POST OFFICE SERVICES [DOMESTIC MAIL]

Pt. 111 PART 111—GENERAL INFORMATION ON POSTAL SERVICE Sec. 111.1 Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual; incorporation by reference of regulations governing domestic mail services. 111.2 Availability of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual. 111.3 Amendments to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual. 111.4 Approval of the Director of the Federal Register. 111.5 [Reserved] Authority:

5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

Source:

44 FR 39852, July 6, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

§ 111.1 Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual; incorporated by reference of regulations governing domestic mail services.

Section 552(a) of title 5, U.S.C., relating to the public information requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, provides in pertinent part that “* * * matter reasonably available to the class of persons affected thereby is deemed published in the Federal Register when incorporated by reference therein with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register.” In conformity with that provision, and with 39 U.S.C. section 410(b)(1), and as provided in this part, the U.S. Postal Service hereby incorporates by reference in this part, the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, a looseleaf document published and maintained by the Postal Service.

[62 FR 14827, Mar. 28, 1997, as amended at 69 FR 59139, Oct. 4, 2004; 70 FR 14535, Mar. 23, 2005]

§ 111.2 Availability of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual.

(a) Copies of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, both current and previous issues, are available during regular business hours for reference and public inspection at the U.S. Postal Service Library, National Headquarters in Washington, DC. Copies of only the current issue are available during regular business hours for public inspection at area and district offices of the Postal Service and at all post offices, classified stations, and classified branches. The Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual is available for examination on the Internet at http://pe.usps.gov.

(b) A copy of the current Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual is on file at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

(c) Subscriptions to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual can be purchased by the public from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402-9375.

[62 FR 14827, Mar. 28, 1997, as amended at 69 FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004; 69 FR 59139, Oct. 4, 2004; 70 FR 14535, Mar. 23, 2005]

§ 111.3 Amendments to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual.

(a) Except for interim or final regulations published as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, only notices rather than complete text of changes made to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual are published in the Federal Register. These notices are published in the form of one summary transmittal letter for each issue of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual. A complete issue of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, including the text of all changes published to date, will be filed with the Director, Office of the Federal Register. Subscribers to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual receive the latest issue of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual from the Government Printing Office.

(b) When the Postal Service invites comments from the public on a proposed change to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, the proposed change and, if adopted, the full text of the interim or the final regulation is published in the Federal Register.

(c) The Postal Bulletin contains the full text of all interim and final regulations published as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and the full text of all other changes to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual that are summarized in the notices published under paragraph (a) of this section, except for nonsubstantive changes and corrections of typographical errors. The Postal Bulletin is a biweekly document issued by the Postal Service to amend and revise policies and procedures. A 1-year subscription to the Postal Bulletin and certain back copies can be purchased by the public from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402-9371.

(d) Interim regulations published in full text or referenced as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, are published, as appropriate, in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual in full text or referenced at the place where they would appear if they become final regulations.

(e) Announcements of changes to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual not published in the Federal Register as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section and not published in the Postal Bulletin as provided in paragraph (c) are not deemed final under the provisions of this part 111.

(f) For references to amendments to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual adopted under paragraph (b) of this section after issuance of the most recent transmittal letter (termed Summary of Changes in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual) listed below, see § 111.3 in the List of CFR Sections affected at the end of this volume.

Transmittal letter for issue Dated Federal Register publication 1 July 30, 1979 44 FR 39742. 2 May 15, 1980 45 FR 42616. 3 July 30, 1980 45 FR 73925. 4 Oct. 1, 1980 46 FR 10154. 5 Mar. 1, 1981 46 FR 25446. 6 July 7, 1981 46 FR 58079. 7 Nov. 1, 1981 47 FR 8179. 8 Jan. 21, 1982 47 FR 8358. 9 May 1, 1982 47 FR 27266. 10 Aug. 1, 1982 47 FR 43952. 11 Jan. 20, 1983 48 FR 10649. 13 Dec. 29, 1983 49 FR 18304. 14 Apr. 12, 1984 49 FR 26228. 15 July 12, 1984 49 FR 33248. 16 Sept. 27, 1984 49 FR 47232. 17 Dec. 20, 1984 50 FR 5580. 18 Feb. 21, 1985 50 FR 12019. 19 June 7, 1985 50 FR 30834. 20 Nov. 14, 1985 51 FR 8495. 21 Sept. 4, 1986 51 FR 43910. 22 Jan.22, 1987 52 FR 10750. 23 May 1, 1987 52 FR 23981. 24 Sept. 20, 1987 52 FR 34778. 25 Dec. 20, 1987 52 FR 48437. 26 April 3, 1988 53 FR 18557. 27 June 19, 1988 53 FR 21821. 28 Sept. 18, 1988 53 FR 35315. 29 Dec.18, 1988 53 FR 49658. 30 Mar. 19, 1989 54 FR 9212. 31 June 18, 1989 54 FR 27880. 32 Sept. 17, 1989 54 FR 37795. 33 Dec. 17, 1989 54 FR 50619. 34 Mar. 18, 1990 55 FR 10061. 35 June 17, 1990 55 FR 24561. 36 Sept. 16, 1990 55 FR 40658. 37 Dec. 16, 1990 56 FR 1112. 38 Feb. 24, 1991 56 FR 11513. 39 June 16, 1991 56 FR 56015 40 September 15, 1991 56 FR 56013 41 December 15, 1991 57 FR 21611 42 March 15, 1992 57 FR 21613 43 June 21, 1992 57 FR 37884 44 September 20, 1992 61 FR 67218 45 December 20, 1992 61 FR 67218 46 July 1, 1993 61 FR 67218 47 April 10, 1994 61 FR 67218 48 January 1, 1995 61 FR 67218 49 September 1, 1995 61 FR 67218 50 July 1, 1996 61 FR 60190 51 January 1, 1997 61 FR 64618 52 July 1, 1997 62 FR 30457 53 January 1, 1998 62 FR 63851 54 January 10, 1999 64 FR 39 55 January 10, 2000 65 FR 1321 56 January 7, 2001 66 FR 8370 57 June 30, 2002 67 FR 46875 58 August 10, 2003 68 FR 66018 Premier Edition January 6, 2005 70 FR 14535 [45 FR 40115, June 13, 1980] Editorial Note:

For Federal Register citations affecting § 111.3, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

§ 111.4 Approval of the Director of the Federal Register.

Incorporation by reference of the publication now titled the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual was approved by the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 on March 23, 2005.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 401, 404, 407, 408, 3001-3011, 3201-3218, 3403-3405, 3601, 3621; 42 U.S.C. 1973cc-13, 1973cc-14) [49 FR 47389, Dec. 4, 1984, as amended at 70 FR 14535, Mar. 23, 2005]

§ 111.5 [Reserved]