Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 12, 2022 / Proposed Rules 21601 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

April 2022. 

Ali Khawar, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07785 Filed 4–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

New Mailing Standards for Domestic 

Mailing Services Products 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: On April 6, 2022, the Postal 

Service (USPS®) filed a notice of 

mailing services price adjustments with 

the Postal Regulatory Commission 

(PRC), effective July 10, 2022. This 

proposed rule contains revisions to 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM®) to coincide with the price 

adjustments. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 12, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written 

comments to the Manager, 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 ‘‘July 2022 Domestic 

Mailing Services Proposal.’’ 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: 

Doriane Harley at (202) 268–2537, 

Jacqueline Erwin at (202) 268–2158, or 

Dale Kennedy at (202) 268–6592. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed 

prices will be available under Docket 

No. R2022–1 on the Postal Regulatory 

Commission’s website at www.prc.gov. 

The Postal Service’s proposed rule 

includes: Changes to prices, mail 

classification updates, product 

simplification efforts, and minor 

revisions to the DMM. 

Qualified Business Reply Mail (QBRM) 

Uniform Rate 

Currently, the Postal Service has two 

pricing tiers for QBRM letters, one price 

for up to and including 1 ounce and a 

separate price for up to and including 2 

ounces, for both high volume and basic. 

The Postal Service is proposing to 

replace these pricing tiers with a 

uniform per-piece price for QBRM 

letters up to and including 3.5 ounces. 

The proposal would also allow highvolume business reply mail customers 

to use the QBRM product. 

QBRM customers will be required to 

have an Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) 

on their QBRM mailpieces. This allows 

the Postal Service to process the 

mailers’ QBRM letters through the 

automated accounting process. 

Direct Container Discount for 

Marketing Mail High Density Plus and 

Saturation Flats 

The Postal Service is proposing to 

offer discounts for USPS Marketing Mail 

Saturation Flats (including EDDM, not 

EDDM Retail) and High Density Plus 

Flats in 5-digit (direct) containers 

(pallets, sacks, and tubs). Currently, the 

Postal Service offers discounts for 

Carrier Route Flats and High Density 

Flats on 5-digit (direct) pallets; these 

discounts would now extend to Carrier 

Route Flats and High Density Flats in 5- 

digit (direct) sacks and tubs. 

Round-Trip Mailings With One Optical 

Disc—Nonautomation Presort 

Currently, the Postal Service offers 

two prices for nonautomation 

machinable letters: AADC and Mixed 

AADC. 

The Postal Service is proposing to 

extend the updated pricing structure for 

nonautomation machinable letters to 

Round-Trip Mailings with One Optical 

Disc. Letter-shaped mailpieces up to 1 

ounce will be able to avail themselves 

of nonautomation machinable letter 

AADC and Mixed AADC prices instead 

of being limited to one nonautomation 

presort price. Similarly, flat-shaped 

mailings up to 2 ounces will be able to 

avail themselves to nonautomation 

machinable letter AADC and Mixed 

AADC prices instead of one 

nonautomation presort price. 

Priority Mail Insurance 

Currently, the Postal Service includes 

insurance coverage with Priority Mail®

against loss, damage, or missing 

contents limited to a maximum liability 

of $50.00 when the mailer pays retail or 

Commercial Base prices and to a 

maximum liability of $100.00 when the 

mailer pays Commercial Plus prices. 

Additionally, the Postal Service does 

not include insurance with Priority Mail 

Return service pieces. 

The Postal Service is proposing to 

make the insurance amount included 

with retail and commercial priced 

Priority Mail limited to a maximum 

liability of $100.00. 

In addition, the Postal Service is 

proposing to include the $100.00 of 

insurance with Priority Mail Return 

service pieces. 

These proposed revisions will provide 

consistency within postal products and 

add value for customers. 

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 comments 

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. See 39 CFR 

111.1. 

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. 

