International Mail Service to the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia Reverted to Domestic Mail Service

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Postal Service 39 CFR Part 20 AGENCY: Postal Service TM . ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Postal Service is amending the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service , International Mail Manual (IMM®) to remove references to the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. Mail to the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia is no longer treated as international mail. DATES: Effective Date: November 19, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall F. Sobol, 808-423-3883. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service, after high-level discussions with the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia and consultation with the U.S. Department of State, is returning these countries to domestic published prices and mailing standards. On September 15, 2005, the Postal Service published in the Federal Register ( 70 FR 54510 ) a notice proposing use of the international price schedules for the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. The application of international rate schedules to these former Trust Territories of the United States was permissible, in conformity with, and in furtherance of the terms of the Compact of Free Association between the United States Government and the governments of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated ( printed page 61523) States of Micronesia. After considering comments on its proposal to move these nat…