[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17712]



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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 265


Release of Information

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule changes the procedures for the release of 
information about holders of postage meter licenses. The procedures are 
necessary to ensure individual privacy while providing for the release 
of information needed for customer protection.

DATES: This rule is effective July 15, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Wilkerson, 703-292-3782, or by 
fax, 703-292-4050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service published a proposed rule 
on May 9, 2002, to amend 39 CFR part 265, Release of Information, 
giving new procedures for releasing the name and address of a 
particular holder of a postage meter license. The new procedures will 
ensure that legitimate expectations of individual privacy are met, 
while providing for the release of information needed for consumer 
protection. The new procedures remove the processing of requests for 
information about meter license holders from field locations, and 
enables Postage Technology Management at Postal Service Headquarters to 
ensure that information is released appropriately. Comments on the 
proposed rule were due on or before June 10, 2002. We received no 
comments objecting to the proposed rule or requesting any changes. 
Therefore, the rule is adopted as final without any changes.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 265

    Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.

The Amendment

    For the reasons set out in this document, the Postal Service is 
amending 39 CFR part 265 as follows:

PART 265--RELEASE OF INFORMATION

    1. The authority citation for part 265 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. App. 3, 39 U.S.C. 401, 403, 
410, 1001, 2601.


    2. Amend Sec. 265.6 by revising paragraphs (d) introductory text 
and (d)(2); by redesignating paragraphs (d)(3) through (d)(8) as 
paragraphs (d)(4) through (d)(9), respectively; and by adding a new 
paragraph (d)(3) to read as follows:


Sec. 265.6  Availability of records.

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    (d) Disclosure of names and addresses of customers. Upon request, 
the names and addresses of specifically identified Postal Service 
customers will be made available only as follows:
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    (2) Name and address of permit holder. The name and address of the 
holder of a particular bulk mail permit, permit imprint or similar 
permit (but not including postage meter licenses), and the name of any 
person applying for a permit in behalf of a holder will be furnished to 
any person upon the payment of any fees authorized by paragraph (b) of 
Sec. 265.9. For the name and address of a postage meter license holder, 
see paragraph (d)(3) of this section. (Lists of permit holders may not 
be disclosed to members of the public. See paragraph (e)(1) of this 
section.)
    (3) Name and address of postage meter license holder. The name and 
address of the holder of a postage meter license authorizing use of a 
postage meter printing a specified indicium will be furnished to any 
person upon the payment of any fees authorized by paragraph (b) of 
Sec. 265.9, provided the holder is using the license for a business or 
firm. The request for this information must be sent to the manager of 
Postage Technology Management, Postal Service Headquarters. The request 
must include the original or a photocopy of the envelope or wrapper on 
which the meter indicium in question is printed, and a copy or 
description of the contents to support that the sender is a business or 
firm and not an individual. (Lists of postage meter license holders may 
not be disclosed to members of the public. See paragraph (e)(1) of this 
section.)
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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 02-17712 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
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