[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19553]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111


Destination Delivery Unit Rate Bound Printed Matter Mailer 
Requirements for Entry

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Postal ServiceTM proposes a revision to the 
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) that would change the preparation 
requirements for bulk Bound Printed Matter (BPM) by requiring mailers 
to prepare destination delivery unit (DDU) rate BPM items by 5-digit 
scheme (optional) and 5-digit sorts. Currently, there is no requirement 
for mailers to unload and present bulk BPM mail by 5-digit sorts, as is 
the requirement for Parcel SelectTM mailings prepared for 
the DDU rate. DMM E752.5.2 inadvertently omitted this requirement from 
the final ruling.
    All costing documentation and assumptions for this particular 
category of mail were based on the requirement that mailers would 
unload the drop shipment and, in multiple ZIP Code delivery units, 
separate the BPM items by 5-digit bundles. Specifically, separation by 
5-digit ZIP Code or optional 5-digit scheme would be required for 
bedloaded packages, sacks, pallets, and pallet boxes containing a 
mixture of 5-digit ZIP Code packages destined for a specific delivery 
unit.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 2, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Manager, Mailing 
Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 1735 N. Lynn St., Room 3025, Arlington, 
VA 22209-6038. Copies of all written comments will be available for 
inspection and photocopying between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, at the Postal Service Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, 
SW., 11th Floor North, Washington, DC. Comments may also be submitted 
via fax to 202-268-5293, ATTN: Daniel Leonard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Leonard at 202-268-4656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Current Postal Service standards for 
preparation of DDU rate mail for Package Services Destination Entry, 
prepared by 5-digit or 5-digit schemes, require parcels to be separated 
by 5-digit for DDU entry, upon request. The requirement for vehicle 
unloading of Parcel Select DDU drop shipments is in DMM E751.4.10c. 
This requirement was inadvertently missing from the requirements for 
DDU rate BPM mailings when they were published in Postal Bulletin 
22039a (12-21-00, page 12). Both Parcel Select and BPM are subclasses 
of Package Services mail. The processing and handling costs and the 
need for separation by 5-digit ZIP Codes is the same for both at the 
delivery unit. If the mail is not separated by the driver into 5-digit 
containers provided by Postal Service employees, then the Postal 
Service will be forced to absorb the directly attributable costs 
associated with processing and handling this category of Package 
Services mail, which will raise costs in the future.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

    Postal Service.

PART 111--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 
3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

    2. Revise the following section of the DMM as set forth below:

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

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E Eligibility

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E700 Package Services

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E750 Destination Entry

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E752 Bound Printed Matter

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6.0 Deposit
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6.9 Vehicle Unloading
    Uploading of destination entry mailings is subject to these 
conditions:
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    [Revise the last sentence of item c to read as follows:]
    * * * The driver may be required to place bedloaded packages, 
pieces, sacks, and the contents of mixed 5-digit pallets in containers 
provided by the delivery unit in order to maintain separation by 5-
digit ZIP Codes or to place containerized mail so as to maintain the 
separation of 5-digit ZIP Codes.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 03-19553 Filed 7-31-03; 8:45 am]
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