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520, FAA, Great Lakes Regional Office,

telephone (874) 294–7261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Procedures

The following procedures will be

used to facilitate the meetings:

(a) The meeting will be informal in

nature and will be conducted by a

representative of the FAA Great Lakes

Region. Representative from the FAA

will present a formal briefing on the

proposed revisions of the Class B

Airspace Areas. Each participant will be

given the opportunity to deliver

comments or make a presentation.

(b) The meeting will be open to all

persons on a space available basis.

There will be no admission fee or other

charge to attend and participate.

(c) Any person wishing to make a

presentation of the FAA panel will be

asked to sign in and estimate the

amount of time needed for such

presentation. This will permit the panel

to allocate an appropriate amount of

time for each presenter.

(d) The meeting will not be adjourned

until everyone on the list has had an

opportunity to address the panel.

(e) Position papers or other handout

material relating to the substance of the

meeting will be accepted. Participants

wishing to submit handout material

should present three copies to the

presiding officer. There should be

additional copies of each handout

available for other attendees.

(f) The meeting will not be formally

recorded. However, a summary of the

comments made at the meetings will be

filed in the docket.

Agenda for the Meetings

Opening remarks and Discussion of

Meeting Procedure.

Briefing on Background for proposal.

Public Presentations.

Closing Comments.

Christopher Blum,

Manager, Air Traffic Division.

[FR Doc. 00–27753 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

25 CFR Part 70

RIN 1076–AD98

Certificate of Degree of Indian or

Alaska Native Blood

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; Reopening of

comment period and additional public

meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice reopens the

comment period for the proposed rule

published at 65 FR 38228 (June 20,

2000), to establish documentation

requirements and standards for filing,

processing, and issuing a Certificate of

Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood

(CDIB) by the Bureau of Indian Affairs;

and announces two additional public

meetings to discuss the proposed rule.

DATES: The comment period is extended

from August 16, 2000, to the close of

business, on December 20, 2000, Central

Standard Time. The public meetings

will be held on November 7, 2000 and

November 8, 2000, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

local time.

ADDRESSES: You may mail your

comments to Karen Ketcher, Branch of

Tribal Operations, Eastern Oklahoma

Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 101

North 5th Street, Muskogee, OK 74401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Ketcher, Branch of Tribal

Operations, Eastern Oklahoma Region,

Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, 101 North 5th Street,

Muskogee, OK 74401. You may also

hand-deliver comments to us at Room

426, at the same address. For

information about filing comment

electronically, see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section in the April 18,

2000, Federal Register notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Tuesday, June 20, 2000, the Bureau of

Indian Affairs published a proposed

rule; notice of meeting and extension of

comment period, 65 FR 38228, to

establish documentation requirements

and standards for filing, processing, and

issuing a Certificate of Degree of Indian

or Alaska Native Blood (CDIB). The

deadline for receipt of comments was

July 17, 2000, which was extended to

August 16, 2000. We are now

scheduling several additional public

meetings for representatives of the

California Indian tribes. The public

meetings will be held as follows:

Tuesday November 7, 2000, in

Sacramento, California, at the Bureau of

Indian Affairs Pacific Regional Office at

2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,

California 95825, telephone number

(916) 978–6063 and Wednesday,

November 8, 2000, at the Ontario

Convention Center, 2000 Convention

Center Way, Ontario, California 91764,

telephone number (909) 937–3000.

Persons who wish to testify at any

future sessions scheduled where

comments are recorded for the record

are requested to observe the following

rules: In order to assist the transcriber

and to ensure an accurate record, we

request that you give the transcriber a

copy of your prepared testimony. In

order to assist us in preparing

appropriate responses or answers to

your questions, we also ask that if you

plan to testify, please submit an advance

copy of your testimony to us at the

address specified in the ADDRESSES

section.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–27783 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Sack Preparation Changes for

Periodicals Nonletter-Size Mailing Jobs

That Include Automation Flat Rate and

Presorted Rate Mailings

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would

revise the standards for preparation of

Periodicals nonletter-size mailing jobs

that include both an automation flats

mailing and a Presorted flats mailing to

require use of the co-sacking

preparation method in Domestic Mail

Manual (DMM) M910.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before November 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

the Manager, Mail Preparation and

Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 1735 N.

