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B-198211 1 (1981-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjfr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A DECISION ( FILE: B-198211 MATTER OF DIGEST: TH COMPTR LLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WA S H I N G T 01N, D. C. 2 0 5 4 8 DATE: March 26, 1981 Donald W. Combs -CDrayageetween Local. Quartej - xcess Weight Charge,r,- 1. A civilian employee of the Air Force was authorized local drayage of house- hold goods incident to his moving from local economy to government quarters. The maximum weight which may be drayed at Government expense and charged as an operating expense of the installa- tion concerned should not exceed 11,000 pounds consistent with 5 U.S.C. § 5724(a)(2). Where the household goods shipment of the employee exceeds the maximum limitation as determined by an appropriate official, then the employee is liable for the excess costs. 2. The question of whether and to what extent authorized weights have been exceeded in the shipment of house- hold effects is a question of fact considered to be a matter primarily for administrative determination and ordinarily will not be questioned in the absence of evidence showing it to be clearly in error. The Air Force has correctly made that determination based on regulations which provide for constructive weight based on 7 pounds per cubic foot of properly loaded Van space. Lower cubic foot measurement of 5.7 pounds within Germany pertains only to military members and is not applica- ble here. This action is in response to a request for a decision submitted by the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Installations) concerning the weight of household goods which may be drayed at Government expense for a civilian employee of the armed forces. The matter was forwarded here through fl

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