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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 33 / Monday, February 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules AAL AK E5 Port Alsworth, AK NEW
Wilder/Natwick LLC Airport, AK
Lat. 601155 N, long. 1541923 W
That airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface within 7.3 mile radius of Wilder/Natwick LLC Airport beginning at the point the 230 bearing from the airport intersects the 7.3-mile radius clockwise along the 7.3-mile radius to the point the 271
bearing intersects the 7.3-mile radius, thence east to the point the 308 bearing from the airport intersects an arc within a 2.5 mile radius of the airport, thence clockwise along the 2.5-mile arc to the point the 79 bearing intersects the 2.5-mile arc thence southwest to the point of beginning.
Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 20, 2021.
Byron Chew, Acting Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Addressing Standards Postal ServiceTM.
Proposed rule; revision;
additional comment period.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Postal Service is revising its pending proposal to amend Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual DMM
in various sections of Addressing, to update addressing standards.
DATES: Submit comments on or before March 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the manager, Product Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475
LEnfant Plaza SW, Room 4446, Washington, DC 202605015. If sending comments by email, include the name and address of the commenter and send to PCFederalRegister@usps.gov, with a subject line of Addressing Standards.
Faxed comments are not accepted.
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Confidentiality All submitted comments and attachments are part of the public record and subject to disclosure. Do not enclose any material in your comments that you consider to be confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
You may inspect and photocopy all written comments, by appointment only, at USPS Headquarters Library, 475 LEnfant Plaza SW, 11th Floor North, Washington, DC 20260. These records are available for review on Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.4 p.m., by calling 2022682906.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Wilson at 901 6814600, Kai Fisher at 901 6814634, or Garry Rodriguez at 202 2687281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 22, 2020, the Postal Service published a notice of proposed rulemaking 85 FR 5948459486 to update addressing standards. In response to that proposed rule, the mailing industry provided many valuable comments, which has prompted the Postal Service to issue a revised proposed rule with an additional comment period. The revised proposed rule will clarify our proposal to respond to mailer comments by clearly outlining the ways in which the proposal has changed.
Comments Thirty-five formal responses were received. Several responses expressed concern that the change would create cost increases for lower volume mailers that currently process their lists quarterly and would be required to process more frequently, increasing the cost paid to mail service providers for address matching services. Several responses suggested the 60-day requirement should be increased to 95
days, which coincides with Move Update Standards. Other comments questioned the 60-day requirement from address matching to the mailing date with a product release that is still valid for use beyond that time frame. The remaining comments requested an extension of the comment period.
Background Currently, DMM section 602.6.0, ZIP
Code Accuracy Standards, provides that a ZIP CodeTM may be used on a mail piece within 12 months after verified using a Postal Service approved method.
Once a ZIP Code is used on a mailpiece, the address associated with that ZIP
Code is considered to meet Postal Service addressing standards for an additional 12 months from the date first used in the mail.
DMM sections 602.7.0, Carrier Route Accuracy Standard, and 9.0, Coding Accuracy Support System CASS, provide that Address Matching and Coding Update standards require coding to be performed within 90 days before the mailing date for carrier route mailings and 180 days for all non-carrier route mailings using the most current USPS database. The current product release schedule allows for use of a database that is valid for 105 days and may be used for an additional 6 months beyond that timeframe. As such, an address added or modified in the Postal Service database may not be updated on
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a mailers mailing list for nearly 1 year after the change was made.
In 2012, the Postal Service implemented address management product fulfillment via an electronic product fulfillment method designed to provide subscription products to customers more efficiently. The database product updates are posted each month to a secure site where customers can log in to simply download the product files. A recent survey of licensed Address Management data products indicates that CASS and Multiline Accuracy Support System MASS Certified software and service providers are retrieving and using the monthly updates during the address matching and coding processes.
Proposal The Postal Service proposed implementing a database product cycle that aligns with the release of other mailing products. This will provide consistency across all mailing products and the method by which the data files are available and distributed.
The suggestion to increase the 60-day requirement to coincide with the 95
days required for Move Update Standards is not within the scope of this proposal.
The updated proposed release schedule allows for 120 days of use and an overlap in dates for product use.
Mailers that currently process their lists quarterly would still be compliant as long as they do not mail beyond the last permissible mailing date for the product date as shown in the USPS
Product Cycle in Exhibit 9.3.1. Mailers will be expected to update their systems with the latest data files as soon as practicable and should not wait until the last permissible use date.
The Postal Service is proposing to implement this change effective July 1, 2021. However, mailers may opt to use the new monthly update cycles for both carrier route and non-carrier route mailings immediately.
We believe this proposed revision will provide customers with a more efficient process and will reduce the risk of using address information that is not current.
Although exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act 5 U.S.C.
553b, c regarding proposed rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410a, the Postal Service invites public comment on the following proposed revisions 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.

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