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705Advanced Preparation: Merged Palletization of Bundled Flats Using the 5% Threshold705.12.212.2 Standard Mail12.2.1 Basic StandardsFive-digit scheme bundles (under L007) and 3-digit scheme bundles (under L008)must be prepared. Five-digit scheme bundles may not be copalletized on anymerged pallets. Five-digit bundles from an automation rate mailing and 5-digitbundles from a Presorted rate mailing (including pieces cobundled under 11.0) maybe placed on the same pallet as carrier route bundles under the followingconditions:a. A carrier route mailing must be part of the mailing job.b. The pieces in the carrier route rate mailing, the automation rate mailing, and thePresorted rate mailing must be part of the same mailing job and all threemailings must be reported on the same postage statement.c. Pieces in the automation rate mailing must meet the criteria for a flat under301.3.0. Pieces in the Presorted rate mailing and the carrier route mailing mustmeet the criteria for a flat under 301.1.1.d. Automation rate 5-digit bundles, Presorted rate 5-digit bundles, and cobundled5-digit bundles may be copalletized with carrier route bundles only when thepieces in the 5-digit bundles do not exceed the 5% limit described in 12.2.3.Pallets of mail sorted in this manner are called “merged 5-digit” pallets. Palletsof mail sorted in this manner for which scheme sortation is also performed arecalled “merged 5-digit scheme” pallets. Since 5-digit scheme bundles cannotbe placed on merged pallets, pieces in 5-digit scheme bundles do not count as5-digit sorted pieces for purposes of determining the 5% limit.e. If sortation under this section is performed, merged 5-digit scheme pallets mustbe prepared whenever there is enough volume of carrier route and 5-digitbundles under 8.0 and 12.2.3 to prepare such pallets.f. The carrier route mailing must meet the eligibility criteria in 343.6.0, theautomation rate mailing must meet the eligibility criteria in 343.7.0, and thePresorted rate mailing must meet the eligibility criteria in 343.5.0.g. The rates are based on the level of bundle that the pieces are contained inunder 343.5.0 and 343.7.0.h. The bundles from each separate mailing must be sorted together on pallets(copalletized) using presort software that is PAVE-certified.i. The pieces in each separate mailing must bear the applicable markingsrequired under 345.5.0, Preparation for Presorted Flats, 345.6.0, Preparationfor Enhanced Carrier Route Flats, or 345.7.0, Preparation forAutomation Rate Flats, and under 302, Elements on the Face of a Mailpiece.j. A complete, signed postage statement, using the correct USPS form or anapproved facsimile, must accompany each mailing job prepared under theseprocedures.k. In addition to the postage statement(s), documentation prepared byPAVE-certified software must be submitted with each copalletized mailing jobthat describes for each pallet sortation level and pallet the number of piecesDomestic Mail Manual Updated 3-15-07