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B-215221 1 (1984-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlwz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION . . OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHNGTO. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-215221 DATE: September 5, 1984 MATTER OF: Rayburn C. Robinson, Jr,. DIGEST: An employee who was transferred in May 1983 shipped 16,700 pounds of household goods by a Government Bill of Lading. He was assessed charges of $1,568.02 for the weight in excess of the 11,000-pound statutory maximum then in effect. The employee may not be relieved of his lia- bility for the cost of shipping household goods in excess of 11,000 pounds even though he was not given an estimate of the weight of his household goods in advance of shipment. A transferred employee whose household goods were shipped by Government Bill of Lading was assessed charges for shipping more than the 11,000-pound maximum prescribed by 5 U.S.C. S 5724(a). In response to a specific inquiry whether the employee may be relieved of this liability we conclude that there is no authority for the Government to bear the excess weight charges even though the employee may not have been fully informed of the estimated weight and charges before shipment.!/ Mr. Rayburn C. Robinson, Jr., an employee of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, was transferred from Washington, D.C., to Kearneysville, West Virginia, in May of 1983. His household goods weighing 16,700 pounds were shipped by Government Bill of Lading and he was assessed $1,568.02 for shipping the 5,700 pounds by which they exceeded the 11,000-pound limit then in effect. Mr. Robinson claims that in advance of shipment the carrier made an inventory of his household goods, but did not give him an estimate of their weight. The carrier states that although the information was not furnished in writing, they informed Mr. Robinson verbally that the weight 1/ The Assistant Director - Administration of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, submitted the request for a decision.

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