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COUNTRY RATE GROUPS AND WEIGHT LIMITS—Continued

2 PMI 4 FCMI 4 FCMI 4 FCMI
1 GXG 1 GXG 2 PMI 2 PMI 3 EMI 3 EMI 4 FCMI
flat-rate letters letters letters
Country rate max wt. rate max wt. box max
rate max wt. rate max wt. max wt. max wt.
group 5 lbs. group 5 lbs. wt. lbs.
group 5 lbs. group 5 oz. lbs. lbs.

Sri Lanka ..................................................... 6 70 6 66 20 6 66 6 3.5 4 4

Sudan .......................................................... 0 0 7 44 20 7 66 7 3.5 4 4
Suriname ..................................................... 8 70 9 44 20 0 0 9 3.5 4 4
Swaziland .................................................... 4 70 7 44 20 7 66 7 3.5 4 4
Sweden ....................................................... 5 70 5 66 20 5 66 5 3.5 4 4
Switzerland .................................................. 5 70 5 66 20 5 66 5 3.5 4 4
Syrian Arab Republic .................................. 6 70 8 70 20 8 44 8 3.5 4 4
Taiwan ......................................................... 3 70 6 44 20 6 33 6 3.5 4 4
Tajikistan ..................................................... 0 0 6 66 20 6 66 6 3.5 4 4
Tanzania ...................................................... 4 70 7 66 20 7 66 7 3.5 4 4
Thailand ....................................................... 6 70 6 66 20 6 66 6 3.5 4 4
Togo ............................................................ 4 70 7 70 20 7 66 7 3.5 4 4
Tonga .......................................................... 0 0 6 44 20 0 0 6 3.5 4 4
Trinidad and Tobago ................................... 7 70 9 44 20 9 66 9 3.5 4 4
Tristan da Cunha ........................................ 0 0 7 22 20 0 0 7 3.5 4 4
Tunisia ......................................................... 4 70 8 66 20 8 66 8 3.5 4 4
Turkey ......................................................... 6 70 4 66 20 4 66 4 3.5 4 4
Turkmenistan ............................................... 4 70 6 44 20 6 66 6 3.5 4 4
Turks and Caicos Islands ........................... 7 70 9 44 20 9 66 9 3.5 4 4
Tuvalu .......................................................... 0 0 6 55 20 0 0 6 3.5 4 4
Uganda ........................................................ 4 70 7 66 20 7 66 7 3.5 4 4
Ukraine ........................................................ 4 70 4 66 20 4 44 4 3.5 4 4
United Arab Emirates .................................. 6 70 8 70 20 8 70 8 3.5 4 4
Uruguay ....................................................... 8 70 9 66 20 9 44 9 3.5 4 4
Uzbekistan ................................................... 4 70 6 70 20 6 66 6 3.5 4 4
Vanuatu ....................................................... 8 70 6 44 20 6 55 6 3.5 4 4
Vatican City ................................................. 3 70 5 44 20 5 66 5 3.5 4 4
Venezuela ................................................... 8 70 9 66 20 9 66 9 3.5 4 4
Vietnam ....................................................... 6 70 6 70 20 6 66 6 3.5 4 4
Wallis and Futuna Islands ........................... 4 70 6 66 20 0 0 6 3.5 4 4
Western Samoa .......................................... 0 0 6 44 20 6 44 6 3.5 4 4
Yemen ......................................................... 6 70 8 66 20 8 66 8 3.5 4 4
Zambia ........................................................ 4 70 7 66 20 7 66 7 3.5 4 4
Zimbabwe .................................................... 4 70 7 44 20 7 44 7 3.5 4 4
1 GXG = Global Express Guaranteed.
2 PMI = Priority Mail International.
3 EMI = Express Mail International.
4 FCMI = First-Class Mail International.
5 Zero (0) = Service is not available.

Individual Country Listings
[For every country that First-Class Mail
International is available, revise the
First-Class Mail International section as
follows:]
Country Conditions for Mailing
* * * *
First-Class Mail International
[Replace current price table with new
price tables for letters, large envelopes
(flats) and packages (small packets)
based on country’s First-Class Mail
International rate group.]
