Effective April 4, 2022, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), in various sections, to clarify the use of Labeling List L051 for Parcel Select® and Parcel Select Lightweight® (PSLW) machinable mailpieces, and to provide new Content Identifier Numbers (CINs).
The Postal Service is expanding the use of Labeling List L051 to include all Parcel Select and PSLW machinable parcels claiming destination sectional center facility (DSCF) prices. Specifically, the Postal Service now requires that 5-digit/scheme containers of machinable pieces be entered at the DSCF under L051 for DSCF prices.
The Postal Service is also adding two new CINs to support the new Parcel Select and PSLW machinable parcel SCF sortation for DSCF entry.
Although the Postal Service will not publish this clarification in the DMM until April 4, 2022, this standard 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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204 Barcode Standards
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3.0 Standards for Barcoded Tray Labels, Sack Labels, and Container Labels
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3.2 Specifications for Barcoded Tray and Sack Labels
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3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
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Exhibit 3.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers
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Parcel Select Machinable Parcels
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[Add new “SCF” line item between “5-digit scheme sacks” and “ASF sacks” to read as follows:]
SCF sacks 686 PSVC MACH SCF
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Parcel Select Lightweight Machinable Parcels
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[Add new “SCF” line item between “5-digit scheme sacks” and “ASF sacks” to read as follows:]
SCF sacks 677 PSLW MACH SCF
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250 Parcel Select Parcels
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255 Mail Preparation
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4.0 Preparing Destination Entry Parcel Select
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4.2 Preparing Destination SCF (DSCF) Parcel Select
4.2.1 Definition
[Revise the first sentence of 4.2.1 to read as follows:]
A destination sectional center facility (DSCF) includes all facilities in L005, or L051 for machinable parcels.***
4.2.2 Basic Standards
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[Revise the text of item b. to read as follows:]
b. DSCF pieces must be for the same SCF area under L005, or L051 for machinable parcels.
[Revise the second sentence of item c. to read as follows:]
c. ***Mailers must enter the pieces at the designated SCF, under L005, or L051 for machinable parcels, that serves the 5-digit ZIP Code destinations of the pieces.***
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The Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the April 4, 2022, edition of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 1-13-22
