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 delete all references to the April 3, 2022, delayed implementation date for nonstandard fees, the dimension-noncompliance fee, and the requirement to provide dimensions for nonstandard mailpieces and dimensional weight mailpieces.
The Postal Service provided notice in Postal Bulletin 22589 (1-13-22, pages 4–17) that it would delay implementing nonstandard fees, the dimension-noncompliance fee, and the requirement to provide dimensions for nonstandard mailpieces and dimensional weight mailpieces until April 3, 2022.
This article is a reminder that nonstandard fees, the dimension-noncompliance fee, and the requirement to provide dimensions for nonstandard mailpieces and dimensional weight mailpieces will go into effect April 3, 2022.
The Postal Service will also remove all references to the April 3, 2022, delayed implementation date from applicable Quick Service Guides (QSG).
Although the Postal Service will not publish these revisions in the DMM and QSG until April 4, 2022, the standards become effective April 3, 2022.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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100 Retail Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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110 Retail Mail Priority Mail Express
113 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
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[Revise the title of 1.6 to read as follows:]
1.6 Nonstandard Fees
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120 Retail Mail Priority Mail
123 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
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[Revise the title of 1.7 to read as follows:]
1.7 Nonstandard Fees
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130 Retail Mail First-Class Mail and First-Class Package Service — Retail
133 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
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[Revise the title of 1.6 to read as follows:]
1.6 Nonstandard Fees
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150 Retail Mail USPS Retail Ground
153 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
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[Revise the title of 1.5 to read as follows:]
1.5 Nonstandard Fees
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200 Commercial Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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210 Commercial Mail Priority Mail Express
213 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
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1.5 Dimensional Weight Price for Low-Density Parcels to Zones 1–9
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[Revise the title of 1.5.3 to read as follows:]
1.5.3 Dimensional Weight Pricing Dimension Standard
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[Revise the title of 1.9 to read as follows:]
1.9 Nonstandard Fees
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[Revise the title of 1.10 to read as follows:]
1.10 Dimension-Noncompliance Fee
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220 Commercial Mail Priority Mail
223 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
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1.5 Dimensional Weight Price for Low-Density Parcels to Zones 1–9
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[Revise the title of 1.5.3 to read as follows:]
1.5.3 Dimensional Weight Pricing Dimension Standard
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[Revise the title of 1.12 to read as follows:]
1.12 Nonstandard Fees
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[Revise the title of 1.13 to read as follows:]
1.13 Dimension-Noncompliance Fee
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250 Commercial Mail Parcel Select
253 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees
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1.3 Dimensional Weight Price for Low-Density Parcels to Zones 1–9
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[Revise the title of 1.3.3 to read as follows:]
1.3.3 Dimensional Weight Dimension Standard
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[Revise the title of 1.8 to read as follows:]
1.8 Nonstandard Fees
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[Revise the title of 1.9 to read as follows:]
1.9 Dimension-Noncompliance Fee
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505 Return Services
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4.0 Parcel Return Service
4.1 Prices and Fees
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[Revise the title of 4.1.4 to read as follows:]
4.1.4 Nonstandard Fee
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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, 2-24-22