Lynn St, Room 3025, Arlington, VA

22209–6038. Copies of all written

comments will be available for

inspection and photocopying between 9

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

Friday, at the Postal Service Library, 475

L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 11–N,

Washington DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynn M. Martin, 703–292–3645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal

Service and the Periodicals industry are

concerned over recent upward trends in

the costs associated with processing

Periodicals mail and have been studying

ways to reverse these trends. Several

ideas have come out of mutual

discussions involving representatives

from the Postal Service and the

Periodicals industry. Cost models

suggest that we can reduce handling

costs for Periodicals by requiring sacked

nonletter-size mail to be prepared in a

manner that will reduce the number of

sacks prepared and handled, and

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concurrently increase the number of

more finely presorted sacks in the

manner set forth as a presort option in

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) M910, to

go into effect December 15, 2000. This

presort option allows mailers of

nonletter-size Periodicals (as well as

flat-size First-Class Mail and Standard

Mail (A)) to combine packages of

automation rate mail and packages of

Presorted rate mail in the same sack or,

for First-Class Mail, in the same tray.

In order to reduce processing costs for

the handling of Periodicals mail, the

Postal Service is proposing that

Periodicals mailers be required to

prepare sacked mailing jobs of

nonletter-size mail that include both an

automation flats rate mailing and a

Presorted rate mailing using the cosacking preparation requirements in

DMM M910.

The proposed effective date of this

change is the date of implementation of

the rates resulting from the R2000–1 rate

case. It is anticipated that this

implementation date will be in January

2001.

To help mailers identify the

requirements for a Presorted rate

mailing, this proposal also reorganizes

Domestic Mail Manual E200 and M200

to separate the eligibility and presort

requirements for Periodicals Presorted

rate mailings from those of carrier route

mailings. DMM E200 will now contain

section E220 that pertains only to

Presorted rate mailings and section E230

that pertains only to carrier route

mailings. (The information published in

proposed DMM E220 in the Federal

Register proposed rule of August 29,

2000 (65 FR 52480), ‘‘Proposed Changes

to the Domestic Mail Manual to

Implement Docket No. R2000–1,’’ will

be redesignated as DMM E217 when a

final rule regarding that proposal is

published.) DMM M200 will now

contain section M210 that pertains only

to Presorted rate mailings and section

M220 that pertains only to carrier route

mailings. Under current standards,

Presorted and carrier route are two

separate mailings with separate

eligibility requirements and separate

packaging and sacking requirements.

This reorganization does not change

current requirements, but reflects the

separate mailing status of these two

types of mailings. It also makes the

DMM numbering for Periodicals

consistent with the numbering system

used for Standard Mail (A).

As information, the DMM language in

this proposed rule incorporates

revisions to the DMM from three

previously published Federal Register

final rules that also will take effect on

the date of implementation of the rates

resulting from the R2000–1 rate case.

These final rules are:

1. ‘‘Sack Preparation Changes for

Periodicals Nonletter-Size Pieces and

Periodicals Prepared on Pallets’’

published on July 28, 2000 (65 FR

46361).

2. ‘‘Line-of-Travel Sequencing for

Basic Carrier Route Periodicals’’

published on July 28, 2000 (65 FR

46363).

3. ‘‘Domestic Mail Manual Changes

for Sacking and Palletizing Periodicals

Nonletters and Standard Mail (A) Flats,

for Traying First-Class Flats, and for

Labeling Pallets’’ published on August

16, 2000 (65 FR 50054).

Accordingly, the numbering and the

language of the DMM sections in this

proposed rule have been synchronized

with these final rules and may not

match the numbering and language in

current DMM Issue 55.

Although exempt from the notice and

comment requirements of the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

410(a)), the Postal Service invites

comments on the following proposed

revisions to the Domestic Mail Manual,

incorporated by reference in the Code of

Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR part

111.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Administrative practice and

procedure, Postal Service.

PART 111—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR

part 111 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U. S. C. 552(a); 39 U. S. C.

101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 3001–3011, 3201–

3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

2. Revise the following sections of the

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) as set

forth below:

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

E Eligibility

* * * * *

E200 Periodicals

* * * * *

[Add heading E220 to read as

follows:]

E220 Presorted Rates

[Add new summary to read as

follows:]

Summary. E220 describes the

eligibility standards for mailing

Presorted rate mailings (5-digit, 3-digit,

and basic rates). It also describes

combining multiple publications or

editions.

[Add new 1.0 that copies information

from E230 and deletes information

pertaining to carrier route mail to read

as follows:]

1.0 BASIC INFORMATION

1.1 Standards

The standards for Presorted rates are

in addition to the basic standards for

Periodicals in E210, the standards for

other rates or discounts claimed, and

the applicable preparation standards in

M045, M200, M910, M920, M930, or

M940. Not all combinations of presort

level, automation, and destination entry

discounts are permitted.

