[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47628-47629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22186]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111


Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards 
Changes

AGENCY: Postal Service\TM\.

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 reflect 
changes to prices for competitive products. There are no mailing 
standards changes scheduled for competitive products.

DATES: Effective: January 21, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Key at (202) 268-7492, or Garry 
Rodriguez at (202) 268-7281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule describes new prices for 
competitive products, by class of mail, established by the Governors of 
the United States Postal Service[supreg]. New prices are available 
under Docket Number CP2018-8 on the Postal Regulatory Commission's 
(PRC) Web site at http://www.prc.gov, and also located on the Postal 
Explorer[supreg] Web site at http://pe.usps.com.
    The Postal Service will revise Mailing Standards of the United 
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), to reflect changes 
to prices for the following competitive products:
    <bullet> Priority Mail Express[supreg].
    <bullet> Priority Mail[supreg].
    <bullet> First-Class Package Service--Retail[supreg].
    <bullet> First-Class Package Service--Commercial[supreg].
    <bullet> Parcel Select[supreg].
    <bullet> USPS Retail Ground[supreg].
    <bullet> Extra Services.
    <bullet> Return Services.
    <bullet> Mailer Services.
    <bullet> Recipient Services.
    Competitive product prices are identified by product as follows:

Priority Mail Express

Prices

    Overall, Priority Mail Express prices will increase 3.9 percent. 
Priority Mail Express will continue to offer zoned and Flat Rate 
Retail, Commercial Base\TM\, and Commercial Plus\TM\ pricing.
    Retail prices will increase an average of 3.9 percent. The Flat 
Rate Envelope price will increase to $24.70, the Legal Flat Rate 
Envelope will increase to $24.90, and the Padded Flat Rate Envelope 
will increase to $25.40.
    Commercial Base prices offer lower prices to customers who use 
authorized postage payment methods. Commercial Base prices will 
increase an average of 3.7 percent. Commercial Base pricing offers an 
average 11.3 percent discount off retail prices.
    Commercial Plus prices were matched to the Commercial Base prices 
in the 2016 price change and will continue to be matched in 2018.

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Priority Mail

Prices

    Overall, Priority Mail prices will increase 3.9 percent. Priority 
Mail will continue to offer zoned and Flat Rate Retail, Commercial 
Base, and Commercial Plus pricing.
    Retail prices will increase an average of 0.8 percent. The Flat 
Rate Envelope price will increase to $6.70, the Legal Flat Rate 
Envelope will increase to $7.00, and the Padded Flat Rate Envelope will 
increase to $7.25. The Small Flat Rate Box price will increase to $7.20 
and the Medium Flat Rate Boxes will increase to $13.65. The Large Flat 
Rate Box will increase to $18.90, and the APO/FPO/DPO Large Flat Rate 
Box will increase to $17.40.
    Commercial Base prices offer lower prices to customers who use 
authorized postage payment methods. Commercial Base prices will 
increase an average of 6.2 percent. Commercial Base pricing offers an 
average 9.4 percent discount off retail prices.
    The Commercial Plus price category offers price incentives to large 
volume customers who have a customer commitment agreement with USPS. 
Commercial Plus prices will increase an average of 6.1 percent. 
Commercial Plus pricing offers an average 12.7 percent discount off 
retail prices.

First-Class Package Service--Retail

Prices

    Overall, First-Class Package Service--Retail prices will increase 
14.5 percent.

First-Class Package Service--Commercial

Prices

    Overall, First-Class Package Service--Commercial prices will 
increase 3.9 percent.

Parcel Select

Prices

    Parcel Select Destination Entry and Ground prices will increase an 
average of 4.9 percent. The prices for Parcel Select 
Lightweight[supreg] (PSLW) will increase an average of 7.0 percent.

USPS Retail Ground

    Overall, USPS Retail Ground prices will increase an average of 3.9 
percent.

Extra Services

Adult Signature Service

    Adult Signature Required and Adult Signature Restricted Delivery 
service prices are increasing 3.4 and 3.3 percent, respectively. The 
price for Adult Signature Required will increase to $6.10, and Adult 
Signature Restricted Delivery will increase to $6.35.

Return Services

Parcel Return Service

    Overall, Parcel Return Service (PRS) prices will increase an 
average of 4.9 percent.
    Return Sectional Center Facility (RSCF) prices will increase an 
average of 5.2 percent, and Return Delivery Unit (RDU) prices will 
increase an average of 4.6 percent.

Mailer Services

Pickup on Demand Service

    The Pickup on Demand[supreg] service fee will continue to be 
$22.00.

Recipient Services

Post Office Box Service

    The competitive Post Office Box\TM\ service prices will increase an 
average of 6.5 percent within the existing price ranges.

Premium Forwarding Service

    Premium Forwarding Service[supreg] (PFS[supreg]) prices will 
increase an average of 3.9 percent. The enrollment fee paid at the 
retail counter for PFS-Residential will increase to $20.10, and the 
PFS-Residential and PFS-Commercial enrollment fee paid online will 
increase to $18.45 per application. The price of the weekly shipment 
charge for PFS-Residential will increase to $20.10.

USPS Package Intercept

    The USPS Package Intercept\TM\ fee will increase 3.9 percent to 
$13.45.

Other

Address Enhancement Service

    Address Enhancement Service competitive product prices will be 
increasing between 2.7 and 4.2 percent.

Zone Charts Revision: Priority Mail to APO/FPO/DPO Processing at 
Chicago ISC

    The Postal Service will revise all zone charts to reflect that 
Priority Mail to APO/FPO/DPO destinations will be processed only at the 
Chicago ISC. Additional information can be found in the New Mailing 
Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products, Federal Register 
Notice.

Resources

    The Postal Service provides additional resources to assist 
customers with this price change for competitive products. These tools 
include price lists, downloadable price files, and Federal Register 
Notices, which may be found on the Postal Explorer[supreg] Web site at 
http://pe.usps.com.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

    Administrative practice and procedure, Postal service.

    The Postal Service adopts 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.
    Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is amended as follows:

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, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 
3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, 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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Notice 123 (Price List)

[Revise prices as applicable.]

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    We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to 
reflect these changes.

Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-22186 Filed 10-12-17; 8:45 am]
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