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B-180115 1 (1974-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadqg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: r COMPTROLLER1 GEtiE PAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASKINGTttL D0-Q W4I D-180115 Jt. t7 23, 1974 )7 I I Hr. Hilton W, Howard 1409 Springdale Drivo Juckson, Kississippi 39211 Dear Hr, lowardi Further reference is made to your letter of October 9, 1973, appealing a denial of your claii for $54.73 by our Transportation and Claims Division, You have requested that your claim bet considered as a meritorious dlaim under the Meritorious Claims Act of 1928, 31 U.eSC, 236, The facts pertinent to your claim may be suwnarized as followst You shipped 12,100 pounds of household goods incident to your chance of station from Atlanta, GeorGia, to Jackson, H1i.sssippi, as an employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (RUD), You were authorized shipmient of 11,000 pounds net weight. Vhe applicable regulations, Office of lane;eent and Budget Circular Not A-55, provides in section 6.2b(l) that when household poods are shipped uncrated, us in this case, the actual weight, Including containers and packing m4terials, shall be considered the not- weiGht. Since the actut.l (net) v-eight of your chipncnt, 12,llQ pounds, exceeded your allowable net weLght, 11,000 poutids, you were charged $54.73 for the excess, Your reclaim of the excess charge is based on the fact that the provision in Circular Na, A-Sb that the actual weight of uncrated goods i to be the net weight of those Goods wac erroneously onaittt'd fromln) I andbook 2300.2A, Truvol, You state that you were provided the lU!) H1andhook prior to shipment of your goods, that you were told that it governed your entitlements# and therefore the Goveznmwnt is contractually obligated to its provisions, Section 52a(2), DeLecrninin-i net soi;-t, of HUD Handbook 2300,. contains directions tor dettainln n e not misht only o( crated goods or those pached in special containers, providin an allowance for the weight of the containers, You state that if an allowance is made for the wight of packin& and containers, as is provided for crated Cod. or those packed in special conL&Iriers, your thipmont would not be in exces of the ll,000 pound limit, liOm'1er- f r k$kCc'ti(;-) /}cr'j to rb Cia(CL( Mj 9--r--

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