97-15125. Special Services Reform; Implementation Standards  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 31512-31516]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-15125]
    
    
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    POSTAL SERVICE
    
    39 CFR Part 111
    
    
    Special Services Reform; Implementation Standards
    
    AGENCY: Postal Service.
    
    ACTION: Supplementary final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: This supplementary final rule sets forth the remaining 
    Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to 
    implement the Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal 
    Service on the Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission on 
    Special Services and Fees, Docket No. MC96-3. These standards 
    constitute only minor changes or refinements to internal operational 
    procedures that have been made since publication of the final rule in 
    the Federal Register on May 12, 1997 (62 FR 26086-26099).
        The standards in this supplementary final rule do not, in any way, 
    affect the fees or attributes of the special services as they were 
    published in the final rule for post office box service and caller 
    service, certified mail, insurance (insured mail and Express Mail), 
    parcel airlift, registered mail, return receipt service, return receipt 
    for merchandise service, and stamped cards (formerly named postal 
    cards). Although no substantive changes have been made to the final 
    rule, this supplementary final rule does respond to comments that the 
    Postal Service had sought with publication of the final rule.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 1997.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil Berger, (202) 268-2859.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 7, 1996, pursuant to its authority 
    under 39 U.S.C. 3621, et seq., the Postal Service filed with the Postal 
    Rate Commission (PRC) a request for a recommended decision on several 
    special service reform proposals. The PRC designated the filing as 
    Docket No. MC96-3. The PRC published a notice of the filing, with a 
    description of the Postal Service's proposals, on June 21, 1996, in the 
    Federal Register (61 FR 31968-31979).
        Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3624, on April 2, 1997, the PRC issued its
    
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    Recommended Decision on the Postal Service's Request to the Governors 
    of the Postal Service. The PRC's Recommended Decision made revisions to 
    some of the restructuring of the post office box fees requested by the 
    Postal Service. In other areas, the PRC's Recommended Decision 
    generally followed the requests made by the Postal Service to increase 
    the fee for certified mail, merge the two options for return receipt 
    service, merge the two options for return receipt for merchandise, 
    increase the maximum available indemnity for insured mail to $5,000, 
    add optional insurance to $5,000 for Express Mail and refine the 
    current available indemnity structure, simplify the fee schedule for 
    registered mail, and eliminate special delivery. Although the PRC did 
    not recommend a fee for postal cards (renamed stamped cards), it did 
    suggest that the Postal Service remove costs unique to stamped cards 
    from total stamped cards and postcards subclass costs to support any 
    proposed fee in addition to the face value of the cards.
        To implement the Governors' decision, the Postal Service published 
    a final rule containing the DMM standards adopted by the Postal Service 
    in the May 12, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 26086-26099). The revised 
    DMM standards took effect June 8, 1997. As explained in that final 
    rule, because the PRC's Recommended Decision, as approved by the 
    Governors, established standards that were not previously published for 
    public comment in a proposed rule, the Postal Service solicited 
    comments from customers in three areas involving implementation of the 
    PRC's Recommended Decision and the Governors' Decision. Comments were 
    solicited on the following standards:
        1. Standards for post office box service as provided in DMM D910, 
    including eligibility for box service in offices that offer no form of 
    carrier delivery.
        2. Standards for indemnity as provided in DMM S010, S500, and S913.
        3. Standards for return receipt service and return receipt service 
    for merchandise in DMM S915 and S917, including the merger of the 
    options currently available.
        After considering the potential effects of these provisions, the 
    Postal Service determined to allow 15 days for public comment through 
    May 27, 1997. Although a longer comment period is usually provided, the 
    Postal Service concluded that a 15-day comment period was warranted in 
    this case for two reasons:
        1. First, the list of provisions on which comment was sought was 
    short and straightforward. Customers and mailers would have little 
    difficulty evaluating the effect of these provisions on their personal 
    or commercial mailing requirements.
        2. Second, the Postal Service wanted to ensure that customers and 
    mailers had sufficient time after the close of the comment period and 
    publication of any possible revisions to the final rule to make the 
    necessary changes to their operations before the June 8, 1997, 
    implementation date.
        Part A of this supplementary final rule provides an analysis of 
    comments received and the Postal Service responses. Part B describes 
    the minor operational changes and clarifying amendments made to certain 
    DMM standards as originally published in the final rule for post office 
    box service and caller service. The affected text of the revised DMM 
    standards that have been subsequently amended are published at the end 
    of this supplementary final rule.
    