The Postal Service proposes the 

following changes to Mailing Standards 

of the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), 

incorporated by reference in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (see 39 CFR 111.1): 

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, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201– 

3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 

3633, and 5001. 

■ 2. Revise the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM) to read as follows: 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) 

* * * * * 

200 Commercial Mail 

* * * * * 

230 First-Class Mail 

* * * * * 

233 Prices and Eligibility 

* * * * * 


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4.0 Additional Eligibility Standards 

for Nonautomation Machinable FirstClass Mail 

4.3 Price Application— 

Nonautomation Machinable—Letters 

Nonautomation machinable letters are 

subject to AADC and mixed AADC 

prices only (including Round-Trip 

Mailings with One Optical Disc). 

* * * * * 

240 Commercial Mail USPS 

Marketing Mail 

243 Prices and Eligibility 

* * * * * 

6.0 Additional Eligibility Standards 

for Enhanced Carrier Route USPS 

Marketing Mail Letters and Flats 

* * * * * 

6.3 Basic Price Enhanced Carrier 

Route Standards 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title and text of 6.3.4; to 

read as follows:] 

6.3.4 Basic Carrier Route Bundles on 

a 5-Digit/Direct Container (Basic—CR 

Bundles/Container) Price Eligibility— 

Flats 

The Basic—CR Bundles/Container 

discount applies to each piece in a 

carrier route bundle of 10 or more 

pieces that are palletized under 705.8.0 

on a 5-digit carrier route or 5-digit 

scheme carrier route pallet entered at an 

Origin (None), DNDC, DSCF, or DDU 

entry or palletized under 705.14.0 on a 

FSS scheme pallet (in a FSS Scheme 

bundle), or in a Carrier Route sack or 

tub under 245.9.3 and entered at an 

Origin (None), DNDC, DSCF, or DDU. 

* * * * * 

6.5 High Density and High Density 

Plus (Enhanced Carrier Route) 

Standards—Flats 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title and text of 6.5.3; to 

read as follows:] 

6.5.3 High Density Carrier Route 

Bundles on a 5-Digit/Direct Container 

(High Density—CR Bundles/Container 

Discount Eligibility)—Flats 

High Density—CR Bundles/Container 

discount applies to 125 or more High 

Density—eligible pieces that are 

palletized under 705.8.0 on a 5-digit 

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

digit scheme carrier route pallet entered 

at an Origin (None), DNDC, DSCF, or 

DDU entry, or palletized under 705.14.0 

on a FSS scheme pallet (in a FSS 

scheme bundle), or in a Carrier Route 

sack or tub under 245.9.3 and entered at 

an Origin (None), DNDC, DSCF, or DDU. 

[Add new section 6.5.4; to read as 

follows:] 

6.5.4 High Density Plus Carrier Route 

Bundles on a 5-Digit/Direct Container 

(High Density Plus—CR Bundles/ 

Container Discount Eligibility)—Flats 

High Density Plus—CR Bundles/ 

Container discount applies to 300 or 

more High Density Plus eligible pieces 

that are palletized under 705.8.0 on a 5- 

digit carrier route, 5-digit carrier routes, 

or 5-digit scheme carrier route pallet 

entered at an Origin (None), DNDC, 

DSCF, or DDU entry, or palletized under 

705.14.0 on a FSS scheme pallet (in a 

FSS scheme bundle) or in a Carrier 

Route sack or tub under 245.9.3 and 

entered at an Origin (None), DNDC, 

DSCF, or DDU. 

* * * * * 

6.7 Saturation Enhanced Carrier 

Route Standards—Flats 

* * * * * 

[Add new section 6.7.3; to read as 

follows:] 

6.7.3 Saturation—(including EDDM) 

Carrier Route Bundles on a 5-digit/ 

Direct Container (Saturation–CR 

Bundles/Container Discount 

Eligibility)—Flats 

Saturation–CR Bundles/Container 

discount applies to at least 90% or more 

of the active residential addresses or 

75% or more of the total number of 

active possible delivery addresses on 

each carrier route that are palletized 

under 705.8.0 on a 5-digit carrier route, 

5-digit carrier routes, or 5-digit scheme 

carrier route pallet entered at the origin 

(None), DNDC, DSCF, or DDU entry, or 

palletized under 705.14.0 on a FSS 

scheme pallet (in a FSS scheme bundle), 

or in a Carrier Route sack or tub under 

245.9.3 and entered at an Origin (None), 

DNDC, DSCF, or DDU. 