[Copy E230.1.2 as new E220.1.2 and

amend to include references to new

palletization options to read as follows:]

1.2 Palletized Mail

A correctly prepared package is the

equivalent of a sack when palletized

under M045, M920, M930, or M940.

Individual pieces qualify for the presort

level rate appropriate for the palletized

packages in which they are placed,

regardless of the destination of the

pallet. Eligibility for destination entry or

other zoned rates depends on the point

of entry.

[Redesignate E230.1.3 as E220.1.3.]

1.4 Barcodes

[Copy E230.1.4 as E220.1.4 and

amend by changing ‘‘nonautomation’’ to

‘‘Presorted’’ to read as follows:]

Any POSTNET barcode on a

mailpiece in a Presorted Periodicals

mailing must be correct for the delivery

address and meet the standards in C840

and A950.

1.5 Documentation

[Copy E230.1.5 to E220.1.5, amend by

adding information on postage

statements to read as follows:]

A complete, signed postage statement,

using the correct USPS form or an

approved facsimile, must accompany

each mailing, supported by

standardized documentation meeting

the basic standards in P012.

Documentation of postage is not

required if each piece in the mailing is

of identical weight and the pieces are

separated when presented for

acceptance by rate, by zone (including

separation by In-County and OutsideCounty rates), and by entry discount

(e.g., DDU and DSCF).

[Add new heading 2.0 to read as

follows:]

2.0 Rates

[Redesignate E230.3.0 through

E230.5.0 as E220.2.1, 2.2, and 2.3,

respectively.]

[Copy E230.7.0 as E220.3.0.]

[Revise the heading of E230 to read as

follows:]

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E230 Carrier Route Rates

[Amend the summary to exclude noncarrier route rates to read as follows:]

Summary. E230 describes the

eligibility standards for mailing at

carrier route rates. It also describes

combining multiple publications or

editions.

1.0 BASIC INFORMATION

1.1 Standards

[Amend 1.1 to delete information on

Presorted rate mail to read as follows:]

The standards for carrier route rates

are in addition to the basic standards for

Periodicals in E210, the standards for

other rates or discounts claimed, and

the applicable preparation standards in

M045, M200, M910, M920, M930, or

M940. Not all combinations of presort

level, automation, and destination entry

discounts are permitted.

[Amend 1.2 to include references to

new palletization options to read as

follows:]

1.2 Palletized Mail

A correctly prepared package is the

equivalent of a sack when palletized

under M045, M920, M930, or M940.

Individual pieces qualify for the presort

level rate appropriate for the palletized

packages in which they are placed,

regardless of the destination of the

pallet. Eligibility for destination entry or

other zoned rates depends on the point

of entry.

[Redesignate the heading 2.1 as 1.3

and amend to read as follows:]

1.3 Carrier Route Code Accuracy

[Redesignate the text of 2.1 as 1.3 and

amend to add references to the

sequencing requirements to read as

follows:]

Except for mailings prepared with a

simplified address under A040, carrier

route codes must be applied to mailings

using CASS-certified software and the

current USPS Carrier Route Information

System (CRIS) scheme, hard copy CRIS

files, or another AIS product containing

carrier route information, subject to

A930 and A950. Carrier route

information must be updated within 90

days before the mailing date. The

applicable sequencing requirements in

2.2, 3.0, and M050 must also be met.

* * * * *

1.5 Documentation

[Amend 1.5 to add information on

postage statement standards and to add

a cross-reference to the documentation

requirements in M050 for sequencing to

read as follows:]

A complete, signed postage statement,

using the correct USPS form or an

approved facsimile, must accompany

each mailing, supported by

standardized documentation meeting

the basic standards in P012.

Documentation of postage is not

required if each piece in the mailing is

of identical weight and the pieces are

separated when presented for

acceptance by rate, by zone (including

separation by In-County and OutsideCounty rates), and by entry discount

(e.g., DDU and DSCF). Documentation of

sequencing and of density standards

under M050 must be submitted with

each mailing.

[Revise the heading of 2.0 (as set forth

in the final rule published in 65 FR

50054, August 16, 2000), and add new

heading 2.1 to read as follows:]

2.0 Sortation and Sequencing

2.1 Sortation

[Redesignate the contents of 2.2a (as

set forth in the final rule published in

65 FR 50054, August 16, 2000) as 2.1a

and b to separate letter mail standards

from nonletter mail standards to read as

follows:]

Preparation to qualify eligible pieces

for carrier route rates is optional and is

subject to M045, M200, or (nonlettersize mail only) M920, M930, or M940.

