39 CFR § 3030.140 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s3030.140"
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title: "39 CFR § 3030.140 - Applicability."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "3030.140"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS, COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS, PRODUCT LISTS, AND MARKET TESTS"
part_number: "3030"
part_name: "REGULATION OF RATES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "39 U.S.C. 503; 3622."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 81126, Dec. 15, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3030.140 Applicability.

The Postal Service may adjust rates based upon changes in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) identified in § 3030.141. If rate adjustment filings involving rate increases are filed 12 or more months apart, rate adjustments are subject to a full year limitation calculated pursuant to § 3030.142. If rate adjustment filings involving rate increases are filed less than 12 months apart, rate adjustments are subject to a partial year limitation calculated pursuant to § 3030.143.