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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2008
Media Contact: Dave Lewin
713-226-3278
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Postal Service Processing Mail in Houston Today

Delivery Operations resume Monday in Non-Evacuation Areas

Houston, TX — Mail processing operations have resumed today at the Houston Processing and Distribution Center and North Houston Processing and Distribution Center. Mail-hauling trucks are dispatching incoming and outgoing mail from both locations today.

The Houston P&DC is located at 401 Franklin Street in downtown Houston, and the North Houston P&DC is located at 4600 Aldine Bender Road near Intercontinental Airport.

Post Offices in the city of Houston (ZIP Code area 770) are set to reopen on Monday, with the exception of Nassau Bay Station and Albert Thomas Station, where mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect.

Retail Post Office lobby services will be available at Post Offices in Houston on Monday, except at Nassau Bay (77058) and Albert Thomas (77059 and 77062) stations.

Mail delivery will resume in the city of Houston on Monday where local conditions permit, except for ZIP Codes 77058 and 77059.

All operations in the greater Bryan area (ZIP Code area 778) are operating normally, and the Processing & Distribution Facility is processing mail today.

All Post Offices and Postal Service operations in the surrounding areas outside the city of Houston (ZIP Code areas 773, 774, 775, 776, 777), encompassing the greater Houston, Beaumont, Bay City, Freeport, and Galveston areas, will resume operations, provided any mandatory evacuation order has been lifted.

For the latest information on USPS service updates, check: http://www.usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates.htm.

Postal Service employees in the area are advised to contact the USPS National Emergency Notification Hotline daily at: 1-888-363-7462.

Additional information regarding postal operations within specific ZIP Code areas will be issued by the U.S. Postal Service as necessary.

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