Carrier route sort need not be done for

all carrier routes in a 5-digit area.

Specific rate eligibility is subject to

these standards:

a. The carrier route rates for letter-size

mail apply to copies that are prepared

in carrier route packages of six or more

pieces each that are sorted to carrier

route, 5-digit carrier routes, or 3-digit

carrier routes trays.

b. The carrier route rates for nonlettersize mail apply to copies of flat-size or

irregular parcel-size pieces prepared in

carrier route packages of six or more

pieces each, and that are sorted to

pallets under M045 or M920, M930, or

M940, or sacked in carrier route, 5-digit

scheme carrier routes, or 5-digit carrier

routes sacks, and, if prepared under

M920, merged 5-digit scheme sacks or

merged 5-digit sacks. Preparation of 5-

digit scheme carrier routes sacks or

pallets is required and must be done for

all 5-digit scheme destinations.

Preparation of merged 5-digit sacks and

merged 5-digit scheme sacks is optional

but if performed must be done for all 5-

digit ZIP Codes for which there is an

‘‘A’’ or ‘‘C’’ indicator in the City State

Product that permits co-containerization

of carrier route and 5-digit packages.

Preparation of merged 5-digit pallets

and merged 5-digit scheme pallets is

optional but if performed must be done

for all 5-digit ZIP Codes or 5-digit

schemes for which those pallet levels

are possible (under M920 if there is an

‘‘A’’ or ‘‘C’’ indicator in the City State

Product, under M930 if the 5%

threshold standard is met, and under

M940 if ZIP Codes have an ‘‘A’’ or ‘‘C’’

indicator in the City State Product and

if ZIP Codes with a ‘‘B’’ or ‘‘D’’ indicator

in the City State Product meet the 5%

threshold standards). For merged 5-digit

scheme sacks or pallets, preparation

also must be done for all 5-digit scheme

destinations. The applicable sequencing

requirements in M050 and in 2.2a or

2.2b also must be met.

[Amend the heading of 2.2 and

redesignate 2.2b and c (as set forth in

the final rule published in 65 FR 50054,

August 16, 2000) as 2.2a and b, to read

as follows:]

2.2 Sequencing Requirements

Carrier route mail must be prepared in

delivery sequence as follows:

a. Basic carrier route rate mail must be

prepared either in carrier walk sequence

or in line-of-travel (LOT) sequence

according to LOT schemes as prescribed

by the USPS (M050).

b. The high density and saturation

rates apply to pieces that are eligible for

carrier route rates under 2.1, are

prepared in carrier walk sequence, and

meet the applicable density standards in

3.0 for the rate claimed.

[Redesignate 6.0 (as set forth in the

final rule published in 65 FR 50054,

August 16, 2000) as 3.0; amend

redesignated 3.1 by changing the

reference ‘‘2.2’’ to ‘‘1.0 and 2.0’’ and by

changing the reference ‘‘6.4’’ to ‘‘3.4’’,

amend redesignated 3.4 by changing all

references to ‘‘6.4’’ to ‘‘3.4.’’]

[Redesignate 7.0 as 4.0.]

* * * * *

M200 Periodicals (Nonautomation)

[Add new heading M210 to read as

follows:]

M210 Presorted Rate Periodicals

[Redesignate the summary of M200 as

the summary of M210 and amend to

delete references to carrier route mail to

read as follows:]

Summary. M200 describes the basic

standards for Periodicals Presorted rate

mailings including package and tray

preparation for letters, and package and

sack preparation for flats and irregular

parcels. Additional requirements for

preparing mail on pallets are in M041

and M045, or M041 and M920, M930, or

M940. For standards on automation rate

Periodicals mailings see E240 and M810

(letters) or M820 (flats), as applicable.

For standards on carrier route mailings

see E230 and M220.

[Redesignate M200.1.0 as M210.1.0.]

