B-136722, SEP. 12, 1960
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JULY 14. THE PROPOSED NEW SUBSECTION 401.02 INCORPORATES INTO THE REGULATIONS DEFINITIONS RELATED TO WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS WHICH ARE TO BE USED BY EACH FEDERAL AGENCY OPERATING A MAJOR WAREHOUSING ACTIVITY. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PROPOSED REGULATION TO FULLY CONSIDER ITS MERITS OR PROBABLE RESULTS. WE HAVE MADE A LIMITED REVIEW OF THE MATTER AND WE PERCEIVE NO OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED REVISIONS.
B-136722, SEP. 12, 1960
TO FRANKLIN FLOETE, ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JULY 14, 1960, WHICH TRANSMITTED FOR OUR REVIEW COPIES OF PROPOSED NEW SUBSECTION 401.02 AND NEW SECTION 406.00, CHAPTER II, TITLE 1, PERSONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, REGULATIONS OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.
THE PROPOSED NEW SUBSECTION 401.02 INCORPORATES INTO THE REGULATIONS DEFINITIONS RELATED TO WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS WHICH ARE TO BE USED BY EACH FEDERAL AGENCY OPERATING A MAJOR WAREHOUSING ACTIVITY.
THE PROPOSED NEW SECTION 406.00 REQUIRES THAT EACH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AGENCY SHALL USE THE DEFINITIONS OF SUBSECTION 401.02 IN ITS WAREHOUSING OPERATIONS, AND ESTABLISHES USE STANDARDS AS GUIDELINES FOR THE MAJOR WAREHOUSING ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.
ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PROPOSED REGULATION TO FULLY CONSIDER ITS MERITS OR PROBABLE RESULTS, WE HAVE MADE A LIMITED REVIEW OF THE MATTER AND WE PERCEIVE NO OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED REVISIONS.
HOWEVER, WE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ERRORS IN THE TRANSMITTED MATERIAL:
TABLE SUBSECTION PAGE SUBPARAGRAPH COMMENT
401.02 2 1 (E) THE WORD "OF" ON LINE 2,
PRECEDING THE WORD "STORAGE"
SHOULD BE "OR"
401.023 2 (A) THE WORD "TRUCKS" PRECEDING
THE WORD CLEARANCES ON LINE 9
SHOULD BE "TRACKS"
401.02 3 2 (B) (1) THE WORD "GROSS" SHOULD BE ..END :