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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 33 / Monday, February 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect these changes.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is proposed to be amended 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; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 30013011, 3201
3219, 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

600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services

6.2 USPSApproved Methods The following methods meet the ZIP
Code accuracy standard:

b. For manually maintained lists or small computerized lists, options include the following:
Delete item b1 and renumber items b2 through b5 as items b1 through b4.

7.0 Carrier Route Accuracy Standard 7.1 Basic Standards

602 Addressing

Revise the text of items a and b to read as follows:
a. Each address and associated 5-digit ZIP Code on the mailpieces in a mailing must be verified and corrected within 6
months before the mailing date with one of the USPS-approved methods in 6.2.
b. If an address used on a mailpiece in a mailing at one class of mail and price is verified and corrected with an approved method, the same address may be used during the following 6
months to meet the ZIP Code accuracy standard required for mailing at any other class of mail and price.

6.0 ZIP Code Accuracy Standards 6.1 Basic Standards Except for mail bearing a simplified address, addresses used on pieces in a mailing at all commercial First-Class Mail, nonbarcoded presorted Periodicals, USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel Select Lightweight, and Bound Printed Matter presorted and carrier route prices are subject to the ZIP Code accuracy standard and must meet these requirements:

Addresses used on pieces claiming any Periodicals carrier route prices, any USPS Marketing Mail Enhanced Carrier Route prices including DALs or DMLs used with Product Samples, or any Bound Printed Matter carrier route prices are subject to the carrier route accuracy standard and must meet the following requirements:
Revise the text of item a to read as follows:
a. Each address and associated carrier route code used on the mailpieces or DALs or DMLs in a mailing must be updated with one of the USPS-approved methods in 6.2 using a product release
that is within the USPS Product Cycle as provided in Exhibit 9.3.1.

Delete item c.

9.0 Coding Accuracy Support System CASS

9.3 Date of Address Matching and Coding 9.3.1 Update Standards Revise the text of 9.3.1 to read as follows:
Unless Z4CHANGE is used, all automation and carrier route mailings bearing addresses coded by any AIS
product must be coded with current CASS-certified software and the current USPS database. Coding must be done using a product release that is within the USPS Product Cycle as provided in Exhibit 9.3.1. All AIS products may be used immediately on release. New product releases must be included in address matching systems no later than after the first of the month following the product date. The overlap in dates for product use allows mailers adequate time to install the new data files and test their systems. Mailers are expected to update their systems with the latest data files as soon as practicable and need not wait until the last permissible use date. The mailers signature on the postage statement certifies that this standard has been met when the corresponding mail is presented to the USPS. The current USPS database product cycle is defined by the table in Exhibit 9.3.1.
Delete current table under 9.3.1 and add new table as Exhibit 9.3.1 to read as follows:

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EXHIBIT 9.3.1 USPS DATABASE PRODUCT CYCLE
Release date posted
Product date
Use of file released in
Publish date
Mid-November
Mid-December
Mid-January
Mid-February
Mid-March
Mid-April
Mid-May
Mid-June
Mid-July
Mid-August
Mid-September
Mid-October

December 1
January 1
February 1
March 1
April 1
May 1
June 1
July 1
August 1
September 1
October 1
November 1

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Required use date
Expiration date last permissible use date
Must begin no later than . . .

And must end no later than . . .

January 1
February 1
March 1
April 1
May 1
June 1
July 1
August 1
September 1
October 1
November 1
December 1

February 28/29
March 31
April 30
May 31
June 30
July 31
August 31
September 30
October 31
November 30
December 31
January 31

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Last permissible mailing date
March 31.
April 30.
May 31.
June 30.
July 31.
August 31.
September 30.
October 31.
November 30.
December 31.
January 31.
February 28/29.