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QUARTERLY REPORT—Continued

District docket Location Type Effective

date

08–97–023 .......... Oakmont, PA .......................................................................................................................... Special Local ...... 7/26/97

08–97–036 .......... Kaskaskia River, M. 28 to M. 29 ........................................................................................... Special Local ...... 9/6/97

09–97–017 .......... Tonawanda, NY ..................................................................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 7/4/97

09–97–022 .......... Tonawanda, NY ..................................................................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 7/27/97

09–97–024 .......... Lake Michigan ........................................................................................................................ Safety Zone ........ 7/19/97

09–97–025 .......... Lake Michigan ........................................................................................................................ Security Zone ..... 7/21/97

09–97–026 .......... Lake Michigan ........................................................................................................................ Security Zone ..... 7/23/97

09–97–027 .......... Lake Michigan and Chicago River ......................................................................................... Security Zone ..... 8/1/97

13–97–020 .......... Portland, OR .......................................................................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 8/15/97

13–97–021 .......... Tacoma, WA .......................................................................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 8/15/97

13–97–024 .......... Willamette River, Portland, OR .............................................................................................. Safety Zone ........ 9/8/97

13–97–025 .......... Bremerton, WA ...................................................................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 8/30/97

17–97–001 .......... Beaufort Sea .......................................................................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 8/13/97

QUARTERLY REPORT

COTP docket Location Type Effective

date

Honolulu 97–001 .............................................. Honolulu, HI ............................................................................. Safety Zone ........ 7/2/97

Honolulu 97–004 .............................................. Waimanalo Bay, Waimanalo, HI .............................................. Safety Zone ........ 9/7/97

Houston-Galveston 97–006 .............................. Clear Lake, Houston, TX ......................................................... Safety Zone ........ 7/4/97

Houston-Galveston MSU 97–005 ..................... Galveston, TX .......................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 7/15/97

Huntington 97–003 ........................................... Ohio River, M. 175.5 to M. 176.5 ............................................ Safety Zone ........ 8/24/97

Huntington 97–005 ........................................... Ohio River, M. 163 to M. 164 .................................................. Safety Zone ........ 9/14/97

LA/LB 97–008 ................................................... Purisima Point, CA ................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 9/29/97

Mobile 97–012 .................................................. Gulf of Mexico, FL ................................................................... Safety Zone ........ 7/9/97

Mobile 97–17 .................................................... Destin, FL ................................................................................. Safety Zone ........ 8/30/97

New Orleans 97–014 ........................................ Mississippi River, M. 94 to M. 95 ............................................ Safety Zone ........ 7/4/97

New Orleans 97–015 ........................................ Lake Pontchartrain, Kenner, LA .............................................. Safety Zone ........ 7/4/97

New Orleans 97–016 ........................................ LWR Mississippi River, M. 92 to M. 83.5 ................................ Safety Zone ........ 7/25/97

New Orleans 97–017 ........................................ LWR Mississippi River, M. 94 to M. 95 ................................... Safety Zone ........ 7/26/97

Port Arthur 97–002 ........................................... Neches River, Beaumont, TX .................................................. Safety Zone ........ 7/4/97

San Diego Bay 97–002 .................................... Copper Canyon, Lake Havasu, Colorado River ...................... Safety Zone ........ 7/3/97

San Diego Bay 97–003 .................................... San Diego Bay, CA .................................................................. Safety Zone ........ 7/25/97

San Francisco Bay 97–009 .............................. San Francisco Bay, CA ........................................................... Safety Zone ........ 7/13/97

San Francisco Bay 97–010 .............................. Sacramento River, CA ............................................................. Safety Zone ........ 9/7/97

San Juan 97–034 ............................................. San Juan, Puerto Rico ............................................................. Safety Zone ........ 7/7/97

San Juan 97–036 ............................................. San Juan, Puerto Rico ............................................................. Safety Zone ........ 7/23/97

San Juan 97–037 ............................................. San Juan, Puerto Rico ............................................................. Safety Zone ........ 7/24/97

San Juan 97–038 ............................................. Mona Island, Puerto Rico ........................................................ Safety Zone ........ 7/26/97

San Juan 97–044 ............................................. San Juan, Puerto Rico ............................................................. Safety Zone ........ 9/4/97

San Juan 97–049 ............................................. San Juan, Puerto Rico ............................................................. Safety Zone ........ 9/28/97

Western Alaska 97–003 ................................... Resurrection Bay, Seward, AK ................................................ Safety Zone ........ 7/24/97

Western Alaska 97–005 ................................... Beaufort Sea ............................................................................ Safety Zone ........ 8/13/97

[FR Doc. 97–29511 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Ancillary Service Endorsements for

Perishable Contents

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This final rule extends the use

of the endorsement ‘‘Change Service

Requested’’ to Priority Mail pieces

containing perishable articles

(excluding live animals) under two

conditions: the mail participates in

Address Change Service (ACS) and the

pieces bear the proper ACS codes, and

the pieces bear the appropriate

endorsement for change service and the

endorsement ‘‘Perishable.’’ This final

rule also precludes use of the

endorsement ‘‘Change Service

Requested’’ with matter mailed at FirstClass rates that contains live animals.

DATES: This final rule is effective on

November 7, 1997. Comments must be

received on or before December 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written

comments to the Manager, Address

Management, National Customer

Support Center, 6060 Primacy Pkwy

STE 201, Memphis TN 38188–0001.