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1.0 BASIC STANDARDS

[Revise heading and text of

redesignated M210.1.1 for clarity and to

exclude Presorted rate sacked nonlettersize mailings that contain an automation

rate mailing to read as follows:]

1.1 Basic Standards

For all letter-size mailings, for sacked

mailing jobs of nonletter-size mail that

do not contain an automation rate

mailing or a carrier route mailing, and

for all palletized mailing jobs the

following standards must be met for the

Presorted rate mailing:

a. All pieces in each Presorted rate

Periodicals mailing must be in the same

processing category.

b. Letter-size pieces must be packaged

under 2.0 and prepared in trays under

3.0. Trays prepared under this section

may subsequently be palletized under

M041 and M045.

c. Nonletter-size pieces must be

packaged under 2.0. Packages placed on

pallets must meet additional packaging

criteria under M045.

d. Packages of nonletter-size pieces

must be sacked or palletized as follows:

(1) sacked under 4.0, except that a

Presorted rate mailing that is part of a

mailing job that also contains an

automation flats mailing must be sacked

under M910 or M920 as described in

1.2; or

(2) palletized under M041 and M045,

M920, M930, or M940.

e. Sacks prepared under 4.0 may

subsequently be prepared on pallets

under M041 and M045.

f. All pieces must be sorted together

to the finest extent required under the

applicable sortation standards described

above.

g. Postmasters may authorize

preparation of small mailings in nonpostal containers if they consist

primarily of packages for local ZIP

Codes, do not exceed 20 pounds, and do

not require postal transportation for

processing.

[Redesignate 1.2 as 1.3 and add new

1.2 to read as follows:]

1.2 Additional Standards for

Nonletter Sacked Mailing Jobs

Containing More Than One Mailing

The following standards apply:

a. Flats and irregular parcel mailings

prepared in sacks that are part of a

mailing job that contains a carrier route

rate mailing, an automation flat rate

mailing, and a Presorted rate mailing

must be prepared under one of the

following options: (1) the carrier route

mailing must be prepared under E230

and M220 and the automation rate and

Presorted rate mailings must be

prepared under M910; or (2) all three

mailings in the mailing job must be

prepared under M920.

b. Flats and irregular parcel mailings

prepared in sacks that are part of a

mailing job that contain only an

automation flats mailing under E240

and a Presorted rate mailing under E220

must be presorted under the co-sacking

standards in M910.

c. Sacked mailing jobs that contain

only a carrier route mailing and a

Presorted rate mailing may be separately

sacked under M210 and M220, or may

be prepared using the merged sacking

option under M920.

* * * * *

1.5 Low-Volume Packages and Sacks

[Amend redesignated 1.5 to change

internal references and to correct the

names of applicable pallet levels to read

as follows:]

As a general exception to 2.2a through

2.2c and 4.0a through 4.0d, nonlettersize Periodicals may be prepared in 5-

digit and 3-digit packages containing

fewer than six pieces when the

publisher determines that such

preparation improves service, provided

those packages are placed in 5-digit, 3-

digit, and SCF sacks. These low-volume

packages may be placed on 5-digit

scheme, 5-digit, 3-digit, and SCF pallets

under M045, or on merged 5-digit

scheme, 5-digit scheme carrier routes, 5-

digit scheme, merged 5-digit, 5-digit, 3-

digit, or SCF pallets under M920, M930,

and M940.

[Delete 1.6.]

[Redesignate 1.7 as 1.6 and amend by

deleting ‘‘or pallets’’ from the end of the

first sentence, by deleting ‘‘sacks or’’

from the end of the second sentence, by

changing the section number references,

and by adding a new last sentence to

read as follows:]

1.6 Merged Palletization of NonletterSize Carrier Route, Automation Rate,

and Presorted Rate Mail

Under the standards in M920,

nonletter-size firm and 5-digit packages

that are prepared under 1.0 and under

2.2a and 2.2b may be co-sacked with

nonletter-size firm and carrier route

packages prepared under M220 and

with nonletter-size 5-digit packages at

automation rates prepared under M820

in merged 5-digit sacks and in merged

5-digit scheme sacks. Under the

standards in M920, M930, or M940,

nonletter-size firm and 5-digit packages

that are prepared under 1.0, 2.2a, and

2.2b may be copalletized with nonlettersize firm and carrier route packages

prepared under M220 and with

nonletter-size 5-digit packages at

automation rates prepared under M820

on merged 5-digit pallets and on merged

5-digit scheme pallets. See 1.2a for

information on when preparation under

M920 may be required.

2.0 PACKAGE PREPARATION

2.1 General

Package preparation is subject to

M020 and the specific standards below.

[Delete 2.2 and 2.3; redesignate 2.4 as

2.2 and amend to delete information on

carrier route packages to read as

follows:]

2.2 Package Preparation

Package size, preparation sequence,

and labeling:

a. Firm: optional (two-piece

minimum); blue Label F or optional

endorsement line (OEL).

b. 5-digit: required (six-piece

minimum, fewer not permitted except

under 1.5); red Label D or OEL; labeling

optional for mail placed in full 5-digit

trays.

c. 3-digit: required (six-piece

minimum, fewer not permitted except

under 1.5); green Label 3 or OEL.

d. ADC: required (six-piece minimum,

fewer not permitted); pink Label A or

OEL.

e. Mixed ADC: required (no

minimum); tan Label MXD or OEL.

