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B-186331 1 (1976-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcyz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 (Q5b SP 7978 gt FILE: DATE: B-186331 MATTER OF: Allen R. Lancaster - Claim for Environmental Pay - Evidence to Support DIGEST: In absence of official records, claim of Air Force employee for environmental pay for handling explosives may be paid under best available evidence rule to the extent that work schedules and flight schedules involving explosives substantiate employee's claim. See decisions cited. Major C. T. Woolsey, Chief of the Accounting and Finance Division, Headquarters Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (AFLC), Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, requests an advance decision as to the propriety of certifying for payment the voucher of Mr. Allen H. Lancaster representing evironmental pay. Mr. Lancaster is one of several employees who have filed claims with the Account- ing and Finance Division for environmental pay. The employees' eligibility for environmental pay is not at issue. However, due to a misunderstanding of applicable regulations, Air Force supervisory personnel did not maintain records of the time periods during which the employees were entitled to environmental pay. Mr. Lancaster's claim in the amount of $215.04 covers che period from April 15, 1973, through April 20, 1374. The claims of other employees cover periods of 100 to 276 days. Environ- mental pay for employees was authorized by subchapter S8-7 of Federal Personnel Manual Supplement 532-1, as the employees handled Class A and B explosives aboard aircraft and participated in the onloading and offloading of said explosives. In the absence of official records documenting the times at which environmental pay was authorized, Major Woolsey inquires as to whether the claims may be paid based on the employees' own estimates of the number of hours worked or whether the Air Force should make its own estimate based on available records. The records in the instant case are the work schedules of the employees and the average number of flights per month carrying explosives which occurred during the employees' hours of duty. The rule with regard to evidence ±n support of claims is that in the absence of official records payment may be made on

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