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approximately 46°54′17′′ N; 124°05′59′′ 

W. These coordinates are based on the 

launch site located on the Pacific Ocean 

near Firecracker Point, Westport, WA. 

(b) Definitions. As used in this 

section— 

Designated representative means a 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer 

of the U.S. Coast Guard assigned to a 

unit under the operational control of the 

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River 

and designated by or assisting the 

Captain of the Port Columbia River 

(COTP) in the enforcement of the 

regulations in this section. 

(c) Regulations. 

(1) Under the general safety zone 

regulations in subpart C of this part, you 

may not enter the safety zone described 

in paragraph (a) of this section unless 

authorized by the COTP or the COTP’s 

designated representative. 

(2) To seek permission to enter, 

contact the COTP or the COTP’s 

representative by calling (503) 209–2468 

or the Sector Columbia River Command 

Center on Channel 16 VHF–FM. Those 

in the safety zone must comply with all 

lawful orders or directions given to 

them by the COTP or the COTP’s 

designated representative. 

(d) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced from 11:30 p.m. on 

December 31, 2023 through 1:00 a.m. on 

January 1, 2024. 

Dated: November 29, 2023. 

J.W. Noggle, 

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

Port Columbia River. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26675 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Shipping Address Label 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is 

proposing to amend Mailing Standards 

of the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) in 

various sections to clarify the 

requirement of the service icon and 

service banner when a shipping address 

label is used. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written 

comments to the Director, Product 

Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 

L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 4446, 

Washington, DC 20260–5015. If sending 

comments by email, include the name 

and address of the commenter and send 

to PCFederalRegister@usps.gov, with a 

subject line of ‘‘Shipping Address 

Label’’. Faxed comments are not 

accepted. 

You may inspect and photocopy all 

written comments, by appointment 

only, at USPS® Headquarters Library, 

475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 11th Floor 

North, Washington, DC 20260. These 

records are available for review on 

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., 

by calling 202–268–2906. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Jarboe at (202) 268–7690, Devin 

Qualls at (202) 268–3287, or Garry 

Rodriguez at (202) 268–7281. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

submitted comments and attachments 

are part of the public record and subject 

to disclosure. Do not enclose any 

material in your comments that you 

consider to be confidential or 

inappropriate for public disclosure. 

Currently, when a shipping address 

label is used, the standards provide it is 

recommended the service icon and 

service banner be included on the label. 

Effective October 1, 2023, pursuant to 

the Federal Register Notice (88 FR 

54239–54240) the Postal Service added 

a new validation requirement to 

Barcode Quality (BQ), a metric 

underneath its Intelligent Mail® package 

barcode (IMpb®) noncompliance 

measurement. The final rule outlined 

that the information provided on the 

label and the data contained within the 

barcodes, including Service Type Codes 

(STCs) must align and be correct. As a 

result, the Postal Service is proposing to 

require the correct service indicator 

composed of the service icon and 

service banner be included when a 

shipping address label is used. 

In addition, the Postal Service is 

proposing to require the hazardous 

materials icon in lieu of the service icon 

be included when a shipping address 

label is used on items containing 

mailable hazardous materials. 

Any variance in the physical aspect of 

the label affixed to a parcel presented 

for mailing may subject the piece to the 

IMpb noncompliance fee. 

The Postal Service is proposing to 

implement this change effective January 

21, 2024. 

We believe the proposed revision will 

enable the Postal Service to provide 

customers with a more efficient mailing 

experience. 

Although exempt from the notice and 

comment requirements of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

553(b), (c)) regarding proposed 

rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the 

Postal Service invites public comment 

on the following proposed revisions to 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM), incorporated by reference in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. We will 

publish an appropriate amendment to 

39 CFR part 111 to reflect these changes. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301– 

307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 

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

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

3633, 3641, 3681–3685, and 5001. 

■ 2. Revise the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM) as follows: 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) 

* * * * * 

200 Commercial Letters, Cards, Flats, and 

Parcels 

* * * * * 

202 Elements on the Face of a Mailpiece 

* * * * * 

3.0 Placement and Content of Mail 

Markings 

* * * * * 

3.3 Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail 

Markings 

* * * * * 

3.3.2 Priority Mail 

[Revise the text of 3.3.2 to read as follows:] 

Priority Mail pieces must have the basic 

price marking of ‘‘Priority Mail’’ printed in 

a prominent location on the address side. 

When a shipping address label is used, the 

basic required price marking must be printed 

as provided under 3.9. 

* * * * * 

3.5 First-Class Mail and USPS Marketing 

Mail Markings 

3.5.1 Types of Markings 

Mailpieces must be marked under the 

corresponding standards to show the class of 

service and/or price paid: 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of item d to read as 

follows:] 

d. When a shipping address label is used, 

the basic required price marking must be 

printed as provided under 3.9. 

