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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111

 

Domestic Mail Manual Revisions to Implement Changes in Postal 
Rates and Fees

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: As announced elsewhere in today's Federal Register, new 
domestic postal rates and fees will take effect on January 1, 1995. 
Implementing standards for these rate and fee changes have been 
developed and are set forth below. Although they are to take effect on 
January 1, 1995, comments on these standards are solicited, and any 
proposed changes will be considered and acted upon as appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Manager, Mailing 
Standards, USPS Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 
20260-2419. Copies of all written comments will be available for 
inspection and photocopying between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, in Room 5610 at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo F. Raymond, (202) 268-5199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 12, 1994, the Governors of the 
Postal Service allowed the changes in rates and fees contained in the 
Opinion and Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission in 
Docket No. R94-1 to take effect under protest. The Board of Governors 
ordered these changes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 1995. 
More information about Docket No. R94-1 and the process that produced 
the Governors' action is contained in the notice mentioned above, 
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
    Accordingly, the Postal Service has amended its Domestic Mail 
Manual (DMM) standards to incorporate these revised rates and fees. A 
complete revision to DMM Module R, Rates and Fees, appears below, and 
will be included in DMM Issue 48, to be published in early 1995. Since 
Docket No. R94-1 did not include changes in mail classification or in 
the content (other than the monetary value) or structure of postage 
rates and fees, no other DMM revisions are necessary to implement the 
Governors' decision.
    The Postal Service has also amended its domestic mailing statements 
to reflect the revised rates for postage; a complete set of those forms 
follows the DMM revision. Nonsubstantive format changes have also been 
made at this time, primarily to accommodate inclusion of a Centralized 
Trust Accounting System (CTAS) identification number on permit imprint 
mailing (-N and -R suffix) statements and to amend how postage is 
reported for postage affixed mailing (-PC suffix) statements.
    The revised DMM standards, a revised Notice 123, Ratefold, the 
revised domestic mailing statements, and miscellaneous implementation 
instructions for postal employees will be contained in a special Postal 
Bulletin being issued in the near future. In addition to copies 
prepared for standard distribution to postal employees and public 
subscribers, bulk quantities of the special Postal Bulletin are being 
provided to most post offices. Production and distribution of the 
special Postal Bulletin and the revised mailing statements began 
immediately following the Governors' action to implement revised 
domestic rates, so copies of these documents should become available in 
late December or early January. While each receiving postal facility 
will determine and manage redistribution of the special Postal 
Bulletin, interested customers may contact the manager, business mail 
entry, for the district in which they are located. (A list of these 
persons and the ZIP Code areas they service is contained in DMM G042.) 
Until the new mailing statements are available, the current versions 
may be used with appropriate amendments, or the illustrations of the 
revised forms (published in the special Postal Bulletin) may be 
photocopied and completed.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

    Postal Service.

    For the reasons discussed above, the Postal Service hereby adopts 
the following amendments to the Domestic Mail Manual, which is 
incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations (see 39 
CFR part 111).

PART 111--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 3001-
3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

    2. Revise the Domestic Mail Manual R Module and 14 mailing 
statements to read as set forth below.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.

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