* * * * * 

500 Additional Services 

* * * * * 

503 Extra Services 

1.0 Basic Standards for All Extra 

Services 

* * * * * 

1.4 Eligibility for Extra Services 

* * * * * 

Exhibit 1.4.1 Eligibility—Domestic 

Mail 

Extra service Eligible mail Additional combined extra services 

*******

Insurance 

Insurance Restricted Delivery 

[Revise the ‘‘Note:’’ under ‘‘Insurance’’ to read 

as follows:] 

Note: Priority Mail Express includes $100.00 

of insurance and Priority Mail includes 

$100.00 of insurance; see 503.4.0. 

*******

4.0 Insured Mail 

* * * * * 

4.2 Insurance Coverage—Priority Mail 

[Revise the introductory text of 4.2 to 

read as follows:] 

Priority Mail pieces, including 

Priority Mail Return service, are insured 

against loss, damage, or missing 

contents, up to a maximum of $100.00, 

subject to the following: 

[Revise the text of item a to read as 

follows:] 

a. Insurance coverage is provided 

against loss, damage, or missing 

contents and is limited to a maximum 

liability of $100.00 when the Priority 

Mail pieces bear an Intelligent Mail 

package barcode (IMpb) or USPS retail 

tracking barcode (see 4.3.4) and the 

mailer pays retail or commercial prices. 


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[Delete item b in its entirety and 

renumber items c through f as b through 

e, respectively.] 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of item d (as 

renumbered) to read as follows:] 

d. Insurance coverage under 4.2a is 

not provided for Priority Mail pieces 

mailed as Priority Mail Open and 

Distribute or Premium Forwarding 

Service. 

* * * * * 

505 Return Services 

1.0 Business Reply Mail (BRM) 

* * * * * 

1.6 Additional Standards for 

Qualified Business Reply Mail (QBRM) 

1.6.1 Description 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of 1.6.1a, through 

1.6.1e; to read as follows:] 

a. Meets all the Business Reply Mail 

(BRM) standards in 1.3 through 1.8. 

b. Has postage and per piece charges 

deducted from a BRM advance deposit 

account. 

c. Is a letter weighing 3.5 ounces or 

less or card that is prepared to meet the 

automation compatibility requirements 

in 201.3.0. 

d. Is authorized to mail at QBRM 

prices and fees under 1.6.2. During the 

authorization process, a proper ZIP+4 

code is assigned to the mailer (under 

1.6.2) for each QBRM to be returned 

under the system (one for card priced 

pieces and one for letter-size pieces 

weighing up to and including 3.5 

ounces). 

e. Bears the proper ZIP+4 code, 

assigned by USPS, in the address of 

each piece. The ZIP+4 codes assigned 

for this program must be used only on 

the organization’s appropriate QBRM 

pieces.* * * 

* * * * * 

3.0 USPS Returns Service 

3.1 Basic Standards 

* * * * * 

3.1.3 Postage and Prices 

* * * * * 

[Revise item c1 to read as follows:] 

1. Insurance is available for USPS 

Returns service (see 503.4). Insurance is 

not included with the postage for 

Priority Mail Return service (see 

503.4.2). Insurance for First-Class 

Package Return service and Ground 

Return service, and additional insurance 

for Priority Mail Return service is 

available to the account holder for a fee 

on packages that have the applicable 

STC embedded into the IMpb on the 

authentic USPS label with valid 

postage, and for which the account 

holder has provided electronic data that 

supports the value of the merchandise 

(see 503.4.3.1a). Only the account 

holder of record may file a claim (see 

609). Except for Priority Mail Return 

service, mailers mailing a USPS Returns 

service package may obtain insurance at 

their own expense at the time of mailing 

by presenting an authentic USPS 

Returns label with valid postage affixed 

to the package at a Post Office retail unit 

to obtain the service. 

