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In addition, the MSPB invites

comments on (1) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of MSPB’s

functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques,

when appropriate, and other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 2, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the appeal form

may be obtained from Arlin

Winefordner, Merit Systems Protection

Board, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20419 or by calling

(202) 653–7200. Comments concerning

the paperwork burden should also be

addressed to Mr. Winefordner.

Dated: February 25, 1997.

Robert E. Taylor,

Clerk of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–5139 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7400–01–M

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 97–025]

NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space

Science Advisory Committee (SScAC),

Structure and Evolution of the

Universe Advisory Subcommittee;

Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a forthcoming meeting of the

NASA Advisory Council, Space Science

Advisory Committee, Structure and

Evolution of the Universe

Subcommittee.

DATES: Monday, March 24, 1997, 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Tuesday, March

25, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Goddard Space Flight

Center, Bldg. 26, Conference Room 212,

Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Alan N. Bunner, Code SA, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546, 202/358–0364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the capacity of the room. The agenda

for the meeting includes the following

topics:

—Status of Ongoing Missions

—Structure and Evolution of Universe

(SEU) Strategic Planning

—Plans and Concepts for Future

Missions

—Development of SEU Technology

‘‘Roadmap’’

—Discussion of President’s FY 1998

NASA Budget

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on these dates to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: February 25, 1997.

Leslie M. Nolan,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–5172 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–M

[Notice (97–024)]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Global Dynamics International, Inc.,

of Ann Arbor, MI 48108, has applied for

a partially exclusive license to practice

the invention described in NASA Case

No. MSC–22532–1, entitled ‘‘Adaptive

Speech Recognition System and

Method,’’ which is assigned to the

United States of America as represented

by the Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Written objections to the prospective

grant of a license should be sent to

Johnson Space Center.

DATE: Responses to this notice must be

received by May 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James M. Cate, Patent Attorney, Lyndon

B. Johnson Space Center, Mail Stop HA,

Houston, TX 77058–3696, telephone

(281) 483–1001.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–5171 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–M

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION

ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Credit Union

Administration (NCUA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) named below

has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and comment. The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection

and its expected cost and burden; it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Marijean Brown at NCUA

(703) 518–6413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Community Development

Revolving Loan Program for Credit

Unions, Application for Technical

Assistance (OMB Control No. 3133–

0137). This is a request for an extension

of a currently approved information

collection. The Federal Register Notice

with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on December

23, 1996. No comments were received.

Send comments including suggestions

for reducing the burden to the following

addresses: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th St.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk

Officer Alexander Hunt and NCUA,

1775 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314–

3428, Attn: Marijean Brown. Please refer

to OMB Control No. 3133–0137.

By the National Credit Union

Administration Board on February 26, 1997.

Becky Baker,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–5202 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7535–01–U

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Parcel Classification Reform Docket No.

MC97–2]

Notice of Request for Changes in

Domestic Mail Classification Schedule

Provisions and Rates for Parcel

Services and Order Instituting

Proceedings

Issued February 24, 1997.
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1Proposed changes in the DMCS unrelated to the

Postal Service’s Request in this proceeding are

pending in Commission Docket Nos. MC96–2,

MC96–3, and MC97–1.

Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman,

Chairman; H. Edward Quick, Jr., Vice

Chairman; George W. Haley; W.H. ‘‘Trey’’

LeBlanc III.

Notice is hereby given that on

February 21, 1997, the United States

Postal Service filed a Request with the

Postal Rate Commission pursuant to

§ 3623 of the Postal Reorganization Act,

39 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., for a

recommended decision on proposed

changes in the Domestic Mail

Classification Schedule (DMCS). The

proposed revisions also include

proposed new rates and fees. The

Request includes attachments and is

supported by the testimony of 13

witnesses and 46 library references. It is

on file in the Commission Docket Room

and is available for inspection during

the Commission’s regular business

hours.

Contents of the Filing

The Service’s Request incorporates

significant changes in mail classification

affecting parcels in the following

subclasses of Standard Mail: Single

Piece, Regular, Enhanced Carrier Route,

Parcel Post, and Bound Printed Matter.

The following summarizes the proposed

classification changes on a subclass-bysubclass basis:

Single Piece

• Introduction of a parcel return

service with rates below those currently

applicable to returned single pieces.

• Introduction of a new forwarding

service.

Regular Presort and Enhanced Carrier

Route

• Establishment of a surcharged rate

category for parcel-shaped items.

Parcel Post

• Re-introduction of a charge for

bulky, lighter-weight parcel post.

• Adoption of an increase in the

maximum permissible parcel size.

• Introduction of discounts for BMC

presort and origin BMC entry.

• Introduction of discounts for DSCF

entry combined with five-digit presort.

• Introduction of a discount for

destination delivery unit entry.

Bound Printed Matter

• Adoption of an increase in the

maximum weight limit.

The Postal Service Request also

proposes changes that would apply

across several different mail

classifications. For all categories of

Standard Mail weighing 16 ounces or

more, the Service proposes:

• Introduction of prebarcode

discounts; and

• Introduction of a delivery

confirmation service using barcoded

peel-off labels.

The Service also proposes the

introduction of bulk rates tied to

electronically-transmitted information

for users of the Insurance special service

who send First-Class, Priority, Parcel

Post, Bound Printed Matter, Special,

and Library Mail. Finally, the Service

requests establishment of surcharges for

hazardous medical materials and other

mailable hazardous materials contained

in First-Class, Priority, Express Mail,

Standard Single Piece, Regular,

Enhanced Carrier Route, and Parcel Post

parcels.

In addition to proposed changes in

mail classification, the Postal Service

Request incorporates proposed

adjustments in current postal rates and

fees. The Service proposes revisions in

Parcel Post rates to reflect revisions in

transportation and processing cost

information, and in the DBMC discounts

available for Parcel Post to reflect

current cost data. The Service also

proposes to increase the fee for the

pickup service available for Express

Mail, Priority Mail, and Parcel Post.

Effect on Net Revenue

Unlike the Postal Service’s earlier

classification reform requests in Docket

Nos. MC95–1 and MC96–2, its proposal

in this docket is not intended to have a

neutral effect on its overall net revenue.

The Postal Service estimates that if its

proposals in this docket were in effect

throughout FY 1997, they would

increase system revenues by $90.8

million while decreasing system costs

by $35.4 million, for a net increase in

system revenue of $126.2 million.

USPS–T–1 at 7.

Cost and Roll-Forward Methodologies

In the past, interim Postal Service

filings used the same base year and test

year that were used in the most recent

omnibus rate proceeding. This provided

a consistent basis for comparing the cost

and revenue effects of proposed interim

changes with the cost and revenue

effects of the general rate and

classification schedules in place. In this

interim filing, evaluation of the Postal

Service’s proposed changes is

complicated by use of a base year (FY

1995) and a test year (FY 1997) that

were not used to evaluate the rate and

classification schedules emanating from

Docket Nos. R94–1, MC95–1 and MC96–

2. The Service’s filing also develops

base year costs solely by the methods

that the Postal Service uses in its own

Cost and Revenue Analysis Report

(CRA). It does not follow the

Commission’s approved costing

methods as far as practical, as the Postal

Service’s filing did in Docket No.

MC93–1, nor does it describe and

explain its departures from them, as the

Postal Service’s filing did in the last

omnibus rate proceeding, Docket No.

R94–1. Direct Testimony of Richard

Patelunas on Behalf of the United States

Postal Service, USPS–T–5, at 5–8.

Proposed DMCS Provisions

The Postal Service’s Request proposes

changes in the current Domestic Mail

Classification Schedule (DMCS), which

was extensively revised as the result of

the first mail classification reform

proceeding, Docket No. MC95–1. The

DMCS is codified at 39 CFR Part 3001,

Subpart C, Appendix A. In Attachment

A to its Request, the Postal Service

displays the changes it proposes in the

version of the DMCS currently in effect.1

These proposed revisions accompany

this Notice as Attachment A.

Proposed Rate and Fee Schedules

In Attachment B to its Request, the

Postal Service displays changes it

proposes to the various rate and fee

schedules currently in effect. Most of

these proposed rate and fee changes

correspond to the revisions the Postal

Service proposes in the DMCS;

however, some of the proposed changes

would adjust rates or fees for current

mail classifications on the basis of

estimated cost changes or other

rationales. These changes occur in rates

for the Parcel Post subclass and the fee

for the Pickup service available for

Express Mail, Priority Mail, and Parcel

Post. The Postal Service’s requested

changes in rates and fees accompany

this Notice as Attachment B.

Intervention

Participation in Commission

proceedings generally takes the form of

either full intervention or limited

participation. See sections 20 and 20a of

the Commission rules of practice [39

CFR § 3001.20 and .20a]. For those

wishing to express their views

informally, without incurring the

obligations that attach to the other two

forms of participation, commenter status

is available. See section 20b [39 CFR

§ 3001.20b]. Those wishing to be heard

in this matter as either a full intervenor

or limited participant are directed to file

a written notice of intervention in

conformance with section 20(b) or

20a(a), identifying the status they intend

to assume and affirmatively stating how

actively they expect to participate. In
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addition, intervenors are requested to

provide a telephone number, facsimile

number, and e-mail address, if available.

[See proposed Special Rule 3A, infra.]

Notices of intervention should be sent

to the attention of Margaret P.

Crenshaw, Secretary of the Commission,

1333 H Street, NW, Suite 300,

Washington, D.C. 20268–0001, and are

to be filed on or before March 18, 1997.

Commenter status does not require a

notice of intervention.

Representation of the General Public

In conformance with section 3624(a)

of title 39, the Commission designates

W. Gail Willette, Director of the Office

of the Consumer Advocate (OCA), to

represent the interests of the general

public in this proceeding. Pursuant to

this designation, Ms. Willette will direct

the activities of Commission personnel

assigned to assist her and, when

requested, will supply their names for

the record. Neither Ms. Willette nor any

of the assigned personnel will

participate in or provide advice on any

Commission decision in this

proceeding.

Special Rules of Practice

The Commission proposes conducting

this proceeding pursuant to the special

rules of practice set forth in Attachment

C. These rules reflect the special rules

implemented in Docket Nos. MC96–2

and MC96–3, with two exceptions. The

proposed special rules shorten the time

for providing certain pleadings and

answers to discovery from 14 days to 12

days, and eliminate provisions allowing

for voluntary, alternative service of

documents by electronic filing. In

conducting its experiment with the

electronic filing of case-related

documents, the Commission observed a

number of functional problems, some of

which remain unresolved.

Consequently, the Commission

suspended the filing of documents by email, effective February 4, 1997. See

Secretary’s Notice to Intervenors,

February 4, 1997, appended hereto as

Attachment D. However, participants

who are capable of filing documents as

word processing files stored on diskettes

may avail themselves of an alternative

method of filing them with the

Commission, together with a reduced

number of paper copies. See Special

Rule of Practice 3.B.

Initial Prehearing Conference: Date,

Location, and Agenda

The Commission will convene a

prehearing conference at 2:00 p.m. on

Thursday, March 20, 1997, in the

Commission’s hearing room at 1333 H

Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington,

D.C. The Commission asks that persons

attending the conference be prepared to

discuss procedural and scheduling

matters pertinent to the Service’s filing.

