The Postal Service™ gives notice that the effective date of January 25, 2015, for eliminating mailers’ option to use Business Reply Mail (BRM) to pay postage for parcel-shaped items, previously published on December 18, 2013, in a final rule in the Federal Register (78 FR 76548-76560), is hereby deferred until further notice. This deferral specifically applies to the requirements in the amendment to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 505.1.4.1. The decision to defer the effective date of this change was based on the review of subsequent mailer feedback, all other requirements that were published in the Federal Register (78 FR 76548-76560) will be implemented as specified.
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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
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505 Return Services
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1.0 Business Reply Mail (BRM)
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1.4 General Information
1.4.1 Description
[Delete current 1.4.1 and revert it back to the version before the Federal Register (78 FR 76548-76560) was released as follows:]
Business Reply Mail (BRM) service enables a permit holder to receive First-Class Mail and Priority Mail back from customers and pay postage and per piece fee only for the pieces returned. BRM cards, envelopes, self-mailers, cartons, and labels may be distributed by a BRM permit holder in any quantity for return to any Post Offices overseas. Qualified Business Reply Mail (QBRM) is a subset of BRM available for specific automation-compatible, letter-size pieces that qualify for an automation postage price and a reduced per piece fee (see 1.10). Domestic BRM may not be distributed to foreign countries. Standards for International Business Reply Service (IBRS) are in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next online update of the DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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