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B-186603 1 (1976-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddwl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4L K Zenneth Siegel --- TMsap. Trm COMPTROLLB.1 ONERAL DECISION OF THR UNITED ETATUB WADHINGTON. D.C. 0548 ' ti PIN FILE: DATE: DEC 2 MATTAOP . 3 C NMvajo fteight Lines, Inc. DIGEST: It sufficiently ;iavincing evidence is presented, the poisa of origin shous on a Government bill of lading may be rebutted. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. (Navajo), by eorrespondmnce dated January 28, 1976, and Aupst 17S 1976, requests revie by the Coptroller General of the Unite States of deduction actions take. by the Tormer Transportation and Claims Division (TCD) of the General AMcounting Office, now a part of the General Services Administratiom. See the General Accounting Office Act of 1974, 88 Stat. 1959, approved January 2, 1975. Deduction actics constitute settlemnts within the meaning of Section 201(3) of that Act, 49 U.S.C. 66(b) (Supp. V 1975) and of 4 C.F.R. 53.1(b) (1) and 53.2 (1976). Navajo's correspondence is in substantial compliance with the requirement of 4 C..R. 3.3 and 53.4 (1976), establishing the carrier's right to a review of a rSA settlament by the Comptroller General. Navajo's corsapodence dated Junuary 28, 1976, concerns Cwernment bill of lading No, D*82?1398 which covered a shipment consiating-of 1,624 pounda of blankets, N01, from Clearfiold- Utah, to Gallup, New Mexico, on June 23, 1972. TCD issued a notice of overcharge for 457.65 which was collected frem monies otherwise due the carrier. The carrier flled a p:otest t, the amount deducted. On February 29, 1976, GSA issued a certilficate Df settlement for $22,90 to the carrier. The certificate of settle at appears to be self**planatory and apparently the carrier hat not received At when it filed Ite request for review. Navajo'z correspondence dated August 17, 1976, concerns Govqrament bill of lading No. F*7349731, dated December 21, 1972, %hich covered 1he transportation of 40 am chairs welghing 2,800 pounds from Washington, D.C., to the Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, New Yor;. Navajo assessed and the Goverament pild freight charges of $396..16 on the shipment. The origin of the hipment is sheam on the Government bill of lading as Washington, D.C., and the ',1l name of the shipper is shuwn as Shelby Williams Industries cl G. M. Perky. Based on Jtb 1 I a I

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