FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 202-789-6820 and
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.
Correction
In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, page 36138, Table 2, correct the row beginning with “Standard Mail” to delete subscript 7 in column 6, and the row beginning with “Package Services” to delete subscript 8 in column 3, and in footnote 1, change “Table 1” to “Table 2” and delete the word “mail” to read:
Table 2.—Postal Service Measurement Approach at Full Rollout
1
Measurement Approach by Mail Segment
Single-piece
Letters
Flats
Parcels
Presort
Letters
Flats
Parcels
First-Class Mail
EXFC
EXFC
Start: Acceptance scan
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility
EXFC as Proxy
2
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility.
Stop: Delivery Confirmation delivery scan
Stop: External reporting
Stop: Delivery Confirmation delivery scan.
Single-Piece First-Class Mail International
IMMS
3
EXFC as proxy
4
Single-Piece First-Class Mail parcels as proxy
5
N/A
N/A
N/A.
Periodicals
6
N/A
N/A
N/A
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility
N/A.
Stop: External reporting
Stop: External reporting
N/A.
Standard Mail
N/A
N/A
N/A
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility.
Stop: External reporting
Stop: External reporting
Stop: Delivery Confirmation delivery scan.
Package Services
N/A
N/A
Start: Acceptance scan
N/A
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility
Start: Documented Arrival Time at Postal facility.
Stop: Delivery Confirmation delivery scan
Stop: External reporting
Stop: Delivery Confirmation delivery scan.
1
Special Services are not included in Table 2 as they have different methods to “start-the-clock” and “stop-the-clock” from the market-dominant products.
2
The Postal Service will use the External First-Class Mail Measurement System (EXFC) measurement for single-piece flats as a proxy for Presort First-Class Mail flats due to the very small volume of Presort flats.
3
The International Mail Measurement System (IMMS) is an external measurement system for which an independent measurement contractor seeds mail into the mailstream.
4
The EXFC measurement for domestic single-piece First-Class Mail flats will serve as a proxy for single-piece First-Class Mail International flats due to the small volume in the latter category. After clearing customs, single-piece First-Class Mail International flats enter the domestic mailstream and are handled with domestic single-piece First-Class Mail flats.
5
The Postal Service will use the measurement for domestic single-piece First-Class Mail parcels as a proxy for single-piece First-Class Mail International parcels.
6
Two mailer-operated external systems, Red Tag and Time Inc.'s DelTrak, will be used for Periodicals measurement during FY 2009, as the Postal Service transitions to a long-term internal solution.
In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, on page 36140, Table 3, in the row captioned “Overall Mailstream” under the column captioned “Letters (percent)”, change the number “17” to read “17.2”.
Table 3.—First-Class Mail Volume
Single-piece
Letters
(percent)
Flats
(percent)
Parcels
(percent)
Presort
Letters
(percent)
Flats
(percent)
Parcels
(percent)
Total
(percent)
First-Class Mail
38.0
3.3
0.4
57.1
1.0
0.2
100
Overall Mailstream
17.2
1.5
0.2
25.8
0.4
0.1
45.2
In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, on page 36142, Table 4, change “South Carolina District” to read “Greater South Carolina District” and change all instances of “xx” to read “xx.x”.
Table 4.—Quarterly Performance for Single-Piece First-Class Mail; Sample Quarterly Report Format for Single-Piece First-Class Mail
District
Overnight
(% On-time)
Two-day
(% On-time)
Three-day/four-day/
five-day
(% On-time)
Capital Metro Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Baltimore District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Capital District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greater South Carolina District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greensboro District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
No. Virginia District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Richmond District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
In
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, on page 36142, Table 5, change “South Carolina District” to read “Greater South Carolina District” and change all instances of “xx” to read “xx.x”.