[Redesignate 3.0 as 4.0 and

redesignate 4.0 as 3.0, amend

redesignated 3.0 and 4.0, respectively,

by consolidating former subsections into

a single section for trays and a single

section for sacks to read as follows:]

3.0 TRAY PREPARATION (LETTERSIZE PIECES)

Tray size, preparation sequence, and

labeling (Line 1 and 2):

a. 5-digit: required at 24 pieces,

optional with one six-piece package

minimum.

(1) Line 1: use 5-digit ZIP Code

destination of packages, preceded for

military mail by the prefixes under

M031.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘LTRS 5D NON BC.’’

b. 3-digit: required at 24 pieces (no

minimum for required origin/optional

entry 3-digit(s)), optional with one sixpiece package minimum.

(1) Line 1: use L002, Column A.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘LTRS 3D NON BC.’’

c. ADC: required at 24 pieces,

optional with one six-piece package

minimum.

(1) Line 1: use L004.

(2)+ Line 2: ‘‘LTRS ADC NON BC.’’

d. Mixed ADC: required (no

minimum).

(1) Line 1: use ‘‘MXD’’ followed by

the city/state/ZIP of the ADC serving the

3-digit ZIP Code of the entry post office,

as shown in L004.

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(2) Line 2: ‘‘LTRS NON BC WKG.’’

4.0 SACK PREPARATION (FLAT-SIZE

PIECES AND IRREGULAR PARCELS)

For mailing jobs that also contain an

automation rate mailing see 1.2 and

M910 or M920. For other mailing jobs,

the following are the sack size,

preparation sequence, and lines 1 and 2

labeling:

a. 5-digit: required at 24 pieces,

optional with one six-piece package

minimum except under 1.5.

(1) Line 1: use 5-digit ZIP Code

destination of packages, preceded for

military mail by the prefixes under

M031.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG,’’ as applicable, and ‘‘5D NON

BC.’’

b. 3-digit: required at 24 pieces,

optional with one six-piece package

minimum except under 1.5.

(1) Line 1: use L002, Column A.

(2) ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as applicable,

followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or ‘‘IRREG,’’ as

applicable, and ‘‘5D NON BC.’’

c. SCF: required at 24 pieces, optional

with one six-piece package minimum

except under 1.5.

(1) Line 1: use L002, Column C.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG,’’ as applicable, and ‘‘SCF NON

BC.’’

d. Origin/entry SCF: required for the

SCF of the origin (verification) office,

optional for the SCF of an entry office

other than the origin office, (no

minimum); for Line 1 use L002, Column

C.

(1) Line 1: use L002, Column C.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG,’’ as applicable, and ‘‘SCF NON

BC.’’

e. ADC: required at 24 pieces,

optional with one six-piece package

minimum.

(1) Line 1: use L004.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG,’’ as applicable, and ‘‘ADC NON

BC.’’

f. Mixed ADC: required (no

minimum).

(1) Line 1: use ‘‘MXD’’ followed by

the city/state/ZIP of the ADC serving the

3-digit ZIP Code of the entry post office,

as shown in L004.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG,’’ as applicable, and ‘‘NON BC

WKG.’’

* * * * *

[Add new M220 to read as follows:]

M220 Carrier Route Periodicals Mail

Summary. M220 describes the basic

standards for Periodicals carrier route

mailings including package and tray

preparation for letters, and package and

sack preparation for flats and irregular

parcels. Additional requirements for

preparing mail on pallets are in M041

and M045, or M041 and M920, M930, or

M940. For standards on automation rate

Periodicals mailings see E240 and M810

(letters) or M820 (flats), as applicable.

For standards on Presorted rate mailings

see E220 and M210.

1.0 BASIC STANDARDS

1.1 General Preparation Standards

The following standards must be met

for carrier route mailings:

a. All pieces in each carrier route

Periodicals mailing must be in the same

processing category.

b. Letter-size pieces must be packaged

under 2.0 and prepared in trays under

3.0. Trays prepared under this section

may subsequently be palletized under

M041 and M045.

c. Nonletter-size pieces must be

packaged under 2.0. Packages placed on

pallets must meet additional packaging

standards under M045.

d. Packages of nonletter-size pieces

must be sacked or palletized as follows:

(1) sacked under 4.0 or, if eligible,

under M920; or

(2) palletized under M041 and M045,

M920, M930, or M940.

e. Sacks prepared under 4.0 may

subsequently be prepared on pallets

under M041 and M045.

d. All pieces must be sorted together

to the finest extent required under the

applicable sortation standards described

above.

e. Postmasters may authorize

preparation of small mailings in nonpostal containers if they consist

primarily of packages for local ZIP

Codes, do not exceed 20 pounds, and do

not require postal transportation for

processing.

