POM Revision: Mail Recovery Operations

Effective April 24, 2009, the St. Paul Mail Recovery Center (MRC) will close.

MRCs serve designated bulk mail center (BMC) service areas. BMCs and all Post Offices™ within each BMC’s service area send dead parcels and letters to their assigned MRC.

The following BMCs and the Post Offices in their service areas will consolidate their dead parcels and letters to the Atlanta Mail Recovery Center in stages as follows:

1. Dallas, Kansas City, and St. Louis on January 3, 2009.

2. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle on January 31, 2009.

3. Chicago, Denver, and Detroit on February 28, 2009.

4. Des Moines and Minneapolis/St. Paul on March 14, 2009.

The Postal Operations Manual (POM) is being revised to reflect the transition of MRC service areas.

Postal Operations Manual (POM)

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6 Delivery Services

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69 Dead Mail

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692 Mail Recovery Centers

[Revise title of 692.1 as follows:]

692.1 Dead Letter and Parcel Mail

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692.12 MRC Service Areas

[Revise text of 692.12 as follows:]

MRCs serve designated BMC service areas. BMCs and all Post Offices within each BMC’s service area send dead parcels and letters to their assigned MRC. The MRC ser­vice areas are as follows:

 

 

Bulk Mail Center	BMC Service Area	Designated Mail Recovery Center
Atlanta	298, 300-312, 317-319, 350-352, 354-368, 373-374, 377-379, 398-399)	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Chicago	463, 464, 530-532, 534, 535, 537-539, 600-611, 613	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective February 28, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Cincinnati	250-253, 255-259, 400-418, 421-422, 425-427, 430-433, 437-438, 448-462, 469-474	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Dallas	706, 710-712, 718, 730-731, 733-738, 740-741, 743-799, 880, 885	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective January 3, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Denver	590-599, 690-693, 800-816, 820-834, 836-837, 840-847, 850, 852-853, 855-857, 859-860, 863-865, 870-875, 877-879, 881-884, 898, 979	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective February 28, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Des Moines	500-516, 520-528, 570-577, 612, 680-681, 683-689	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective March 14, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Detroit	434-436, 465-468, 480-497	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective February 28, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Greensboro	240-243, 245-249, 270-297, 376	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Jacksonville	006-009, 299, 313-316, 320-339, 341, 342, 344, 346-347, 349	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Kansas City	640-641, 644-658, 660-662, 664-679, 739	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective January 3, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Los Angeles	889-893, 900-908, 910-928, 930-935	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective January 31, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Memphis	369-372, 375, 380-397, 700-701, 703-705, 707-708, 713-714, 716, 717, 719-729	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Minneapolis/St. Paul	498-499, 540-551, 553-567, 580-588	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective March 14, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
New Jersey	005, 068-079, 085-098, 100-119, 124-127, 340	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Philadelphia	080-084, 137-139, 169-199	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Pittsburgh	130-136, 140-168, 260-266, 439-447	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
St. Louis	420, 423-424, 475-479, 614-620, 622-631, 633-639	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective January 3, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
San Francisco	894-897, 936-969	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective January 31, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Seattle	835, 838, 970-978, 980-986, 988-999	St. Paul, MN 55169-9415 Effective January 31, 2009: Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Springfield	010-067, 120-123, 128-129	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400
Washington DC	200-212, 214-239, 244, 254, 267-268	Atlanta, GA 30378-2400

 

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692.2 Parcel Mail

[Delete 692.2, 692.21, 692.22, and 692.23. Renumber 692.24 through 692.28 as 692.15 through 692.19 and 692.3 through 692.5 as new 692.2 through 692.4.]

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the POM and into the next online update, avail­able on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet website:

• Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
• Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
• Click Manuals.

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

— Corporate Customer Contact,
Consumer Advocate, 12-18-08