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###### Postal Service

          - 39 CFR Part 111

# AGENCY:

Postal Service.

# ACTION:

Final rule.

# SUMMARY:

                        The Postal ServiceTM                         is revising Express Mail® service to reflect a premium of $12.50 in addition to current postage for guaranteed Sunday or holiday delivery of Express Mail pieces.                    

# DATES:

*Effective Date:*                         March 3, 2008.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bert Olsen, 202-268-7276.

                        We adopt the following amendments 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.                    

      ( print page 6033)    

# List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

        - Administrative practice and procedure
        - Postal Service

Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is amended as follows:

# PART 111—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 is revised to read as follows:

Authority:5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3626, 3632, 3633, 5001.

2. Revise the following sections of *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,*                             Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), as follows:                        

* * * * *

## 100 Retail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels

* * * * *

## 110 Express Mail

## 113 Rates and Eligibility

* * * * *

## Exhibit 1.3 Express Mail Rates—Same Day Airport Service Suspended

* * * * *

*[Add an additional footnote, number 3, to Exhibit 1.3, Express Mail Rate Chart, as follows:]*

3. For Sunday/holiday delivery, add $12.50.

* * * * *

*[Renumber current 1.5 through 1.7 as new 1.6 through 1.8, and add new 1.5 as follows:]*

## 1.5 Sunday and Holiday Premium

When delivery is guaranteed for a Sunday or holiday, there is a premium of $12.50, unless paying via an Express Mail Manifesting Agreement. Customers not desiring delivery on a Sunday or a holiday may avoid the premium by opting for guaranteed delivery on the subsequent delivery day.

* * * * *

## 700 Special Standards

* * * * *

## 705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems

* * * * *

## 2.0 Manifest Mailing System

* * * * *

## 2.6 Express Mail Manifesting Agreements

* * * * *

## 2.6.3 Service Guarantee

* * * * *

*[Revise current text to be identified as item b and add a new a as follows:]*

a. Mailers using Express Mail Manifesting (EMM) receive Sunday/holiday guaranteed delivery at no additional charge without paying a premium.

* * * * *

Neva R. Watson,

Attorney, Legislative.

 [FR Doc. E8-1775 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]

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