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DMM Revision: Limited Circulation Rate — Periodicals

Effective May 12, 2008, we are revising subchapter 707 of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to provide for a new Limited Circulation rate for Periodicals publications that mail at In-County rates when Outside-County circula­tion is less than 5,000 pieces. Eligible issues of publications entitled to use this rate will receive a 5% discount on qual­ifying Outside-County copies.

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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1.0 Rates and Fees 1.1 Outside-County — Including Science-of-Agriculture 1.1.1 Pound Rates

Per pound or fraction:

[Revise the text in table 1.1.1 to incorporate the 5% dis­count as follows:]

Preferred Rate Discounts: Authorized Nonprofit and Class­room mailers, and publications that meet the standards for Limited Circulation publications and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture publications receive a discount of 5% off the total Outside-County postage excluding the postage for advertising pounds. The 5% discount does not apply to commingled nonsubscriber or nonrequester cop­ies in excess of the 10% allowance in DMM 707.7.

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[Add new 1.1.8 and 1.1.9 as follows:]

1.1.8 Limited Circulation Publications

Publications, excluding Nonprofit, Classroom, and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture publications receive a 5% discount off the total Outside-County postage, exclud­ing the postage for advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County rates and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that issue is less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies claiming the Limited Circulation discount are subject to the standards in 7.0.

1.1.9 Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture Publications

Publications meeting the requirements of 11.2.2 receive a 5% discount off the total Outside-County postage, exclud­ing the postage for advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County rates and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that issue is less than 5,000. Non­subscriber copies claiming the Limited Circulation discount are subject to the standards in 7.0.

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7.0 Mailing to Nonsubscribers or Nonrequesters

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7.9 Nonrequester and Nonsubscriber Copies

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7.9.3 Preferred Rates

[Revise 7.9.3 to incorporate provisions limiting the number of nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies as follows:]

For In-County rates, Nonprofit, Classroom, Science-of-Agriculture, Limited Circulation, and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture publications, nonsubscriber (for Periodicals except requester publications) or nonrequester (for requester publications) copies up to 10% of the total number of copies mailed to subscribers or requesters dur­ing the calendar year may be mailed at the applicable Preferred rates or Preferred rate discount. This is provided that the nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies would qual­ify as Preferred rate or Preferred rate discount publications if mailed to subscribers or requesters and if the copies are presorted under applicable standards. Nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies mailed over the 10% limit are not eligible for Preferred rates or the Preferred rate discount. To qualify for regular Outside-County rates, the nonsub­scriber or nonrequester copies over the 10% limit must be part of a presorted, commingled mailing (one that includes subscriber or requester copies). Subject to 11.3, nonsub­scriber or nonrequester copies may be mailed at In-County rates up to a 10% limit of the total number of subscriber or requester copies of the publication mailed at In-County rates during the calendar year. Once the 10% calendar year limit is exceeded for the number of nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies that may be mailed at Preferred rates or the Preferred rate discount, the nonsubscriber or nonre­quester copies may not then be mailed at In-County rates even if the 10% limit separately applied to those rates is not exceeded.

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11.0 Basic Rate Eligibility 11.1 Outside-County Rates

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[Add new 11.1.4 as follows:]

11.1.4 Limited Circulation Discount

Publications, excluding Nonprofit, Classroom, and Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture publications, receive a 5% discount off the total Outside-County postage, exclud­ing the postage for advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County rates and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that issue is less than 5,000. Non­subscriber or nonrequester copies claiming the Limited Circulation discount are subject to the standards in 7.0.

11.2 Outside-County Science-of-Agriculture Rates

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11.2.2 General

[Revise 11.2.2 to include the words “or requesters” as follows:]

Science-of-Agriculture rates apply to Outside-County copies of authorized Periodicals publications mailed by publishers or news agents when the total copies provided during any 12-month period to subscribers or requesters residing in rural areas is at least 70% of the total number of copies distributed by any means for any purpose.

[Revise heading and text of 11.2.3 as follows:]

11.2.3 Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture Discount

Publications meeting the requirements of 11.2.2, receive a 5% discount off the total Outside-County postage, exclud­ing the postage for advertising pounds, if eligible copies are mailed at In-County rates and the total number of Outside-County copies mailed for that issue is less than 5,000. Non­subscriber or nonrequester copies claiming the Limited Circulation Science-of-Agriculture discount are subject to the standards in 7.0.

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed edition of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.