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B-222382 1 (1987-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmtm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: le The Comptroller General 0of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 kDecision Matter of: Technical Sergeant Crafton E. Barnett, USAF - Excess Weight - Household Goods File: B-222382 Date: July 10, 1987 DIGEST 1. The question of whether and to what extent authorized weights have been exceeded in the shipment of household goods by members of the uniformed services is a matter primarily for administrative determination. Ordinarily, the administrative determination will not be questioned in the absence of evidence showing it to be clearly in error. 2. Evidence of the weight of household goods when placed in nontemporary storage is not determinative of the weight of these goods when taken out of storage so as to relieve the member of his liability for excess weight based on the higher line-haul shipment. The heavier line-haul weight may be due to several factors including the use of different scales, the use of storage materials which are not removed before shipping, and moisture absorption while in storage. 3. The longstanding practice of the government to accept the lesser weight when the same household goods are reweighed does not apply separately to a shipment in storage and to a line-haul shipment so as to relieve the member of his liability for excess weight. The rule applies only to the line-haul shipment, which was not reweighed. 49 C.F.R. S 1056.7 (1985). DECISION The Director, Department of the Air Force, Joint Personal Property Shipping Office (JPPSO) San Antonio, Texas, requests reconsideration of our Claims Group's settlement of November 25, 1985. The settlement partially relieved the indebtedness of Air Force Technical Sergeant Crafton E. Barnett for excess costs of $319.96, in connection with the transportation of his household goods to his home of record

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