Domestic Mail Manual: based post office box fees; expansion; and rate, fee, and classification changes; correction,

[Federal Register: February 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 28)]

[Rules and Regulations]

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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Corrections to Location-Based Fee Assignments and Selected Fees for Postage and Insured Mail

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final Rule; Correction.

SUMMARY: This notice makes minor corrections to Final Rules published in 63 FR 71374 and 63 FR 37946.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Dorsey, (202) 268-2255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 14, 1998, the Postal Service published a Final Rule (63 FR 37946) for the rate, fee, and classification changes that resulted from the R97-1 rate filing. That Final Rule contained an error in the denomination for Express Mail postage stamps and an error in the rates for bulk insurance. These errors are corrected in this Final Rule.

On December 28, 1998, the Postal Service published a Final Rule (63 FR 71374) that outlined new location-based post office box fees. That Final Rule contained some slight errors that are corrected in this Final Rule.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Postal Service.

PART 111--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 continues to read as follows:

   Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 414, 3001- 3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

2. Revise the following sections of the Domestic Mail Manual as set forth below:

   Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

   D Deposit, Collection and Delivery

   * * * * *

   D900 Other Delivery Services

   * * * * *

   910 Post Office Box Service

   * * * * * 5.0 FEE GROUP ASSIGNMENTS * * * * *

   5.3 Location-Based Box Fees

   [In Exhibit 5.3b, correct the ZIP Codes for postal facilities to read as follows:]

   Wellesley Hills........................... 337 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Wellesley................................. 1 Grove Street, Wellesley, MA 02482.

   [In Exhibit 5.3b, delete the following postal facilities:]

   Port Authority............................ 76 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Morningside............................... 232 W. 116th Street, New York, NY 10026. Island.................................... 694 Main Street, New York, NY 10044.

   [In Exhibit 5.3b, move the following postal facility from Group B to Group C:]

   Wellesley................................. 1 Grove Street, Wellesley, MA 02482.

   * * * * *

   R Rates and Fees

   * * * * *

   R000 Stamps and Stationery

   * * * * * 4.0 POSTAGE STAMPS

   [Correct the first entry in the table to read as follows:]

   Purpose

   Form

   Denomination

   Regular Postage...................... Panes of up to 100..... $0.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, .10, .15, .20, .22, .23, .25, .28, .29, .30, .32, .33, .40, .45, .46, .50, .52, .55, .60, .75, .77, .78, $1, $2, $3.20, $5, $11.75.

   * * * * *

   R900 Services

   * * * * * 9.0 INSURED MAIL

   [Correct the last entry in the table to read as follows:]

   Bulk insurance fee Insurance coverage desired

   Fee

   \1\

   *

   *

   *

   *

   * *

   *

   *

   * 1,000.01 to 5,000.00........ 10.35 plus $0.95 for 9.95 plus $0.95 for each $100 or

   each $100 or fraction thereof fraction thereof over $1,000 in

   over $1,000 in desired coverage. desired coverage.

   \1\ Includes discount of $0.40 per piece.

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   Stanley F. Mires, Chief Counsel, Legislative.

   [FR Doc. 99-3342Filed2-10-99; 8:45 am]

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