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Number/date Event Sponsor Location 

3. One Saturday in June ....... Annual Swim Around Key 

West.

Anna Fugina ........................ Location: Beginning at Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida. The regulated area will move, west to the area offshore of Fort Zachary Taylor 

Historic State Park, north through Key West Harbor, east through 

Fleming Cut, south on Cow Key Channel and west, past Smathers 

Beach and back to origin. The center of the regulated area will at all 

times remain approximately 50 yards offshore of the island of Key 

West Florida; extend 50 yards in front of the lead safety vessel preceding the first race participants; extend 50 yards behind the safety 

vessel trailing the last race participants; and at all times extend 100 

yards on either side of the race participants and safety vessels. Depending on the weather on the day of race, the racecourse might 

proceed counter-clockwise to accommodate for current and wind. 

4. One Saturday in September.Alligator Reef Lighthouse 

Swim.

Friends of The Pool, Inc ...... Location(s) (Primary): Beginning at a point Latitude 24°54.82′ N, longitude 080°38.03′ W, thence to latitude 24°54.36′ N, longitude 

080°37.72′ W, thence to latitude 24°51.07′ N, longitude 080°37.14′ 

W, thence to latitude 24°54.36′ N, longitude 080°37.72′ W, thence to 

point of origin at latitude 24°54.82′ N, longitude 080°38.03′ W. 

Location(s) (Alternate) 1: Beginning at a point Latitude 24°54.82′ N, longitude 080°38.03′ W, thence to latitude 24°53.25′ N, longitude 

080°37.04′ W, thence to latitude 24°52.05′ N, longitude 080°38.85′ 

W, thence to latitude 24°54.36′ N, longitude 080°37.72′ W, thence to 

point of origin at latitude 24°54.82′ N, longitude 080°38.03′ W. 

5. 2nd week (Wednesday 

through Sunday) in November.

Key West Offshore World 

Championship.

Race World Offshore ........... Location: In the Atlantic Ocean, off the tip of Key West, Florida, on the 

waters of the Key West Main Ship Channel, Key West Turning Basin, 

and Key West Harbor Entrance. 

* * * * * * * 

Jason D. Ingram, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Sector Key West. 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Use of Foreign Return Addresses on 

Domestic Mailpieces 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is 

proposing to amend Mailing Standards 

of the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) in 

various subsections to clarify the 

consequences of the use of a foreign 

return address on a domestic mailpiece. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 6, 2023. 

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 PCFederalRegister@usps.gov, with a 

subject line of ‘‘Use of Foreign Return 

Addresses’’. Faxed comments are not 

accepted. 

You may inspect and photocopy all 

written comments, by appointment 

only, at USPS® 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: 

Catherine Knox at (202) 268–5636, 

Treishawna Harris at (202) 268–2965, or 

Garry Rodriguez at (202) 268–7281. 

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. 

Effective April 1, 2023, DMM 

subsection 602.1.5.4, Using Return 

Addresses, was amended by publication 

in Postal Bulletin 22619 (3–9–23) to 

eliminate an exception that allowed a 

domestic mailpiece to have a foreign 

return address in certain circumstances 

as a courtesy. The Postal Service is 

proposing to further amend subsection 

602.1.5.4 and various other subsections 

in the DMM to clarify the procedures 

applicable to the undeliverable 

domestic mailpieces bearing a foreign 

return address. 

The elimination of the courtesy 

exception allowing foreign return 

addresses on domestic mailpieces under 

certain circumstances requires 

amendment of the procedures that apply 

to undeliverable domestic mailpieces 

bearing a foreign return address, which 

are no longer authorized under DMM 

602.1.5.4. Therefore, the Postal Service 

is proposing to revise DMM subsections 

602.1.5.4, and 609.4.3, to clarify 

procedures applicable to undeliverable 

domestic mailpieces bearing a foreign 

return address. 

The Postal Service is authorized 

pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 404(a)(1) to 

provide for the disposition of 

undeliverable mail. However, for the 

Postal Service to incur destination 

country delivery charges as a result of 

attempting to return certain 

undeliverable domestic mailpieces with 

a foreign return address is not 

practicable. Thus, under this proposed 

rule, such mailpieces would be handled 

by the Postal Service, in accordance 

with Postal Service’s dead mail 

procedures. 

In addition, if the proposed rule is 

adopted the Postal Service would also 

revise a few related sections of the 

International Mail Manual (IMM) 

including subsection 762.2, 

Undeliverable Domestic Mail Bearing 

U.S. Postage and a Foreign Return 

Address. 

The Postal Service is proposing to 

implement this change effective January 

1, 2024. 

We believe the proposed revisions 

will provide customers with a more 

efficient mailing experience. 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. See 39 CFR 111.1. 


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If the proposed rule is adopted, 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, 39 CFR part 111 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

■ 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, 

401–404, 414, 416, 3001–3018, 3201–3220, 

3401–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3629, 3631– 

3633, 3641, 3681–3685, and 5001. 

■ 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) 

* * * * * 

600 Basic Standards for All Mailing 

Services 

* * * * * 

602 Addressing 

1.0 Elements of Addressing 

* * * * * 

1.5 Return Addresses 

* * * * * 

[Revise the heading of 1.5.4 to read as 

follows:] 

1.5.4 Use of Foreign Return Addresses 

[Revise the text of 1.5.4 to read as 

follows:] 

When U.S. postage is applied to a 

domestic mailpiece, as defined under 

608.2.1 and 608.2.2, only a domestic 

return address is authorized. An 

undeliverable domestic mailpiece 

bearing a foreign return address cannot 

be returned to sender and will be 

handled as dead mail under 507.1.9. 

* * * * * 

609 Filing Indemnity Claims for Loss 

or Damage 

* * * * * 

4.0 Claims 

* * * * * 

4.3 Nonpayable Claims 

Indemnity is not paid for insured mail 

(including Priority Mail Express and 

Priority Mail), Registered Mail, COD, or 

Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express 

in these situations: 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of 4.3 by adding a new 

item ‘‘ag’’ to read as follows:] 

ag. An undeliverable, registered or 

insured domestic mailpiece bearing a 

foreign return address. 

* * * * * 

Sarah Sullivan, 

Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance. 

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