Post Offices
ALL MAIL PROCESSING OFFICES
Substitute Mailbag for the First-Class Mail Number 1 Pouch
Effective immediately, the contingency substitute mailbag for the FCM No. 1 pouch is the No. 1 canvas or plastic
sack, not the Priority pouch. PS Tag 6 must be attached to
each substitute sack prepared with First-Class Mail.
This notification is being distributed to prevent the misuse of priority sacks and to eliminate First-Class Mail being
routed to Priority Mail processing centers.
- Mail Transport Equipment,
Network Operations Management, 1-11-01
NOTICE
Retrieval of Plastic Label Holders
Mail Transport Equipment has been notified that postal
facility opening units (LDC 010) are not saving the plastic
label holders used to close and address plastic sacks destinating at their locations. It has also been noted that the national inventory of plastic label holders has fallen far below
the inventory levels of sacks on which they are used.
Plastic label holders are reusable - do not throw them away.
They should also never be intentionally removed from the draw tapes of the sacks
on which they are attached. After each plastic sack is emptied, the label must
be removed from the label holder, and the sack/label holder combination must
be prepared for return to the serving mail transport equipment service center.
Consolidate label holders found to be separated from
their sacks for return to the mail transport equipment service center, along with the sacks. Contact your serving area
mail transport equipment specialist for site-specific shipping information.
- Mail Transport Equipment,Network Operations Management, 1-11-01
LEVEL 13 AND BELOW OFFICES
Safety and Health Inspections
Within the next 30 days, Safety Performance Management, Headquarters, will be mailing to all Level 13 and below offices a package that contains a safety inspection
checklist and instructions for completing the inspection.
Postmasters/Installation Heads (PM/IHs), or their designees, at these offices must complete a safety and health inspection using the checklist, within 30 days of receiving the
package. This annual safety and health inspection is required by ELM 824. PM/IHs must post the inspection and
ensure abatement of all deficiencies in accordance with the
instructions. They must also certify completion of the inspection to the servicing safety office. PM/IHs in Level 13 or
below offices should contact their servicing safety office if
they need technical or programmatic assistance or if they
do not receive a mailing that includes the inspection checklist and instructions.
- Safety Performance Management,Employee Resource Management, 1-11-01
NOTICE
Use of No. 2 Domestic Canvas Pouches
Mail processing offices are notified that until further notice, No. 2 domestic canvas pouches are to be used only to
transport registered mail. This restriction means that you
may not issue empty No. 2 domestic pouches to commercial mailers for any reason.
Your assistance in conserving our inventory No. 2 domestic pouches is appreciated.
- Mail Transport Equipment,Network Operations Management, 1-11-01
This office will be closed Monday, February 19, 2001, to observe
Washington's Birthday.
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