• SIOUX FALLS SD -- The Postal Service is adopting new service standards for our Market-Dominant products - First-Class Mail and Periodicals.   These changes will be implemented in two phases.  The first phase will be from July 1, 2012 through January 31. 2014, and the second phase will apply on February 1, 2014.
• Essentially, delivery from Groton to the Watertown (572), Huron (573) and Pierre (575) areas will no longer be overnight service. They will now be two-day delivery. The only overnight delivery area from Groton will areas in the 574 zip code area.
• During the first phase (beginning July 1, 2012), the overnight service standard for First-Class Mail will apply only to Intra-Sectional Center Facility (SCF) mail.  There will be no overnight service for any inter-SCF mail.  The following will list will show the changes for the Dakotas District:
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• Current overnight service area:                                                 July 1st Overnight
                                                                                                    Service Area:
• Sioux Falls SD - 510-513, 560, 561, 570, 571, 572, 573          510-513, 570, 571
• Dakota Central SD - 570-575, 510-513                                     572, 573
• Aberdeen SD - 572-575                                                             574
• Pierre SD - 572-575, 577                                                           575
• Rapid City SD - 575, 577, 693, 822                                           577
• Fargo ND - 562-567, 576, 580-586                                           565, 580, 581, 584
• Grand Forks ND - 565, 567, 580-583                                        567, 582, 583
• Bismarck ND - 576, 585-588                                                     576, 585, 586
• Minot ND - 576, 583, 585-588                                                   587, 588
• Billings MT - 590, 591, 593, 594, 596, 597, 821                       590, 591, 593, 821
• Wolf Point MT - 592, 593                                                          592
• Great Falls MT - 594-597                                                          594, 595
• Helena MT - 594-597                                                                596
• Butte MT - 594-597                                                                   597
• Missoula MT - 598, 599                                                             598
• Kalispell MT - 598, 599                                                              599
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• First-Class two-day service standard will apply to mail pieces in which the driving time between the applicable Processing & Distribution Center/Facility (P&DC/F) and the Area Distribution Center (ADC) is within six hours.  This is a decrease from the current 12 hour driving time.  The current three-, four-, and five-day service stan

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