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B-207647(CAM) 1 (1982-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkmn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Iiflo c V DECISION THE CCMPTROLLWR GENERAL OF TH13 UN3IS D STATUE WASHINOTON, 93,C-- U0546 FILE: B-207647(CAM) DATE: 9 July 13, 1982 MATTER { DIGEST: 1. )F3 Bernard J. Peters-Transportation of Household Goods-Excess Weight The indebtedness of an employee, which resulted from the shipment of househtold goods in excess of the 11,000 pound statutory limitation, cannot be waived because the employee lacked knowledue of the statutory limitation. No Government agency or employee has the authority to waive a statutory provision9 2. Further, excess w in the shipment o personal effects expenses and are waiver provisions (1976). eight chnrges incurred f household goods and are transportation excluded from the of 5 u.s.C. § 5584 An Authorized Certifying Officer of the Bureau of Land Management has asked for a decinion in answer to the following question; May the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) waive a charge assesiied against an employee for the costs of shipping household goods in excess of the statutory weight limitation? No basis for waiving the statutory limitation exists. Regardless of the reason; for the shipment of exceds weight, DLM has no legal authority to waive the excess costs. When Mr. Bernard J. Peters was appointed as a manpower shortage employee, he relocated from Old Forge, Now York, to Alexandria, Virginia. Hie travel orders, dated Decem- ber 31, 1980, authorized the shipment of household goods and personal effects, not to exceed 11,000 pounds, at government expene. On January 23, 1981, Mr. Peters shipped 14,130 pounds of household goods. BLM subsequently billed Mr. Peters for the cost of shipping 3,130 pounds, the amount his shipment exceeded the 11,000 pound limit. Mr. Peters claims he was never informed of the weight limitation and asks for a waiver of the excess weight charge. BLM denied the request since It was unable to find any authority for such a waiver. -, I * ** ~-C, II - - ~C-*-~ *~ -. -- '- --9. pqgr Sqi4~ U m ,4m PIN

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