Participants are to file a notice of

issues they would like to raise for

consideration at the prehearing

conference. Suggestions need not be

limited to procedural matters, but may

include substantive issues to the extent

that considering them at this stage might

expedite the proceeding. An agenda

incorporating participants’ suggestions

will be distributed at the beginning of

the prehearing conference.

Docket Room Operations

Documents may be filed with the

Commission’s docket section Monday

through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5

p.m. Questions about docket room

operations should be directed to Ms.

Peggie Brown (at 202–789–6847) or Ms.

Joyce Taylor (at 202–789–6846).

It is ordered:

1. The Commission will sit en banc in

this proceeding.

2. Notices of intervention shall be

filed no later than March 18, 1997.

3. A prehearing conference will be

held Thursday, March 20, 1997 at 2:00

p.m. in the Commission’s hearing room.

4. Participants are to file notices of

issues they intend to raise at the

prehearing conference by March 18,

1997.

5. Comments on the proposed special

rules of practice set out in Attachment

C should be filed by March 18, 1997.

6. W. Gail Willette, Director of the

Commission’s Office of the Consumer

Advocate, is designated to represent the

interest of the general public in this

proceeding.

7. The Secretary shall cause this

Notice and Order to be published in the

Federal Register.

By the Commission.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

Requested Changes in the Domestic

Mail Classification Schedule

In this Request, the Postal Service

asks the Commission to recommend

certain changes in the Domestic Mail

Classification Schedule (DMCS). The

changes requested herein alter the

DMCS recommended by the

Commission on November 29, 1978,

adopted by decision of the Governors

and implemented by resolution of the

Board of Governors on April 3, 1979,

effective April 15, 1979, and as

amended from time-to-time, most

recently by the decision of the

Governors approving the Recommended

Decision of the Commission on

Nonprofit Regular Standard Mail,

Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier Route

Standard Mail, Nonprofit Periodicals

and Within County Periodicals, Docket

No. MC96–2, as implemented by

resolution of the Board of Governors

adopted on August 5, 1996, effective

October 6, 1996. The current DMCS

(which is published in part at 39 CFR

Part 3001, subpart C, appendix A, and

in part as Attachment B to the Decision

of the Governors of the United States

Postal Service On Recommended

Decision of the Postal Rate Commission

on Nonprofit Standard Mail, Nonprofit

Enhanced Carrier Route Standard Mail,

Nonprofit Periodicals, and Within

County Periodicals, Docket No. MC96–

2 (61 Fed. Reg. 42,464)), is incorporated

by reference in this Request.

Proposed additions to text of the

classification schedule are underlined;

proposed deletions are in brackets. The

changes in the DMCS requested by the

Postal Service are as follows:

EXPEDITED MAIL CLASSIFICATION

SCHEDULE

* * * * *

170 RATES AND FEES

171 Express Mail. The rates for

Express Mail are set forth in the

following rate schedules:

Schedule

a. Same Day Airport ................... 121

b. Custom Designed ................... 122

c. Next Day Post Office-to-Post

Office ....................................... 123

d. Second Day Post Office-toPost Office ............................... 123

e. Next Day Post Office-to-Addressee .................................... 123

f. Second Day Post Office-to-Addressee .................................... 123

172 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Express Mail

containing hazardous medical materials

or other mailable hazardous materials,

as defined by the Postal Service, must

meet the preparation requirements of

the Postal Service and is subject to one

or both surcharges.

* * * * *

FIRST-CLASS MAIL CLASSIFICATION

SCHEDULE

* * * * *

220 DESCRIPTION OF SUBCLASSES

221 Letters and Sealed Parcels

Subclass

* * * * *

221.5 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Letters and
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Sealed Parcels subclass mail containing

hazardous medical materials or other

mailable hazardous materials, as

defined by the Postal Service, must meet

the preparation requirements of the

Postal Service and is subject to one or

both surcharges.

* * * * *

223 Priority Mail

* * * * *

223.8 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Priority Mail

containing hazardous medical materials

or other mailable hazardous materials,

as defined by the Postal Service, must

meet the preparation requirements of

the Postal Service and is subject to one

or both surcharges.

* * * * *

STANDARD MAIL CLASSIFICATION

SCHEDULE

* * * * *

320 DESCRIPTION OF SUBCLASSES

321 Subclasses Limited to Mail

Weighing Less than 16 Ounces

321.1 Single Piece Subclass

* * * * *

321.15 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Single Piece

subclass mail containing hazardous

medical materials or other mailable

hazardous materials, as defined by the

Postal Service, must meet the

preparation requirements of the Postal

Service and is subject to one or both

surcharges.

321.2 Regular Subclass

* * * * *

321.25 Residual Shape Surcharge.

Regular subclass mail is subject to a

surcharge if it is not letter-, card-, or

flat-shaped.

321.26 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Regular subclass

mail containing hazardous medical

materials or other mailable hazardous

materials, as defined by the Postal

Service, must meet the preparation

requirements of the Postal Service and

is subject to one or both surcharges.

* * * * *

321.3 Enhanced Carrier Route

Subclass

* * * * *

321.37 Residual Shape Surcharge.

Enhanced Carrier Route subclass mail is

subject to a surcharge if it is not letter-

, card-, or flat-shaped.

321.38 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous Materials

Surcharges. Enhanced Carrier Route

subclass mail containing hazardous

medical materials or other mailable

hazardous materials, as defined by the

Postal Service, must meet the

preparation requirements of the Postal

Service and is subject to one or both

surcharges.

321.4 Nonprofit Subclass

* * * * *

321.45 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Nonprofit

subclass mail containing hazardous

medical materials or other mailable

hazardous materials, as defined by the

Postal Service, must meet the

preparation requirements of the Postal

Service and is subject to one or both

surcharges.

321.5 Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier

Route Subclass

* * * * *

321.57 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Nonprofit

Enhanced Carrier Route subclass mail

containing hazardous medical materials

or other mailable hazardous materials,

as defined by the Postal Service, must

meet the preparation requirements of

the Postal Service and is subject to one

or both surcharges.

322 Subclasses Limited to Mail

Weighing 16 Ounces or More

322.1 Parcel Post Subclass

322.11 Definition. The Parcel Post

subclass consists of Standard Mail

weighing 16 ounces or more that is not

mailed under sections 322.2, 322.3,

323.1, or 323.2.

[322.12 Basic Rate Category. The

basic rate category applies to all Parcel

Post subclass mail not mailed under

sections 322.13 or 322.14.]

322.12 Description of Rate Categories

322.121 Inter-BMC Rate Category.

Inter-BMC Parcel Post rates apply to all

Parcel Post not mailed under sections

322.122, 322.123, 322.124, or 322.125.

322.122 Intra-BMC Rate Category.

Intra-BMC rates apply to Parcel Post

mail originating and destinating within

a designated BMC or auxiliary service

facility service area, Alaska, Hawaii or

Puerto Rico.

322.123 Destination Bulk Mail

Center (DBMC) Rate Category. DBMC

rates apply to Parcel Post mail prepared

as prescribed by the Postal Service in a

mailing of at least 50 pieces deposited

at a designated destination BMC,

auxiliary service facility, or other

equivalent facility, as prescribed by the

Postal Service.

322.124 Destination Sectional

Center Facility (DSCF) Rate Category.

DSCF rates apply to Parcel Post mail

prepared as prescribed by the Postal

Service in a mailing of at least 50 pieces

sorted to five digits as prescribed by the

Postal Service and entered at a

designated destination processing and

distribution center or facility, or other

equivalent facility, as prescribed by the

Postal Service.

322.125 Destination Delivery Unit

(DDU) Rate Category. DDU rates apply

to Parcel Post mail prepared as

prescribed by the Postal Service in a

mailing of at least 50 pieces, and

deposited at a designated destination

delivery unit, or other equivalent

facility, as prescribed by the Postal

Service.

322.13 [Reserved]

[400.0202 Bulk

Bulk parcel post mail is fourth-class

parcel post mail consisting of properly

prepared and separated single mailings

of at least 300 pieces or 2000 pounds.

Pieces weighing less than 15 pounds

and measuring over 84 inches in length

and girth combined are not mailable as

bulk parcel post. Provision for mailing

nonidentical pieces is set forth in

section 400.046.]

[322.14 Destination BMC Rate

Category. Parcel Post subclass mail is

eligible for destination BMC rates if it is

included in a mailing of at least 50

pieces deposited at the destination

BMC, auxiliary service facility, or other

equivalent facility, as prescribed by the

Postal Service.]

322.14 Bulk Mail Center (BMC) Presort

Discounts

322.141 Machinable BMC Presort

Discount. The machinable BMC presort

discount applies to machinable InterBMC Parcel Post mail that is prepared

as prescribed by the Postal Service in a

mailing of 50 or more pieces, deposited

at a facility authorized by the Postal

Service, and sorted to destination BMCs,

as prescribed by the Postal Service.

322.142 Nonmachinable BMC

Presort Discount. The nonmachinable

BMC presort discount applies to

nonmachinable Inter-BMC Parcel Post

mail that is prepared as prescribed by

the Postal Service in a mailing of 50 or

more pieces, deposited at a facility

authorized by the Postal Service, and

sorted to destination BMCs, as

prescribed by the Postal Service.

322.143 Origin Bulk Mail Center

(OBMC) Discount. The Origin BMC

Parcel Post discount applies to InterBMC Parcel Post mail that is prepared

as prescribed by the Postal Service in a
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mailing of at least 50 pieces, deposited

at the origin BMC, and sorted to

destination BMCs, as prescribed by the

Postal Service.

[322.15 Intra-BMC Discount. Basic

rate category Parcel Post subclass mail

is eligible for the intra-BMC discount if

it originates and destinates within the

same BMC or auxiliary service facility

service area, Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto

Rico.]

322.15 Barcoded Discount. The

barcoded discount applies to Inter-BMC,

Intra-BMC, and DBMC Parcel Post mail

that is entered at designated facilities,

bears a barcode prescribed by the Postal

Service, is prepared as prescribed by the

Postal Service in a mailing of at least 50

pieces, and meets all other preparation

and machinability requirements of the

Postal Service.

322.16 Oversized Parcel Post

322.161 Excessive Length and Girth.

Parcel Post pieces exceeding 108 inches

in length and girth combined, but not

greater than 130 inches in length and

girth combined, are mailable, provided

that such pieces constitute no more than

10 percent of the total number of Parcel

Post pieces mailed as a part of a single

mailing. If mailable, such pieces are

subject to the applicable rates for the 70

pound weight increment.

322.162 Balloon Rate. Parcel Post

pieces exceeding 84 inches in length

and girth combined and weighing less

than 15 pounds are subject to a rate

equal to that for a 15 pound parcel for

the zone to which the parcel is

addressed.

322.1[6]7 Nonmachinable

Surcharge. [Basic rate category Parcel

Post subclass mail] Inter-BMC Parcel

Post that does not meet machinability

criteria prescribed by the Postal Service

is subject to a nonmachinable surcharge.

322.1[7]8 Pickup Service. Pickup

service is available for Parcel Post

[subclass] mail under terms and

conditions prescribed by the Postal

Service.

