[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 75973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21119]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111


OEL and Carrier Route Information Lines

AGENCY: Postal Service<SUP>TM</SUP>.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is amending Mailing Standards of the United 
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to revise the 
requirements for using optional endorsement lines or carrier route 
information lines on USPS Marketing Mail carrier route letters.

DATES: Effective: January 19, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Kennedy at (202) 268-6592 or 
Doriane Harley at (202) 268-2537.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service will revise the standards 
in DMM section 203.8.1 to require optional endorsement lines or carrier 
route information lines on all USPS Marketing Mail carrier route 
letters to become effective on January 19, 2025.
    Comments on Proposed changes and USPS responses:
    The Postal Service received one formal comment on the June 28, 2024 
proposed rule.
    <bullet> Commenter expressed concerns related to costs to implement 
this change by the proposed effective date. The Postal Service has 
decided to delay the implementation date of this change to become 
effective on January 19, 2025.
    The Postal Service adopts the described changes 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, the Postal Service amends Mailing Standards of the 
United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), incorporated 
by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations as follows (see 39 CFR 
111.1):

PART 111--[AMENDED]

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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.


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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)

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200 Commercial Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels

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203 Basic Postage Statement, Documentation, and Preparation Standards

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8.0 Carrier Route Information Lines

8.1 Basic Information

    [Revise the text of 8.1 to read as follows:]
    Mailers must prepare bundles of all mailpieces mailed at carrier 
route prices with optional endorsement lines under 7.0, carrier route 
information lines under 8.2, or facing slips (see 203.4.0). Mailers 
must use optional endorsement lines or carrier route information lines 
on all pieces in mailings of USPS Marketing Mail letters prepared under 
245.6.7 and 245.6.10.
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Colleen Hibbert-Kapler,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-21119 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am]
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