    A. Summary of Comments
    
        The Postal Service received only two pieces of correspondence 
    offering comments on the three identified aspects of the final rule. 
    Both commenters were individual customers.
        Of those aspects on which comment was sought, one commenter wrote 
    on issues relevant to all three aspects, whereas the second commenter 
    wrote on only return receipt service. Some of the comments did not 
    directly address the issues as requested in the final rule; instead, 
    they touched on minor areas not within the scope of the final rule--for 
    example, the use of special services stamps.
        Although comment was sought on only three specific aspects of the 
    final rule, one commenter submitted comments on one other issue as 
    discussed in section 4.
    
    1. Post Office Box Service
    
    a. Physical Address
        One commenter stated that the requirement in DMM D910.2.4 that a 
    post office box applicant or current box customer must identify his or 
    her physical address would preclude those customers who operate from a 
    mobile home from obtaining a post office box. Furthermore, this 
    commenter believed that any such requirement should be limited to those 
    customers who obtain a box at the Group D or Group E fees.
        The Postal Service has not imposed a new requirement with the final 
    rule. This requirement was included in the final rule for completeness 
    and to provide readers the context for those standards that were 
    changed by the final rule. The current box application form (PS Form 
    1093, Application for Post Office Box or Caller Service) requires 
    applicants, including those who operate from a mobile home, to provide 
    a physical address (such as that of a mobile home park). The Postal 
    Service believes that customers already have to identify a physical 
    address for postal as well as many nonpostal purposes, and they should 
    be able to identify such an address when applying for a post office 
    box.
    b. Box Termination
        One commenter stated that the regulation in DMM D910.8.2 that 
    allows post office box service to be terminated if a box customer 
    conducts himself or herself in a violent, threatening, or otherwise 
    abusive manner on postal property is too subjective and should not 
    apply only to box customers.
        The final rule merely codifies existing practices and policies. 
    This regulation stems from problems that the Postal Service has 
    experienced with box customers in particular and responds to those 
    particular problems. Any customer whose box service is terminated on 
    such grounds has a right of appeal as provided under DMM D910.8.3. 
    Moreover, this basis for terminating box service has already been 
    upheld by the Judicial Officer Department of the Postal Service, so 
    inclusion of the language simply serves to identify all the applicable 
    grounds for termination of box service.
    
    2. Indemnity Standards
    
        One commenter stated that the lower bound in the first value 
    increment for insured registered mail in DMM Exhibit R900.16.0 should 
    be changed from $0.00 to $0.01 because the commenter asserted that 
    insurance cannot be purchased for articles having no value.
        The lower bound in the first increment in the insured registry fee 
    schedule begins at $0.00 for simplicity and parallel structure with the 
    uninsured registry fee option. The Postal Service doubts, moreover, 
    that customers mailing articles of no value will pay the marginally 
    higher fee for insured registry because the option of purchasing 
    registry without insurance will be available for a slightly lower fee. 
    Retail postal clerks can assist customers in selecting the service 
    option that best meets the needs of those customers.
    
    3. Return Receipt Services
    
        Both commenters suggested that the Postal Service modify the green 
    return receipt postcard (PS Form 3811,
    
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    Domestic Return Receipt) to enable the delivery employee to indicate on 
    the card whether the addressee's delivery address matches the delivery 
    address printed on the mailpiece. Currently, the delivery employee does 
    not mark the address block on the card if the address of delivery 
    matches the address on the mailpiece. The commenters emphasized that 
    redesigning the card with a checkbox would provide further confirmation 
    to the sender that the delivery address on the piece was correct.
        The Postal Service believes that this proposal merits adoption. 
    This measure would provide further confirmation to the sender of the 
    correctness of the addressee's address. The Postal Service is in the 
    process of redesigning the return receipt card. Owing to large 
    inventories of the current card, the Postal Service will not begin to 
    introduce a new card until later this year.
    