322.19 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Parcel Post mail

containing hazardous medical materials

or other mailable hazardous materials,

as defined by the Postal Service, must

meet the preparation requirements of

the Postal Service and is subject to one

or both surcharges.

322.2 Bulk Parcel Post

Bulk parcel post mail is Parcel Post

mail consisting of properly prepared

and separated single mailings of at least

300 pieces or 2000 pounds. Pieces

weighing less than 15 pounds and

measuring over 84 inches in length and

girth combined are not mailable as bulk

parcel post.

322.3 Bound Printed Matter Subclass

322.31 Definition. The Bound

Printed Matter subclass consists of

Standard Mail weighing at least 16

ounces, but not more than [10]15

pounds, which:

* * * * *

322.35 Barcoded Discount. The

barcoded discount applies to SinglePiece and Bulk Rate Bound Printed

Matter that is entered at designated

facilities, bears a barcode prescribed by

the Postal Service, is prepared as

prescribed by the Postal Service in a

mailing of at least 50 pieces, and meets

all other preparation and machinability

requirements of the Postal Service.

323 Subclasses With No 16-Ounce

Limitation

323.1 Special Subclass

* * * * *

322.15 Barcoded Discount. The

barcoded discount applies to Single

Piece and Level B Presort Special

subclass mail that is entered at

designated facilities, bears a barcode

prescribed by the Postal Service, is

prepared as prescribed by the Postal

Service in a mailing of at least 50

pieces, and meets all other preparation

and machinability requirements of the

Postal Service.

323.2 Library Subclass

* * * * *

323.23 Barcoded Discount. The

barcoded discount applies to Library

subclass mail that is entered at

designated facilities, bears a barcode

prescribed by the Postal Service, is

prepared as prescribed by the Postal

Service in a mailing of at least 50

pieces, and meets all other preparation

and machinability requirements of the

Postal Service.

323.24 Hazardous Medical Materials

and Other Mailable Hazardous

Materials Surcharges. Library subclass

mail containing hazardous medical

materials or other mailable hazardous

materials, as defined by the Postal

Service, must meet the preparation

requirements of the Postal Service and

is subject to one or both surcharges.

330 PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS

331 Size

Except as provided in 322.161,

Standard Mail may not exceed 108

inches in length and girth combined.

Additional size limitations apply to

individual Standard Mail subclasses.

The maximum size for mail presorted to

carrier route in the Enhanced Carrier

Route and Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier

Route subclasses is 14 inches in length,

11.75 inches in width, and 0.75 inch in

thickness. For merchandise samples

mailed with detached address cards, the

carrier route maximum dimensions

apply to the detached address cards and

not to the samples.

* * * * *

350 DEPOSIT AND DELIVERY

* * * * *

353 Forwarding and Return

353.1 Single Piece, Regular, Enhanced

Carrier Route, Nonprofit and Nonprofit

Enhanced Carrier Route Subclasses

(section 321)

Undeliverable-as-addressed Standard

Mail mailed under section 321 will be

returned on request of the mailer, or

forwarded and returned on request of

the mailer. Undeliverable-as-addressed

combined First-Class and Standard

pieces will be returned as prescribed by

the Postal Service. Except as provided

in Schedule SS–21, [T]the Single Piece

Standard rate is charged for each piece

receiving return only service. Except as

provided in Schedule SS–22, [C]charges

for forwarding-and-return service are

assessed only on those pieces which

cannot be forwarded and are returned.

Except as provided in Schedules SS–21

and SS–22, [T]the charge for those

returned pieces is the appropriate Single

Piece Standard rate for the piece plus

that rate multiplied by a factor equal to

the number of section 321 Standard

pieces nationwide that are successfully

forwarded for every one piece that

cannot be forwarded and must be

returned.

* * * * *

360 ANCILLARY SERVICES

* * * * *

362 Single Piece, Parcel Post, Bound

Printed Matter, Special, and Library

Subclasses

Single Piece, Parcel Post, Bound

Printed Matter, Special, and Library

subclass mail will receive the following

additional services upon payment of the

appropriate fees:

Service Schedule

a. Certificates of mailing ............... SS–4

b. COD .......................................... SS–6

c. Insured mail .............................. SS–9

d. Special delivery ........................ SS–17

e. Special handling ....................... SS–18

f. Return receipt (merchandise

only).

SS–16

Merchandise return ....................... SS–20
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Service Schedule

h. Delivery Confirmation (excluding Single-Piece).PSS–7

Insurance, special delivery, special

handling, and COD services may not be

used selectively for individual pieces in

a multi-piece [Parcel Post subclass]

Standard Mail mailing unless specific

methods approved by the Postal Service

for ascertaining and verifying postage

are followed.

363 Regular and Nonprofit

Regular and Nonprofit subclass mail

will receive the following additional

services upon payment of the

appropriate fees:

Service Schedule

a. Bulk Parcel Return Service ...... SS–21

b. Shipper-Paid Forwarding .......... SS–22

370 RATES AND FEES

The rates and fees for Standard Mail

are set forth as follows:

Schedule

a. Single Piece subclass .............. 321.1

b. Regular subclass ...................... 321.2

c. Enhanced Carrier Route subclass.321.3

d. Nonprofit subclass .................... 321.4

e. Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier

Route subclass.

321.5

f. Parcel Post subclass

[Basic]Inter-BMC ....................... 322.1A

Intra-BMC .................................. 322.1B

Destination BMC ....................... 322.1[B]C

Destination SCF ........................ 322.1D

Destination Delivery Unit .......... 322.1E

g. Bound Printed Matter subclass

Single Piece .............................. 322.3A

Bulk and Carrier Route ............. 322.3B

h Special subclass ........................ 323.1

i. Library subclass ......................... 323.2

j. Fees ........................................... 1000

380 AUTHORIZATIONS AND

LICENSES

* * * * *

383 Parcel Post Subclass

A mailing fee as set forth in Rate

Schedule 1000 must be paid once each

year by mailers of Destination BMC,

Destination SCF or Destination Delivery

Unit rate category mail in the Parcel

Post subclass.

* * * * *

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–4—

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

* * * * *

4.03 Other Services

4.030 The following services, if

applicable to the subclass of mail, may

be obtained in conjunction with mail

sent under this classification schedule

upon payment of the applicable fees:

Classification

schedule

a. Parcel airlift ............................... SS–13

b. Special delivery ........................ SS–17

c. Special handling ....................... SS–18

d. Delivery confirmation ................ SS–7

* * * * *

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–6—

COLLECT ON DELIVERY SERVICE

* * * * *

6.06 Other Services

6.060 The following services, if

applicable to the subclass of mail, may

be obtained in conjunction with mail

sent under this classification schedule

upon payment of the applicable fee:

Classification

schedule

a. Registered mail, if sent as

First-Class.

SS–14

b. Restricted delivery .................... SS–15

c. Special delivery ........................ SS–17

d. Special handling ....................... SS–18

e. Delivery confirmation ................ SS–7

* * * * *

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–7—

DELIVERY CONFIRMATION

7.01 Definition

7.010 Delivery confirmation service

provides confirmation to the mailer that

an article was delivered or that a

delivery attempt was made.

7.02 Description of Service

7.020 Delivery confirmation is

available for a fee for Parcel Post, Bound

Printed Matter, Special, and Library

subclass mail.

7.021 Delivery Confirmation service

may be requested at the time of mailing

only.

7.022 Mail for which Delivery

Confirmation is requested must meet the

preparation and barcoding requirements

of the Postal Service.

7.023 Matter for which delivery

confirmation is requested must be

deposited in a manner specified by the

Postal Service.

7.03 Fees

7.030 The fees for delivery

confirmation service are set forth in

Rate Schedule SS–7.

* * * * *

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–9—

INSURED MAIL

* * * * *

9.02 Description of Service

* * * * *

9.021 Availability

9.0210 Retail [Insured] insurance

[mail service] is available for mail sent

under the following classification

schedules:

a. First-Class Mail, if containing

matter which may be mailed as

Standard Mail

b. Single Piece, Parcel Post, Bound

Printed Matter, Special, and Library

[Standard M] subclass mail.

9.0211 Bulk insurance service is

available for mail entered in bulk at

designated facilities and in a manner

prescribed by the Postal Service and

sent under the following classification

schedules:

a. First-Class Mail, if containing

matter that may be mailed as Standard

Mail,

b. Parcel Post, Bound Printed Matter,

Special, and Library subclass mail

* * * * *

9.023 Coverage

9.0230 Retail insurance provides

indemnity for the actual value of the

article at the time of mailing.

9.0231 Bulk insurance provides

indemnity for the lesser of (1) the actual

value of the article at the time of

mailing, or (2) the wholesale cost of the

contents to the sender.

9.024 Accountability and

Recordkeeping

9.0240 For retail insurance, the

mailer is issued a receipt for each item

mailed. For items insured for more than

$50, a receipt of delivery is obtained by

the Postal Service.

9.0241 For items insured for more

than $50, a notice of arrival is left at the

mailing address when the first attempt

at delivery is unsuccessful.

9.0242 Bulk insurance bears

endorsements and identifiers prescribed

by the Postal Service. Bulk insurance

mailers must meet the documentation

requirements of the Postal Service.

9.025 Claims

9.0250 For retail insurance, a [A]

claim for complete loss may be filed by

the mailer only. A claim for damage or

for partial loss may be filed by either the

mailer or addressee.

9.0251 For bulk insurance, all

claims must be filed by the mailer.

[9.026]

9.0252 A claim for damage or loss

on a parcel sent merchandise return
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(SS–20) may only be filed by the

purchaser of the insurance.

[9.027]

9.0253 Indemnity claims for insured

mail must be filed within a specified

period of time from the date the article

was mailed.[9.028 Additional copies of

the original mailing receipt may be

obtained by the mailer, upon payment

of the applicable fee set forth in Rate

Schedule SS–9.]

9.03 Deposit of Mail

9.030 Retail and bulk Insured mail

must be deposited [in a manner] as

specified by the Postal Service.

* * * * *

9.05 Other Services

9.050 The following services, if

applicable to the subclass of mail, may

be obtained in conjunction with mail

sent under this classification schedule

upon payment of the applicable fees:

Classification

schedule

a. Parcel Airlift .............................. SS–13

b. Restricted delivery (for items

insured for more than $50).

SS–15

c. Return receipt (for items insured for more than $50).SS–16

d. Special delivery ........................ SS–17

e. Special handling ....................... SS–18

f. Merchandising return (shippers

only).

SS–20

g. Delivery confirmation ................ SS–7

* * * * *

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–13—

PARCEL AIRLIFT (PAL)

* * * * *

13.07 Other Services

13.070 The following services, if

applicable to the subclass of mail, may

be obtained in conjunction with mail

sent under this classification schedule

upon payment of the applicable fees:

Classification

schedule

a. Certificate of mailing ................. SS–4

b. Insured mail .............................. SS–9

c. Restricted delivery (if insured

for more than $[25]50).

SS–15

d. Return receipt (if insured for

more than $[25] 50).

SS–16

e. Special delivery (if mailed for

delivery within the 48 contiguous states).

