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B-178505 1 (1973-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacxi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I| *7.COMPTOL.LER GJNERAL OF THE UNITED STATES \ \ ;. ,;'bI WASH INdTON.. DC. c05,9 ,-178505 JUN 2 7 1973 Mr. Jame F. Wagner, Chief Central Accounti )ranch Office of the Controfler United States Atomic Energy Coaissiou Dear Mr. Wagnar: We refer to your letter of April 18, 1973, requesting the opiniou of this Office as to the propriety of rair.bursing Hr. C. 3. Bastiu the additional expense of shuttle service incurred by him for shldpnt of household effects incident to his change of perntsnt duty station from Aiken, South Carolina. to Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, in february or Wiarch of 1972. Hr. Bastin 'n been reimbursed for the transportation of household effects on a coruted rate basis. Upon its arrival In Blue RidGe Stxamtp the moving von Ras unable to negotiate the diarepairad private road landing to the enploye's rail- dance. it. Bastin's household affects era therefore transfarred to a smaller vehicle capable of driving over the road and were delivered to his residence at the additional charge of $296.61 which is th, ubject of hi claim. Kr. $astin states that as an alternative to havlug his houehold effects shuttled by the smaller truck, he could have placed then in stor- aue until the road was repairad. Had he dons no, it is his contention tat he would have been entitlod to rcdinbursemmt for temporary storage as wall as subsistence aOfl0ns for occupancy cf temporary quarters for hiuweLf and his five dependents. e contends thnt because this would have bean considerably uora costly than the o$296.61 incurrod for shuttle sarvico he should be rokrburaed such aoimt. t In your opinion reizbursamnt of expenses In the nature of the shuttle service fee here involved .s precluded by decicLoa of this office. $o assuma that you refer to B-159036, August 12, 1966; b-172017, March 16, 1971; and B-173357, July 14, 1971, which bold that the auddi- tiona cost of a small shuttle van necessitated kiY road conditions s not reimbursable vhere tranaportation sxpunsem are authorized or approved on a co.riuted rate basi. The rationalu of t'Ahse holdings ia th the. addi- t~onaJ exqenas is newerthealss a transpo.: ,ion. expense which under I I ' ) I I,3 -

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