* * * * * issues of these publications will qualify
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8–2920 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
POSTAL SERVICE
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ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This final rule revises the
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM) to provide the eligibility
standards for the Outside-County
Limited Circulation rate that has been
* approved by the Governors of the
United States Postal Service. Eligible
issues of publications entitled to use
this rate will receive a 5% discount on
qualifying Outside-County copies. As
set forth in the new standards,
publications in each of the qualification
categories may be eligible for the rate;
if eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of Outside-
County copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000.
DATES: Effective Date: May 12, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Lease, 202–268–7264, or Sue Thomas,
202–268–7268, United States Postal
435, 120 Stat. 3198, requires the Postal
Service to establish, in accordance with
the procedures in 39 U.S.C. 3622, a
reduced rate of postage for certain
copies of publications with at least one
copy mailed at In-County rates, and less
than 5,000 copies mailed to addresses
outside of the county in which copies
are eligible to be mailed at In-County
rates. Publications in each qualification
category may be eligible for the
discount. Although the literal language
of the statute does not appear to cover
Requester publications, other parts of
the statute allow Requester publications
to qualify for Nonprofit, Classroom, and
other preferred Periodicals rates and it
appears consistent with the spirit of the
law to allow them to qualify for the
Limited Circulation rate as well. In
order to do so, the new standards
provide that circulation limits apply to
paid and requester circulation,
depending upon the qualification
category of the publication.

39 CFR Part 111 Service. The discount does not apply to

Periodicals—Limited Circulation Rate SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section commingled nonsubscriber or
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Nonprofit Periodicals, Classroom
Periodicals, and Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture Periodicals
publications. Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture publications
receive a similar reduced rate of postage
when also meeting the requirements of
DMM 707.11.2.2.
The eligibility test established by the
statute considers the outside county
circulation of the issue. Accordingly,
whether individual copies of a
publication within one of the eligible
qualification categories can utilize the
discount must be determined on an
issue-by-issue basis.
The Postal Service adopts the
following changes to the Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM),
which is incorporated by reference in
the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39
CFR Part 111.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedure, Postal Service.
■ Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
amended as follows:
PART 111—[AMENDED]
■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 111 continues to read as follows;
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–
3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632,
3633, and 5001.
■ 2. Revise the following sections of the
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), as follows:
* * * * * limiting the number of nonsubscriber or
700 Special Standards
* * * * * to the standards in 7.0.
707 Periodicals
* * * * * Agriculture Rates
707.0 Rates and Fees
1.0 Rates and Fees
1.1 Outside-County—Including
Science-of-Agriculture
[Revise 1.1.1 to incorporate the 5%
discount for Limited Circulation rates
and Limited Circulation Science-of-
Agriculture rates as follow:]
1.1.1 Pound Rates
Per pound or fraction:
Preferred Rate Discounts: Authorized
Nonprofit and Classroom mailers, and
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publications that meet the standards for
Limited Circulation publications and
Limited Circulation Science-of-
Agriculture publications receive a
discount of 5% off the total Outside-
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County postage excluding the postage
for advertising pounds. The 5%
discount does not apply to commingled
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies in
excess of the 10% allowance in DMM
707.7.
* * * * * that includes subscriber or requester
[Add new 1.1.8, and 1.1.9 as follows:]
1.1.8 Limited Circulation Publications
Publications, excluding Nonprofit,
Classroom, and Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture publications
receive a 5% discount off the total
Outside-County postage, excluding the
postage for advertising pounds, if
eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of Outside-
County copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject
to the standards in 7.0.
1.1.9 Limited Circulation Science-of-
Agriculture Publications
Publications meeting the
requirements of 11.2.2 receive a 5%
discount off the total Outside-County
postage, excluding the postage for
advertising pounds, if eligible copies are
mailed at In-County rates and the total
number of Outside-County copies
mailed for that issue is less than 5,000.
