Plus One Permanent Product

Citation87 FR 1673
Record Number2022-00396
Published date12 January 2022
SectionRules and Regulations
CourtPostal Service
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2022)
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2022)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Pages 1673-1674]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2022-00396]
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                POSTAL SERVICE
                39 CFR Part 111
                Plus One Permanent Product
                AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
                ACTION: Final rule.
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                SUMMARY: On November 10, 2021, the Postal Service (USPS[supreg]) filed
                a notice of intent to implement Plus One as a permanent product with
                the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective January 9, 2022. This
                final rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United
                States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to adopt Plus
                One mailpiece as a permanent product.
                DATES: Effective date: January 9, 2022.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elke Reuning-Elliott at (202) 268-4068
                or Jacqueline Erwin at (202) 268-2158.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 10, 2021, the Postal Service
                filed a request to add Plus One as a new permanent product offering to
                USPS Marketing Mail saturation letters as a new optional feature. The
                Postal Service conducted a two-year market test of Plus One, beginning
                September 2019.
                 Plus One is an advertising card mailed as an add-on mailpiece with
                a USPS Marketing Mail letters marriage mail envelope. The host
                mailpiece must be mailed as a commercial automation USPS Marketing Mail
                saturation marriage mail letter, with a minimum of 90 percent of the
                mailing being saturation sorted. The remaining 10 percent must be USPS
                Marketing Mail high density and/or high density plus letters. All
                mailpieces must be entered at the destinating sectional center
                facility, SCF, and the Plus One add-on card must be part of the same
                mailing as the host piece, addressed to the same delivery points.
                 On January 4, 2022, the PRC favorably reviewed the addition of Plus
                One as a permanent Market Dominant product proposed by the Postal
                Service. The price and DMM revisions are scheduled to become effective
                on January 9, 2022. Final product information is available under Docket
                No. MC2022-20 (Order No. 6081) on the Postal Regulatory Commission's
                website at www.prc.gov.
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                List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
                 Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
                 The Postal Service adopts the following changes 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.
                 We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to
                reflect these changes.
                 Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is amended as follows:
                PART 111--[AMENDED]
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                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, 401-404, 414, 416, 3001-3018, 3201-3220, 3401-
                3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3629, 3631-3633, 3641, 3681-3685, and 5001.
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                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)
                * * * * *
                200 Commercial Letters, Flats, and Parcels Design Standards
                * * * * *
                204 Barcode Standards
                * * * * *
                3.0 Standards for Barcoded Tray Labels, Sack Labels, and Container
                Labels
                * * * * *
                3.2 Specifications for Barcoded Tray and Sack Labels
                * * * * *
                3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
                Exhibit 3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
                CLASS AND MAILING
                * * * * *
                 [Revise Exhibit 3.2.4; to read as follows:]
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                USPS MARKETING MAIL
                ECR Letters--Barcoded
                 saturation price--(including Plus One) high density or high density
                plus price--(including Plus One)
                * * * * *
                600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
                * * * * *
                602 Addressing
                * * * * *
                 [Add new section 11.0 to 602; to read as follows:]
                11.0 Commercial Plus One Mailpieces
                11.1 General
                11.1.1 Definition
                 The commercial mail Plus One product is a bundled offering
                consisting of a host mailpiece and a Plus One card. Both the host
                mailpiece and the Plus One card must meet the applicable basic
                standards of a USPS Marketing mail saturation letter in 245.6.0, be
                entered at a destination sectional center facility (DSCF), and meet
                automation standards with a correct mailing address and intelligent
                mail barcode, (IMb). The Plus One mailpiece (card) must meet the
                following additional standards:
                 Have at least a six-month relationship with the host
                mailer.
                 Be addressed to the same delivery points as the host
                mailpiece.
                 Be sorted and presented separately from the host piece.
                 Must not exceed 6 inches long by 9.5 inches high.
                 Must be at least 0.009 inches thick, card stock.
                 Must have ``Plus One'' marking directly below Permit
                indicia.
                11.1.2 Mail Preparation
                 Each Plus One mailing must be trayed and labeled according to
                245.6.7. Palletized mailings must be prepared according to 705.8.10.3.
                11.1.3 Documentation
                 When requested by USPS, Plus One mailpiece mailers must provide
                standardized documentation according to 203.3.0, to establish that the
                applicable distribution standards are met. Spoilage of host pieces may
                affect eligibility to mail Plus One pieces in the following manner:
                 a. File must show that at least 90% of host pieces are saturation
                mail, the remainder may be high density or high density plus.
                 b. The total number of Plus One pieces must be less than or equal
                to the number of host pieces.
                11.1.4 Extra Services
                 Items mailed with Plus One mailpieces may not be combined with any
                extra service.
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                Notice 123 (Price List)
                 [Revise prices as applicable.]
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                Ruth B. Stevenson,
                Chief Counsel, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
                [FR Doc. 2022-00396 Filed 1-7-22; 11:15 am]
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