    4. Other
    
        One commenter requested that the Postal Service permit customers to 
    use previously issued special delivery stamps for any purpose. The last 
    special delivery stamp was issued 26 years ago in May 1971 and 
    withdrawn from general sale in 1974. The commenter also requested that 
    other special services stamps (certified mail, registered mail, and 
    special handling) be valid for the particular service and that the old 
    newspaper stamps and parcel post stamps be permitted for any use.
        Under DMM P022.2.2, certified mail stamps (last issued in 1955), 
    special delivery stamps (last issued in 1974), and special handling 
    stamps (last issued in 1955) are ``not valid to pay postage for U.S. 
    domestic or U.S.-originated international mail.'' Although registry 
    stamps are not listed in that regulation, they were issued on December 
    11, 1911, and were withdrawn from general sale on May 28, 1913. It is 
    unlikely that customers would use these stamps to pay registry fees 
    because these stamps have much higher value as philatelic items. Parcel 
    post stamps, last issued in 1913, have been valid for any domestic 
    postal purpose since July 1, 1913.
        Newspaper stamps were first issued in 1865 for bulk mailings of 
    newspapers and periodicals. Starting in 1875, the stamps were affixed 
    to special cards, canceled, and kept by the postmaster as a record of 
    proper payment. The Post Office Department discontinued issuing these 
    stamps on July 1, 1898. Newspaper stamps were a precursor to the 
    current required use of advance deposit accounts to pay Periodicals 
    postage. Currently, Periodicals mail, unlike any other class of mail, 
    may not be paid with adhesive stamps, postage meter stamps, or permit 
    imprint indicia.
        When the Post Office Department introduced many of its special 
    services, it issued distinctive stamps to enable customers to pay the 
    fees for the particular special service as well as serve as a means of 
    endorsement. As a customer convenience and a cost-saving measure for 
    the Postal Service, issuance of new special services stamps was 
    discontinued and customers were permitted to use ordinary postage 
    stamps to pay the postage and the applicable special service fees. To 
    ensure proper handling, the Postal Service has required the use of 
    endorsements to indicate the purchase of services. Since 1994, the 
    Postal Service has required customers to use special labels for most of 
    these special services. This policy ensures that the mail is properly 
    handled according to the service purchased.
        To avoid confusion, the Postal Service does not intend to change 
    its policy of disallowing the use of special delivery stamps. Customers 
    who possess special delivery stamps may use them to pay the special 
    delivery fee for international special delivery mail. Section 373 of 
    the International Mail Manual clearly provides that the sender ``may 
    pay the special delivery fee with special delivery stamps, postage 
    stamps, postage validation imprinter (PVI) labels, or postage meter 
    stamps. However, special delivery stamps may only be used for the 
    payment of the special delivery fee.''
    
    B. Summary of DMM Changes
    
    1. Post Office Box Service
    
        The scope of the amendments to the final rule on post office box 
    service under DMM D910.5.0 covers clarifying definitions to the 
    administrative and delivery boundaries of post offices that provide 
    delivery to other offices. Additionally, the ambiguous term ``smallest 
    available size'' in reference to no-fee boxes available to certain 
    customers was specified as ``the smallest box currently vacant'' rather 
    than the smallest box installed in the particular postal facility.
        Further, the amended language notes that boxes at Group E fees are 
    also available as provided under the rules for post offices without any 
    carrier delivery. Eligibility for Group E fees was additionally defined 
    with the exclusion of customers who receive mail at single-point 
    delivery stops such as hotels, colleges, military installations, and 
    transient trailer parks.
        Finally, McLean, VA 22103 is deleted from DMM Exhibit D910.5.3, 
    Facilities Assigned Location-Based Box Fees, with the relocation in 
    1992 of that ZIP Code from a Group B location to a Group C postal 
    facility. Customers receiving service at that ZIP Code are to be 
    charged Group C fees.
    
