Effective August 30, 2007, we are revising 245, 246, 705, and Labeling List L010 of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to provide an option for mailers to place mixed area distribution center (ADC) trays or mixed automation area distribution center (AADC) trays on destination sectional center facility (DSCF) pallets. This option is available only for DSCF pallets entered at the sectional center facility responsible for the processing of mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays for the bulk mail center/auxiliary service facility (BMC/ASF) listed in Labeling List L010. Pieces in the mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays, labeled according to DMM Labeling List L010 and containing only mail for that BMC’s service area would be eligible for DBMC entry rates, but not DSCF rates.
We are also revising the introductory text for Labeling List L010 to reflect the availability of this option.
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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245 Mail Preparation
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5.0 Preparing Nonautomation Letters
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5.3 Machinable Preparation
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5.3.2 Traying and Labeling
***Preparation sequence, tray size, and labeling:
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c. Mixed AADC (required); no minimum; labeling:
[Revise item c1 by adding certain SCF pallets as follows:]
1. Line 1: Use L011, Column B. Use L010, Column B if entered at an ASF or BMC or for mail placed on an ASF, BMC, or SCF pallet under the option in 705.8.10.2.
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5.4 Nonmachinable Preparation
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5.4.2 Traying and Labeling
***Preparation sequence, tray size, and labeling:
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d. Mixed ADC (required); no minimum; labeling:
[Revise item d1 by adding certain SCF pallets as follows:]
1. Line 1: Use L011, Column B. Use L010, Column B if entered at an ASF or BMC or for mail placed on an ASF, BMC, or SCF pallet under the option in 705.8.10.2.
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7.0 Preparing Automation Rate Letters
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7.5 Tray Preparation
***Preparation sequence, tray size, and Line 1 labeling:
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[Revise item d by adding certain SCF pallets as follows:]
d. Mixed AADC: required (no minimum); group pieces by AADC; for Line 1 labeling: use L011, Column B. Use L010, Column B if entered at an ASF or BMC or for mail placed on an ASF, BMC, or SCF pallet under the option in 705.8.10.2.
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246 Enter and Deposit
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3.0 Destination Bulk Mail Center (DBMC) Entry
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3.4 Eligibility for Mixed ADC Bundles, Trays, or Mixed AADC Trays
[Revise introductory text as follows:]
Mailpieces either in a mixed ADC or a mixed AADC tray can qualify for DBMC rates when entered at a BMC/AFC or SCF facility responsible for the processing of those trays for that BMC/AFC facility (see 705.8.10.2f), if the following standards are met:
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[Delete item d.]
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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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8.10.2 Standard Mail — Bundles, Sacks, or Trays
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[Revise introductory text of item f 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 L801) is within that SCF’s service area. Mailers may also, at their option, place mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays, labeled per L010, on an SCF pallet entered at the SCF facility responsible for the processing of mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays for that BMC/ASF facility. Labeling:
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Index and Appendices
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Labeling Lists
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L010 BMC/ASF Entry — Standard Mail Letters and Package Services Irregular Parcels
[Revise the introductory text of L010 as follows:]
L010 indicates the label destination (Column B) for mixed AADC and mixed ADC trays of Standard Mail letters entered at an ASF or BMC (Column A) or placed on an ASF or BMC pallet, or placed on an SCF pallet entered at an SCF facility listed in Column B. L010 indicates the label destination (Column B) for mixed sacks of Package Services irregular parcels placed on ASF or BMC pallets.
Use L009 when labeling mixed ADC bundles and sacks of automation rate Periodicals and Standard Mail flats and barcoded Bound Printed Matter flats.
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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, 8-30-07
