94-17572. Domestic Personal Property Rate SolicitationProposed Changes

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army

 

Domestic Personal Property Rate Solicitation--Proposed Changes

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed change.

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SUMMARY: The Military Traffic Management Command is proposing changes 
to the Domestic Personal Property Rate Solicitation. This solicitation 
is the guidelines for interstate and intrastate household services for 
Department of Defense sponsored shipments.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 19, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Military Traffic Management Command, Attn: MTOP-T-NP, Room 
621, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-5050.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janet Nemier, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There have been considerable changes in the 
geographical operating areas where personal property shipments have 
been traditionally picked up and delivered. These changes have been 
caused by a myriad of operational revisions within the DOD 
infrastructure, to include military base closures and realignments and 
the growth of suburban areas surrounding military installations which 
have resulted in DOD personnel relocating to areas which are more 
distant from military installations. Requirements such as those 
necessitate change to storage-in-transit (SIT) rules in the delivery of 
domestic household goods.
    The following changes are proposed to section 7. All related items 
in D-3 impacted by this provision will be changed accordingly.
    a. Paragraph 3. Change 30 miles or less to 50 miles or less.
    b. Note 1. Change 30 milies or less to 50 miles or less.
    c. Note 5. The carrier should use a DOD-approved agent's available 
storage facility within a 50-mile radius of the location shown in Block 
18 on the personal property Government Bill of Lading (PPGBL). If no 
agent's facility is available within a 50-mile radius, the carrier must 
obtain authorization from the PPSO to use a more distant facility.
    (1) If no authorization is given, the charges will be assessed as 
if the shipment was placed in SIT at the location shown in Block 18 of 
the PPGBL.
    (2) If an alternate location to Bock 18 on the PPGBL is used for 
carrier convenience, as shown on the DD Form 619, the Government will 
pay the lower of the SIT and related service charges.
    (3) A DOD-approved facility is defined as follows: An agent's 
storage facility which has DOD approval and is accepting DOD traffic 
from a carrier. If the agent refuses to accept a shipment, e.g., 
because of the carrier's refusal to provide a waiver and/or to the 
carrier's poor payment history, the agent's facility will be considered 
``available'' for purpose of determining charges irrespective of what 
destination warehouse the carrier uses.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-17572 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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