DMM Clarification: USPS Package Intercept Automated Retail Requests — Implementation

The Postal Service™ provided notice in Postal Bulletin issue 22381, January 23, 2014, that an additional phase of USPS Package Intercept® service to automate retail requests and related payments online was expected to be delayed until March 2014. This article announces that online retail Package Intercept service for retail and consumer requests will be available at http://usps.com as of April, 7, 2014. As a result, manual requests for the service are no longer necessary, and PS Form 1509, Sender’s Request for USPS Package Intercept Service, is also retired.

Additional information on the online USPS Package Intercept service can be found in the Federal Register, Docket No. 2013-27728, Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013) and in DMM 507.5.0.