Effective July 5, 2007, the Postal Service™ is providing an option for mailers to place automation area distribution center (AADC) trays of Periodicals and Standard Mail letters on Sectional Center Facility (SCF) pallets. This option is available when the 3-digit ZIP Code™ on the AADC tray is within the SCF's service area. Pieces in the AADC trays would be eligible for destination bulk mail center (DBMC) entry rates, but not DSCF rates.
We will incorporate these changes in 246.3.0, 705.8.0, and 707.28.2 of Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) as noted below. We encourage mailers to make the related changes to their mailings as soon as possible.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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200 Discount Letters and Cards
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240 Standard Mail
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246 Enter and Deposit
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3.0 Destination Bulk Mail Center (DBMC) Entry
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3.2 Eligibility
[Revise 3.2 to add SCF deposit and restructure as follows:]
Pieces in a mailing that meet the standards in 2.0 and 3.0 are eligible for DBMC rates when they meet all of the following conditions:
a. The pieces are deposited at a BMC, ASF, or SCF under 3.3.
b. The pieces are addressed for delivery to one of the 3–digit ZIP Codes served by the BMC or ASF where deposited (see Exhibit 3.1).
c. The pieces are properly placed in a tray or pallet that is labeled to the BMC or ASF where deposited, or labeled to a postal facility within the service area of that BMC or ASF (see Exhibit 3.1).
3.3 Eligibility for ADC or AADC Mailpieces
[Revise 3.3 as follows:]
All pieces in an ADC sack or tray or AADC tray are eligible for DBMC rates if the ADC or AADC facility ZIP Code (in Line 1 of the container label) is within the service area of the BMC or ASF at which the sack or tray is deposited as shown in Exhibit 3.1. All pieces in a palletized ADC bundle are eligible for DBMC rates if the bundle is labeled to an ADC facility (determined by using the “Label To” ZIP Code in Column B of 004) within the service area of the BMC or ASF at which the pallet is deposited as shown in Exhibit 3.1. All pieces in an AADC tray properly placed on an SCF pallet under 705.8.10.2 are eligible for DBMC rates when the 3-digit ZIP Code on the tray label is within that SCF's service area according to L005.
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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8.10.0 Pallet Presort and Labeling
8.10.1 Periodicals—Bundles, Sacks, or Trays
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[Revise item i by adding a new third sentence as follows:]
i. SCF, required, permitted for bundles, sacks, and trays. Pallet may contain carrier route, automation rate, and/or Presorted rate mail for the 3-digit ZIP Code groups in L005. Mailers may, at their option, place AADC trays on SCF pallets when the tray's 3–digit ZIP Code (from L004) is within that SCF's service area according to L005.***
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8.10.2 Standard Mail—Bundles, Sacks, or Trays
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[Revise item f by adding a new third sentence as follows:]
f. SCF, required, permitted for bundles, sacks, and trays. Pallet may contain carrier route, automation rate, and/or Presorted rate mail for the 3-digit ZIP Code groups in L005. Mailers may, at their option, place AADC trays on SCF pallets when the tray's “label to” 3-digit ZIP Code (from L004) is within that SCF's service area according to L005.***
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707 Periodicals
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28.0 Destination Entry Rate Eligibility
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28.2 Destination Area Distribution Center
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28.2.2 Eligibility
[Add new last sentence as follows:]
***Automation pieces in AADC trays placed on optional SCF pallets under 705.8.10.1 are eligible for DADC rates when the 3-digit ZIP Code on the tray label is within that SCF’s service area according to L005.
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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 available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 7-5-07