Table 5.—Quarterly Performance for Single-Piece First-Class Mail Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format With Service Variance for Single-Piece First-Class Mail
District
Overnight
Within +
1-day
(percent)
Within +
2-days
(percent)
Within +
3-days
(percent)
Two-day
Within +
1-day
(percent)
Within +
2-days
(percent)
Within +
3-days
(percent)
Three-day/four-day/five-day
Within +
1-day
(percent)
Within +
2-days
(percent)
Within +
3-days
(percent)
Capital Metro Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Baltimore District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Capital District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greater South Carolina District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greensboro District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
No. Virginia District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Richmond District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, on page 36142 in the third column, add a paragraph to read, “The Annual Compliance Report format for First-Class Mail is as follows:”.
In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, on page 36142, Table 6, change all instances of “xx” to read “xx.x”.
Table 6.—Annual Compliance Report; Sample Annual Report Format for First-Class Mail
Mail Class
Target
(percent)
Percent
on-time
First-Class Mail:
Single-Piece Overnight
xx.x
xx.x
Single-Piece Two-Day
xx.x
xx.x
Single-Piece Three-Day/Four-Day
xx.x
xx.x
Presort Overnight
xx.x
xx.x
Presort Two-Day
xx.x
xx.x
Presort Three-Day/Four-Day
xx.x
xx.x
In
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, on page 36144, Table 8, in the column captioned “Area” add a row for “Southwest Area” following the row “Western Area”.
Table 8.—Quarterly Performance for Single-Piece International Mail Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format With the Service Variance for Single-Piece First-Class Mail International
Area
Inbound
Within + 1-day
(percent)
Within + 2-day
(percent)
Within + 3-day
(percent)
Outbound
Within + 1-day
(percent)
Within + 2-day
(percent)
Within + 3-day
(percent)
Northeast Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
New York Metro Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Eastern Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Capital Metro Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Southeast Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Great Lakes Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Western Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Southwest Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Pacific Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
National
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
In
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, on page 36146, Table 12, add a table footnote following the table title to read, “Destination Entry includes Destination Bulk Mail Center, Destination Area Distribution Center, Destination Sectional Center Facility, and Destination Delivery Unit.”
Table 12.—Quarterly Performance for Standard Mail Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format for Standard Mail Service Variance
1
District
Destination entry
Within + 1-day
(percent)
Within +
2-days
(percent)
Within +
3-days
(percent)
End-to-end
Within + 1-day
(percent)
Within +
2-days
(percent)
Within +
3-days
(percent)
Capital Metro Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Baltimore District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Capital District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greater South Carolina District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greensboro District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
No. Virginia District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Richmond District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
1
Destination Entry includes Destination Bulk Mail Center, Destination Area Distribution Center, Destination Sectional Center Facility, and Destination Delivery Unit.
In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, on page 36148, Table 16, change “Letters, Flats, and Parcels” to read “Letters and Flats”.
Table 16.—Annual Compliance Report; Sample Annual Report Format for Periodicals
Mail Class
Target
(percent)
Percent
on-time
Periodicals
Letters and Flats
xx.x
xx.x
In
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, on page 36149, Table 19, add the heading “District” to the first column to read:
Table 19.—Quarterly Performance for Package Services Service Variance; Sample Quarterly Report Format With Service Variance for Package Services Parcels
District
Within + 1-day
(percent)
Within +
2-days
(percent)
Within +
3-days
(percent)
Capital Metro Area
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Baltimore District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Capital District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greater South Carolina District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Greensboro District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Mid-Carolinas District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
No. Virginia District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
Richmond District
xx.x
xx.x
xx.x
In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
, on page 36156, Table 25, delete superscript 1 from the table title.
Table 25.—Domestic Destination Entry Mail
Mail class
End-to-end flow range (days)
1
DDU
(days)
SCF
(days)
ADC
(days)
BMC
(days)
Periodicals
1
1
1-2
2
1-2
Standard Mail
2
3
5
Package Services
1
2
3
1
See
72 FR 72216 (December 19, 2007) for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
2
Only applies to Periodicals receiving the DBMC Container rate.
By the Commission.
Steven W. Williams,
Secretary.