[Federal Register: October 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 191)]
[Notices]               
[Page 59281-59282]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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POSTAL SERVICE

 
Change to the Retirement Plan for Manually Set Postage Meters

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of change to the Retirement Plan for Manually Set 
Postage Meters.

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SUMMARY: By this notice, the Postal ServiceTM revises the 
Retirement Plan for Manually Set Postage Meters, published in the 
Federal Register on December 13, 2000, pages 77934-77938, for meters 
with lease expiration dates on or after October 1, 2004. The retirement 
date for these manually set electronic meters will be May 31, 2005. The 
Postal Service will no longer reset electronic manually set meters 
after February 28, 2005.

DATES: This notice is effective on October 4, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne A. Wilkerson, manager of Postage 
Technology Management, at (703) 292-3691 or by fax at (703) 292-4073.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice was published in the Federal 
Register on June 15, 2004, pages 33429-33430, with comments due on or 
before July 15, 2004. Written comments were received from the vendor 
community. There was no opposition to the proposal to retire all 
manually set electronic meters from service by May 31, 2005.
    An exception was taken to the proposed restriction on replacing a 
malfunctioning manually set meter with a functional meter of the same 
model. The Postal Service reconsidered its proposal and removed this 
restriction. Replacement meters will be permitted up to February 28, 
2005.
    You can review the comments received by submitting a request to the 
office of Postage Technology Management at (703) 292-3691 or by fax at 
(703) 292-4073.
    The final plan follows.

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The Revised Plan For Manually Set Postage Meters

    The Postal Service retirement date for manually set electronic 
meters with lease expiration dates on or after October 1, 2004, will be 
May 31, 2005. The Postal Service will no longer reset electronic 
manually set meters after February 28, 2005. Anyone in possession of a 
manually set meter must return it to the meter provider on or before 
May 31, 2005. The meter provider will withdraw the meter from service.
    Any manually set electronic postage meter that is capable of remote 
meter setting must be either converted to remote meter setting or 
retired from service and returned to the meter provider. The function 
that allows manual setting must be disabled.
    The manager of Postage Technology Management, Postal Service 
Headquarters, will send official notification to those affected users 
with an explanation of this plan. Any other explanation received by 
users may not accurately represent the position of the Postal Service.

Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 04-22232 Filed 10-1-04; 8:45 am]

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