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New Mailing Standards for the Separation of Hazardous Materials

FR Abstract

The Postal Service is amending Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail (Pub 52), to incorporate new requirements for mailers to separate, into identifiable containers, all hazardous material (HAZMAT) requiring hazardous marks or labels from other mail when tendering to the Postal Service. The Postal Service is also adopting related standard operating procedures to ensure the proper handling and routing of identified HAZMAT products. Additionally, the Postal Service will now require used, damaged, or defective electronic devices (excluding devices that are new in original packaging, and manufacturer certified new/refurbished) containing or packed with lithium batteries to be mailed only via surface transportation and to bear specified markings.

Incorporation

FR Document Number

2022-26069

Federal Register Volume

Federal Register Year

2022-11-30

Federal Register Start Page

73459

Federal Register End Page

73468

Federal Agency

Postal Service

Federal Register Link

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-30/pdf/2022-26069.pdf

CFR Citation

39 CFR 111

FR Citation

87 FR 73459

CFR title

CFR Part

111

Document Number

USPS Pub. 52, 2022

Document Edition

2022

Standard Title

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service: Publication 52 - Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, 2022

SDO

United States Postal Service

Standard Number Link

https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/welcome.htm

Excerpts

Federal Register . 39 CFR 211.2(a)(2). Moreover, Publication 52 is incorporated by reference into Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, â¦ Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) section 601.8.1, which is incorporated by reference, in turn, into the Code of Federal Regulations. 39 CFR 111.1, 111.3. Publication â¦ Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, incorporated by reference into Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic

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