Effective April 5, 2021, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 604.5.1.2, to clarify the minimum volume standards regarding single-piece price mailings.
Currently, section 604.5.1.2(d) specifies that single-piece price mailings submitted under the terms of an approved manifest mailing system agreement with a minimum volume reduction provision, or single-piece mailings of First-Class Mail® letters when using electronic documentation, including piece-level barcode information, are required to be authorized by Business Acceptance Solutions. This revision will clarify that only single-piece price mailings submitted under the terms of an approved manifest mailing system agreement with a minimum volume reduction provision are required to be authorized by Business Acceptance Solutions.
Although this clarification will not be published in the DMM until April 5, 2021, the revised standard is effective immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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604 Postage Payment Methods and Refunds
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5.0 Permit Imprint (Indicia)
5.1 General Standards
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5.1.2 Minimum Volume
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[Revise the text of item d. to read as follows:]
d. Single-piece price mailings submitted under the terms of an approved manifest mailing system agreement with a minimum volume reduction provision as authorized by Business Acceptance Solutions (see 608.8.0 for address), or single-piece mailings of First-Class Mail letters when using electronic documentation, including piece-level barcode information.
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The Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 2-25-21