SS–17

Special handling ........................... SS–18

* * * * *

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–18—

SPECIAL HANDLING

* * * * *

18.06 Other Services

18.060 The following services, if

applicable to the subclass of mail, may

be obtained in conjunction with mail

sent under this classification schedule

upon payment of the applicable fees:

Classification

schedule

a. COD mail .................................. SS–6

b. Insured mail .............................. SS–9

c. Parcel airlift ............................... SS–13

Merchandise return (shippers

only).

SS–20

e. Delivery confirmation ................ SS–7

* * * * *

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–21—

BULK PARCEL RETURN SERVICE

21.01 Definition

21.010 Bulk Parcel Return Service

provides a method whereby highvolume parcel mailers may have

undeliverable-as-addressed machinable

parcels returned to designated postal

facilities for pickup by the mailer at a

predetermined frequency prescribed by

the Postal Service or delivered by the

Postal Service in bulk in a manner and

frequency prescribed by the Postal

Service.

21.02 Description of Service

21.020 Bulk Parcel Return Service is

available only for the return of

machinable parcels, as defined by the

Postal Service, initially mailed under

the following Standard Mail subclasses:

Regular and Nonprofit.

21.03 Requirements of the Mailer

21.030 Mailers must receive

authorization from the Postal Service to

use Bulk Parcel Return Service.

21.031 To claim eligibility for Bulk

Parcel Return Service at each facility

through which the mailer requests Bulk

Parcel Return Service, the mailer must

demonstrate receipt of a prescribed

minimum number of returned

machinable parcels at a given delivery

point in the previous postal fiscal year

or must demonstrate a high likelihood

of receiving the prescribed minimum

number of returned parcels in postal

fiscal year for which the service is

requested.

21.032 Payment for Bulk Parcel

Return Service is made through advance

deposit account, or as otherwise

specified by the Postal Service.

21.033 Mail for which Bulk Parcel

Return Service is requested must bear

endorsements prescribed by the Postal

Service.

21.034 Bulk Parcel Return Service

mailers must meet the documentation

and audit requirements of the Postal

Service.

21.04 Other Services

21.040 The following services may

be purchased in conjunction with Bulk

Parcel Return Service:

Classification

schedule

Address Correction Service .......... SS–1

Certificate of Mailing ..................... SS–4

Shipper-Paid Forwarding .............. SS–22

21.05 Fee

21.050 The fee for Bulk Parcel

Return Service is set forth in Rate

Schedule SS–21.

21.06 Authorizations and Licenses

21.060 A permit fee as set forth in

Rate Schedule 1000 must be paid once

each calendar year by mailers utilizing

Bulk Parcel Return Service.

21.061 The Bulk Parcel Return

Service permit may be canceled for

failure to maintain sufficient funds in

an advance deposit account to cover

postage and fees on returned parcels or

for failure to meet the specifications of

the Postal Service.

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE SS–22—

SHIPPER-PAID FORWARDING

22.01 Definition

22.010 Shipper-Paid Forwarding

provides a method whereby mailers may

have undeliverable-as-addressed

machinable parcels forwarded at

Standard Mail Single Piece rates for up

to one year from the date that the

addressee filed a change-of-address

order. If the parcel, for which ShipperPaid Forwarding is elected, is returned,

the mailer will pay the appropriate

Standard Mail Single Piece rate, or the

Bulk Parcel Return Service fee, if that

service was elected.

22.02 Description of Service

22.020 Shipper-Paid Forwarding is

available only for the forwarding of

machinable parcels, as defined by the

Postal Service, initially mailed under

the following Standard Mail subclasses:

Regular and Nonprofit.

22.03 Requirements of the Mailer

22.030 Shipper-Paid Forwarding is

available only in conjunction with

automated Address Correction Service

in Schedule SS–1.

22.031 Mail for which Shipper-Paid

Forwarding is purchased must meet the
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preparation requirements of the Postal

Service.

22.032 Payment for Shipper-Paid

Forwarding is made through advance

deposit account, or as otherwise

specified by the Postal Service. 22.033 Mail for which Shipper-Paid

Forwarding is requested must bear

endorsements prescribed by the Postal

Service.

22.04 Other Services

22.040 The following services may

be purchased in conjunction with

Shipper-Paid Forwarding:

Classification

schedule

a. Certificate of Mailing ................. SS–4

b. Bulk Parcel Return Service ...... SS–21

22.05 Applicable Rates

22.050 Except as provided in

Schedule SS–21, Standard Mail Single

Piece rates, set forth in Rate Schedule

321.1, apply to pieces forwarded or

returned in connection with ShipperPaid Forwarding.

GENERAL DEFINITIONS, TERMS AND

CONDITIONS

* * * * *

2000 Delivery of Mail

* * * * *

2030 Forwarding and Return

* * * * *

2033 Applicable Provisions. The

provisions of sections 150, 250, 350 and

450 and schedules SS–21 and SS–22

apply to forwarding and return.

* * * * *

6000 Mailable Matter

* * * * *

6030 Maximum Size and Weight

Standards

Where applicable, the maximum size

and weight standards for each class or

subclass of mail are set forth in sections

130, 230, 322.16, 330 and 430.

Additional limitations may be

applicable to specific subclasses, and

rate and discount categories as provided

in the eligibility provisions for each

subclass or category.

Requested Changes in the Rate and Fee

Schedules

In conjunction with the requested

changes in the Domestic Mail

Classification Schedule (DMCS) set

forth in Attachment A, the Postal

Service also is requesting that the

Commission recommend corresponding

changes in the attendant rate and

special service fee schedules.

Rate schedules were last amended in

part by the decision of the Governors

approving the Recommended Decision

of the Commission on Nonprofit Regular

Standard Mail, Nonprofit Enhanced

Carrier Route Standard Mail, Nonprofit

Periodicals and Within County

Periodicals, Docket No. MC96–2, as

implemented by resolution of the Board

of Governors adopted on August 5,

1996, effective October 6, 1996. The rate

schedules attached to that decision,

published at 61 Fed. Reg. 42,464 and the

rate and fee schedules published at 39

CFR Part 3001, subpart C, appendix A,

and published at 61 Fed. Reg. 10,220,

are incorporated by reference in this

Request.

Unless otherwise indicated, proposed

additions to the text of the schedules are

underlined; proposed deletions are in

brackets. The requested changes in the

rate and fee schedules are as follows:

EXPRESS MAIL RATE SCHEDULES 121, 122, AND 123

[Dollars]

Weight Not Exceeding

(Pounds)

Schedule 121 Same Day

Airport Service

Schedule 122 Custom DesignedSchedule 123 Next Day

Second Day PO to PO

Schedule 123 Next Day

and Second Day PO to

Addressee

* * * * *

SCHEDULES 121, 122, AND 123 NOTES

* * * * *

2. Add [$4.95] $7.75 for each pickup

stop. 3. Add [$4.95] $7.75 for each Custom

Designed delivery stop. 4. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece

for other mailable hazardous materials.

FIRST-CLASS MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

221 LETTERS and SEALED PARCELS 12

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 221 NOTES:

* * * * * 12Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

FIRST-CLASS MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

223 PRIORITY MAIL SUBCLASS (in

dollars)

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 223 NOTES:

* * * * *

2. Add [$4.95]$7.75 for each pickup

stop.

* * * * *

6. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece

for other mailable hazardous materials.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

321.1 SINGLE PIECE SUBCLASS 3

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 321.1 NOTES:

* * * * * 3Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

321.2A REGULAR SUBCLASS Presort

Category 1 4

Letter Size

* * * * *

Non-Letter Size 3

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 321.2A NOTES:

* * * * * 3Residual shape surcharge $0.10 per-piece.

4Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

321.2B REGULAR SUBCLASS

Automation Category 1 10

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 321.2B NOTES

* * * * * 10Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.
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STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

321.3

Enhanced Carrier Route Subclass 1 6

Letter Size

* * * * *

Non-Letter Size 5

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 321.3 NOTES

* * * * * 5Residual Shape Surcharge: $0.10 per

piece. 6Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

321.4A NONPROFIT SUBCLASS

Presort Categories 1 3 (Full rates)

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 321.4A NOTES

* * * * * 3Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

321.4B NONPROFIT SUBCLASS

Automation Categories 1 10 (Full Rates)

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 321.4B NOTES

* * * * * 10Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

321.5 NONPROFIT ENHANCED

CARRIER ROUTE SUBCLASS 1 5

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 321.5 NOTES

* * * * * 5Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

Replace Rate Schedules 322.1A and 322.1B with proposed Rate Schedules 322.1A, 322.1B, 322.1C, 322.1D, and

322.1E.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE 322.1A PARCEL POST SUBCLASS INTER-BMC RATES

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

Zones 1 & 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8

Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current

2 ....................................................................................... 2.95 2.63 2.95 2.79 2.95 2.87 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.95

3 ....................................................................................... 3.48 2.76 3.61 3.00 3.86 3.34 3.95 3.68 3.95 3.95 3.95 3.95 3.95 3.95

4 ....................................................................................... 3.73 2.87 3.97 3.20 4.31 3.78 4.68 4.68 4.95 4.95 4.95 4.95 4.95 4.95

5 ....................................................................................... 3.86 2.97 4.31 3.38 4.74 4.10 5.19 5.19 5.84 5.56 5.95 5.95 5.95 5.95

6 ....................................................................................... 3.99 3.07 4.62 3.55 5.12 4.39 5.67 5.67 6.90 6.90 7.75 7.75 7.95 7.95

7 ....................................................................................... 4.11 3.16 4.82 3.71 5.48 4.67 6.11 6.11 7.51 7.51 9.15 9.15 9.75 9.75

8 ....................................................................................... 4.24 3.26 5.01 3.85 5.81 4.91 6.53 6.53 8.08 8.08 9.94 9.94 11.55 11.55

9 ....................................................................................... 4.33 3.33 5.19 3.99 6.12 5.16 6.92 6.92 8.62 8.62 10.65 10.65 12.95 12.95

10 ..................................................................................... 4.45 3.42 5.36 4.12 6.40 5.38 7.29 7.29 9.12 9.12 11.31 11.31 14.00 14.00

11 ..................................................................................... 4.54 3.49 5.53 4.25 6.67 5.59 7.63 7.63 9.59 9.59 11.93 11.93 15.05 15.05

12 ..................................................................................... 4.64 3.57 5.68 4.37 6.91 5.79 7.96 7.96 10.03 10.03 12.52 12.52 16.10 16.10

13 ..................................................................................... 4.73 3.64 5.81 4.47 7.16 5.98 8.26 8.26 10.45 10.45 13.07 13.07 17.15 17.15

14 ..................................................................................... 4.82 3.71 5.97 4.59 7.38 6.16 8.55 8.55 10.84 10.84 13.59 13.59 18.20 18.20

15 ..................................................................................... 4.90 3.77 6.10 4.69 7.58 6.34 8.82 8.82 11.22 11.22 14.08 14.08 19.25 19.25

16 ..................................................................................... 4.98 3.83 6.23 4.79 7.78 6.50 9.09 9.09 11.58 11.58 14.55 14.55 20.30 20.30

17 ..................................................................................... 5.07 3.90 6.34 4.88 7.97 6.66 9.33 9.33 11.92 11.92 15.00 15.00 21.35 21.35

