Effective August 6, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 705.8.10.3 and 705.8.10.8 to clarify standards for the palletization of mailings of Parcel Select Lightweight™ (PSLW) pieces.
Current standards permit the palletization of PSLW irregular parcels under 705.8.10.8, but exclude pieces weighing less than 2 ounces, as well as tubes, rolls, and similarly shaped pieces. This revision will allow these pieces to be sacked and palletized under 705.8.10.3, and will align with the standards currently in place for Standard Mail® irregular parcels. This revision also clarifies that 3-digit pallet preparation is not applicable to Standard Mail or PSLW parcels.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
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705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
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8.0 Preparing Pallets
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8.10 Pallet Presort and Labeling
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[Revise the heading of 8.10.3 as follows:]
8.10.3 Standard Mail or Parcel Select Lightweight—Bundles, Sacks, or Trays
[Add a new fourth sentence to the introductory paragraph of 8.10.3 as follows:]
***Use this preparation, starting with 8.10.3c, for sacks of Parcel Select Lightweight irregular parcels not eligible for preparation under 8.10.8 (use “PSLW” for the line 2 contents description instead of “STD”).***
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[Revise the first sentence of the introductory paragraph of 3d as follows;]
d. 3-digit, optional, option not available for parcels or bundles for 3-digit ZIP Code prefixes marked “N” in L002.***
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[Revise 3d2 as follows:]
2. Line 2: For flats, “STD” followed by “FLTS;” followed by “3D”; followed by “BARCODED” (or “BC”) if pallet contains automation price mail; followed by “NONBARCODED” (or “NBC”) if pallet contains carrier route and/or Presorted price mail. For letters, “STD LTRS 3D”; followed by “BC” if pallet contains barcoded letters; followed by “MACH” if pallet contains machinable letters; followed by “MAN” if pallet contains nonmachinable letters.
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8.10.8 Irregular Parcels Weighing 2 Ounces or More—Standard Mail, Including Marketing Parcels, and Parcel Select Lightweight
[Add a new sixth sentence to the introductory paragraph of 8.10.8 as follows:]
***Use 8.10.3 for preparation of Parcel Select Lightweight tubes, rolls, and similar pieces, and pieces weighing less than 2 ounces.***
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 6-28-12