    2. Caller Service
    
        Postmasters in Group D post offices are given the option under new 
    DMM D920.4.8 of synchronizing customer payments for caller service to 
    April 1 and October 1 if the office has fewer than 500 post office 
    boxes. This option was already available for post office box fees in 
    Group D offices, but it was not available for caller service because, 
    before the June 8 implementation of the final rule, caller service was 
    not offered at Group D offices.
        Finally, McLean, VA 22103 is moved from Group B to Group C in DMM 
    Exhibit D920.4.1, Caller Service Groups, with the relocation of that 
    ZIP Code in 1992 from a Group B location to a Group C postal facility. 
    Caller service customers receiving service at that ZIP Code are to be 
    charged Group C fees.
    
    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. In view of the foregoing, amend the following sections of 
    Domestic Mail Manual Issue 51 as set forth below:
    
    D  DEPOSIT, COLLECTION, AND DELIVERY
    
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    D900  Other Delivery Services
    
    D910  Post Office Box Service
    
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    5.0  FEE GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
    
    5.1  Post Offices
    
        For purposes of fee group assignment, and as defined in 4.3, a post 
    office includes all subordinate facilities or units administered by 
    that post office, such as classified stations, classified branches, and 
    contractor-operated facilities. Additionally, the type of carrier 
    delivery service available at any one facility administered by a post 
    office determines the fee group applicable to all facilities of that 
    post office as follows:
    
    [Amend 5.1a by replacing ``boundaries of any delivery area ZIP Code'' 
    with ``delivery ZIP Code boundaries''; by
    
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    adding ``(i.e., the smallest box currently vacant)'' after ``smallest 
    available size''; and by adding ``Boxes at Group E fees are also 
    available as provided under 5.1c.'' to the end of the section to read 
    as follows:]
        a. Post Office With City Delivery. A post office that provides city 
    carrier delivery at any of its administered facilities applies Group C 
    fees, except as provided in 5.3. A customer whose physical residence or 
    business location is within the geographic delivery ZIP Code boundaries 
    administered by that city delivery post office, who is ineligible for 
    any form of carrier delivery service from that post office and who does 
    not receive carrier delivery via an out-of-bounds delivery receptacle, 
    may obtain one box of the smallest available size (i.e., the smallest 
    box currently vacant) at the Group E fee (no fee). Boxes at Group E 
    fees are also available as provided under 5.1c.
        b. Post Office With Only Rural or Highway Contract Carrier 
    Delivery. A post office that does not provide city carrier delivery but 
    provides only rural carrier or highway contract carrier delivery at any 
    of its administered facilities applies Group D fees, except as provided 
    in 5.3, with two exceptions:
    
    [Amend 5.1b(1) by replacing ``boundaries of any delivery area ZIP 
    Code'' with ``delivery ZIP Code boundaries''; by adding ``(i.e., the 
    smallest box currently vacant)'' after ``smallest available size''; and 
    by adding ``Boxes at Group E fees are also available as provided under 
    5.1c.'' to the end of the section to read as follows:]
        (1) A customer whose physical residence or business location is 
    within the geographic delivery ZIP Code boundaries administered by that 
    non-city delivery post office, who is ineligible for any form of 
    carrier delivery service, who does not receive carrier delivery via an 
    out-of-bounds delivery receptacle, and who resides outside the 
    immediate vicinity of the post office as specified in Postal Operations 
    Manual 653, may obtain one box of the smallest available size (i.e., 
    the smallest box currently vacant) at the Group E fee (no fee). Boxes 
    at Group E fees are also available as provided under 5.1c.
        (2) A customer whose ineligibility for carrier service arises from 
    residing in the immediate vicinity of the post office as specified in 
    Postal Operations Manual 653 is afforded continued access to general 
    delivery service.
    
