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B-244551 1 (1991-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnzb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ge Comptroller General ofthe United States lWashington, DC. 20548 o Decision Matter of: Timothy C. Pace File: B-244551 Date: Noveber 18, 1991 DECISION The issue in this case is whether Mr. Timothy C. Pace, an employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA), may be reimbursed for the cost of installing a radon gas control system incident to the sale of his residence when he transferred in August 1990.' We agree with SSA that this item is a home maintenance cost which may not be reimbursed under the Federal Travel Regulations. Mr. Pace transferred from Washington, D.C., to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and used SSA's relocation company to sell his residence at his old duty station, The relocation company required an inspection of the residence for radon gas and assurance that the amount of radon gas complied with the standards for safety set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As a result of the inspection, Mr. Pace had to spend $770 on the installation of a radon gas c)ntrol system before the EPA safety standard could be met and before the relocation company agreed to sell the residence. Mr. Pace seeks reimbursement of the $770 installation charge on the basis that the EPA safety standard was not in existence at the time of construction of his residence or the time he purchased it. Mr. Pace further contends that, since the radon gas has been present at all times and he would not have installed the corrective device but for the need to sell the home, it would be inappropriate to consider the cost for the radon control system as a maintenance cost. Reimbursement of expenses for operating or maintaining a home are specifically not included as reimbursable real estate sale expenses under the FTR, 41 C.F.R. § 302- 6.2(d) (2)H.iv). We have, in several cases, held that the corrections of deficiencies required to sell a residence are not reimbursable since they are maintenance costs, including deficiencies under applicable local laws or regulations 'The question was submitted by Mr. Walter W. Pleines, Director, Division of Finance, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services, reference S6CB215.

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