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Published Federal Register Notices
Below is a current list of the Federal Register notices filed by the Mailing Standards Department of the United States Postal Service. To search all USPS Federal Register notices please see: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR.
DATE: Published in the Federal Register March 14, 2013.
Refunds and Exchanges
AGENCY: Postal Service™.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY:
The Postal Service™ 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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before April 15, 2013.
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. You may inspect and photocopy all written comments at USPS® Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, 11th Floor N, Washington DC by appointment only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday by calling 1-202-268-2906 in advance. Email comments, containing the name and address of the commenter, may be sent to: ProductClassification@usps.gov, with a subject line of "Refunds and Exchanges." Faxed comments are not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Technological advances have facilitated expansion of authorized methods for paying postage and requesting postage refunds. As a result, certain manual refund processes have become unnecessary and inefficient. As new postage payment methods options were adopted, some refund and appeals time periods were inadvertently omitted. No changes are proposed to the claims process for indemnity for Insured and COD articles.
Published in the Federal Register TEXT
DATE: Published in the Federal Register February 26, 2013.
New Intelligent Mail Package Barcode Standards to Enhance Package Visibility; Opportunity for Comments in Advance of Rulemaking
AGENCY: Postal Service™.
ACTION: Notice.
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™) on all commercial parcels, and providing support to mailers to assure their ability to apply unique tracking barcodes to all commercial parcels.
DATES: Comments are due on March 28, 2013
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. You may inspect and photocopy all written comments at USPS® Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, 11th Floor North, Washington, D.C., by appointment only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 1-202-268-2906 in advance for an appointment. Email comments, containing the name and address of the commenter, may be sent to: MailingStandards@usps.gov, with a subject line of "Package Visibility." Faxed comments are not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey L Freeman at 202-268-2922 or Kevin Gunther at 202-268-7208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Postal Service continues to enhance its operational capability to provide scanning data of IMpb and other tracking barcodes through the use of automated processing equipment and Intelligent Mail scanning devices. The tracking data provided by IMpb, including acceptance, enroute, and delivery status data, will provide value to the Postal Service, to mailers and to their shared customer base.
Published in the Federal Register TEXT
DATE: Published in the Federal Register February 22, 2013.
Promotions and Incentive Programs for First-Class Mail and Standard Mail
AGENCY: Postal Service™.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY:
The Postal Service is revising 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.
DATES: Effective date: March 4, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krista Becker at 202-268-7345 or Bill Chatfield at 202-268-7278. Email contacts are: mobilebarcode@usps.gov for the Mobile Coupon/Click-to-Call, Emerging Technologies, Product Samples, and Mobile Buy-It-Now programs; and earnedvalue@usps.gov or picturepermit@usps.com for the two other programs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Postal Service filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) (Docket No. R2013-1) on October 11, 2012 to offer six new promotions in 2013 and the PRC approved the 2013 promotions on November 16, 2012.
In this final rule, the Postal Service provides a description of the eligibility conditions for the various promotional programs and the revised mailing standards to implement the programs. The types of eligible mailpieces are listed in the descriptions for each promotion. EDDM-Retail® mailings are not eligible for participation in any of the promotions. OMAS and official government mailings are eligible for participation in the Earned Value Reply Mail promotion only. Registration for must be made separately for each promotion through the Business Customer Gateway.
Published in the Federal Register TEXT
DATE: Published in the Federal Register December 20, 2012.
New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products
AGENCY: Postal Service™.
ACTION: Final rule.
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.
DATES: Effective date: January 27, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Chatfield, 202-268-7278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Prices will be available under Docket Number R2013-1 on the Postal Regulatory Commission's website at www.prc.gov. The Postal Service's final rule includes a summary of comments received and responses to those comments, several mail classification changes, modifications to mailpiece characteristics, and changes in classification terminology.
Comments
Summary
The Postal Service received nine formal responses to our proposed rule as comments, two of which included comments about more than one issue. There were three responses by mailers, two by vendors, and four by associations.
Published in the Federal Register TEXT
DATE: Published in the Federal Register December 7, 2012.
International Mail: Product Rate and Fee Changes
AGENCY: Postal Service™.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY:
On October 11, 2012, the Postal Service filed a notice of international mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective on January 27, 2013. On October 23, 2012, the USPS™ published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (Volume 77, Pages 64768-64775) with changes to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®). The proposed rule included changes that we would adopt to implement the changes coincident with the price adjustments and classification changes, including changes resulting from the Postal Regulatory Commission granting the Postal Service's request in Docket No. MC2012-44 to transfer First-Class Mail International® packages (small packets) and rolls from the market-dominant product list to the competitive product list. This final rule conveys the comments received on the proposal and the final mailing standards.
DATES: Effective January 27, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Klutts at 813-877-0372.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Prices will be available under Docket Number R2013-1 on the Postal Regulatory Commission's website at www.prc.gov.
Published in the Federal Register TEXT
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