18 ..................................................................................... 5.14 3.95 6.46 4.97 8.14 6.81 9.58 9.58 12.24 12.24 15.42 15.42 22.40 22.40

19 ..................................................................................... 5.23 4.02 6.58 5.06 8.31 6.95 9.80 9.80 12.55 12.55 15.83 15.83 23.25 23.25

20 ..................................................................................... 5.29 4.07 6.68 5.14 8.46 7.08 10.01 10.01 12.84 12.84 16.21 16.21 23.84 23.84

21 ..................................................................................... 5.36 4.12 6.80 5.23 8.61 7.21 10.23 10.23 13.12 13.12 16.59 16.59 24.41 24.41

22 ..................................................................................... 5.43 4.18 6.89 5.30 8.75 7.34 10.43 10.43 13.39 13.39 16.94 16.94 24.96 24.96

23 ..................................................................................... 5.50 4.23 7.01 5.39 8.88 7.47 10.62 10.62 13.66 13.66 17.28 17.28 25.47 25.47

24 ..................................................................................... 5.55 4.27 7.10 5.46 9.02 7.58 10.80 10.80 13.90 13.90 17.60 17.60 25.97 25.97

25 ..................................................................................... 5.62 4.32 7.19 5.53 9.14 7.70 10.98 10.98 14.14 14.14 17.91 17.91 26.45 26.45

26 ..................................................................................... 5.68 4.37 7.28 5.60 9.26 7.81 11.15 11.15 14.37 14.37 18.21 18.21 26.91 26.91

27 ..................................................................................... 5.75 4.42 7.37 5.67 9.37 7.91 11.31 11.31 14.59 14.59 18.50 18.50 27.34 27.34

28 ..................................................................................... 5.80 4.46 7.46 5.74 9.48 8.02 11.47 11.47 14.81 14.81 18.78 18.78 27.77 27.77

29 ..................................................................................... 5.86 4.51 7.55 5.81 9.59 8.12 11.63 11.63 15.01 15.01 19.05 19.05 28.17 28.17

30 ..................................................................................... 5.92 4.55 7.63 5.87 9.69 8.21 11.78 11.78 15.20 15.20 19.30 19.30 28.57 28.57

31 ..................................................................................... 5.98 4.60 7.70 5.92 9.78 8.31 11.92 11.92 15.39 15.39 19.55 19.55 28.94 28.94

32 ..................................................................................... 6.03 4.64 7.79 5.99 9.88 8.40 12.06 12.06 15.58 15.58 19.79 19.79 29.30 29.30

33 ..................................................................................... 6.08 4.68 7.87 6.05 9.96 8.49 12.20 12.20 15.76 15.76 20.02 20.02 29.66 29.66

34 ..................................................................................... 6.14 4.72 7.93 6.10 10.05 8.57 12.32 12.32 15.94 15.94 20.24 20.24 30.00 30.00

35 ..................................................................................... 6.19 4.76 8.01 6.16 10.13 8.66 12.45 12.45 16.11 16.11 20.46 20.46 30.33 30.33

36 ..................................................................................... 6.24 4.80 8.07 6.21 10.21 8.75 12.58 12.58 16.27 16.27 20.66 20.66 30.64 30.64

37 ..................................................................................... 6.29 4.84 8.14 6.26 10.29 8.82 12.70 12.70 16.43 16.43 20.87 20.87 30.94 30.94

38 ..................................................................................... 6.34 4.88 8.22 6.32 10.36 8.91 12.81 12.81 16.57 16.57 21.07 21.07 31.24 31.24

39 ..................................................................................... 6.40 4.92 8.28 6.37 10.43 8.98 12.92 12.92 16.72 16.72 21.26 21.26 31.53 31.53

40 ..................................................................................... 6.44 4.95 8.35 6.42 10.51 9.05 13.04 13.04 16.86 16.86 21.44 21.44 31.81 31.81

41 ..................................................................................... 6.50 5.00 8.42 6.48 10.57 9.12 13.14 13.14 17.00 17.00 21.62 21.62 32.07 32.07

42 ..................................................................................... 6.54 5.03 8.48 6.52 10.63 9.19 13.24 13.24 17.14 17.14 21.79 21.79 32.33 32.33

43 ..................................................................................... 6.58 5.06 8.54 6.57 10.70 9.27 13.35 13.35 17.28 17.28 21.96 21.96 32.58 32.58

44 ..................................................................................... 6.63 5.10 8.59 6.61 10.75 9.33 13.44 13.44 17.41 17.41 22.12 22.12 32.83 32.83

45 ..................................................................................... 6.67 5.13 8.66 6.66 10.81 9.40 13.54 13.54 17.52 17.52 22.28 22.28 33.06 33.06

46 ..................................................................................... 6.72 5.17 8.72 6.71 10.88 9.46 13.63 13.63 17.65 17.65 22.44 22.44 33.30 33.30

47 ..................................................................................... 6.77 5.21 8.78 6.75 10.93 9.52 13.72 13.72 17.77 17.77 22.59 22.59 33.52 33.52

48 ..................................................................................... 6.81 5.24 8.84 6.80 10.98 9.59 13.82 13.82 17.88 17.88 22.74 22.74 33.73 33.73

49 ..................................................................................... 6.85 5.27 8.89 6.84 11.04 9.65 13.90 13.90 17.99 17.99 22.88 22.88 33.95 33.95

50 ..................................................................................... 6.89 5.30 8.94 6.88 11.09 9.70 13.99 13.99 18.10 18.10 23.02 23.02 34.15 34.15

51 ..................................................................................... 6.94 5.34 9.00 6.92 11.13 9.77 14.07 14.07 18.20 18.20 23.16 23.16 34.35 34.35

52 ..................................................................................... 6.98 5.37 9.06 6.97 11.19 9.82 14.15 14.15 18.31 18.31 23.29 23.29 34.54 34.54

53 ..................................................................................... 7.02 5.40 9.11 7.01 11.24 9.87 14.23 14.23 18.42 18.42 23.41 23.41 34.74 34.74

54 ..................................................................................... 7.06 5.43 9.17 7.05 11.28 9.93 14.31 14.31 18.51 18.51 23.54 23.54 34.92 34.92

55 ..................................................................................... 7.10 5.46 9.20 7.08 11.33 9.99 14.38 14.38 18.61 18.61 23.66 23.66 35.10 35.10

56 ..................................................................................... 7.15 5.50 9.27 7.13 11.37 10.04 14.45 14.45 18.70 18.70 23.79 23.79 35.27 35.27

57 ..................................................................................... 7.19 5.53 9.32 7.17 11.41 10.09 14.53 14.53 18.80 18.80 23.89 23.89 35.44 35.44

58 ..................................................................................... 7.23 5.56 9.36 7.20 11.45 10.14 14.60 14.60 18.89 18.89 24.01 24.01 35.60 35.60

59 ..................................................................................... 7.27 5.59 9.41 7.24 11.50 10.19 14.67 14.67 18.97 18.97 24.12 24.12 35.76 35.76

60 ..................................................................................... 7.31 5.62 9.46 7.28 11.54 10.25 14.74 14.74 19.07 19.07 24.22 24.22 35.92 35.92

61 ..................................................................................... 7.36 5.66 9.52 7.32 11.58 10.29 14.81 14.81 19.14 19.14 24.33 24.33 36.07 36.07
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STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE 322.1A PARCEL POST SUBCLASS INTER-BMC RATES—Continued

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

Zones 1 & 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8

Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current

62 ..................................................................................... 7.40 5.69 9.56 7.35 11.61 10.34 14.87 14.87 19.23 19.23 24.44 24.44 36.22 36.22

63 ..................................................................................... 7.42 5.71 9.61 7.39 11.65 10.39 14.93 14.93 19.31 19.31 24.53 24.53 36.37 36.37

64 ..................................................................................... 7.46 5.74 9.65 7.42 11.68 10.44 15.00 15.00 19.39 19.39 24.64 24.64 36.50 36.50

65 ..................................................................................... 7.50 5.77 9.70 7.46 11.72 10.48 15.06 15.06 19.46 19.46 24.73 24.73 36.64 36.64

66 ..................................................................................... 7.55 5.81 9.75 7.50 11.75 10.52 15.13 15.13 19.55 19.55 24.82 24.82 36.77 36.77

67 ..................................................................................... 7.59 5.84 9.79 7.53 11.78 10.57 15.18 15.18 19.62 19.62 24.92 24.92 36.91 36.91

68 ..................................................................................... 7.62 5.86 9.83 7.56 11.83 10.62 15.24 15.24 19.68 19.68 25.00 25.00 37.04 37.04

69 ..................................................................................... 7.66 5.89 9.87 7.59 11.86 10.66 15.30 15.30 19.76 19.76 25.10 25.10 37.15 37.15

70 ..................................................................................... 7.70 5.92 9.93 7.64 11.89 10.71 15.35 15.35 19.83 19.83 25.18 25.18 37.28 37.28

SCHEDULE 322.1A NOTES

1. For nonmachinable Inter-BMC parcels, add: $1.25 per-piece.

2. For each pickup stop, add: $7.75.

3. For Origin Bulk Mail Center Discount, deduct $0.49 per-piece.

4. For Machinable BMC Presort, deduct $0.16 per-piece.

5. For Nonmachinable BMC Presort, deduct $0.21 per-piece.

6. For Barcoded Discount, deduct $0.04 per-piece.

7. See 322.16 for oversize parcel post.

8. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for other mailable hazardous materials.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE 322.1B PARCEL POST SUBCLASS INTRA-BMC RATES

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

Local Zones 1 & 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5

Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current

2 ....................................................................................................................................................... $2.22 $2.24 $2.51 $2.31 $2.51 $2.47 $2.55 $2.55 $2.63 $2.63

3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.30 2.31 2.73 2.44 2.74 2.68 3.02 3.02 3.36 3.36

4 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.37 2.39 2.94 2.55 2.94 2.88 3.46 3.46 4.36 4.36

5 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.45 2.45 3.14 2.65 3.14 3.06 3.78 3.78 4.87 4.87

6 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.51 2.52 3.32 2.75 3.33 3.23 4.07 4.07 5.35 5.35

7 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.57 2.58 3.49 2.84 3.50 3.39 4.35 4.35 5.79 5.79

8 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.63 2.74 3.65 2.94 3.66 3.53 4.59 4.59 6.21 6.21

9 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.69 2.69 3.80 3.01 3.81 3.67 4.84 4.84 6.60 6.60

10 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2.75 2.75 3.94 3.10 3.94 3.80 5.06 5.06 6.97 6.97

11 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2.80 2.80 4.08 3.17 4.08 3.93 5.27 5.27 7.31 7.31

12 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2.85 2.85 4.21 3.25 4.21 4.05 5.47 5.47 7.64 7.64

13 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2.90 2.91 4.32 3.32 4.32 4.15 5.66 5.66 7.94 7.94

14 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2.95 2.95 4.41 3.39 4.45 4.27 5.84 5.84 8.23 8.23

15 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2.99 3.00 4.49 3.45 4.55 4.37 6.02 6.02 8.50 8.50

