[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR221.7]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 221--GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 221.7  Postal Regions.

    (a) There are five Postal Regions. Each region is headed by a 
Regional Postmaster General (RPMG) who reports to the Deputy Postmaster 
General, and has overall responsibility for operational activities 
(except those reserved to Headquarters) of the Postal Service within the 
region.
    (b) Each RPMG's office includes five functions--Operations Support, 
Marketing and Communications, Finance, Planning, and Human Resources. 
Each regional function is headed by a Regional Director who reports to 
the RPMG.
    (c)(1) Postal regions are composed of field divisions headed by 
field division general managers/postmasters whose organizational units 
are in turn composed of management sectional centers (MSCs) headed by 
MSC managers or MSC managers/postmasters, and bulk mail centers (BMCs) 
headed by BMC managers.
    (2) Each field division general manager/postmaster reports to the 
RPMG, and has line responsibility for postal activities (except those 
reserved to Headquarters associate offices) in the division area, the 
MSCs, associate offices, and BMCs within the division area.
    (3) Each MSC manager/postmaster reports to a field division general 
manager/postmaster, and has line responsibility for postal activities 
(except those reserved to Headquarters and field divisions) within the 
MSC area.
    (4) Each BMC manager reports to a field division general manager/
postmaster, and has line responsibility for postal activities (except 
those reserved to Headquarters and field divisions) within the BMC.

[51 FR 40797, Nov. 10, 1986, as amended at 54 FR 29707, July 14, 1989]