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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / Rules and Regulations USPS Marketing Mail pieces accepted at origin before the day-zero Critical Entry Time is 5 days for each remaining 3-digit ZIP Code origin-destination pair within the same Network Distribution Center service area if the origin and destination are within the contiguous 48
states; the same standard applies to mail that is intra-Alaska or between the state of Hawaii and the territory of Guam or American Samoa.
4 For each remaining 3-digit ZIP
Code origin-destination pair within the contiguous 48 states, the service standard for USPS Marketing Mail pieces accepted at origin before the dayzero Critical Entry Time is the sum of 5 or 6 days plus the number of additional days from 1 to 4 required for surface transportation between each 3-digit ZIP Code origin-destination pair.
5 For each remaining 3-digit ZIP
Code origin-destination pair, the service standard for USPS Marketing Mail pieces accepted at origin before the dayzero Critical Entry Time is the sum of 5 or 6 days plus the number of additional days from 7 to 21 required for intermodal highway, boat, air-taxi transportation outside the contiguous 48
states for each 3-digit ZIP Code origindestination pair.
b Destination entry. 1 USPS
Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a Destination Delivery Unit DDU rate and that are accepted before the dayzero Critical Entry Time at the proper DDU have a 2-day service standard.
2 USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a Destination Sectional
Center Facility DSCF rate and that are accepted before the day-zero Critical Entry Time at the proper DSCF have a 3-day service standard when accepted on Sunday through Thursday and a 4day service standard when accepted on Friday or Saturday, except for mail dropped at the SCF in the territory of Puerto Rico and destined to the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, or mail destined to American Samoa.
3 USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a DSCF rate and that are accepted before the day zero Critical Entry Time at the SCF in the territory of Puerto Rico and destined to the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, or are destined to American Samoa, have a 4-day service standard when accepted on Sunday through Thursday and a 5day service standard when accepted on Friday or Saturday.
4 USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a Destination Network Distribution Center DNDC rate, and that are accepted before the day-zero Critical Entry Time at the proper DNDC
have a 5-day service standard, if both the origin and the destination are in the contiguous 48 states.
5 USPS Marketing Mail pieces that qualify for a DNDC rate, and that are accepted before the day-zero Critical Entry Time at the proper DNDC in the contiguous 48 states for delivery to addresses in the states of Alaska or Hawaii or the territories of Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, have a service
standard of 1214 days, depending on the 3-digit origin-destination ZIP Code pair. For each such pair, the applicable day within the range is based on the number of days required for transportation outside the contiguous 48
states.
5. Appendix A to part 121 is revised to read as follows:

Appendix A to Part 121Tables Depicting Service Standard Day Ranges The following tables reflect the service standard day ranges resulting from the application of the business rules applicable to the market-dominant mail products referenced in 121.1 through 121.4 for purposes of Part 121, references to the contiguous states also include the District of Columbia:
Table 1. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail originating and destinating within the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.

TABLE 1CONTIGUOUS UNITED
STATES
End-to-end range days
Mail class First-Class Mail
Periodicals
USPS Marketing Mail
Package Services

15
39
310
28

Table 2. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail originating and/or destinating in non-contiguous states and territories.

TABLE 2NON-CONTIGUOUS STATES AND TERRITORIES
End-to-end
Intra state/territory
Mail class
Alaska First-Class Mail
Periodicals
USPS Marketing Mail
Package Services

Hawaii, Guam, MP, & AS

14
35
35
24

14
35
35
24

To/from states of Alaska and Hawaii, and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico PR, American Samoa AS, Northern Mariana Islands MP, and U.S.
Virgin Islands USVI

To/from contiguous 48 states
PR &
USVI
12
3 34
23

Alaska 45
1319
1420
1218

Hawaii, Guam, MP, & AS
45
1222
1323
1121

PR &
USVI

Alaska
45
1116
1217
1015

Excluding bypass mail.

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Table 3. Destination-entry service standard day ranges for mail to the contiguous 48
states and the District of Columbia.

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Hawaii, Guam, MP, & AS
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PR &
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2427
2024