[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 200 (Thursday, October 15, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 65311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22887]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111


New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: On October 9, 2020, the Postal Service (USPS[supreg]) filed a 
notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory 
Commission (PRC), effective January 24, 2021. This proposed rule 
contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal 
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) that we would adopt to 
implement the changes coincident with the price adjustments.

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Manager, Product 
Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 4446, 
Washington, DC 20260-5015. If sending comments by email, include the 
name and address of the commenter and send to 
[email protected], with a subject line of ``January 2021 
Domestic Mailing Services Proposal.'' Faxed comments are not accepted.
    All submitted comments and attachments are part of the public 
record and subject to disclosure. Do not enclose any material in your 
comments that you consider to be confidential or inappropriate for 
public disclosure.
    You may inspect and photocopy all written comments, by appointment 
only, at USPS[supreg] Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, 11th 
Floor North, Washington, DC 20260. These records are available for 
review on Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., by calling 202-268-
2906.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Erwin at (202) 268-2158, or 
Dale Kennedy at (202) 268-6592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed prices will be available under 
Docket No. R2021-1 on the Postal Regulatory Commission's website at 
www.prc.gov.
    The Postal Service's proposed rule includes: Changes to prices, 
mail classification updates, and product simplification efforts.

Seamless Acceptance Incentive

    Currently, mailers who present qualifying full-service mailings 
receive an incentive discount of $.003 per piece for USPS Marketing 
Mail and First-Class Mail and $0.001 for Bound Printed Matter flats and 
Periodicals.
    The Postal Service is proposing an incentive discount for mailers 
who mail through the Seamless Acceptance program, in addition to the 
full-service incentive discount.
    Beginning on the day of their first mailing, following onboarding 
to the program the mailer or mail service provider, as applicable, will 
receive an incentive discount in addition to the full-service incentive 
discount. The mailer would be allowed to combine the Seamless and full-
service incentive discounts. The Seamless incentive discount would be 
based on a mailer's customer registration ID (CRID). A Seamless mailer 
is defined by their status in PostalOne!. Moving to Seamless is defined 
as the status changing from ``None'' or ``Seamless Parallel'' to 
``Seamless Acceptance''.
    The proposal would leave the full-service discount exactly as it is 
now and provide a $.001 per piece incentive discount for Seamless. The 
maximum incentive discount per piece is $0.004 for USPS Marketing Mail 
and First-Class Mail and $0.002 for Bound Printed Matter flats and 
Periodicals.
    Although exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the 
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b), (c)) regarding proposed 
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the Postal Service invites public 
comments on the following proposed revisions to Mailing Standards of 
the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), 
incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 
CFR 111.1.
    We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to 
reflect these changes if our proposal is adopted.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

    Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
    Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 111--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-
1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 
3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.
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2. Revise the following sections of Mailing Standards of the United 
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), as follows:

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail 
Manual (DMM)

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Notice 123 (Price List)

    [Revise prices as applicable.]
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    We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to 
reflect these changes.

Joshua J. Hofer,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-22887 Filed 10-13-20; 8:45 am]
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