39 CFR § 953.6 - Compromise and informal dispositions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s953.6"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 953.6 - Compromise and informal dispositions."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "953.6"
section_name: "Compromise and informal dispositions."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURES"
part_number: "953"
part_name: "MAILABILITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 3001; 5 U.S.C. 554."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 31538, June 20, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "953"
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# 953.6 Compromise and informal dispositions.

Either party may request the other to consider informal disposition of any question of mailability, and the scheduled hearing date may be postponed by the presiding officer for such period of time as may be necessary to accommodate settlement discussions between the parties.