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3.6 USPS Ground Advantage—Commercial 

Markings 

3.6.1 Basic Markings 

[Revise the last sentence of 3.6.1 to read as 

follows:] 

* * * When a shipping address label is 

used, the basic required price marking must 

be printed as provided under 3.9. 

* * * * * 

3.7 Parcel Select, Bound Printed Matter, 

Media Mail, and Library Mail Markings 

3.7.1 Basic Markings 

[Revise the last sentence in the 

introductory text of 3.7.1 to read as follows:] 

* * * When a shipping address label is 

used, the basic required price marking must 

be printed as provided under 3.9. 

[Delete items a and b in their entirety.] 

[Delete Exhibit 3.7.1 in its entirety.] 

* * * * * 

[Delete 3.9, Marking Hazardous Materials, 

and add new 3.9 to read as follows:] 

3.9 Shipping Address Label Markings 

3.9.1 General 

When a shipping address label is used, it 

must include the correct service indicator 

composed of two elements, the service icon 

(except as provided under 3.9.2) and service 

banner. For information on the markings and 

specifications, see the Parcel Labeling Guide 

available on the PostalPro website at 

postalpro.usps.com/parcellabelingguide). 

Failure to comply may subject the piece to 

the IMpb noncompliance fee. 

3.9.2 Hazardous Materials 

When a shipping address label is used on 

items containing mailable hazardous 

materials, it must include the hazardous 

materials icon in lieu of the service icon as 

provided in the Parcel Labeling Guide. 

* * * * * 

[Add new 9.0 to read as follows:] 

9.0 Hazardous Materials 

9.1 General 

Mailers must ensure that their packages 

meet all applicable markings under 3.0, and 

ancillary service endorsement requirements 

under 507.1.5. 

9.2 Shipping Address Labels 

When a shipping address label is used, the 

basic required price marking must be printed 

as provided under 3.9. 

9.3 Additional Elements 

All mailable hazardous materials must also 

include the applicable labels, markings, and 

tags, as required in Publication 52, 

Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail. 

* * * * * 

600 Basic Standards for All Mailing 

Services 

601 Mailability 

* * * * * 

8.0 Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable 

Mail 

* * * * * 

[Add a new 8.5 to read as follows:] 

8.5 Hazardous Materials Labeling 

All mailable hazardous materials must be 

marked as provided under 202.9.0 and 

include the applicable labels, markings, and 

tags, as required in Publication 52, 

Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail. 

* * * * * 

Colleen Hibbert-Kapler, 

Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26483 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2023–0095; 

FF09E21000 FXES1111090FEDR 234] 

RIN 1018–BF06 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants: Threatened Status With 

Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern and 

Southern Distinct Population 

Segments of the Western Spadefoot 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), propose to 

list the northern distinct population 

segment (DPS) of the western spadefoot 

(Spea hammondii), an amphibian 

occurring in central and northern 

California, and the southern DPS of the 

western spadefoot, occurring in 

southern California and northwestern 

Mexico, as threatened DPSs under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), 

as amended. This determination serves 

as our 12-month finding on a petition to 

list the western spadefoot range-wide. 

After a review of the best scientific and 

commercial information available, we 

find that listing the northern and 

southern DPSs of the western spadefoot 

as threatened is warranted. Accordingly, 

we propose to list the northern and 

southern DPSs of the western spadefoot 

as threatened DPSs with a rule issued 

under section 4(d) of the Act (‘‘4(d) 

rule’’). If we finalize this rule as 

proposed, it would add the northern 

DPS and southern DPS of the western 

spadefoot to the List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife and extend the 

Act’s protections to the two DPSs. Due 

to the current lack of data sufficient to 

perform required analyses, we conclude 

that the designation of critical habitat 

for the northern DPS and southern DPS 

of the western spadefoot is not 

determinable at this time. 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

February 5, 2024. Comments submitted 

electronically using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, 

below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. 

eastern time on the closing date. We 

must receive requests for a public 

hearing, in writing, at the address 

shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT by January 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. enter FWS–R8– 

ES–2023–0095, which is the docket 

number for this rulemaking. Then, click 

on the Search button. On the resulting 

page, in the panel on the left side of the 

screen, under the Document Type 

heading, check the Proposed Rule box to 

locate this document. You may submit 

a comment by clicking on ‘‘Comment.’’ 

(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail 

to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: 

FWS–R8–ES–2023–0095, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803. 

We request that you send comments 

only by the methods described above. 

We will post all comments on https:// 

www.regulations.gov. This generally 

means that we will post any personal 

information you provide us (see 

Information Requested, below, for more 

information). 

Availability of supporting materials: 

Supporting materials, such as the 

species status assessment report, are 

available at https://www.regulations.gov 

at Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2023–0095. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Fris, Field Supervisor, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento 

Fish and Wildlife Office, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825; telephone 

916–414–6700. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. Please see 

Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2023–0095 on 

https://www.regulations.gov for a 

document that summarizes this 

proposed rule. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Summary 

Why we need to publish a rule. The 

Act defines a ‘‘species’’ as any 


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