[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18779]
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[Federal Register: August 2, 1994]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Revisions to Standards Related to Deposit and Delivery of Mail
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule; amendment.
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SUMMARY: This notice amends the final rule published on June 23, 1994
(59 FR 32336-32338), which amended several Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
standards concerning the deposit and delivery of mail.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo F. Raymond, (202) 268-5199.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule added new DMM D042.1.7 to
provide uniform standards for the delivery of Express Mail and
accountable mail, effective October 2, 1994. The new DMM D042.1.7f
stated the period after which mail is returned to the sender if
delivery is not made and the addressee does not respond to a delivery
notice. The 15-day standard generally established included an exception
for COD (30 days) but inadvertently omitted the existing 5-day standard
for Express Mail, which is retained.
The final rule also announced that, effective October 2, 1994, DMM
D930.2.0 would be deleted and firm holdout service no longer offered.
The final rule is hereby amended to include three supporting revisions
to DMM D920, Caller Service. First, DMM D920.1.1 is revised to delete a
reference to firm holdout service. Second, DMM D920.1.4, 1.5, and 1.9
are revised to ensure accommodation of previous firm holdout customers.
Revised DMM D920.1.4 combines the text of existing 1.4 and 1.5,
including a reference to new 1.5 that allows postmasters to except
customers who had firm holdout service as of July 3, 1994, from the
otherwise applicable requirement (in 1.4) that their mail would have to
be addressed to their post office box (caller service) number. Third,
the revision to DMM 920.1.9 makes it clear that caller service may be
provided to former firm holdout customers.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Postal Service.
For the reasons discussed above, the Postal Service hereby adopts
the following amendments to the Domestic Mail Manual, which is
incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations (see 39
CFR part 111).
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 the following units of the Domestic Mail Manual as noted
below:
D042 Conditions of Delivery
1.0 General Conditions
* * * * *
1.7 Express Mail and Accountable Mail
* * * * *
f. Notices are left for articles that cannot be delivered. If an
article is not called for or redelivery is not requested, the article
is returned to the sender after 15 days (5 days for Express Mail, 30
days for COD) unless the sender specifies fewer days on the mail.
* * * * *
D920 Caller Service
1.0 Basic Information
1.1 Purpose
[Revise the third sentence as follows:]
Caller service does not include general delivery service.
* * * * *
1.4 Numbers
[Combine the text of existing 1.4 and 1.5; revise the third sentence as
follows:]
Except under 1.5, mail addressed to a caller service customer must
use the term ``Post Office Box'' or ``P.O. Box'' and the assigned
number in the mailing address immediately above the city, state, and
ZIP Code.
1.5 Exception
Postmasters may except customers who were receiving firm holdout
service as of July 3, 1994, from the standard in 1.4 that
correspondents must use the assigned post office box (caller service)
number in the address.
* * * * *
1.9 Eligible Customers
Caller service may be provided:
* * * * *
c. To customers who formerly received firm holdout service.
* * * * *
A transmittal letter making these changes in the pages of the
Domestic Mail Manual will be published and will be transmitted to
subscribers automatically. Notice of issuance will be published in the
Federal Register as provided by 39 CFR 111.3.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 94-18779 Filed 8-1-94; 8:45 am]
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