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Federal Register: April 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 76)
Rules and Regulations
Page 18297-18298
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
DOCID:fr22ap09-8
POSTAL SERVICE 39 CFR Part 233
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AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Postal Service is amending the Code of Federal
Regulations to revise the definitions of sealed mail and unsealed mail to reflect current classifications.
DATES: Effective Date: June 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Katz, Inspector in Charge,
Office of Counsel, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, 202-268-7732.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The current mail cover regulations provide definitions for sealed and unsealed mail. Certain words used (e.g., second-class, third-class, and fourth-class mail) no longer reflect current classifications. The definitions of sealed and unsealed mail are revised to mirror mail classification definitions found in the
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail
Manual, and in the International Mail Manual.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 233
Administrative practice and procedure, Crime, Law enforcement,
Penalties, Privacy. 0
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Postal Service amends 39
CFR part 233 as set forth below:
PART 233--[AMENDED] 0 1. The authority citation for part 233 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 102, 202, 204, 401, 402, 403, 404, 406, 410, 411, 1003, 3005(e)(1); 12 U.S.C. 3401-3422; 18 U.S.C. 981, 1956, 1957, 2254, 3061; 21 U.S.C. 881; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1996, sec. 662 (Pub. L. 104-208). 0 2. In Sec. 233.3, the definitions of sealed mail and unsealed mail in paragraphs (c)(3) and (c)(4) are revised to read as follows;
Sec. 233.3 Mail covers.
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(c) * * *
(3) Sealed mail is mail which under postal laws and regulations is included within a class of mail maintained by the Postal Service for the transmission of letters sealed against inspection. Sealed mail includes: First-Class Mail; Priority Mail; Express Mail; Express Mail
International; Global Express Guaranteed items containing only documents; Priority Mail International flat-rate envelopes and small flat-rate boxes; International Priority Airmail, except M-bags;
International Surface Air Lift, except M-bags; First-Class Mail
International; Global Bulk Economy, except M-bags; certain Global
Direct mail as specified by customer contract; and International
Transit Mail.
(4) Unsealed mail is mail which under postal laws or regulations is not included within a class of mail maintained by the Postal Service for the transmission of letters sealed against inspection. Unsealed mail includes: Periodicals; Standard Mail; Package Services; incidental
First-Class Mail attachments and enclosures; Global Express Guaranteed items containing non-documents; Priority Mail International, except flat-rate envelopes and small flat-rate boxes; International Direct
Sacks--M-bags; certain Global Direct mail as specified by customer contract; and all items sent via ``Free Matter for the Blind or
Handicapped''
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under 39 U.S.C. 3403-06 and International Mail Manual 270.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
FR Doc. E9-9158 Filed 4-21-09; 8:45 am
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