POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Electronic Verification System (eVS) for Parcel Select Mailings
AGENCY: United States Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule; suspension of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This final rule delays the date set for the required use of
electronic data and automated processes of the Electronic Verification
System (eVS) for permit imprint Parcel Select[reg] manifest mailings,
which currently are paper-driven and rely on manual processes for
handling verification and postage reconciliations. The delay in
required use also extends to Standard Mail[reg] machinable parcels and
parcels from other Package Services subclasses (Bound Printed Matter,
Library Mail, or Media Mail[reg]) that are authorized to be commingled
with permit imprint Parcel Select parcels. Parcel mailers and shippers
may continue to use eVS as an option if they meet the required business
standards and technical specifications in the Domestic Mail Manual.
DATES: The effective date for the final rule amending 39 CFR part 111
published in the Federal Register (71 FR 38966) on July 10, 2006, is
delayed indefinitely. The Postal ServiceTM will publish a document in
the Federal Register announcing the new effective date. The
applicability date for the Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[reg]) change set forth below
is May 14, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil Berger, Program Manager, Business
Mailer Support, via e-mail at neil.h.berger@usps.gov or by telephone at
(202) 268-7267.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 7, 2005, the Postal Service
published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (70 FR 67399-67405),
soliciting comments from mailers and parcel shippers on requiring the
use of the Electronic Verification System (eVS) for all permit imprint
Parcel Select mailings, including those containing authorized
commingled Standard Mail machinable parcels and parcels from the other
subclasses of Package Services (Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail, and
Library Mail).
On July 10, 2006, the Postal Service published a final rule in the
Federal Register (71 FR 38966-38978) responding to comments from the
mailing industry and providing implementing language and mailing
standards to take effect on August 1, 2007, that would require all
permit imprint Parcel Select mail and all permit imprint mail
authorized to be commingled with Parcel Select to be prepared using
eVS.
The Postal Service is delaying the required use of eVS because of
the large number of format and coding changes required by the R2006-1
omnibus rate case, implemented on May 14, 2007, and because of the
addition of several new subclasses of mail that will become available
under eVS after May 14, 2007.
As a result, the Postal Service is re-evaluating a suitable date
for new mailer implementation of eVS. Once the Postal Service, working
closely with the parcel shipping industry, determines an appropriate
date, it will publish the new date in the Federal Register and the
Postal Bulletin.
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.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Postal Service.
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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); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414,
3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
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2. Revise the following sections of Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[reg]) as provided
below: Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic
Mail Manual
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705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
* * * * *
2.9 Electronic Verification System (eVS)
* * * * *
[Revise the heading "Optional and Required Use" to read as
follows:]
2.9.4 Use
[Revise 2.9.4 by removing the last sentence "Effective August 1,
2007, mailers must use eVS for all permit imprint Parcel Select parcels
and for permit imprint parcels authorized under 705.6.0 and 705.7.0 to
be commingled with Parcel Select" to read as follows:] Mailers
depositing permit imprint parcels for those classes of mail and rate
categories specified in 2.9.2 may document and pay postage using eVS.
Mailers authorized to commingle Standard Mail parcels or Package
Services presorted parcels under 705.6.0 and 705.7.0 also may use eVS
to document and pay postage for all parcels in the mailing for those
mail classes and subclasses available under 2.9.2.
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Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E7-10391 Filed 6-26-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710-12-P
39 CFR Part 111
Electronic Verification System (eVS) for Parcel Select Mailings
AGENCY: United States Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule; suspension of effective date.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This final rule delays the date set for the required use of
electronic data and automated processes of the Electronic Verification
System (eVS) for permit imprint Parcel Select[reg] manifest mailings,
which currently are paper-driven and rely on manual processes for
handling verification and postage reconciliations. The delay in
required use also extends to Standard Mail[reg] machinable parcels and
parcels from other Package Services subclasses (Bound Printed Matter,
Library Mail, or Media Mail[reg]) that are authorized to be commingled
with permit imprint Parcel Select parcels. Parcel mailers and shippers
may continue to use eVS as an option if they meet the required business
standards and technical specifications in the Domestic Mail Manual.
DATES: The effective date for the final rule amending 39 CFR part 111
published in the Federal Register (71 FR 38966) on July 10, 2006, is
delayed indefinitely. The Postal ServiceTM will publish a document in
the Federal Register announcing the new effective date. The
applicability date for the Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[reg]) change set forth below
is May 14, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil Berger, Program Manager, Business
Mailer Support, via e-mail at neil.h.berger@usps.gov or by telephone at
(202) 268-7267.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 7, 2005, the Postal Service
published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (70 FR 67399-67405),
soliciting comments from mailers and parcel shippers on requiring the
use of the Electronic Verification System (eVS) for all permit imprint
Parcel Select mailings, including those containing authorized
commingled Standard Mail machinable parcels and parcels from the other
subclasses of Package Services (Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail, and
Library Mail).
On July 10, 2006, the Postal Service published a final rule in the
Federal Register (71 FR 38966-38978) responding to comments from the
mailing industry and providing implementing language and mailing
standards to take effect on August 1, 2007, that would require all
permit imprint Parcel Select mail and all permit imprint mail
authorized to be commingled with Parcel Select to be prepared using
eVS.
The Postal Service is delaying the required use of eVS because of
the large number of format and coding changes required by the R2006-1
omnibus rate case, implemented on May 14, 2007, and because of the
addition of several new subclasses of mail that will become available
under eVS after May 14, 2007.
As a result, the Postal Service is re-evaluating a suitable date
for new mailer implementation of eVS. Once the Postal Service, working
closely with the parcel shipping industry, determines an appropriate
date, it will publish the new date in the Federal Register and the
Postal Bulletin.
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.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Postal Service.
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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); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414,
3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.
0
2. Revise the following sections of Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[reg]) as provided
below: Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic
Mail Manual
* * * * *
705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
* * * * *
2.9 Electronic Verification System (eVS)
* * * * *
[Revise the heading "Optional and Required Use" to read as
follows:]
2.9.4 Use
[Revise 2.9.4 by removing the last sentence "Effective August 1,
2007, mailers must use eVS for all permit imprint Parcel Select parcels
and for permit imprint parcels authorized under 705.6.0 and 705.7.0 to
be commingled with Parcel Select" to read as follows:] Mailers
depositing permit imprint parcels for those classes of mail and rate
categories specified in 2.9.2 may document and pay postage using eVS.
Mailers authorized to commingle Standard Mail parcels or Package
Services presorted parcels under 705.6.0 and 705.7.0 also may use eVS
to document and pay postage for all parcels in the mailing for those
mail classes and subclasses available under 2.9.2.
* * * * *
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E7-10391 Filed 6-26-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710-12-P