73 FR 22 pgs. 6032-6033 - Express Mail Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium
Type: RULEVolume: 73Number: 22Pages: 6032 - 6033
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-1775 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Postal Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Express Mail Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium
AGENCY:
Postal Service.
ACTION:
Final rule.
SUMMARY:
The Postal Service TM is revising ExpressMail® 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.
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:
100Retail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
110Express Mail
113Rates and Eligibility
Exhibit 1.3Express 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:]
1.5Sunday 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.
700Special Standards
705Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
2.0Manifest Mailing System
2.6Express Mail Manifesting Agreements
2.6.3Service 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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