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B-194961 1 (1979-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhkx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . Il OF THE UNITED STATES r ASHINGTON, D.C. 2054 8 FILE: B-194961 DATE: auly 23, 1979 MATTER OF: Woodrow F. Bellamy DIGEST: 1. LClaim for refund of osts recovered by Air Force for excess weight of ousehold goods in connection with per- manent change of station may not be allowed in absence of evidence showing agency determination to be clearly in error. 2. Question whether and to what extent authorized weights have been exceeded in shipment of household effects by members of the uniformed services is considered to be matter pri- marily for administrative determination and ordinarily will not be questioned in absence of evidence showing it to be clearly in error. Woodrow F. Bellamy, MSgt., USAF, requests review of the settle- ment of our Claims Division denying a claim for refund of $415.07 recovered by the Air Force for excess costs associated with the ship- ment of member's household goods upon permanent change of station from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida (MacDill). Pursuant to permanent change of station orders Sgt. Bellamy's household goods were picked up on June 25, 1974, and one lot, shown on the bill of lading as weighing 7,700 pounds, was transported from MacDill to Aviano Air Base, Italy, under Government bill of lading (GBL) No. K-5518163. A second shipment, weighing 2,500 pounds, was transported from MacDill to Sweetwater, Tennessee, under GBL No. K-5518143, dated June 19, 1974. He was authorized to ship 8,500 pounds on Special Order AA-3031, dated June 4, 1974. The two ship- ments exceeded his authorized weight allowance and he was charged excess costs of $415.07 for an adjusted excess weight of 756 pounds. Sgt. Bellamy alleges that when the plastic-lined shipping crate, which was supposedly waterproof and contained five carpets, was opened at destination in Italy water poured out of the crate. When the goods were picked up at his residence they were transported to the carrier's warehouse for crating the following day. On the following day, June 26, 10.74 inches of rain fell in MacDill as evidenced by a statement of the USAF Chief Forecaster used with his claim for damage in transit. Sgt. Bellamy challenges the weight shown on the GBL

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