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B-178673 1 (1973-07-12)

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       1:17473                                       My 12, 1973


       Nr. L.. Cave
       Disbursing02Oflaur
       Mobile District, Corps of Enrinears
       )epermmt of the Amy
       1.09 Box 22es
       Nobile, Alabama 36628
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        Derr. Caves

            This is In reference to your letter of arch 16 1973, reference
        WC(, requestiug an advance decilion eoncor gl thfjropriety of
        tr.e-J eb. Do I).Lole. claim for reftburseuent of  E expenses be
        Incurred vhle on temporary dutjwitb the Susquehanna District Iu
        support of disaster recovery operations in areas damaged by Hurricane
        Agnes aurtng the summer of 1972 (Operation Noah II). o;ur letter was
        assigned PDTAWAC Control No. 73-27 by the Per Lin, 'frvel and Trans-
( ,     portation Allowance Camittee and forvarded here on May 4, 1973.
            eadquaers, obile Disrrict, Corps of Engineers, issued Travel
        Ordenslo. 135 CE on July 4, 1972, authorizin Kr. Elliott to travel
        to Harrisburg, Pensylvania, for approximately 30 dar !eipeorary duty.
        These orders authorized per diem In accordance vith biparcen: of
        !'efense CivLlan Personnel Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Mr. L'lliott
        performed the travel and temporary duty authorized in the travel orders
        and returned to his official station on August 18, 1972. He submittod
        atravel voucha on an actual expense basis in the oswet of $1,103.91.
        The auat of $855.35 vas allowed consisting of per dien for 33 days
        at $25, plus other reimbursable expenses of $30.35. H. accepted this
        reduced aount under protest and requested that his claim for the
        remaining $248.5C be forvarded to thi Office for a decision.

            Mr. Xlliott contends the $855.35 allowed does not cover the
        expenses he Ineurrd while stayingLuI the disaster ravaged area where
        sctarcity of accomodations had inflated prices to unrealistic leveis.
        Am to cost of accomodatozs, the record shos that the notol room was
        $15 per day plus 90 emts tax. Moreover, he claims he vas informed by
        superiors that the trip vould be on an actual expense basis ond authority
        for this would be obtained after-thenfact, upon copltion of the tem-
        porary duty. 1 . Lliott uantains he justifiably relied on the
        aformntioned reprenentatioas and he ehould now be reaibursed the added
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