[Copy former M200.1.2 as M210.1.2

and add the following as the last

sentence:]

1.2 Documentation

* * * Documentation of sequencing

and of density standards under M050

must be submitted with each mailing.

[Change the title of redesignated 1.3

from ‘‘Basic Carrier Route and Walk

Sequence’’ to ‘‘Sequencing Standards.’’]

[Copy former M200.1.4 as M220.1.4.]

1.5 Low-Volume Packages and Sacks

As a general exception to 2.4b and

4.0b and 4.0c, nonletter-size Periodicals

may be prepared in carrier route

packages containing fewer than six

pieces when the publisher determines

that such preparation improves service,

provided those packages are placed in 5-

digit scheme carrier routes, or 5-digit

carrier routes sacks. Low-volume carrier

route packages prepared under DMM

M920 may also be placed in merged 5-

digit scheme, 5-digit scheme carrier

routes, merged 5-digit, and 5-digit

carrier routes sacks. These low-volume

packages also may be placed on 5-digit

scheme carrier routes, 5-digit scheme, 5-

digit carrier routes, 5-digit, 3-digit, and

SCF pallets under M045, or on merged

5-digit scheme, 5-digit scheme carrier

routes, 5-digit scheme, merged 5-digit,

5-digit carrier routes, 5-digit, 3-digit and

SCF pallets under M041 and M920,

M930, or M940.

[Copy current M200.1.7 as M220.1.6

and amend by deleting ‘‘or pallets’’ from

the end of the first sentence, by adding

a new second sentence, by deleting

‘‘sacks or’’ from the end of the third

sentence, and by changing the section

number references, to read as follows:]

1.6 Merged Containerization of

Nonletter-Size Carrier Route,

Automation Rate, and Presorted Rate

Mail

Under the standards in M920,

nonletter-size firm and carrier route

packages that are prepared under 1.0

and 2.4 may be co-sacked with

nonletter-size 5-digit packages prepared

under M210 and with nonletter-size 5-

digit packages at automation rates

prepared under M820 in merged 5-digit

sacks and in merged 5-digit scheme

sacks or pallets. For sacked mailing jobs

of nonletters that contain an automation

and a Presorted rate mailing as well as

a carrier route mailing, preparation

under M920 is required unless mailers

elect to prepare the automation and

Presorted rate mailings under M910 (see

M210.1.2a) and prepare the carrier route

mailing under M220. Under the

standards in M920, M930, or M940,

nonletter-size firm and carrier route

packages that are prepared under 1.0

and 2.4 may be copalletized with

nonletter-size 5-digit packages prepared

under M210 and with nonletter-size 5-

digit packages at automation rates

prepared under M820 on merged 5-digit

pallets and on merged 5-digit scheme

pallets.

2.0 PACKAGE PREPARATION

2.1 General

Package preparation is subject to

M020 and the specific standards below.

64648 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 210 / Monday, October 30, 2000 / Proposed Rules

2.2 Optional Higher Package Minimums

A mailer may choose to prepare

carrier route packages at a higher level

of route saturation (for example, only if

there are at least 15 pieces per route).

Under this option, smaller groups of six

or more pieces per carrier route not

prepared in carrier route packages for

carrier route rates must be prepared for

and paid at another applicable rate.

2.3 Walk-Sequence Identification

In addition to the package label

showing carrier route type and number

under 2.4, each package of Periodicals

walk-sequence mail must show that the

mail is walk sequenced and the level of

sequencing. A facing slip with the

phrase ‘‘HIGH DENSITY WALKSEQUENCED CARRIER ROUTE MAIL’’

or ‘‘SATURATION WALK-SEQUENCED

CARRIER ROUTE MAIL’’ (as applicable)

may be placed on the top of each

package of walk-sequence mail. It may

be an address label with the required

information placed on a sample

mailpiece that is the top piece in the

package, or a slip of paper affixed to the

top of the package. If packages are

prepared without facing slips, an

optional endorsement line or carrier

route information line must be placed

on each piece in the package to provide

the equivalent information.