    [Amend 5.1c by replacing ``boundaries of other post offices'' with 
    ``ZIP Code boundaries of another post office'' to read as follows:]
        c. Post Office Without Any Carrier Delivery. A post office that 
    does not provide any form of carrier delivery (i.e., a nondelivery post 
    office) exists within the geographic delivery ZIP Code boundaries of 
    another post office. A nondelivery post office applies Group D fees or 
    Group E fees (no fees), based on the box customer's physical residence 
    or business location relative to the geographic boundaries of the post 
    office containing the nondelivery office, as follows:
    [Amend 5.1c(1) by replacing in the first sentence ``inside the 
    geographic ZIP Code boundaries'' with ``within the geographic delivery 
    ZIP Code boundaries''; by replacing in the second sentence ``a box at 
    either the nondelivery office or the containing delivery office'' with 
    ``a box of any size at the nondelivery office or the smallest vacant 
    box at the containing delivery office'' to read as follows:]
        (1) If the box customer's physical residence or business location 
    is within the geographic delivery ZIP Code boundaries of the post 
    office containing the nondelivery office, and the customer is eligible 
    for carrier delivery service, a box at the nondelivery office is 
    provided at the Group D fee. If the customer is not eligible for 
    carrier delivery service and does not receive carrier delivery via an 
    out-of-bounds delivery receptacle, a box of any size at the nondelivery 
    office or the smallest vacant box at the containing delivery office is 
    provided at the Group E fee (no fee).
    
    [Amend 5.1c(2) by replacing ``geographic ZIP Code boundaries'' with 
    ``geographic delivery ZIP Code boundaries'' to read as follows:]
    
        (2) If the box customer's physical residence or business location 
    is outside the geographic delivery ZIP Code boundaries of the post 
    office containing the nondelivery office, a box is provided at the 
    Group D fee.
    
    [Add new 5.1d to read as follows:]
        d. Single-Point Delivery. Eligibility for Group E fees does not 
    extend to individual tenants, contractors, employees, or other 
    individuals receiving or eligible to receive single-point delivery such 
    as delivery to a hotel, college, military installation, or transient 
    trailer park.
    
        [Amend 5.2 by adding ``and not under the administration of a post 
    office'' after ``post office boxes'' to read as follows:]
    
    5.2  Mail Processing Facilities
    
        Mail processing facilities with post office boxes and not under the 
    administration of a post office apply Group C fees to post office 
    boxes, except as provided in 5.3.
    
    [Amend 5.3 by removing ``McLean, VA 22103'' in Exhibit 5.3 to read as 
    follows:]
    
    5.3  Facilities Assigned Location-Based Box Fees
    
        The facilities defined by the ZIP Codes in Exhibit 5.3 constitute 
    exceptions to the fee groupings described in 5.1 and 5.2. Group A or B 
    fees apply as identified.
    
                                Facilities Assigned Location-Based Box Fees--Exhibit 5.3                            
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                   Group                           Location                              ZIP Codes                  
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    A..................................  New York, NY...............  10001-10299                                   
    B..................................  Boston, MA.................  02113, 02115, 02117, 02128, 02134, 02135,     
                                                                       02139, 02140, 02142, 02146, 02158-02162,     
                                                                       02164-02168, 02178, 02179, 02181, 02205,     
                                                                       02214-02216, 02218, 02238                    
                                         Staten Island, NY..........  10301-10399                                   
                                         Long Island City, NY.......  11101-11199                                   
                                         Brooklyn, NY...............  11201-11299                                   
                                         Queens (Flushing), NY......  11301-11399                                   
                                         Queens (Jamaica), NY.......  11401-11499                                   
                                         Queens (Far Rockaway), NY..  11601-11699                                   
                                         Philadelphia, PA...........  19101-19104, 19105, 19107                     
                                         Washington, DC.............  20004-20009, 20013, 20026, 20033, 20035,      
                                                                       20036, 20037, 20038, 20043, 20044, 20050,    
                                                                       20056                                        
                                         Bethesda, MD...............  20813, 20824, 20825, 20827                    
                                         Arlington, VA..............  22202, 22209, 22210, 22216                    
    
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                                         Chicago, IL 60606, 60610,                                                  
                                          60611, 60654, 60664,                                                      
                                          60680, 60681, 60684, 60690.                                               
                                         Los Angeles, CA............  90019, 90024, 90025, 90034, 90035, 90048,     
                                                                       90049, 90064, 90067, 90069                   
                                         Beverly Hills, CA..........  90210-90212                                   
                                         Santa Monica, CA...........  90401-90405                                   
                                         San Francisco, CA..........  94101, 94107, 94108, 94126, 94133, 94147,     
                                                                       94159, 94164                                 
                                         Honolulu, HI...............  96801-96815, 96830                            
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    D920  Caller Service
    
