[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54142-54143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21078]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Periodicals Pending Authorization Postage
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is proposing to amend Mailing Standards
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of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg])
to revise the process for calculating postage on a Periodicals
publication pending authorization.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Director, 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, 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. If sending comments by email, include
the name and address of the commenter and send to
[email protected], with a subject line of ``Periodicals
Pending Authorization Postage''. Faxed comments are not accepted. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elke Reuning-Elliott at (202) 268-4063
or Garry Rodriguez at (202) 268-7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, postage for Periodicals pending
authorization is calculated by completing a PS Form 3541, Postage
Statement-Periodicals, and charging the price for the applicable class
of mail determined by the eligibility of the mailpiece. Based on the
numerous pricing differences in Periodicals and other classes of mail,
this process is labor intensive and does not provide exact pricing.
The Postal Service is proposing to revise the process and calculate
pending postage by assigning the existing applicable class of mail
prices based upon common characteristics of shape and weight. Each
applicable class of mail price will be expressed as a percentage from
the corresponding Periodicals price. This new process will simplify the
calculation process during the authorization review period, and the
refund process when a Periodicals publication is approved.
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. See 39 CFR 111.1.
The Postal Service is proposing to implement this change effective
January 2022.
We believe this proposed revision will provide customers with a
more efficient and easier process.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is proposed to be amended as follows:
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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200 Commercial Mail Letters, Flats, and Parcels
* * * * *
207 Periodicals
* * * * *
5.0 Applying for Periodicals Authorization
* * * * *
5.2 Mailing While Application Pending
* * * * *
[Renumber 5.2.3 and 5.2.4 as 5.2.4 and 5.2.5, add new 5.2.3 to read
as follows:]
5.2.3 Pending Postage
Postage for a Periodicals publication pending authorization is
calculated by applying the applicable percent in Exhibit 5.2.3 to PS
Form 3541, Part P, Line P-1.
Exhibit 5.2.3 Pending Postage
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Pending class of mail Percent
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USPS Marketing Mail Letters.................................. * 00
USPS Marketing Mail Flats.................................... 63
Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail Letters........................ * 00
Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail Flats.......................... 40
Bound Printed Matter Flats................................... 146
Bound Printed Matter Parcels................................. * 00
Parcel Select Parcels........................................ 585
First-Class Mail Letters..................................... 95
First-Class Mail Flats....................................... 427
First-Class Package Service-R................................ 311
Priority Mail................................................ 545
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* Use Periodicals prices.
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Ruth B. Stevenson,
Chief Counsel, Ethics & Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-21078 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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