Comments in Advance of Rulemaking

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FR Doc.	2013-04302
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POSTAL SERVICE

Request for comments.

Comments are due on March 28, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is exploring the advisability of requiring the use of Intelligent Mail® package barcodes (IMpb) or unique tracking Intelligent Mail barcodes (IMb TM ) on all commercial parcels, and providing support to mailers to assure their ability to apply unique tracking barcodes to all commercial parcels.

2013-02-22; vol. 78 # 36 - Friday, February 22, 2013

78 FR 12234 - Promotions and Incentive Programs for First-Class Mail and Standard Mail

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FR Doc.	2013-03926
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: March 4, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-12-20; vol. 77 # 245 - Thursday, December 20, 2012

77 FR 75362 - New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products

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FR Doc.	2012-30256
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-11-28; vol. 77 # 229 - Wednesday, November 28, 2012

77 FR 70895 - New Marking Standards for Parcels Containing Hazardous Materials

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FR Doc.	2012-28673
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective January 1, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-11-02; vol. 77 # 213 - Friday, November 2, 2012

77 FR 66149 - Retirement of FASTforward Technology

GPO FDSys XML | Text

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FR Doc.	2012-26697
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-10-26; vol. 77 # 208 - Friday, October 26, 2012

77 FR 65279 - Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards Changes

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

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FR Doc.	2012-26243
RIN

POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective Date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-10-23; vol. 77 # 205 - Tuesday, October 23, 2012

77 FR 64775 - New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products

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FR Doc.	2012-25995
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POSTAL SERVICE

Proposed rule.

We must receive comments on or before November 23, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

In October 2012, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective in January 2013. This proposed rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) that we would adopt to implement the changes coincident with the price adjustments.

2012-10-17; vol. 77 # 201 - Wednesday, October 17, 2012

77 FR 63771 - Implementation of Full-Service Intelligent Mail Requirements for Automation Prices

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FR Doc.	2012-25551
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POSTAL SERVICE

Proposed rule.

We must receive your comments on or before November 16, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is proposing to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) throughout various sections to modify eligibility requirements for mailers to obtain automation prices for First-Class Mail®, Standard Mail®, Periodicals®, and Bound Printed Matter® when mailing postcards, letters, and flats. Effective January 2014, use of “full-service” Intelligent Mail® would be required to obtain automation prices. Additionally, the 10/24 transitional barcoded tray label format would be eliminated and mailers would be required to use the 24-digit Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb TM ) format on tray, tub, and sack labels.

2012-10-15; vol. 77 # 199 - Monday, October 15, 2012

77 FR 62446 - Every Door Direct Mail-Retail

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-25059
RIN

POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-10-03; vol. 77 # 192 - Wednesday, October 3, 2012

77 FR 60334 - New Marking Standards for Parcels Containing Hazardous Materials

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FR Doc.	2012-24296
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POSTAL SERVICE

Proposed rule.

Submit comments on or before October 23, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is proposing to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 601.10 to adopt new mandatory marking standards for parcels containing mailable hazardous material that will align with the revised requirements provided by the Department of Transportation (DOT). This proposed rule also provides terminology and categorization changes needed to respond to the pending elimination of the “Other Regulated Material” (ORM-D) category and the partial elimination of the “Consumer Commodity” category by the DOT.

2012-09-24; vol. 77 # 185 - Monday, September 24, 2012

77 FR 58774 - New Pallet Preparation Standards for Periodicals

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-23417
RIN

POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: January 27, 2013.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-09-13; vol. 77 # 178 - Thursday, September 13, 2012

77 FR 56552 - Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-22507
RIN

POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: November 7, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-09-04; vol. 77 # 171 - Tuesday, September 4, 2012

77 FR 53830 - Retirement of FASTforward Technology

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FR Doc.	2012-21738
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POSTAL SERVICE

Proposed rule.

We must receive comments on or before October 4, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service proposes to revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 602.5.0 to terminate the use of FASTforward ® technology as a Move Update option for commercial First-Class Mail®, First-Class Package Service TM , Standard Mail®, and Parcel Select Lightweight TM mailings.

2012-07-31; vol. 77 # 147 - Tuesday, July 31, 2012

77 FR 45246 - Domestic Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-18590
RIN

POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

This final rule is effective on July 31, 2012. The incorporation by reference of the DMM dated June 24, 2012 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of July 31, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

2012-07-25; vol. 77 # 143 - Wednesday, July 25, 2012

77 FR 43561 - Proposed Eligibility Criteria for Bound Printed Matter Parcels

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FR Doc.	2012-18085
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POSTAL SERVICE

Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

Comments on this advance notice are due September 10, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

The Postal Service is considering the adoption of a new criterion for eligibility of Bound Printed Matter (BPM) parcels by adding a physical density threshold for individual mailpieces.

2012-07-10; vol. 77 # 132 - Tuesday, July 10, 2012

77 FR 40527 - New Express Mail Price Category—Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

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FR Doc.	2012-16488
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POSTAL SERVICE

Final rule.

Effective date: July 10, 2012.

39 CFR Part 111

Summary

39 CFR 111.2 - Availability of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual.

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