2020-15774: New Mailing Standards for the Separation of Hazardous Materials
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The Postal Service proposes to amend Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail (Pub 52), to incorporate requirements for mailers to separate all air-eligible hazardous material (HAZMAT) from surface only transportation HAZMAT shipments and other non-HAZMAT items when tendering mail to the Postal Service in the domestic mail. Air eligible products, services or classes include Priority Mail Express[supreg], Priority Mail[supreg], First-Class Package Service[supreg], Priority Mail Return Service[supreg] or First- Class Package Return Service[supreg] and surface only transportation are mail using Parcel Select[supreg], Parcel Select Lightweight[supreg], USPS Retail Ground[supreg], or USPS Ground Return Service [supreg]. Additionally, the Postal Service for consistency will incorporate the current standard operating procedures for separation as it pertains to acceptance and dispatch personnel.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
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