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    4.0  BASIS OF FEES AND PAYMENT
    [Amend 4.1 by removing ``McLean, VA 22103'' from Exhibit 4.1 to read as 
    follows:]
    
    4.1  Basic Caller Fee
    
        The caller service fee groups are shown in Exhibit 4.1 and are 
    charged per semiannual (6-month) period. The fee must be paid for each 
    caller number or separation used, with two exceptions:
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                                           Caller Service Groups--Exhibit 4.1                                       
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                   Group                           Location                              ZIP Codes                  
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    A..................................  New York, NY...............  10001-10299                                   
    B..................................  Boston, MA.................  02113, 02115, 02117, 02128, 02134, 02135,     
                                                                       02139, 02140, 02142, 02146, 02158-02162,     
                                                                       02164-02168, 02178, 02179, 02181, 02205,     
                                                                       02214-02216, 02218, 02238                    
                                         Staten Island, NY..........  10301-10399                                   
                                         Long Island City, NY.......  11101-11199                                   
                                         Brooklyn, NY...............  11201-11299                                   
                                         Queens (Flushing), NY......  11301-11399                                   
                                         Queens (Jamaica), NY.......  11401-11499                                   
                                         Queens (Far Rockaway), NY..  11601-11699                                   
                                         Philadelphia, PA...........  19101-19104, 19105, 19107                     
                                         Washington, DC.............  20004-20009, 20013, 20026, 20033, 20035,      
                                                                       20036, 20037, 20038, 20043, 20044, 20050,    
                                                                       20056                                        
                                         Bethesda, MD...............  20813, 20824, 20825, 20827                    
                                         Arlington, VA..............  22202, 22209, 22210, 22216                    
                                         Chicago, IL................  60606, 60610, 60611, 60654, 60664, 60680,     
                                                                       60681, 60684, 60690                          
                                         Los Angeles, CA............  90019, 90024, 90025, 90034, 90035, 90048,     
                                                                       90049, 90064, 90067, 90069                   
                                         Beverly Hills, CA..........  90210-90212                                   
                                         Santa Monica, CA...........  90401-90405                                   
                                         San Francisco, CA..........  94101, 94107, 94108, 94126, 94133, 94147,     
                                                                       94159, 94164                                 
                                         Honolulu, HI...............  96801-96815, 96830                            
    C..................................                                                                             
    (1)All post offices with city                                                                                   
     delivery and all nondelivery mail                                                                              
     processing facilities not listed                                                                               
     in Group A or B.                                                                                               
    D..................................                                                                             
    (1)All post offices with no city                                                                                
     delivery but with only rural or                                                                                
     highway contract delivery and not                                                                              
     listed in Group A or B.                                                                                        
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    [Add new 4.8 to read as follows:]
    
    4.8  Exception for Group D Offices
    
        Postmasters at Group D offices with fewer than 500 post office 
    boxes may set April 1 and October 1 as the beginning of payment periods 
    for caller service customers in their offices. Payment periods 
    beginning other than April 1 or October 1 are brought into alignment 
    with these respective dates by adjusting fees as follows:
        a. New service, one-sixth of the semiannual fee is charged for each 
    remaining month between the beginning of the new payment period and the 
    next April 1 or October 1.
        b. Existing service, one-sixth of the semiannual fee is charged for 
    each remaining month between the end of all currently paid periods and 
    the next April 1 or October 1.
        c. Next one or two semiannual payment periods, an adjustment may be 
    accepted in addition to fees.
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    Stanley F. Mires,
    Chief Counsel, Legislative.
    [FR Doc. 97-15125 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 7710-12-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
6/8/1997
Published:
06/10/1997
Department:
Postal Service
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Supplementary final rule.
Document Number:
97-15125
Dates:
June 8, 1997.
Pages:
31512-31516 (5 pages)
PDF File:
97-15125.pdf
CFR: (1)
39 CFR 111