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B-210713 1 (1983-05-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlbq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-210713 DATE: May 17, 1983 MATTER OF: Charles L. Eppright DIGEST: 1. An employee is indebted to Government because he exceeded his authorized weight allowance for shipment of household goods. He claims the weight of his shipment from Germany to Michi- gan should have been reduced by 15 percent for weight of bracing and padding material. Weight receipts show that padding and bracing mate- rials returned to the warehouse were weighed separately and their weight was included in tare weight of ship- ment. Since weight of padding and bracing was, therefore, excluded from net weight, employee is not entitled to 15 percent reduction under Volume 2 of the Joint Travel Regulations, para- graph C7050-2c. 2. An employee is indebted to Government because he exceeded his authorized weight allowance for shipment of household goods. He claims weight for shipment of household goods from California to Michigan was erroneous. Although he claims that his wife witnessed a reweigh that reduced the weight over 300 pounds, in the absence of weight certificates or other demon- strative evidence to support this allegation, we must accept the agency determination that the weight stated on the Government Bill of Lading was correct. 3. An employee states that he moved 12 times in 16 years preceding move for which he became indebted to Government for exceeding the author- ized weight allowance. He indicates

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