Copies of all written comments will be

available at the above address for

inspection and photocopying between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrey Conley, (901) 681–4474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) F010.5.1,

electronic Address Change Service

(ACS) mailers may opt to receive a

notice of new address or reason for

nondelivery by placing the endorsement

‘‘Change Service Requested’’ on

prescribed subclasses of First-Class

Mail. Consistent with DMM F010.5.1,

undeliverable as addressed (UAA)

pieces bearing this endorsement are

disposed of by the Postal Service. Under

present standards, the ‘‘Change Service

Requested’’ endorsement is available
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only for First-Class Mail letters and

sealed parcels and stamped and

postcard subclass mail for which

electronic ACS service has been elected.

DMM F010.5.1 expressly provides that

this endorsement option is not available

in conjunction with Priority Mail.

Since the implementation of the

‘‘Change Service Requested’’ option on

July 1, 1997, the Postal Service has

received requests from mailers of

perishable articles, such as fruits, to

have the ‘‘Change Service Requested’’

endorsement apply to Priority Mail

pieces. Some mailers of such items

indicate that they would prefer that

UAA pieces whose contents include

perishables be destroyed, rather than

returned or forwarded, because such

items may spoil before reaching the

addressee at a new address or the sender

if returned. This measure would,

moreover, improve customer

satisfaction for these mailers, in that

they would acquire the information that

they need to send a fresh replacement

to an addressee at a new address, if

appropriate, in lieu of having spoiled

contents forwarded to the addressee or

returned to sender. This measure also

benefits the Postal Service by

eliminating the need to forward or

return pieces containing perishable

items which would be of no use or value

to either the sender or the recipient.

To accommodate mailers of

perishable items, the Postal Service has

determined to extend the availability of

the ‘‘Change Service Requested’’

endorsement option to Priority Mail

pieces that also bear the marking

‘‘Perishable’’ and for which electronic

ACS service has been elected. Since this

option is available only to ACS mailers

and only for Priority Mail pieces bearing

the additional ‘‘perishable’’ marking,

and given that the use of this

endorsement is already permitted for

pieces sent via letters and sealed

parcels, it is reasonable to conclude that

all mailers who elect this option will be

aware of the nature of the service

provided and the consequences in the

event a piece bearing the endorsement

is undeliverable as addressed. This

change is accordingly effective

immediately.

The Postal Service is also amending

DMM F010.5.1 for consistency with

DMM C022.3.10 and C022.3.12, which

establish procedures for acceptance and

handling of mail-pieces containing

mailable live animals. The Postal

Service does not intend that the

handling procedures for the

endorsement ‘‘Change Service

Requested’’ replace those established for

accepting, marking, and handling, of

mail containing live animals;

consequently, DMM F010.5.1 is

amended to preclude mailers from

electing the ‘‘Change Service

Requested’’ option for mail pieces

containing live, mailable animals.

The Postal Service is soliciting

comments on this final rule.

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 comments on the

following revisions of the Domestic Mail

Manual (DMM), incorporated by

reference in the Code of Federal

Regulations. See 39 CFR part 111.

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, 3001–3011, 3201–3219, 3403–3406,

3621, 3626, 5001.

2. Revise the following sections of the

Domestic Mail Manual as set forth

below:

F FORWARDING AND RELATED

SERVICES

F010 Basic Information

* * * * *

5.0 CLASS TREATMENT FOR

ANCILLARY SERVICES

5.1 Priority Mail and First-Class Mail

[Revise the ‘‘Change Service

Requested’’ portion of the table in 5.1 to

read as follows:]

* * * * *

‘‘Change Service Requested’’ ............................................ Separate notice of new address or reason for nondelivery provided; in either case,

address correction fee charged, piece disposed of by USPS.

Use of this endorsement is limited to mail participating in electronic Address

Change Service (ACS). It may be used only for: (1) pieces mailed at First-Class

rates (excluding live animals) that bear the proper ACS codes, and (2) mail

pieces mailed at Priority Mail rates that contain perishable matter (excluding

live animals), bear the proper ACS codes, and that bear the endorsement ‘‘Perishable.’’

This endorsement must not be used for mail with special services (e.g., certified

or registered mail) or for Priority Mail containing non-perishable matter, or for

any mail that contains live animals.

* * * * *

F030 Address Correction, Address

Change, FASTforward SM, and Return

Services

* * * * *

5.0 RETURNING MAIL

* * * * *

5.3 Express Mail, Priority Mail, FirstClass Mail

[Amend 5.3 to read as follows:]

Undeliverable-as-addressed mail

pieces sent as Express Mail, Priority

Mail, and First-Class Mail (including

stamped cards and postcards) that

cannot be forwarded or delivered as

addressed are returned when possible to

the sender at no additional charge.

Exception: First-Class Mail pieces, and

Priority Mail pieces containing

perishable contents, that bear the

endorsement ‘‘Change Service

Requested’’ and that cannot be

forwarded or delivered as addressed and

that do not contain live animals are

disposed of by the USPS. Mail of all

other classes may be returned to the

sender if appropriately endorsed to

guarantee return postage.

* * * * *

An appropriate amendment to 39 CFR

111.3 will be published to reflect these

changes.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 97–29405 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

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