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B-189460 1 (1977-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadflo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Te 4 d DECISION : . ) PILE: 3* 1 THE COMPTNOLLEE WENUAL oP THE UNITED ETATEU WAUIINCTN, D. C. 05Ge DATE: Deember 27, 1977 MATrER OF: Tram Country Wa Lines, e. DIGEST: Transportation audit fuzation was transferred from this Office to GSA by Pub. L. to. 93-604, approved Jkanry 2, 1975; it was effective October 22. 1975p am! inclled lat transrntatia functions including Liettld claim but left GAO with appellate authority to review GSA settlemats. Review requests mst be received in GAO ao later than 6 month* frm date of final dispositive action by GSA ar 3 years from date of certain enmer- ated administrative actions, whichever is later. Carrier requsting reveow by 0AO of GSA actir after those dates is tim-barred. Tras Country ha Idnes, Ioo. (Trace Country), it its letter of June 6, 1977, requests a review by the Comptrollar General of the fi'm settlemnt action of September f1, 1974, taken by the former Transports- tion and Claim Division (TCD) of the General Accounting Office. The record shows htat TrI Country billed for and was paid $3, 320.60 on Jum 24, .971, i tiansportation servi~es rendered am a shipment from Pet*'Aam, California, to Warreztan, Virginia, on Govermant bill of Indlig 7-424F.16, dated May 21, 1J71. TCD determined in its audit of trasportation 'er gem that lomer charges were availab2 than those billed by Trans CouLt!ry. Tberefore, a otice of Overcharge for $1,843.80 was stated against. Tranc Country. Trans Gountry rotested the overcharge and received a reply fro TCD. Hounver, because of thr time liistincm imposed by 49 U.S.C. 66 (1970), the overcharge of *1,8143.80 was collected by teduction from amounts othervise due the carrier. Trans Country' c faim far the amount deducted was disallowed by TD an a settemut ceitiflcate dated My 2, 1974., On Augustr22, 1974, Trans Country protested as usrranted the denial or its claim. TCD responded by letter of September 11, 1974, affirmd its disallowame, and suggested that ftmas&Country request a reviw by the Comptroller Geueral of the taited Stctes of its final action 'on the claim. The letter of June 6, 197, is the first correspondence received from Trans Country concerning tin claim since August 24, 1974. While Trans Country presents several reasons in support of its review request, we ned not consider thm,, because, in our opinion, the claim is barred from our casideration by the tim limitations an our review in the General Accounting Office Act o 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-604, approved January 2, l95. U% -1 is j - p

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