If the application is denied, the mailer may appeal through the local postmaster within 10 calendar days of the mailer's receipt of the denial notice to the vice president of area operations for the area in which the mailer's plant is located, giving the reasons why the application should be approved. A mailer may combine Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Package Services in a single vehicle if the mailings are physically separated, a postage statement is submitted for each mailing, and the service standards are met for each class of mail combined in the vehicle or trailer. 3.2 Compliance The mailer must meet all relevant mailing standards and the terms of the plant load agreement. Destination loads must be prepared under M074 and as specified by the postmaster administering the plant load. 4.2 Authorization Only an authorized plant load mailer may prepare and transport expedited plant load shipments.
Authorization is by written request to the postal official who authorized the plant load.
The mailer must meet all conditions in the authorization, if approved. The mailer assumes all liability and responsibility for any loss or damage to the shipment before it is deposited in and accepted at a postal facility, whether a third party is used to transport the shipment. The USPS is not liable or responsible for any loss of or damage to an expedited plant load shipment before it is deposited in and accepted at a postal facility. The USPS does not refund postage for any failure to provide service caused in whole or in part by any event that occurs before the shipment is deposited in and accepted at a postal facility, except under the applicable standards for refunds.