B-142205, OCT. 7, 1964
Highlights
YOUR CLAIM IN THE MATTER WAS ORIGINALLY DISALLOWED BY OUR SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 28. FOR THE REASON THAT IT WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY STATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT THE CHEMICALS USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS AND MOSS IN THE PROJECT CANALS AND LATERALS HAD ANY DELETERIOUS EFFECT. THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM WAS SUSTAINED. YOUR CLAIM WAS AGAIN THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND. THE DISALLOWANCE WAS AGAIN SUSTAINED. ADDITIONALLY YOU ARE ADVISED THAT ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE BY YOU IN THE MATTER. WILL BE FILED HERE WITHOUT REPLY.
B-142205, OCT. 7, 1964
TO MR. OLE N. LIEN:
YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 18, 1964, REQUESTS FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED BY YOUR CROPS. YOUR CLAIM IN THE MATTER WAS ORIGINALLY DISALLOWED BY OUR SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 28, 1960, FOR THE REASON THAT IT WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY STATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT THE CHEMICALS USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS AND MOSS IN THE PROJECT CANALS AND LATERALS HAD ANY DELETERIOUS EFFECT. PURSUANT TO YOUR REQUEST OF FEBRUARY 8, 1960, OUR OFFICE REVIEWED YOUR CLAIM AND, FOR THE REASONS STATED IN OUR DECISIONS B-142205 OF MARCH 24, 1960, THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM WAS SUSTAINED. SUBSEQUENTLY, BY DECISION B-142205 OF APRIL 28, 1960, YOUR CLAIM WAS AGAIN THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND, ON THE BASIS OF THE RECORD BEFORE US, THE DISALLOWANCE WAS AGAIN SUSTAINED.
YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 18, 1964, CONTAINS NO EVIDENCE WHICH HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONSIDERED BY OUR OFFICE. CONSEQUENTLY, WE MUST AGAIN SUSTAIN OUR SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 28, 1960, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM.
ADDITIONALLY YOU ARE ADVISED THAT ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE BY YOU IN THE MATTER, WILL BE FILED HERE WITHOUT REPLY.