* * * * * 

700 Special Standards 

* * * * * 

705 Advanced Preparation and 

Special Postage Payment Systems 

* * * * * 

8.0 Preparing Pallets 

* * * * * 

8.10 Pallet Presort and Labeling 

* * * * * 

8.10.3 USPS Marketing Mail or Parcel 

Select Lightweight—Bundles, Sacks, or 

Trays 

[Revise the second sentence to read as 

follows:] 

* * * For USPS Marketing Mail High 

Density and High Density Plus flats 

price eligibility, only 5-digit pallets 

under 8.10.3a–c are allowed, and the 

pallets must be entered under None, 

DNDC, DSCF or DDU standards. (Use 

‘‘HD/HD+ DIRECT’’ for one route and 

‘‘HD/HD+ CR–RTS’’ for multiple routes 

on the line 2 contents description). 

* * * 

[Revise item a2 to read as follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD’’ followed by 

‘‘FLTS’’; followed by ‘‘HD/HD+’’ for 

High Density and High Density Plus 

flats pricing eligibility; followed by 

‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ (or ‘‘CR–RTS’’); 

followed by ‘‘SCHEME’’ (or ‘‘SCH’’). 

* * * 

[Revise item b2 to read as follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: For flats and 

Marketing parcels (Product Samples 

only), ‘‘STD FLTS’’ or ‘‘STD MKTG,’’ as 

applicable; followed by ‘‘HD/HD+’’ for 

High Density and High Density Plus 

flats pricing eligibility; followed by 

‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ (or ‘‘CR–RTS’’). 

For letters, ‘‘STD LTRS’’; followed by 

‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ (or ‘‘CR–RTS’’); 

followed by ‘‘BC’’ if the pallet contains 

barcoded letters; followed by ‘‘MACH’’ 

if the pallet contains machinable letters; 

followed by ‘‘MAN’’ if the pallet 

contains nonmachinable letters. 

[Revise item c to read as follows:] 

c. 5-digit carrier routes, required for 

High Density and High Density Plus 

flats pricing eligibility, permitted for 

bundles. Pallet must contain only 

carrier route mail for one carrier and 

same 5-digit ZIP Code. Labeling:* * * 

* * * * * 

Notice 123 (Price List) 

[Revise prices as applicable.] 

* * * * * 

Sarah E. Sullivan, 

Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07710 Filed 4–8–22; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[RTID 0648–XB763] 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; West 

Coast Salmon Fisheries; Standardized 

Bycatch Reporting Methodology 

Amendments to the Fishery 

Management Plans for Coastal Pelagic 

Species, West Coast Highly Migratory 

Species, and Pacific Coast Salmon 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of availability of 

fishery management plan amendments; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) 

submitted to NMFS three fishery 

management plan (FMP) amendments: 

Amendment 19 to the FMP for Coastal 

Pelagic Species (CPS FMP), Amendment 

7 to the FMP for the West Coast Highly 

Migratory Species (HMS FMP), and 

Amendment 22 to the FMP for Pacific 

Coast Salmon Fisheries (Salmon FMP) 

(collectively Amendments). If approved 

by the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary), these Amendments would 

add to or modify language in the CPS, 

HMS, and Salmon FMPs to more clearly 

describe and align the FMPs with the 

way bycatch is currently reported in the 

fisheries managed by the Council. These 

Amendments are intended to promote 

the goals and objectives of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act); the CPS, HMS, 

and Salmon FMPs; and other applicable 

laws. 

DATES: Comments on the Amendments 

must be received by June 13, 2022. 


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