DMM Correction — Modification of Letter Tray Placement on Pallets
Effective November 4, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise The Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) section 705.8.5.6e, to modify the requirement for placement of letter trays on pallets.
In the September 19, 2013 Postal Bulletin (22372), we modified the standards in DMM 705.8.5.6 to require placing the heaviest letter trays on the bottom of pallets while other standards require the placement of certain trays on the top of pallets.
At that time, we inadvertently modified DMM 705.8.5.6h instead of 705.8.5.6e. This correction reverts item “h” to its previous text and updates item “e” with the intended correction.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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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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8.5 General Preparation
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8.5.6 Mail on Pallets
These standards apply to mail on pallets:
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[Revise item 8.5.6e to read as follows:]
e. Heavier, fuller trays must be placed at the bottom of the load, unless other standards (such as 245.7.7) require placement of certain trays on the top of the pallet.
[Revert the text of item 8.5.6h to pre-October 2013 DMM text to read as follows:]
h. Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Bound Printed Matter flats or irregular parcels prepared in carrier route and noncarrier route 5-digit bundles may be placed on the same merged 5-digit scheme, merged 5-digit pallet, as appropriate.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next monthly update of the online DMM, available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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