Nonsubscriber copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject
to the standards in 7.0.
7.0 Mailing to Nonsubscribers or
Nonrequesters
* * * * *
[Revise 7.9.3 to incorporate provisions
nonrequester copies that may be mailed
at the new Limited Circulation and
Limited Circulation Science-of-
Agriculture rates as follows:]
7.9.3 Preferred Rates
For In-County rates, Nonprofit,
Classroom, Science-of-Agriculture,
Limited Circulation, and Limited
Circulation Science-of-Agriculture
publications, nonsubscriber (for
Periodicals except requester
publications) or nonrequester (for
requester publications) copies up to
10% of the total number of copies
mailed to subscribers or requesters
during the calendar year may be mailed
at the applicable Preferred rates or
Preferred rate discount, provided that
the nonsubscriber or nonrequester
copies would qualify as Preferred rate or
Preferred rate discount publications if
mailed to subscribers or requesters and
if the copies are presorted under
applicable standards. Nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies mailed over the
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10% limit are not eligible for Preferred
rates or the Preferred rate discount. To
qualify for regular Outside-County rates,
the nonsubscriber or nonrequester
copies over the 10% limit must be part
of a presorted, commingled mailing (one
copies). Subject to 11.3, nonsubscriber
or nonrequester copies may be mailed at
In-County rates up to a 10% limit of the
total number of subscriber or requester
copies of the publication mailed at In-
County rates during the calendar year.
Once the 10% calendar year limit is
exceeded for the number of
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies
that may be mailed at Preferred rates or
the Preferred rate discount, the
nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies
may not then be mailed at In-County
rates even if the 10% limit separately
applied to those rates is not exceeded.
* * * * *
11.0 Basic Rate Eligibility
* * * * *
11.1 Outside-County Rates
* * * * *
[Add new 11.1.4 as follows:]
11.1.4 Limited Circulation Discount
Publications, excluding Nonprofit,
Classroom, and Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture publications,
receive a 5% discount off the total
Outside-County postage, excluding the
postage for advertising pounds, if
eligible copies are mailed at In-County
rates and the total number of Outside-
County copies mailed for that issue is
less than 5,000. Nonsubscriber or
nonrequester copies claiming the
Limited Circulation discount are subject
11.2 Outside-County Science-of-
* * * * *
[Revise the first sentence in 11.2.2 to
include the words ‘‘or requesters’’ as
follows:]
11.2.2 General
Science-of-Agriculture rates apply to
Outside-County copies of authorized
Periodicals publications mailed by
publishers or news agents when the
total copies provided during any 12-
month period to subscribers or
requesters residing in rural areas are at
least 70% of the total number of copies
distributed by any means for any
purpose.
[Revise heading and text of 11.2.3 as
follows:]
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11.2.3 Limited Circulation Science-of-
Agriculture Discount
Publications meeting the
requirements of 11.2.2, receive a 5%
discount off the total Outside-County
postage, excluding the postage for
advertising pounds, if eligible copies are
mailed at In-County rates and the total
number of Outside-County copies
mailed for that issue is less than 5,000.
Nonsubscriber or nonrequester copies
claiming the Limited Circulation
Science-of-Agriculture discount are
subject to the standards in 7.0.
* * * * * 709.4.3.7) and 3.4.1 (formerly 709.4.4.1)
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E8–2921 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 111
Premium Forwarding Service
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This final rule revises Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
to make Premium Forwarding Service
(PFS) a permanent mail classification.
There are no major changes in the
permanent PFS classification compared
with the experimental service offering.
DATES: Effective Date: March 2, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laraine Hope at 202–268–2138 or Garry
Rodriguez at 202–268–7281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal
Service published a final rule in the
Federal Register on June 10, 2005 (70
FR 33836), introducing a new service
called Premium Forwarding Service
(PFS). PFS is a personalized service for
reshipping mail from a customer’s
primary mailing address to a temporary
address on a weekly basis using Priority
Mail. With PFS, the Postal Service
reships mail to customers who are away
for at least two weeks and up to one
year.
