Effective July 11, 2016, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) in various sections to clarify that mail prepared under labeling list L601 for offshore ZIP Code™ destination ranges 006-009, 967-969, and 995-999, is not eligible for Destination Network Distribution Center (DNDC) discount prices.
As a result of DMM and labeling list transitions starting with the August 8, 2000, Federal Register notice (65 FR 48385), and subsequent updates, information on offshore ZIP Code eligibility for DNDC discount prices has been omitted in various sections of the DMM and as a footnote to labeling list L601. This DMM revision clarifies that the above mentioned offshore ZIP Code ranges are not eligible for DNDC discount prices for any applicable classes of mail. Also, labeling list L601 will be updated to reinsert the offshore ZIP Code DNDC discount price eligibility information.
Although this clarification will not be published in the DMM until July 11, 2016, this revision is effective immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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200 Commercial Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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240 Standard Mail
243 Prices and Eligibility
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4.0 Price Eligibility for Standard Mail
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4.2 Minimum Per Piece Prices
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[Revise item c. by adding a new third sentence to read as follows:]
c. Individual Prices: ***DNDC prices are not available for ZIP Code ranges 006-009, 967-969, and 995-999, as indicated in labeling list L601.***
4.3 Piece⁄Pound Prices
[Revise the last sentence of 4.3 to read as follows:]
***Discounted per pound prices also may be claimed for destination entry mailings DFSS, DNDC, DSCF, and DDU under 246.
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246 Enter and Deposit
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3.0 Destination Network Distribution Center (DNDC) Entry
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3.7 Additional Standards for Machinable Parcels
[Delete the last sentence in 3.7.]
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250 Parcel Select
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253 Mail Preparation
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4.0 Price Eligibility for Parcel Select and Parcel Select Lightweight
4.1 Destination Entry Price Eligibility
4.1.1 Definition
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[Revise item a. by adding a new last sentence to read as follows:]
a. ***DNDC prices are not available for ZIP Code ranges 006-009, 967-969, and 995-999, as indicated in labeling list L601.
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4.3 Parcel Select Lightweight
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4.3.3 Prices for Machinable Parcels
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[Add new item b.3. to read as follows:]
3. DNDC prices are not available for ZIP Code ranges 006-009, 967-969, and 995-999, as indicated in labeling list L601.
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260 Bound Printed Matter
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4.0 Price Eligibility for Bound Printed Matter
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[Renumber current 4.2 and 4.3 as new 4.3 and 4.4. Add new 4.2 to read as follows:]
4.2 Destination Entry Price Eligibility
BPM destination entry prices apply to BPM mailings prepared as specified in 705.8.0, and 265, and addressed for delivery within the service area of a destination network distribution center, sectional center facility, or delivery unit where they are deposited by the mailer. For this standard, the following destination facility definitions apply:
a. A destination network distribution center (DNDC) includes all network distribution centers (NDCs) and auxiliary service facilities (ASFs) under L601 and L602. DNDC prices are not available for ZIP Code ranges 006-009, 967-969, and 995-999, as indicated in labeling list L601.
b. A destination sectional center facility (DSCF) includes all facilities in L005.
c. A destination delivery unit (DDU) is a facility that delivers to the addresses appearing on the deposited pieces in a destination entry Parcel Select mailing. Refer to the Drop Shipment Product maintained by the National Customer Support Center (NCSC) (see 608.8.1 for address) to determine the location of a 5-digit delivery facility.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online DMM, which is available on Postal Explorer® at http:⁄⁄pe.usps.com.
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