[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53913-53914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13942]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111


OEL and Carrier Route Information Lines

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is proposing to amend Mailing Standards of 
the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to 
revise the requirements for using optional endorsement lines (OEL) or 
carrier route information lines on USPS Marketing Mail carrier route 
letters.

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the Director, 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 ``OEL and Carrier 
Route Information Lines''. Faxed comments are not accepted.
    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: Dale Kennedy at (202) 268-6592 or 
Doriane Harley at (202) 268-2537.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    Currently, the standards in DMM section 203.4.8.1 do not require 
the use of optional endorsement lines or carrier route information 
lines on USPS Marketing Mail letters in full carrier route trays.
    The Postal Service is proposing to amend the standards in DMM 
section 203.8.1 to require optional endorsement lines or carrier route 
information lines on all USPS Marketing Mail carrier route letters.
    The Postal Service is proposing to implement this change effective 
August 25, 2024.
    We believe that the proposed revision will provide consistency and 
clarity for carrier route mail preparation.
    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 
comment 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.
    We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to 
reflect these changes.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

    Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.

    Accordingly, the Postal Service proposes the following changes 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):

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 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)

* * * * *

200 Commercial Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels

* * * * *

203 Basic Postage Statement, Documentation, and Preparation Standards

* * * * *

8.0 Carrier Route Information Lines

8.1 Basic Information

    [Revise the last sentence of 8.1 to read as follows:]
    * * * Mailers must use optional endorsement lines or carrier route 
information lines on all pieces in mailings of USPS Marketing Mail 
letters prepared under 245.6.7.
* * * * *

Ruth Stevenson,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-13942 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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