[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 74307-74308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25805]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 233


Inspection Service Authority

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Postal Service[supreg] amends its regulations 
governing the use of mail covers to make the definitions of sealed and 
unsealed mail consistent with current classifications.

DATES: This rule is effective October 26, 2016. The relevant changes to 
the Mail Classification Schedule were implemented on August 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Questions or comments on this action are welcome. Mail or 
deliver written comments to Steven Sultan, Acting Assistant Postal 
Inspector in Charge, Office of Counsel, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, 
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Room 3114, Washington, DC 20260-3100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Sultan, Acting Assistant Postal 
Inspector in Charge, Office of Counsel, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, 
202-268-7385, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are amending our mail cover regulations 
to accommodate various changes to 39 CFR Appendix A to Subpart A of 
Part 3020--Mail Classification Schedule, including the following:
     Products added to or removed from the market dominant or 
competitive product list;
     Changes in product names;
     Removal of Priority Mail International[supreg] Flat Rate 
Envelopes and Small Flat Rate Boxes from the letter post stream to the 
parcel post stream; \1\ and
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    \1\ Mail Classification Schedule Changes Pertaining to Priority 
Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes and Priority Mail 
International Small Flat Rate Boxes, 81 FR22131 (April 14, 2016). 
See also Mail Classification Schedule Changes Pertaining to Priority 
Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes and Priority Mail 
International Small Flat Rate Boxes--Notice of Modified Effective 
Date, 81 FR 33560 (May 26, 2016).

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     Changes that implement management's decision that all 
Priority Mail International items are to be unsealed.
    These changes will provide current information to the public.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 233

    Administrative practice and procedure, Crime, Law enforcement, 
Penalties, Privacy.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Postal Service amends 
39 CFR part 233 as follows:

PART 233--INSPECTION SERVICE AUTHORITY

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1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 233 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 102, 202, 204, 401, 402, 403, 404, 
406, 410, 411, 1003, 3005(e)(1); 12 U.S.C. 3401-3422; 18 U.S.C. 981, 
983, 1956, 1957, 2254, 3061; 21 U.S.C. 881; Sec. 662, Pub. L. 104-
208, 110 Stat. 3009-378.


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2. In Sec.  233.3, paragraphs (c)(3) and (4) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  233.3  Mail covers.

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    (c) * * *
    (3) Sealed mail is mail that under postal laws and regulations is 
included within a class of mail maintained by the Postal Service for 
the transmission of letters sealed against inspection. Sealed mail 
includes: First-Class Mail; Priority Mail; Priority Mail Express; 
Outbound International Expedited Services (Priority Mail Express 
International; as well as Global Express Guaranteed items containing 
only documents); Outbound Single-Piece First-Class Package 
International Service; International Priority Airmail, except M-bags; 
International Surface Air Lift, except M-bags; Outbound Single-Piece 
First-Class Mail International; Global Bulk Economy Contracts, except 
M-bags; and International Transit Mail.
    (4) Unsealed mail is mail that under postal laws or regulations is 
not included within a class of mail maintained by the Postal Service 
for the transmission of letters sealed against inspection. Unsealed 
mail includes: Periodicals; Standard Mail (Commercial and Nonprofit); 
Package Services; incidental First-Class Mail attachments and 
enclosures; Parcel Select; Parcel Return Service; First Class Package 
Service; USPS Retail Ground; Global Express Guaranteed items containing 
non-documents; Outbound Priority Mail International; International 
Direct Sacks--M-bags; and all items sent via ``Free Matter for the 
Blind or Handicapped'' under 39 U.S.C. 3403 and ``Free Matter for the 
Blind'' under International Mail Manual 270.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-25805 Filed 10-25-16; 8:45 am]
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