Addressing Standards
| Published date | 22 February 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 10507 |
| Record Number | 2020-29031 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Postal Service |
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(Lat. 60°11′55 ″N, long. 154°19′23 ″W)
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20, 2021.
Byron Chew,
Acting Group Manager, Operations Support
Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2021–01617 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Addressing Standards
AGENCY
: Postal Service
TM
.
ACTION
: Proposed rule; revision;
additional comment period.
SUMMARY
: 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
L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 4446,
Washington, DC 20260–5015. 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.
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 L’Enfant 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 202–268–2906.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
James Wilson at (901) 681–4600, Kai
Fisher at (901) 681–4634, or Garry
Rodriguez at (202) 268–7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: On
September 22, 2020, the Postal Service
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (85 FR 59484–59486) 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 Code
TM
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
a mailer’s 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.
553(b), (c)) regarding proposed
rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), 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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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 111—[AMENDED]
■1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301–
307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–
3219, 3403–3406, 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
* * * * *
602 Addressing
* * * * *
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:
[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.
6.2 USPS—Approved 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
* * * 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 mailer’s 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:]
E
XHIBIT
9.3.1 USPS D
ATABASE
P
RODUCT
C
YCLE
Release date (posted) Product date Required use date Expiration date (last
permissible use date) Last permissible mailing
date
Use of file released in (Publish date) Must begin no later
than . . . And must end no later
than . . .
Mid-November ................... December 1 ...................... January 1 .......................... February 28/29 .................. March 31.
Mid-December ................... January 1 .......................... February 1 ......................... March 31 ........................... April 30.
Mid-January ....................... February 1 ......................... March 1 ............................. April 30 .............................. May 31.
Mid-February ..................... March 1 ............................. April 1 ................................ May 31 .............................. June 30.
Mid-March .......................... April 1 ................................ May 1 ................................ June 30 ............................. July 31.
Mid-April ............................ May 1 ................................ June 1 ............................... July 31 ............................... August 31.
Mid-May ............................. June 1 ............................... July 1 ................................. August 31 .......................... September 30.
Mid-June ............................ July 1 ................................. August 1 ............................ September 30 ................... October 31.
Mid-July ............................. August 1 ............................ September 1 ..................... October 31 ........................ November 30.
Mid-August ........................ September 1 ..................... October 1 .......................... November 30 .................... December 31.
Mid-September .................. October 1 .......................... November 1 ...................... December 31 .................... January 31.
Mid-October ....................... November 1 ...................... December 1 ...................... January 31 ........................ February 28/29.
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1
80 FR 65291 (October 26, 2015).
2
71 FR 61144 (October 17, 2006).
3
73 FR 16483 (March 27, 2008).
4
75 FR 6474 (February 9, 1010).
5
75 FR 35520 (June 22, 2010).
6
78 FR 3085 (January 15, 2013).
7
Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards. ‘‘Guidance on
Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP)
Elements under Clean Air Act Section 110(a)(1) and
110(a)(2).’’ Memorandum to EPA Air Division
Directors, Regions 1 through 10, September 13,
2013 (hereinafter ‘‘2013 I-SIP Guidance’’).
* * * * *
9.5 Documentation
* * * * *
9.5.5 Using a Single List
[Revise the text of 9.5.5 by deleting
the last sentence.]
* * * * *
Joshua J. Hofer,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020–29031 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R06–OAR–2020–0604; FRL–10017–
37-Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Louisiana; Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan Requirements for
the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY
: Pursuant to the Federal Clean
Air Act (CAA or Act), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is proposing to approve the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal
from Louisiana submitted on November
4, 2020 for the 2015 ozone (O3), 2006
PM
2.5
, 2008 ozone, 2010 nitrogen
dioxide, 2010 sulfur dioxide and the
2012 PM
2.5
National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS). This
submittal addresses how the existing
SIP contains adequate provisions
prohibiting emissions which interfere
with required measures in any other
State to protect visibility with respect to
the 2015 ozone NAAQS as well as the
2006 PM
2.5
, 2008 ozone, 2010 nitrogen
dioxide, 2010 sulfur dioxide and the
2012 PM
2.5
NAAQS.
DATES
: Written comments must be
received on or before March 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–
OAR–2020–0604, at https://
www.regulations.gov or via email to
huser.jennifer@epa.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish
any comment received to its public
docket. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
make. The EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, please
contact Jennifer Huser, (214) 665–7347,
huser.jennifer@epa.gov. For the full EPA
public comment policy, information
about CBI or multimedia submissions,
and general guidance on making
effective comments, please visit https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-
dockets.
Docket: The index to the docket for
this action is available electronically at
www.regulations.gov. While all
documents in the docket are listed in
the index, some information may not be
publicly available due to docket file size
restrictions or content (e.g., CBI).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Jennifer Huser, EPA Region 6 Office, Air
and Radiation Division—State Planning
and Implementation Branch, 1201 Elm
Street, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75270,
214–665–7347, huser.jennifer@epa.gov.
Out of an abundance of caution for
members of the public and our staff, the
EPA Region 6 office will be closed to the
public to reduce the risk of transmitting
COVID–19. We encourage the public to
submit comments via https://
www.regulations.gov, as there will be a
delay in processing mail and no courier
or hand deliveries will be accepted.
Please call or email the contact listed
above if you need alternative access to
material indexed but not provided in
the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Throughout this document wherever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
the EPA.
I. Background
Under section 109 of the CAA, EPA
establishes NAAQS to protect human
health and public welfare. On October
26, 2015, the EPA revised the primary
and secondary 8-hour ozone NAAQS
from 0.075 ppm to 0.070 ppm to provide
increased protection of public health
and public welfare.
1
In 2006, the EPA
revised the PM
2.5
NAAQS,
2
in 2008, the
ozone NAAQS,
3
in 2010, the nitrogen
dioxide NAAQS,
4
in 2010, the sulfur
dioxide NAAQS,
5
and in 2012, the
PM
2.5
NAAQS.
6
The primary standards
are set to protect human health, while
secondary standards are set to protect
public welfare.
The CAA requires states to submit,
within 3 years after promulgation of a
new or revised NAAQS, SIPs that meet
the applicable infrastructure elements of
sections 110(a)(1) and (2). This SIP
submission is commonly referred to as
an ‘‘infrastructure SIP’’ or ‘‘i-SIP’’.
Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) includes four
distinct components, commonly
referred to as prongs, that must be
addressed in these infrastructure SIP
submissions. These prongs require that
states adopt measures that prohibit
certain adverse air quality effects on
neighboring states due to interstate
transport of pollution. Prong 4 requires
states to demonstrate that their SIP
contains adequate measures that
prohibit emissions from any source
within a state from interfering with the
visibility protection measures of other
states (also referred to as visibility
transport).
In EPA’s 2013 guidance for states
regarding i-SIPs,
7
EPA discussed its
interpretation of Prong 4 and its
relationship to the Regional Haze
program under CAA sections 169A and
169B. EPA suggested two options states
may have to demonstrate that the
requirements of Prong 4 are met. One
way in which Prong 4 may be satisfied
for any relevant NAAQS is through
confirmation in its infrastructure SIP
submission that it has an approved
regional haze SIP that fully meets the
requirements of 40 CFR 51.308 or
51.309. Alternatively, states may submit
a demonstration in its infrastructure SIP
submission that shows that emissions
within its jurisdiction do not interfere
with other states’ plans to protect
visibility. The demonstration must show
that the state has sufficient measures
that have been approved into its SIP that
prevent emissions within its jurisdiction
from interfering with the visibility
protection plans of other states.
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