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B-223311 1 (1987-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmud0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Yellow Freight System, Inc. File: B-223311 Date: August 3, 1987 DIGEST A Navy supplier described plastic containers on a Government Bill of Lading (GBL) under a general National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) item as plastic articles, NOI, density of 6 but less than 12 pounds per cubic foot. The descrip- tion required application of a class 100 rating and rate. The carrier collected freight charges on a specific NMFC description, air cargo containers, set up, which required application of a class 400 rating and rate. The producer's description is a factor weighing heavily in the determina- tion of an article's description, and the carrier has not rebutted the prima facie validity of the GBL description. Therefore, GSA's deduction of the difference between charges collected and charges derived from the classification description and item shown on the GBL is sustained. DECISION Yellow Freight System, Inc. (Yellow) requests review of a deduction action taken by the General Services Administra- tion (GSA) relating to a transportation bill. GSA deter- mined that Yellow collected overcharges on the bill and, in the absence of refund, the overcharges.were deducted from other monies due the carrier. We conclude that Yellow has not shown that GSA's action was improper. BACKGROUND The bill in issue relates to a shipment that Yellow transported for the United States Navy from Tonawanda, New York, to Burbank, California, in July 1983. The issue of charges arises from a dispute over the description and correct classification rating of the commodity shipped. The Government Bill of Lading (GBL), No. R-0544179, describes the shipment of 34 cartons, weighing 2,890 pounds, as: PLASTIC ARTICLES, NOI O/T EXPANDED (NMFC 156600 SUB 6) DECLARED DENSITY IS 6 LBS PER CUBIC FOOT

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