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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
before the day-zero CET and merged with First-Class Mail pieces for surface transportation, with the service standard specifically equaling the sum of 1 day plus the applicable First-Class Mail service standard.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 121
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, for the reasons stated, the Postal Service adopts the following revisions to 39 CFR part 121:
PART 121SERVICE STANDARDS
FOR MARKET-DOMINANT MAIL
PRODUCTS
1. The authority citation for Part 121
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 1001, 3691.

2. Section 121.1 is revised to read as follows:

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121.1

First-Class Mail.

a A 1-day overnight service standard is applied to intra-Sectional Center Facility SCF domestic Presort First-Class Mail pieces properly accepted at the SCF before the day-zero Critical Entry Time CET, except for mail between Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and mail destined to American Samoa and the following 3digit ZIP Code areas in Alaska or designated portions thereof: 995 5digit ZIP Codes 99540 through 99599, 996, 997, 998, and 999.
b A 2-day service standard is applied to:
1 Intra-SCF single-piece domestic First-Class Mail properly accepted before the day-zero CET if:
i The SCF is also the origin Processing & Distribution Center or Facility P&DC/F, or ii the combined drive time between the origin P&DC/F, destination Area Distribution Center ADC, and destination SCF is 3 hours or less;
2 inter-SCF domestic First-Class Mail pieces properly accepted before the day-zero CET if the combined drive time between the origin P&DC/F, destination ADC, and destination SCF is 3 hours or less;
3 Presort First-Class Mail properly accepted before the day-zero CET with an origin and destination that are separately in Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands; and 4 intra-SCF Presort First-Class Mail properly accepted before the day-zero CET with an origin or destination that is in American Samoa or one of the following 3-digit ZIP Code areas in Alaska or designated portions thereof:

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995 5-digit ZIP Codes 99540 through 99599, 996, 997, 998, and 999.
c A 3-day service standard is applied to domestic First-Class Mail pieces properly accepted before the day-zero CET, if the 1-day and 2-day service standards do not apply, the combined drive time between the origin P&DC/F, destination ADC, and destination SCF is 20 hours or less, and both the origin and the destination are within the contiguous 48 states.
d A 4-day service standard is applied to domestic First-Class Mail pieces properly accepted before the dayzero CET, if the 1-day, 2-day, and 3-day service standards do not apply, and:
1 The combined drive time between the origin P&DC/F, destination ADC, and destination SCF is 41 hours or less, and both the origin and the destination are within the contiguous 48 states;
2 The origin is in the contiguous 48
states, and the destination is in any of the following: The city of Anchorage, Alaska 5-digit ZIP Codes 99501 through 99539; the 968 3-digit ZIP Code area in Hawaii; or the 006, 007, or 009 3-digit ZIP Code areas in Puerto Rico;
3 The origin is in the 006, 007, or 009 3-digit ZIP Code areas in Puerto Rico, and the destination is in the contiguous 48 states;
4 The origin is in Hawaii, and the destination is in Guam, or vice versa;
5 The origin is in Hawaii, and the destination is in American Samoa, or vice versa; or 6 Both the origin and destination are within Alaska.
e A 5-day service standard is applied to all remaining domestic First-Class Mail pieces properly accepted before the day-zero CET.
f The service standard for Outbound Single-Piece First-Class Mail InternationalTM; pieces properly accepted before the day-zero CET is equivalent to the service standard for domestic First-Class Mail pieces originating from the same 3-digit ZIP
Code area and destined to the 3-digit ZIP Code area in which the designated International Service Center is located.
g The service standard for Inbound Letter Post pieces properly accepted before the day-zero CET is equivalent to the service standard for domestic FirstClass Mail pieces destined to the same 3-digit ZIP Code area and originating from the 3-digit ZIP Code area in which the designated International Service Center is located.
3. Section 121.2 is amended by revising paragraphs a1 and 2 and b2ii to read as follows:

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121.2

Periodicals.

a End-to-End. 1 A 3- to 6-day service standard is applied to Periodicals pieces properly accepted before the day-zero Critical Entry Time CET and merged with First-Class Mail pieces for surface transportation as per the Domestic Mail Manual DMM, with the standard specifically equaling the sum of 1 day plus the applicable First-Class Mail service standard.
2 A 3-day service standard is applied to Periodicals pieces properly accepted before the day-zero CET if: The origin and destination are separately in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;
or if the origin is in Alaska, the service standard set forth in paragraph a1
does not apply, and the destination is in the following 3-digit ZIP Code areas in Alaska or designated portions thereof:
995 5-digit ZIP Codes 99540 through 99599, 996, 997, 998, and 999.

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ii A 3-day service standard is applied to Periodicals pieces that qualify for a DSCF rate and are properly accepted before the day-zero CET at the designated DSCF, if they are entered at the DSCF in Puerto Rico and destined to the U.S. Virgin Islands, entered at the DSCF in Hawaii and destined to American Samoa, or destined to the following 3-digit ZIP Code areas in Alaska or designated portions thereof:
995 5-digit ZIP Codes 99540 through 99599, 996, 997, 998, and 999.

4. Section 121.3 is revised to read as follows:
121.3

USPS Marketing Mail.

a End-to-End. 1 The service standard for Sectional Center Facility SCF turnaround USPS Marketing Mail pieces accepted at origin before the day-zero Critical Entry Time is 3
days when the origin Processing &
Distribution Center/Facility origin P&DC/F and the SCF are the same building, except for mail between the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
2 The service standard for Area Distribution Center ADC turnaround USPS Marketing Mail pieces accepted at origin before the day-zero Critical Entry Time is 4 days when the origin P&DC/
F and the ADC are the same building, unless the ADC is in the contiguous 48
states and the delivery address is not, or the mail is between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the mail is between Hawaii and American Samoa.
3 The service standard for intraNetwork Distribution Center NDC

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