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705Advanced Preparation: Merged Containerization of Bundled Flats Using City State Product705.10.1.4sortation level and pallet, the number of pieces qualifying for each applicablecarrier route rate, each applicable automation rate, and each applicablePresorted rate under 708.1.0.n. Barcoded sack labels under 708.6.0 must be used to label sacks.10.1.2 Bundle PreparationBundles must be prepared as follows:a. Sacked mailings. The carrier route mailing must be bundled and labeled under707.23.0. Except when prepared under the cobundling option in 11.0, theautomation rate mailing must be bundled and labeled under 707.25.0 and thePresorted rate mailing must be bundled and labeled under 707.22.0.b. Palletized mailings. Bundles placed on pallets must be prepared under thestandards in 8.9.10.1.3 Bundles With Fewer Than Six Pieces[5-11-06] Carrier route, 5-digit scheme, 5-digit, 3-digit scheme, and 3-digit bundlesmay contain fewer than six pieces when the publisher determines that suchpreparation improves service. Pieces in these low-volume bundles must be claimedat the basic rate. Low-volume bundles are permitted only when they are sacked orprepared on pallets as follows:a. Place low-volume carrier route, 5-digit, 3-digit scheme, and 3-digit bundles inonly the following containers:1. Carrier route, merged 5-digit scheme, 5-digit scheme carrier routes,merged 5-digit, 5-digit carrier routes, 5-digit, 3-digit, and SCF sacks thatcontain at least 24 pieces.2. Merged 3-digit sacks that contain at least one six-piece carrier routebundle.3. Origin/entry SCF sacks.4. On merged 5-digit scheme, 5-digit scheme carrier routes, 5-digit scheme,merged 5-digit, 5-digit carrier routes, 5-digit, 5-digit metro, 3-digit, or SCFpallets, as appropriate.b. Place low-volume 5-digit scheme bundles in only 5-digit scheme, 3-digit, andSCF sacks that contain at least 24 pieces, or in origin/entry SCF sacks, or on3-digit or SCF pallets, as appropriate.10.1.4 Sack Preparation and Labeling[7-6-06] [5-11-06] Mailers must prepare sacks containing the individual carrier routeand 5-digit bundles from the carrier route, automation, and Presorted rate mailingsin the mailing job in the following manner and sequence. All carrier route bundlesmust be placed in sacks under 10.1.4a through 10.1.4e and 10.1.4h as describedbelow. When sorting is performed under this section, mailers must prepare merged5-digit scheme sacks, 5-digit scheme carrier routes sacks, and merged 5-digitsacks for all possible 5-digit schemes or 5-digit ZIP Codes as applicable, usingL001 (merged 5-digit scheme and 5-digit scheme carrier routes sort only) and theCarrier Route Indicators field in the City State Product when there is enough volumefor the 5-digit scheme or 5-digit ZIP Code to prepare such sacks under 10.1.4, SackDomestic Mail Manual Updated 3-15-07