16 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.04 3.05 4.56 3.51 4.66 4.47 6.18 6.18 8.77 8.77

17 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.09 3.09 4.65 3.58 4.77 4.56 6.34 6.34 9.01 9.01

18 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.13 3.13 4.72 3.63 4.86 4.65 6.49 6.49 9.26 9.26

19 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.17 3.17 4.81 3.70 4.95 4.74 6.63 6.63 9.48 9.48

20 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.21 3.22 4.88 3.75 5.05 4.82 6.76 6.76 9.69 9.69

21 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.25 3.25 4.94 3.80 5.14 4.91 6.89 6.89 9.91 9.91

22 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.29 3.29 5.02 3.86 5.22 4.98 7.02 7.02 10.11 10.11

23 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.33 3.33 5.08 3.91 5.30 5.07 7.15 7.15 10.30 10.30

24 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.37 3.37 5.14 3.95 5.39 5.14 7.26 7.26 10.48 10.48

25 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.42 3.41 5.20 4.00 5.47 5.21 7.38 7.38 10.66 10.66

26 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.45 3.44 5.27 4.05 5.54 5.28 7.49 7.49 10.83 10.83

27 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.49 3.48 5.33 4.10 5.61 5.35 7.59 7.59 10.99 10.99

28 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.52 3.51 5.38 4.14 5.69 5.42 7.70 7.70 11.15 11.15

29 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.56 3.55 5.45 4.19 5.76 5.49 7.80 7.80 11.31 11.31

30 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.59 3.59 5.50 4.23 5.82 5.55 7.89 7.89 11.46 11.46

31 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.63 3.62 5.56 4.28 5.89 5.60 7.99 7.99 11.60 11.60

32 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.66 3.65 5.62 4.32 5.95 5.67 8.08 8.08 11.74 11.74

33 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.69 3.69 5.67 4.36 6.02 5.73 8.17 8.17 11.88 11.88

34 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.74 3.72 5.72 4.40 6.08 5.78 8.25 8.25 12.00 12.00

35 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.77 3.75 5.77 4.44 6.14 5.84 8.34 8.34 12.13 12.13

36 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.80 3.78 5.82 4.48 6.20 5.89 8.43 8.43 12.26 12.26

37 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.83 3.81 5.88 4.52 6.26 5.94 8.50 8.50 12.38 12.38

38 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.86 3.84 5.93 4.56 6.32 6.00 8.59 8.59 12.49 12.49

39 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.90 3.88 5.98 4.60 6.38 6.05 8.66 8.66 12.60 12.60

40 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.93 3.91 6.02 4.63 6.43 6.10 8.73 8.73 12.72 12.72

41 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.96 3.94 6.08 4.68 6.48 6.16 8.80 8.80 12.82 12.82

42 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.99 3.97 6.12 4.71 6.53 6.20 8.87 8.87 12.92 12.92

43 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.02 4.00 6.16 4.74 6.58 6.25 8.95 8.95 13.03 13.03

44 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.06 4.04 6.21 4.78 6.64 6.29 9.01 9.01 13.12 13.12

45 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.09 4.06 6.25 4.81 6.69 6.34 9.08 9.08 13.22 13.22

46 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.12 4.09 6.31 4.85 6.74 6.39 9.14 9.14 13.31 13.31

47 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.15 4.12 6.36 4.89 6.79 6.43 9.20 9.20 13.40 13.40

48 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.17 4.15 6.40 4.92 6.83 6.48 9.27 9.27 13.50 13.50

49 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.20 4.18 6.44 4.95 6.88 6.52 9.33 9.33 13.58 13.58

50 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.23 4.21 6.47 4.98 6.92 6.56 9.38 9.38 13.67 13.67

51 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.26 4.24 6.53 5.02 6.98 6.60 9.45 9.45 13.75 13.75

52 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.29 4.26 6.57 5.05 7.02 6.65 9.50 9.50 13.83 13.83

53 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.32 4.29 6.60 5.08 7.07 6.69 9.55 9.55 13.91 13.91

54 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.34 4.32 6.64 5.11 7.12 6.73 9.61 9.61 13.99 13.99

55 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.38 4.35 6.68 5.14 7.16 6.76 9.67 9.67 14.06 14.06

56 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.41 4.38 6.73 5.18 7.20 6.81 9.72 9.72 14.13 14.13

57 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.44 4.40 6.77 5.21 7.24 6.85 9.77 9.77 14.21 14.21

58 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.46 4.43 6.81 5.24 7.29 6.88 9.82 9.82 14.28 14.28

59 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.49 4.46 6.85 5.27 7.33 6.92 9.87 9.87 14.35 14.35

60 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.52 4.48 6.89 5.30 7.37 6.96 9.93 9.93 14.42 14.42

61 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.55 4.52 6.94 5.34 7.41 7.00 9.97 9.97 14.49 14.49

62 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.57 4.54 6.98 5.37 7.45 7.03 10.02 10.02 14.55 14.55

63 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.60 4.57 7.01 5.39 7.49 7.07 10.07 10.07 14.61 14.61
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STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE 322.1B PARCEL POST SUBCLASS INTRA-BMC RATES—Continued

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

Local Zones 1 & 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5

Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current

64 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.63 4.59 7.05 5.42 7.53 7.10 10.12 10.12 14.68 14.68

65 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.65 4.62 7.09 5.45 7.56 7.14 10.16 10.16 14.74 14.74

66 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.69 4.64 7.14 5.49 7.61 7.18 10.20 10.20 14.81 14.81

67 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.72 4.68 7.18 5.52 7.65 7.21 10.25 10.25 14.86 14.86

68 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.74 4.70 7.20 5.54 7.68 7.24 10.30 10.30 14.92 14.92

69 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.77 4.73 7.24 5.57 7.72 7.27 10.34 10.34 14.98 14.98

70 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4.79 4.75 7.28 5.60 7.75 7.32 10.39 10.39 15.03 15.03

SCHEDULE 322.1B NOTES:

1. For Barcoded Discount, deduct $0.04 per-piece.

2. See 322.16 for oversize parcel post.

3. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for other mailable hazardous materials.

4. For each pickup stop, add $7.75.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE 322.1C PARCEL POST SUBCLASS DESTINATION BMC RATES

Weight (Pounds)

Zones 1 & 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5

Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Current

2 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... $1.97 $2.10 $2.25 $2.25 $2.55 $2.30 $2.63 $2.33

3 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.12 2.22 2.61 2.44 3.02 2.74 3.36 3.00

4 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.26 2.33 2.92 2.62 3.46 3.15 4.36 3.94

5 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.40 2.42 3.14 2.79 3.78 3.45 4.87 4.40

6 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.53 2.51 3.33 2.95 4.07 3.71 5.35 4.83

7 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.64 2.60 3.50 3.09 4.35 3.97 5.79 5.22

8 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.76 2.69 3.66 3.22 4.59 4.19 6.21 5.60

9 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.85 2.76 3.81 3.35 4.84 4.42 6.60 5.95

10 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2.95 2.84 3.94 3.47 5.06 4.62 6.97 6.29

11 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.04 2.91 4.08 3.59 5.27 4.82 7.31 6.59

12 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.13 2.98 4.21 3.70 5.47 5.00 7.64 6.89

13 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.21 3.05 4.32 3.79 5.66 5.17 7.94 7.16

14 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.28 3.11 4.45 3.91 5.84 5.34 8.23 7.42

15 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.35 3.17 4.55 4.00 6.02 5.51 8.50 7.67

16 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.43 3.23 4.66 4.09 6.18 5.65 8.77 7.91

17 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.50 3.29 4.77 4.18 6.34 5.80 9.01 8.13

18 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.56 3.34 4.86 4.26 6.49 5.94 9.26 8.35

19 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.62 3.41 4.95 4.34 6.63 6.07 9.48 8.55

20 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.68 3.45 5.05 4.42 6.76 6.19 9.69 8.74

21 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.74 3.50 5.14 4.50 6.89 6.31 9.91 8.94

22 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.80 3.56 5.22 4.57 7.02 6.43 10.11 9.12

23 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.85 3.61 5.30 4.65 7.15 6.55 10.30 9.30

24 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.90 3.64 5.39 4.72 7.26 6.65 10.48 9.46

25 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.95 3.69 5.47 4.78 7.38 6.77 10.66 9.62

26 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.00 3.74 5.54 4.85 7.49 6.87 10.83 9.78

27 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.05 3.79 5.61 4.91 7.59 6.96 10.99 9.92

28 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.10 3.83 5.69 4.98 7.70 7.06 11.15 10.07

29 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.14 3.87 5.76 5.05 7.80 7.16 11.31 10.21

30 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.18 3.91 5.82 5.10 7.89 7.24 11.46 10.35

31 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.22 3.96 5.89 5.15 7.99 7.33 11.60 10.48

32 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.26 4.00 5.95 5.22 8.08 7.42 11.74 10.61

33 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.30 4.04 6.02 5.27 8.17 7.50 11.88 10.73

34 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.34 4.08 6.08 5.32 8.25 7.58 12.00 10.84

35 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.39 4.11 6.14 5.38 8.34 7.66 12.13 10.96

36 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.42 4.15 6.20 5.42 8.43 7.75 12.26 11.08

37 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.46 4.19 6.26 5.47 8.50 7.81 12.38 11.19

38 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.50 4.23 6.32 5.53 8.59 7.90 12.49 11.29

39 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.53 4.27 6.38 5.57 8.66 7.96 12.60 11.39

40 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.56 4.30 6.43 5.62 8.73 8.03 12.72 11.50

41 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.60 4.35 6.48 5.68 8.80 8.09 12.82 11.59

42 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.63 4.38 6.53 5.72 8.87 8.16 12.92 11.68

43 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.66 4.40 6.58 5.76 8.95 8.23 13.03 11.79

44 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.70 4.44 6.64 5.80 9.01 8.29 13.12 11.87

45 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.74 4.47 6.69 5.85 9.08 8.36 13.22 11.96

46 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.77 4.51 6.74 5.90 9.14 8.41 13.31 12.04

47 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.80 4.55 6.79 5.94 9.20 8.47 13.40 12.13

48 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.83 4.58 6.83 5.98 9.27 8.53 13.40 12.22

49 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.86 4.61 6.88 6.02 9.33 8.59 13.58 12.29

50 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.89 4.64 6.92 6.06 9.38 8.64 13.67 12.38

51 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.91 4.68 6.98 6.10 9.45 8.70 13.75 12.45

52 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.94 4.71 7.02 6.15 9.50 8.75 13.83 12.52

53 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.97 4.73 7.07 6.19 9.55 8.80 13.91 12.60

54 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.01 4.76 7.12 6.22 9.61 8.86 13.99 12.67

55 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.04 4.79 7.16 6.25 9.67 8.91 14.06 12.74

56 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.06 4.83 7.20 6.30 9.72 8.96 14.13 12.80

57 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.09 4.86 7.24 6.34 9.77 9.01 14.21 12.88

58 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.12 4.89 7.29 6.37 9.82 9.06 14.28 12.94

59 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.14 4.92 7.33 6.41 9.87 9.10 14.35 13.01

60 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.17 4.95 7.37 6.45 9.93 9.16 14.42 13.07

61 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.20 4.99 7.41 6.48 9.97 9.20 14.49 13.14

62 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.22 5.02 7.45 6.51 10.02 9.25 14.55 13.19

63 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.25 5.04 7.49 6.55 10.07 9.29 14.61 13.25

64 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.27 5.07 7.53 6.58 10.12 9.34 14.68 13.31

65 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.30 5.10 7.56 6.62 10.16 9.38 14.74 13.37

66 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.32 5.14 7.61 6.66 10.20 9.42 14.81 13.43

67 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.36 5.17 7.65 6.69 10.25 9.47 14.85 13.48

68 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.38 5.19 7.68 6.72 10.30 9.51 14.88 13.54

69 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.41 5.21 7.72 6.74 10.34 9.55 14.91 13.59

70 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.43 5.24 7.75 6.79 10.39 9.60 14.94 13.64

1. For Barcoded Discount, deduct $0.04 per-piece.
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2. See 322.16 for oversize parcel post.

3. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for other mailable hazardous materials.

4. A fee of $85.00 must be paid each year for DBMC, DSCF, and DDU.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

322.1D PARCEL POST SUBCLASS

DESTINATION SCF RATES

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

DSCF

Proposed

2 .................................................. $1.53

3 .................................................. 1.61

4 .................................................. 1.69

5 .................................................. 1.77

6 .................................................. 1.84

7 .................................................. 1.90

8 .................................................. 1.97

9 .................................................. 2.02

10 ................................................ 2.08

11 ................................................ 2.13

12 ................................................ 2.19

13 ................................................ 2.24

14 ................................................ 2.28

15 ................................................ 2.32

16 ................................................ 2.38

17 ................................................ 2.42

18 ................................................ 2.46

19 ................................................ 2.50

20 ................................................ 2.54

21 ................................................ 2.58

22 ................................................ 2.62

23 ................................................ 2.66

24 ................................................ 2.69

25 ................................................ 2.73

26 ................................................ 2.76

27 ................................................ 2.80

28 ................................................ 2.84

29 ................................................ 2.87

30 ................................................ 2.90

31 ................................................ 2.92

32 ................................................ 2.96

33 ................................................ 2.99

34 ................................................ 3.02

35 ................................................ 3.06

36 ................................................ 3.08

37 ................................................ 3.11

38 ................................................ 3.15

39 ................................................ 3.17

40 ................................................ 3.19

41 ................................................ 3.23

42 ................................................ 3.25

43 ................................................ 3.28

44 ................................................ 3.31

45 ................................................ 3.35

46 ................................................ 3.37

47 ................................................ 3.40

48 ................................................ 3.42

49 ................................................ 3.45

50 ................................................ 3.47

51 ................................................ 3.49

52 ................................................ 3.52

53 ................................................ 3.54

54 ................................................ 3.58

55 ................................................ 3.61

56 ................................................ 3.63

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

322.1D PARCEL POST SUBCLASS

DESTINATION SCF RATES—Continued

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

DSCF

Proposed

57 ................................................ 3.65

58 ................................................ 3.68

59 ................................................ 3.70

60 ................................................ 3.73

61 ................................................ 3.75

62 ................................................ 3.77

63 ................................................ 3.80

64 ................................................ 3.82

65 ................................................ 3.85

66 ................................................ 3.87

67 ................................................ 3.91

68 ................................................ 3.92

69 ................................................ 3.95

70 ................................................ 3.97

SCHEDULE 322.1D NOTES:

1. See 322.16 for oversize parcel post.

2. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for other

mailable hazardous materials.

3. A fee of $85.00 must be paid each year

for DBMC, DSCF, and DDU.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

322.1E PARCEL POST SUBCLASS

DESTINATION DELIVERY UNIT RATES

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

DDU

Proposed

2 .................................................. $1.29

3 .................................................. 1.34

4 .................................................. 1.38

5 .................................................. 1.43

6 .................................................. 1.48

7 .................................................. 1.51

8 .................................................. 1.56

9 .................................................. 1.59

10 ................................................ 1.63

11 ................................................ 1.67

12 ................................................ 1.71

13 ................................................ 1.74

14 ................................................ 1.77

15 ................................................ 1.80

16 ................................................ 1.84

17 ................................................ 1.84

18 ................................................ 1.90

19 ................................................ 1.93

20 ................................................ 1.96

21 ................................................ 1.99

22 ................................................ 2.02

23 ................................................ 2.05

24 ................................................ 2.08

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

322.1E PARCEL POST SUBCLASS

DESTINATION DELIVERY UNIT

RATES—Continued

[Dollars]

Weight (pounds)

DDU

Proposed

25 ................................................ 2.10

26 ................................................ 2.13

27 ................................................ 2.16

28 ................................................ 2.20

29 ................................................ 2.22

30 ................................................ 2.24

31 ................................................ 2.27

32 ................................................ 2.29

33 ................................................ 2.32

34 ................................................ 2.34

35 ................................................ 2.38

36 ................................................ 2.40

37 ................................................ 2.43

38 ................................................ 2.46

39 ................................................ 2.48

40 ................................................ 2.50

41 ................................................ 2.53

42 ................................................ 2.55

43 ................................................ 2.57

44 ................................................ 2.61

45 ................................................ 2.64

46 ................................................ 2.66

47 ................................................ 2.68

48 ................................................ 2.71

49 ................................................ 2.73

50 ................................................ 2.76

51 ................................................ 2.77

52 ................................................ 2.80

53 ................................................ 2.82

54 ................................................ 2.86

55 ................................................ 2.88

56 ................................................ 2.90

57 ................................................ 2.93

58 ................................................ 2.95

59 ................................................ 2.97

60 ................................................ 3.00

61 ................................................ 3.02

62 ................................................ 3.04

63 ................................................ 3.07

64 ................................................ 3.09

65 ................................................ 3.11

66 ................................................ 3.13

67 ................................................ 3.17

68 ................................................ 3.19

69 ................................................ 3.22

70 ................................................ 3.23

SCHEDULE 322.1E NOTES:

1. See 322.16 for oversize parcel post.

2. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for other

mailable hazardous materials.

3. A fee of $85.00 must be paid each year

for DBMC, DSCF, and DDU.

Amend Rate Schedule 322.3A as follows:
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STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE 322.3A BOUND PRINTED MATTER SUBCLASS SINGLE PIECE RATES[*]

[In dollars]

Weight not over (pounds) Local Zone 1

& 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8

1.5 ...................................................................................... $1.11 $1.49 $1.52 $1.58 $1.66 $1.74 $1.84 $1.93

2.0 ...................................................................................... 1.12 1.52 1.56 1.63 1.74 1.85 1.99 2.10

2.5 ...................................................................................... 1.14 1.55 1.60 1.69 1.82 1.96 2.13 2.28

3.0 ...................................................................................... 1.15 1.57 1.64 1.74 1.90 2.07 2.27 2.45

3.5 ...................................................................................... 1.17 1.60 1.67 1.80 1.98 2.18 2.42 2.62

4.0 ...................................................................................... 1.18 1.63 1.71 1.85 2.07 2.29 2.56 2.79

4.5 ...................................................................................... 1.20 1.65 1.75 1.91 2.15 2.40 2.71 2.97

5.0 ...................................................................................... 1.22 1.68 1.79 1.96 2.23 2.51 2.85 3.14

6.0 ...................................................................................... 1.25 1.73 1.86 2.07 2.39 2.73 3.14 3.49

7.0 ...................................................................................... 1.28 1.79 1.94 2.18 2.56 2.95 3.43 3.83

8.0 ...................................................................................... 1.31 1.84 2.01 2.29 2.72 3.17 3.71 4.18

9.0 ...................................................................................... 1.34 1.90 2.09 2.40 2.89 3.39 4.00 4.52

10.0 .................................................................................... 1.37 1.95 2.16 2.51 3.05 3.61 4.29 4.87

11.0 .................................................................................... 1.40 2.00 2.24 2.62 3.21 3.83 4.58 5.22

12.0 .................................................................................... 1.43 2.06 2.31 2.73 3.38 4.05 4.87 5.56

13.0 .................................................................................... 1.46 2.11 2.39 2.84 3.54 4.27 5.15 5.91

14.0 .................................................................................... 1.49 2.17 2.46 2.95 3.71 4.49 5.44 6.25

15.0 .................................................................................... 1.53 2.22 2.54 3.06 3.87 4.71 5.73 6.60

SCHEDULE 322.3A NOTES

[*]1. Includes both catalogs and similar bound printed matter.

2. For Barcoded Discount, deduct $0.04 per-piece.

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULE

322.3B BOUND PRINTED MATTER

SUBCLASS BULK AND CARRIER

ROUTE PRESORT RATES1

[Dollars]

Zone Perpiece 3

Carrier

route 2

Perpound

* * * * *

SCHEDULE 322.3B NOTES

* * * * *

3For Barcoded Discount, deduct $0.04 perpiece

STANDARD MAIL RATE SCHEDULES

323.1 & 323.2 SPECIAL AND LIBRARY RATE SUBCLASSES

Schedule 323.1: Special Rates

(cents)

First Pound Not presorted 4

LEVEL A Presort (5-digits)1 2

LEVEL B Presort (BMC)1 3 4

Each additional pound through 7

pounds

Each additional pound over 7

pounds

Schedule 323.2: Library

Full

rates

(cents)

First pound

Each additional pound through 7

pounds

Each additional pound over 7

pounds

SCHEDULE 323.1 NOTES:

* * * *

* 4 For Barcoded Discount, deduct $0.04 perpiece.

SCHEDULE 323.2 NOTES:

1. Add $0.50 per-piece for hazardous

medical materials and $1.00 per-piece for

other mailable hazardous materials.

2. For Barcoded Discount, deduct $0.04

per-piece.

* * * * *

SPECIAL SERVICES

* * * * *

SCHEDULE SS–7

Delivery Confirmation

Per piece

Fee (in addition to

postage)

Manual ........................................ $0.50

Electronic .................................... $0.25

* * * * *

SCHEDULE SS–9

Insured Mail

Liability

Fee 1 (in

addition

to postage)

* * * * *

1For Bulk Insurance, deduct $0.40 per

piece.

* * * * *

SCHEDULE SS–21

Bulk Parcel Return Service

Fee

Per Returned Piece ........................ $1.75

SCHEDULE 1000 FEES

* * * * *

Fee

Parcel Post: Destination BMC, Destination SCF, and Destination

Delivery Unit ................................ 85.00

* * * * *

Authorization to Use Bulk Parcel

Return Service ............................ 85.00

SPECIAL RULES OF PRACTICE

1. Evidence

A. Case-in-chief. A participant’s casein-chief shall be in writing and shall

include the participant’s direct case and

rebuttal, if any, to the United States

Postal Service’s case-in-chief. It may be

accompanied by a trial brief or legal

memoranda. There will be a stage

providing an opportunity to rebut

presentations of other participants and

for the Postal Service to present

surrebuttal evidence.

B. Exhibits. Exhibits should be selfexplanatory. They should contain

appropriate footnotes or narrative

explaining the source of each item of

information used and the methods

employed in statistical compilations.