The Postal Service filed a Request for
a Recommended Decision with the
Postal Regulatory Commission on July
31, 2007, to make the experimental
classification permanent. On January 7,
2008, the Postal Regulatory Commission
issued its Recommended Decision that
PFS become a permanent service
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offering (Docket No. MC2007–3). The
Governors accepted that
recommendation and the Board of
Governors (BOG) of the Postal Service,
in Resolution 08–1 (January 24, 2008),
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directed implementation of PFS as a
permanent mail classification on March
2, 2008.
PFS will be a permanent classification
effective March 2, 2008. There are no
major changes in the permanent PFS
classification compared with the
experimental service offering.
There were two minor changes made
to the DMM language. The name of the
fee charged to customers when they
apply to use PFS is now referred to as
an ‘‘application fee’’ for consistency.
Also, the references to oversized parcels
in renumbered sections 3.3.7 (formerly
were removed due to redundancy.
Although the references to oversized
parcels have been removed from the
aforementioned sections, any oversized
parcel not requiring a scan or signature
or arriving postage due at the primary
address is still charged the appropriate
oversized Parcel Post rate.
The Postal Service adopts the
following changes to Mailing Standards
of the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), which is
incorporated by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111
Administrative practice and
procedures, Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is
amended as follows:
PART 111—[AMENDED]
■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
Part 111 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–
3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632,
3633, and 5001.
■ 2. Revise the following sections of
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual
(DMM), as follows:
* * * * * following standards:
500 Additional Mailing Services
* * * * * box customers with a size-one or size-
507 Mailer Services
* * * * * completed PFS application, Form 8176,
[Renumber 3.0 through 12.0 as 4.0
through 13.0. Add new 3.0, Premium
Forwarding Service, as follows:]
3.0 Premium Forwarding Service
3.1 Rates and Fees
3.1.1 Application Fee
Customers must pay a $10.00
nonrefundable application fee.
3.1.2 Weekly Reshipment Charge
The reshipment charge for each
Priority Mail shipment to one temporary
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address is $11.95 for each week of
service requested. The amount due for
the total weeks requested must be paid
in full at the time the application is
received.
3.1.3 Extension of Service
A Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)
customer may contact the post office
responsible for delivery to the primary
address prior to the last shipment date
and extend PFS service (up to 1 year
maximum service from the initial start
date) as needed. An extension is
processed only after the post office
receives payment of the reshipment
charges due for the total weeks of
extension requested.
3.1.4 Early Termination of Service
A customer who terminates PFS early
(e.g., a customer prepays for 10 weeks
but returns to a primary address after 8
weeks, either temporarily or
permanently) may request a refund for
any unused weekly shipment charges
from the post office serving the primary
address. The application fee is
nonrefundable.
3.2 Basic Standards
3.2.1 Description
Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)
provides residential delivery customers
and certain post office box customers an
option to have all mail addressed to
their primary address reshipped or
rerouted to a temporary address, mainly
by means of a weekly Priority Mail
shipment. PFS is available for a period
of not less than 2 weeks and not more
than 1 year. This optional service is
separate from the piece-by-piece
forwarding service offered in 2.0,
whereby only certain mailpieces are
forwarded.
3.2.2 Use
Participation in PFS is subject to the
a. PFS is available to residential
delivery customers and to post office
two post office box.
b. A customer must submit a
Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)
Application, as specified by the Postal
Service. The application fee and weekly
reshipment charges for the full duration
of the requested service must
accompany the application.
c. Except as provided in 3.2.2d,
customers must designate on the
application whether the order is for an
‘‘Individual’’ or an ‘‘Entire Household.’’
d. For customers whose primary
address is a post office box, only the box
customer is authorized to initiate the
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