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0 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION . . OF THE UNITED STATES
0WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548
LN ITS
FILE: B-207950 DATE: February 8, 1983
MATTER OF: Major Arthur D. Eiff, USAF
DIGEST:
Service member claims refund of the
shipping charges collected from him for
the excess weight of his household goods
on the basis that the administrative
regulations directing that his household
goods be reweighed were not followed. His
claim may not be allowed in the absence of
some other evidence that the weight of the
goods was in error since regulations
requiring reweigh are procedural in nature
and do not govern entitlements. Since the
weight of the household goods was estab-
lished at origin and since no error in
such weight is alleged or shown, that
weight must be used in determining the
member's liability.
Major Arthur D. Eiff, USAF, requests reconsideration of
our Claims Group's November 23, 1981 denial of his claim for
refund of excess transportation charges in the amount of
$768.60 paid by him for exceeding his authorized weight
allowance in the shipment of his household goods incident to
a permanent change of station from Langley Air Force Base,
Virginia, to Iran in 1976. The denial is sustained.
Major Eiff, a captain at the time he was transferred,
was authorized a weight allowance of 11,000 pounds for
shipment of household goods and unaccompanied baggage and
1,000 pounds of professional books, papers and equipment on
his permanent change of station from Langley Air Force Base,
Virginia, to Iran. The Air Force determined that he had
shipped a net weight of 14,110 pounds and collected $768.60
from him for costs of the excess weight.
The record indicates that Major Eiff was aware of a
possible overweight in his shipment of household goods and
that he informed the traffic management office in Tehran.
He states that he requested reweigh on two separate occa-
sions and was refused. A statement of the transportation
officer dated November 21, 1976, shows that his office
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