On August 30, 2007, subchapter 707 of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) was revised to incorporate the provisions of Public Law No. 109-435, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, that permit Periodicals requester publications to be mailed at In-County rates and to be eligible for Preferred Periodicals rates, including Science-of-Agriculture rates, if authorized. A required change to DMM 707.9 and 707.11, to make clear that a requester publication is eligible for Science-of-Agriculture rates, was omitted. The following incorporates those changes:
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
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707 Periodicals
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7.0 Mailing to Nonsubscribers or Nonrequesters
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7.9 Nonrequestor and Nonsubscriber Copies
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7.9.5 Mixed Preferred and Regular Rates
[Since Requester publications may now be authorized Science-of-Agriculture rates, revise 7.9.5 to include reference to “nonrequester” copies as follows:]
For publications authorized for both Outside-County rates and In-County rates and/or Science-of-Agriculture rates, once the total number of nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies mailed during the calendar year (regardless of rate) exceeds 10 percent of the total number of copies mailed to subscribers or requesters during the calendar year, further mailings of nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies are not eligible for any Preferred rate. Nonsubscriber, or nonrequester, copies over the 10 percent allowance must be part of a presorted commingled mailing (i.e., including subscriber or requester copies) to qualify for Outside-County rates.
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11.0 Basic Rate Eligibility
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11.2 Outside County Science-of-Agriculture Rates
11.2.1 Authorization
[Since requester publications may now apply for and receive authorization to mail at Science-of-Agriculture rates, revise 11.2.1 to eliminate “in other than the requester category” as follows:]
To be mailed at the Science-of-Agriculture rates, a publication must be granted Periodicals entry and granted a Science-of-Agriculture rate authorization.
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11.2.3 Other Rates and Discounts Claimed
[Revise 11.2.3 to include reference to “nonrequester” copies as follows:]
All Outside-County rates apply. Nonsubscriber and nonrequester copies are subject to 7.0.
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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, 10-11-07
