POSTAL SERVICE ISSUES RULE: FREE MATTER FOR THE BLIND AND OTHER PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Postal Service has issued a rule called: Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 1 by Colleen Hibbert-Kapler, Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.

Summary: The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM(R)) to clarify the applicability of the Hazmat Handling Fee, and to require a parcel barcode, on parcels mailed as Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons (Free Matter).

For more information, contact Steven Mills at 202/268-7433 or Garry Rodriguez at 202/268-7281.

The full text of the rule can be found at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-20...