The principal title of each exhibit

should state what it contains or

represents. The title may also contain a
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statement of the purpose for which the

exhibit is offered; however, this

statement will not be considered part of

the evidentiary record. Where one part

of a multi-part exhibit is based on

another part or on another exhibit,

appropriate cross-references should be

made. Relevant exposition should be

included in the exhibits or provided in

accompanying testimony.

C. Motions to Strike. Motions to strike

are requests for extraordinary relief and

are not substitutes for briefs or rebuttal

evidence. All motions to strike

testimony or exhibit materials are to be

submitted in writing at least 14 days

before the scheduled appearance of the

witness. Responses to motions to strike

are due within seven days.

D. Designation of Evidence from other

Commission Dockets. Participants may

request that evidence received in other

Commission proceedings be entered

into the record of this proceeding. These

requests should be made by motion,

should explain the purpose of the

designation, and should identify

material by page and line or paragraph

number. Absent extraordinary

justification, these requests must be

made at least 28 days before the date for

filing the participant’s direct case. If

requests for designations and counterdesignations are granted, the moving

participant must submit two copies of

the approved material to the Secretary

of the Commission for inclusion in the

record.

Oppositions to motions for

designation and/or requests for counterdesignations shall be filed within 12

days.

2. Discovery

A. General. Sections 25, 26 and 27 of

the rules of practice apply during the

discovery stage of this proceeding

except when specifically overtaken by

these special rules. Questions from each

participant should be numbered

sequentially, by witness.

The discovery procedures set forth in

the rules are not exclusive. Parties are

encouraged to engage in informal

discovery whenever possible to clarify

exhibits and testimony. The results of

these efforts may be introduced into the

record by stipulation, by supplementary

testimony or exhibit, by presenting

selected written interrogatories and

answers for adoption by a witness at the

hearing, or by other appropriate means.

In the interest of reducing motion

practice, parties also are encouraged to

use informal means to clarify questions

and to identify portions of discovery

requests considered overbroad or

burdensome.

B. Objections and Motions to Compel

Responses to Discovery. Upon motion of

any participant in the proceeding, the

Commission or the presiding officer

may compel an answer to an

interrogatory or request for admissions

if the objection is overruled. Motions to

compel should be filed within 12 days

of an objection to the discovery request.

Parties who have objected to

interrogatories or requests for

production of documents or items

which are the subject of a motion to

compel shall have seven days to answer.

Answers will be considered

supplements to the arguments presented

in the initial objection.

C. Answers to Interrogatories.

Answers to discovery are to be filed

within 12 days of the service of the

discovery request. Answers to discovery

requests shall be prepared so that they

can be incorporated as written crossexamination. Each answer shall begin

on a separate page, identify the

individual responding, the participant

who asked the question, and the number

and text of the question.

Participants are expected to serve

supplemental answers to update or to

correct responses whenever necessary,

up until the date that answers are

accepted into evidence as written crossexamination. Participants filing

supplemental answers shall indicate

whether the answer merely supplements

the previous answer to make it current

or whether it is a complete replacement

for the previous answer.

Participants may submit responses

with a declaration of accuracy from the

respondent in lieu of a sworn affidavit.

D. Follow-up Interrogatories. Followup interrogatories to clarify or elaborate

on the answer to an earlier discovery

request may be filed after the initial

discovery period ends. They must be

served within seven days of receipt of

the answer to the previous interrogatory

unless extraordinary circumstances are

shown.

E. Discovery to Obtain Information

Available Only from the Postal Service.

Sections 25 through 27 of the rules of

practice allow discovery reasonably

calculated to lead to admissible

evidence during a noticed proceeding

with no time limitations. Generally,

through actions by the presiding officer,

discovery against a participant is

scheduled to end prior to the receipt

into evidence of that participant’s direct

case. An exception to this procedure

shall operate when a participant needs

to obtain information (such as operating

procedures or data) available only from

the Postal Service. Discovery requests of

this nature are permissible up to 20 days

prior to the filing date for final rebuttal

testimony.

3. Service

A. Receipt of Documents. The Service

List shall contain the name and address

of up to two individuals entitled to

receive copies of documents for each

participant. If possible that entry will

also include a telephone number and

facsimile number.

B. Service of Documents. Documents

shall be filed with the Commission and

served upon parties in accordance with

sections 9 through 12 of the

Commission’s rules of practice. As

provided in the Secretary’s Notice to

Intervenors, issued February 4, 1997,

participants capable of submitting

documents stored on computer diskettes

may use an alternative procedure for

filing documents with the Commission.

Provided that the stored document is a

file generated in either Word Perfect 5.1

or any version of Microsoft Word, and

is formatted in Arial 12 font, in lieu of

the requirements of section 10 of the

rules, a participant may submit a

diskette containing the text of each

filing simultaneously with the filing of

1 (one) printed original and 3 (three)

hard copies.

C. Exceptions to general service

requirements for certain documents.

Designations of written crossexamination, notices of intent to

conduct oral cross-examination, and

notices of intent to participate in oral

argument need to be served only on the

Commission, the OCA, the Postal

Service, and the complementary party

(as applicable), as well as on

participants filing a special request for

service.

Discovery requests, objections and

answers thereto need to be served on the

Commission, the OCA, on the

complementary party, and on any other

participant so requesting, as provided in

sections 25–27 of the rules of practice.

Special requests relating to discovery

must be served individually upon the

party conducting discovery and state the

witness who is the subject of the special

request.

D. Document titles. Parties should

include titles that effectively describe

the basic content of any filed

documents. Where applicable, titles

should identify the issue addressed and

the relief requested. Transmittal

documents should identify the answers

or other materials being provided.

4. Cross-examination

A. Written cross-examination. Written

cross-examination will be utilized as a

substitute for oral cross-examination

whenever possible, particularly to

introduce factual or statistical evidence.
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Designations of written crossexamination should be served no later

than three working days before the

scheduled appearance of a witness.

Designations shall identify every item to

be offered as evidence, listing the

participant who initially posed the

discovery request, the witness and/or

party to whom the question was

addressed (if different from the witness

answering), the number of the request

and, if more than one answer is

provided, the dates of all answers to be

included in the record. (For example,

‘‘OCA-T1–17 to USPS witness Jones,

answered by USPS witness Smith

(March 1, 1997) as updated (March 21,

1997).’’ When a participant designates

written cross-examination, two copies of

the documents to be included shall

simultaneously be submitted to the

Secretary of the Commission.

The Secretary of the Commission

shall prepare for the record a packet

containing all materials designated for

written cross-examination in a format

that facilitates review by the witness

and counsel. The witness will verify the

answers and materials in the packet,

and they will be entered into the

transcript by the presiding officer.

Counsel for a witness may object to

written cross-examination at that time,

and any designated answers or materials

ruled objectionable will be stricken from

the record.

B. Oral cross-examination. Oral crossexamination will be permitted for

clarifying written cross-examination and

for testing assumptions, conclusions or

other opinion evidence. Requests for

permission to conduct oral crossexamination should be served three or

more working days before the

announced appearance of a witness and

should include (1) specific references to

the subject matter to be examined and

(2) page references to the relevant direct

testimony and exhibits.

Participants intending to use complex

numerical hypotheticals or to question

using intricate or extensive crossreferences, shall provide adequately

documented cross-examination exhibits

for the record. Copies of these exhibits

should be provided to counsel for the

witness at least two calendar days

(including one working day) before the

witness’s scheduled appearance.

5. General

Argument will not be received in

evidence. It is the province of the

lawyer, not the witness. It should be

presented in brief or memoranda. Legal

memoranda on matters at issue will be

welcome at any stage of the proceeding.

New affirmative matter (not in reply

to another party’s direct case) should

not be included in rebuttal testimony or

exhibits.

Cross-examination will be limited to

testimony adverse to the participant

conducting the cross-examination.

Library references may be submitted

when documentation or materials are

too voluminous reasonably to be

distributed. Each party should

sequentially number items submitted as

library references and provide each item

with an informative title. Parties are to

file and serve a separate Notice of Filing

of Library Reference(s). Library material

is not evidence unless and until it is

designated and sponsored by a witness.

NOTICE TO INTERVENORS

Beginning with MC96–2, the Postal

Rate Commission embarked on an effort

to experiment with the electronic filing

of case-related documents. A substantial

number of intervenors participated in

the experiment with varying results.

Some had transmission problems, some

had computer hardware problems, and

some had compatibility and corrupt file

problems. While the Commission was

able to solve or resolve most of these

problems, some of them still remain. In

addition, the recent overload on the

Internet has made e-mail transmissions

unreliable. Thus, the Commission has

decided that as of today, Tuesday,

February 4, 1997, it will suspend the

filing of documents by e-mail.

The Commission, however, hopes to

continue electronic communication and

is studying new technologies in the

hope that electronic communication

between the Commission and

intervenors will become a workable

reality in the near future. Pursuant to

these efforts, the Commission is

adopting as a standard type font Arial

12, which is the most compatible with

the Commission’s current and future

electronic needs.

Therefore, with respect to filings in

docketed cases, parties now are advised

to proceed as follows:

1. Consistent with past practices,

parties choosing hard copy filing should

send 1 (one) original and 24 (twentyfour) hard copies of each filing to the

Commission’s docket room.

2. For those with the capacity to use

diskettes, diskettes will continue to be

accepted at the Commission so long as

the copy is typed in Arial 12 and copied

in either Word Perfect 5.1 or any version

of Word. If sending a diskette, the party

need file only 1 (one) original and 3

(three) hard copies with the

Commission. In addition, all material

sent by diskette in the required format

will be placed on the Commission’s

Home Page (www.prc.gov).

3. All documents filed by the

Commission and the Office of Consumer

Advocate will be served in hard copy

and be placed on the Commission’s

Home Page. The Commission’s Daily

Listing of Documents Received will also

be placed on the Home Page. Documents

of excessive length will be zipped and

downloading instructions will be

included with such files.

4. For those having questions about

electronic operations, the Commission’s

computer administrator, Brenda Lamka,

can be reached at 202–789–6873.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[File No. 500–1]

Twenty First Century Health, Inc.,

Order of Suspension of Trading

February 27, 1997.

On February 10, 1997, the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) issued an Order

pursuant to Section 12(k) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

suspending trading in the securities of

Twenty First Century Health, Inc.

(‘‘TFCH’’) for ten days. Since then,

TFCH has made several public

announcements concerning the

Commission’s investigation and

business developments at the issuer. It

appears to the Commission that as a

result of those new events and

circumstances that there are additional

and separate questions concerning the

adequacy of publicly disseminated

information concerning TFCH,

including:

(1) The accuracy and reliability of

certain press releases issued by TFCH

since the first trading suspension was

ordered on February 10, including: (a)

the business and current customers of

Modern Tea Ball Services, Inc. and a

related business that TFCH announced

on February 14, 1997 it intended to

acquire; (b) the effectiveness and

marketability of a new line of liquid

colloidal nutritional supplements

announced by TFCH on February 13,

1997; (c) the accuracy of TFCH’s

statements concerning its plans to

distribute those supplements; (d) the

existence, status and likelihood of

success of plans to complete an initial

public offering of securities by an

affiliated entity that TFCH announced it

planned to have underwritten by