[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-685]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Addressing Requirements for Shared Mail Receptacles on Rural and
Highway Contract Delivery Routes
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Domestic Mail Manual to clarify
addressing requirements for customers of rural or highway contract
delivery routes who share mail receptacles.
DATES: This final rule is effective February 11, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Estes, Operations Specialist,
Delivery Policies and Programs, (202) 268-3543.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule change clarifies postal addressing
requirements for certain customers of rural and highway contract
delivery routes, when local governments implement street name and
number systems. Normally this occurs in conjunction with Emergency 9-1-
1 service activation.
Historically, customers of up to five (5) separate households on
rural and highway contract delivery routes have been able to share a
mail receptacle for purposes of receiving carrier delivery service,
with the owner's written permission. In areas without street names and
numbers, a postal route and box number addressing system (e.g., RR 1
BOX 250) is used. The box address reflects the receptacle location and
sequence on the delivery route. Therefore, customers sharing the
receptacle use its particular address. If a customer subsequently
decides to erect an individual receptacle, that receptacle is assigned
its own route-and-box-number address, reflecting its particular
location and sequence.
When localities convert to street name and number systems,
customers may continue to share a mail receptacle, but they still must
use the address that reflects the particular box, e.g., the street name
and number of the receptacle's owner, rather than the various street
names and numbers now assigned to their individual properties. This
addressing requirement is familiar to customers as the ``in care of''
address format, e.g.:
JOHN DOE
C/O R SMITH 123 MAIN ST
ANYTOWN USA 00000-0000
Customers who are entitled to individual carrier delivery but
instead share a box, have always been able to erect individual
receptacles. There is no change in this customer option. However, if a
street name and number system is in place, the correct address for the
individual receptacle will be the street name and number assigned to
its owner's particular property.
These amendments are being published without a notice and comment
provision in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), since no customers are
burdened by the rule change.
The Postal Service hereby adopts the following amendments to the
Domestic Mail Manual which is incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations, 39 CFR 111.1.
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: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 3001-
3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
2. Revise part D041 of the Domestic Mail Manual to read as follows:
D041 Customer Mail Receptacles
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D041.2.0 CURBSIDE MAILBOXES
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D041.2.8 More Than One Family
If more than one family wishes to share a mail receptacle, the
following standards apply:
a. Route and Box Number Addressing. On rural and highway contract
routes authorized to use a route and box numbering system (e.g., RR 1
BOX 155), up to five families may share a single mail receptacle and
use a common route and box designation. A written notice of agreement,
signed by the heads of the families or the individuals who want to join
in the use of such box, must be filed with the postmaster at the
delivery office.
b. Conversion to Street Name and Number Addressing. When street
name and numbering systems are adopted, those addresses reflect
distinct customer locations and sequences. Rural and highway contract
route customers who are assigned different primary addresses (e.g., 123
APPLE WAY vs. 136 APPLE WAY) should erect individual mail receptacles
in locations recommended by their postmasters and begin using their new
addresses. Customers having different primary addresses, who wish to
continue sharing a common receptacle, must use the address of the
receptacle's owner and the ``care of'' address format:
JOHN DOE
C/O ROBERT SMITH 123 APPLE WAY
Customers having a common primary address (e.g., 800 MAIN ST, but
different secondary addresses (e.g., APT 101, APT 102, etc.), may
continue to share a common receptacle if single-point delivery is
authorized for the primary address. Secondary addresses should still be
included in all correspondence.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 99-685 Filed 1-12-99; 8:45 am]
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