Effective June 30, 2022, the Postal Service™ is withdrawing the Federal Register proposed rule, “Parcels Prepared in Soft Packaging,” that would have added new sections to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), establishing parcel selvage standards and clarifying how to measure parcels prepared in soft packaging.
In the proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register (87 FR 16700-16702) on March 24, 2022, the Postal Service proposed implementing a 2-inch maximum of selvage on the length and the width of a parcel prepared in soft packaging and providing a clarification defining how to measure parcels prepared in soft packaging to generally determine the length, width, and height of the mailpiece.
In consideration of concerns expressed by members of the mailing community during the proposed rule comment period, the Postal Service elected to withdraw the proposed rule.
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Product Solutions, 6-30-22
