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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Rules and Regulations card or each half of a double stamped card or double postcard.
Renumber item c as item d and add new item c to read as follows:
c. Not more than 6 inches high, or more than 9 inches long, or greater than 0.016 inch thick for each postcard.

4.0 Additional Eligibility Standards for Nonautomation Machinable FirstClass Mail
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First-Class Mail
233

Prices and Eligibility
USPS Response
1.0

Prices and Fees
Language was added to DMM 233.4.0
to address the concern.

All pieces in a First-Class Mail nonautomation machinable mailing must:
a. Meet the basic standards for FirstClass Mail in 3.0.
b. Be part of a single mailing of at least 500 pieces of nonautomation machinable price First-Class Mail.
c. Meet the physical standards in 201.3.0.
d. Bear a delivery address that includes the correct ZIP Code, ZIP+4
code.
e. Be marked, sorted, and documented as specified in 235.5.0.
Revise the title and text of 4.2 to read as follows:

implementation of more rational pricing. The Postal Service further explained that the Governors have not yet determined whether this timeline shift will apply to future years.
Customer Comment One comment expressed concerns around the new pricing category regarding pricing for AADC origin trays with fewer than 150 pieces.

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.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Postal Service amends 39
CFR part 111 as follows:
PART 111AMENDED
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
Part 111 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 13 U.S.C. 301
307; 18 U.S.C. 16921737; 39U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 30013011, 32013219, 34033406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.

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

200

Commercial Mail
201

Physical Standards

1.2.1 Dimensional Standards for Cards
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1.2.1

Cards and Letters
Commercial First-Class Mail Presorted cards and letters are charged as follows:
Revise 1.2.1b2 and 1.2.1b3; to read as follows:
b. Letters:
2. Nonautomation Machinable: One price per presort level up to the maximum 3.5 ounces.
3. Non automation Nonmachinable:
One price per presort level up to the maximum 3.5 ounces.

Revise the title of 1.3 to read as follows 1.3 Automation and Nonautomation Prices for Cards and Letters

Revise the title and text of 1.4 to read as follows 1.4 Nonautomation Nonmachinable Price For the letter-size nonautomation nonmachinable prices see Notice 123
Price List.

Each card each stamped card or postcard or each half of a double stamped card or postcard claimed at a card price must be:

Revise the text of item b to read as follows:
b. Not more than 41/4 inches high, or more than 6 inches long, or greater than .016 inch thick, for each stamped
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2.8 Round-Trip Mailings with One Optical Disc

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1.2 Price Computation for First-Class Mail Letters and Flats

1.2 Physical Standards for Cards Claimed at Card Prices
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2.0 Content Standards for First-Class Mail
1.0 Physical Standards for Machinable Letters and Cards

For the purpose of this standard, round-trip mailings are mailings entered under these conditions:
Revise the text of 2.8a1; to read as follows a. The mailing is presented at a BMEU
or other acceptance facility as a:
1. presort mailing at nonautomation machinable or automation First-Class Mail letter prices, or

Revise the title of 4.0 to read as follows:

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Revise the title and text of 4.1 to read as follows:
4.1 Basic Standards for Nonautomation Machinable First-Class Mail
4.2 Maximum Weight for Nonautomation Machinable Letters Maximum weight for First-Class Mail nonautomation machinable letters is 3.5
ounces 0.2188 pound see 201.3.6, for pieces heavier than 3 ounces.
Revise the title and text of 4.3 to read as follows:
4.3 Price Application Nonautomation MachinableLetters Nonautomation Machinable letters are subject to AADC and Mixed AADC
prices, only.
Add new sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2; to read as follows:
4.3.1 AADC Price The AADC price applies to qualifying letter-size machinable pieces see 201.1.0 placed in origin/entry AADC
trays regardless of quantity, to quantities of 150 or more pieces prepared in AADC trays for a single AADC, and to pieces placed in mixed AADC trays in lieu of overflow AADC
trays.
4.3.2

Mixed AADC Price
The mixed AADC price applies to qualifying letter-size machinable pieces that the mailer prepares in mixed AADC
trays, except for pieces placed in mixed AADC trays in lieu of overflow AADC
trays see 235.5.2.2.
Add new section 4.4; to read as follows:
4.4 Maximum Weight for Nonautomation Nonmachinable Letters Maximum weight for First-Class Mail nonautomation nonmachinable letters is
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