Domestic Mail

Approved Alternative Mail Transport Equipment

Occasionally, the Postal Service™ is unable to pro­vide mailers with the Mail Transport Equipment (MTE) they need to use when preparing their mailings. This may be due to a temporary shortage of equipment at processing and distribution centers or MTE service centers.

When this occurs, mailers may be authorized, through an exception request, to prepare mailings in approved alternative containers. Business Mail Entry managers will handle the exception request process and provide mailers with the list of authorized alternative containers.

Below is the list of authorized container alternatives. Employees on the dock or workroom floor must process the mail pieces in the alternative containers as appropriate for the mail piece class and shape, regardless of the con­tainer. Use of the alternative containers will have been already approved at the office of entry and acceptance.

 

 

Mailer Alternative MTE List

EIRS Number

Item

1st Sub

2nd Sub

01VM

#1 Clear Plastic Sack

#3 Clear Plastic Sack

Flats Tray (Plastic)

03VM

#3 Clear Plastic Sack

#1 Clear Plastic Sack

Flats Tray (Plastic)

78P

Flats Tray (Plastic)

#1 Clear Plastic Sack

#3 Clear Plastic Sack

65P

Nestable Plastic Pallet

Mailer Purchased Pallet

Multiple #1 Clear Plastic Sacks

74 (74P)

MM Tray (Plastic)

Ext MM Plastic Tray

N/A

74E

Ext MM Plastic Tray

MM Tray (Plastic) with EMM sleeve

MM Tray (Plastic) no sleeve - double strap

74H (74HP)

Half Size Tray (Plastic)

MM Tray (Plastic)

Ext MM Plastic Tray

75

MM Sleeve

Ext MM Sleeve - 2 straps

No Sleeve - 2 straps or wrap

75E

Ext MM Sleeve

No Sleeve - 2 straps or wrap

N/A