2.4 Package Preparation

Package size, preparation sequence,

and labeling:

a. Firm: optional (two-piece

minimum); blue Label F or optional

endorsement line (OEL).

b. Carrier route: optional but required

for rate eligibility (six-piece minimum,

fewer not permitted except under 1.5);

labeling required except for packages

placed in a direct carrier route tray or

sack (facing slip, OEL, or CR

information line).

3.0 TRAY PREPARATION (LETTER–

SIZE PIECES)

Tray size, preparation sequence, and

Line 1 and 2 labeling:

a. Carrier route: required for rate

eligibility at 24 pieces, optional with

one six-piece package minimum.

(1) Line 1: use 5-digit ZIP Code

destination of packages, preceded for

military mail by the prefixes under

M031.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘LTRS,’’

followed by ‘‘WSS’’ for saturation rate

mail, or ‘‘WSH’’ for high density rate

mail, or ‘‘CR’’ for basic rate mail, and

followed by the route type and number.

b. 5-digit carrier routes: required for

rate eligibility if full tray, optional with

minimum one six-piece package.

(1) Line 1: use 5-digit ZIP Code

destination of packages, preceded for

military mail by the prefixes under

M031.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘LTRS CR–

RTS.’’

c. 3-digit carrier routes: optional with

minimum one six-piece package for

each of two or more 5-digit areas.

(1) Line 1: use the city/state/ZIP

shown in L002, Column A that

corresponds to the 3-digit ZIP Code

prefix of packages.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS,’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘LTRS 3D CR–

RTS.’’

4.0 SACK PREPARATION (FLAT-SIZE

PIECES AND IRREGULAR PARCELS)

Sack size, preparation sequence, and

Line 1 and 2 labeling:

a. Carrier route: required for rate

eligibility at 24 pieces, fewer pieces not

permitted.

(1) Line 1: use 5-digit ZIP Code

destination of packages, preceded for

military mail by the prefixes under

M031.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG’’ as applicable, followed by

‘‘WSS’’ for saturation rate mail, or

‘‘WSH’’ for high density rate mail, or

‘‘CR’’ for basic rate mail, and followed

by the route type and number.

b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes:

required for rate eligibility (no

minimum).

(1) Line 1: use L001, Column B.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG’’ as applicable, followed by

‘‘CR–RTS SCH.’’

c. 5-digit carrier routes: required for

rate eligibility (no minimum).

(1) Line 1: use 5-digit ZIP Code

destination of packages, preceded for

military mail by the prefixes under

M031.

(2) Line 2: ‘‘PER’’ or ‘‘NEWS’’ as

applicable, followed by ‘‘FLTS’’ or

‘‘IRREG’’ as applicable, followed by

‘‘CR–RTS.’’

[Copy current M200.5.0 and add as

M220.5.0.]

[Copy current M200.6.0 and add as

M220.6.0.]

* * * * *

M800 All Automation Mail

M820 Flat-Size Mail

1.0 Basic Standards

* * * * *

1.8 Exception—Periodicals Preparation

[Amend 1.8 by replacing the last

sentence with the following:]

These low-volume packages may be

placed on 5-digit scheme carrier routes,

5-digit scheme, 5-digit carrier routes, 5-

digit, 3-digit, and SCF pallets under

M041 and M045, or on merged 5-digit

scheme, 5-digit scheme carrier routes, 5-

digit scheme, merged 5-digit, 5-digit

carrier routes, 5-digit, 3-digit, and SCF

pallets under M041 and either M920,

M930, or M940.

1.9 Co-Traying, Co-Sacking, or

Copalletizing with Presorted Rate Mail

Packages of First-Class and Standard

Mail (A) prepared under 1.0 and either

2.1 or 4.1, as applicable, may be cotrayed or co-sacked with Presorted rate

mail that is part of the same mailing job

and mail class at all levels of tray or

sack under the provisions of M910. For

sacked mailings of Periodicals

nonletters, packages of Periodicals

automation flats mail prepared under

1.0 and 3.1 that are part of the same

mailing job as a Presorted rate mailing

of nonletters must be co-sacked under

M910, unless the mailing job also

contains a carrier route mailing and is

eligible for and prepared under M920.

See M210.

* * * * *

3.0 Periodicals

* * * * *

3.2 Sack Preparation

[Revise the first sentence of 3.2 to

read as follows:]

For mailing jobs that also contain a

Presorted rate mailing see 1.9 and M910.

For other mailing jobs, the following are

the sack size, preparation sequence and

line 1 labeling: * * *

* * * * *

An appropriate amendment to 39 CFR

to reflect these changes will be

published if the proposal is adopted.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 00–27706 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

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