[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: 39CFR501.18]

[Page 181]
 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 501--AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE METERS--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 501.18  Secure destruction.

    (a) Authorized meter manufacturers/distributors may destroy meters, 
when required, in accordance with methods approved in advance by the 
manager of Postage Technology Management. The postage meter must be 
rendered completely inoperable by the destruction process and associated 
postage-printing dies must be destroyed in accordance with Sec. 501.17. 
Manufacturers/distributors must submit the proposed destruction method; 
a schedule listing the meters to be destroyed, by serial number and 
model; and the proposed time and place of destruction to the manager of 
Postage Technology Management for approval prior to any meter 
destruction. Manufacturers/distributors must record and retain the 
serial numbers of the meters to be destroyed, and provide the list in 
electronic form in accordance with Postal Service requirements for 
postage meter accounting and tracking systems. Manufacturers/
distributors must give sufficient advance notice of the destruction to 
allow the manager of Postage Technology Management to schedule 
observation by Postage Technology Management or its designated 
representative. The Postal Service representative must ensure that the 
serial numbers of the meters destroyed are the same as the serial 
numbers recorded by the manufacturer/distributor on the list of 
destroyed meters, and that the destruction is performed in accordance 
with a Postal Service-approved method or process.
    (b) These requirements for meter destruction apply to all postage 
meters, postage evidencing systems, and postal security devices included 
as a component of a postage evidencing system.

[66 FR 55097, Nov. 1, 2001]