Effective May 1, 2017, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 505.4.2.9, to add the pickup schedule for a permit holder or his or her agent to retrieve parcels at a Parcel Return Service — Return Delivery Unit (RDU).
Parcel Return Service requires a permit holder or his or her agent to retrieve parcels on a regular schedule. The required schedule for RDU pickup will be a minimum of every 48 hours. For consistency, we will also make a minor revision to Parcel Return Service — Return Sectional Center Facility (RSCF).
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
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505 Return Services
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4.0 Parcel Return Service
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4.2 Basic Standards
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4.2.9 Pickup Schedule and Location
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[Revise the first sentence of item a. to read as follows:]
a. From all listed RSCFs, at a minimum of every 24 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and USPS holidays, unless otherwise authorized.***
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[Revise the first sentence of item b. to read as follows:]
b. From RDUs, at a minimum of 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and USPS holidays, unless otherwise authorized.***
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next online update of the DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
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