[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17848]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111


Postage Meters and Meter Stamps

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is changing the Domestic Mail Manual P030 
to extend the use of postage meters to include postage-evidencing 
systems that print information-based indicia.

DATES: This rule is effective on July 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Luff, 703-292-3693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service published a proposed rule 
on May 1, 2001 to amend DMM P030.1.4 to allow mailers to use 
information-based indicia (IBI) to show evidence of postage, as they 
would letterpress and digital meter stamps. Comments on the proposed 
rule were due on or before May 31, 2001. We did not receive any 
comments. Therefore, the rule is adopted as final without any changes.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

    Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Postal Service amends 
39 CFR part 111 as follows:

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 section P030.1.4 of the Domestic Mail Manual as follows:

P  Postage and Payment Methods

P000  Basic Information

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P030  Postage Meters and Meter Stamps
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1.0  BASIC INFORMATION

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1.4  Classes of Mail

    Postage may be paid by printing postage meter stamps (including 
letterpress, digital meter stamps, and information-based indicia) on 
any class of mail except Periodicals. Information-based indicia (IBI) 
include human-readable information and a USPS-approved two-dimensional 
barcode with a digital signature and other required data fields. 
Metered mail (including mail bearing IBI) is entitled to all privileges 
and subject to all conditions applying to the various classes of mail.

Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 01-17848 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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