---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-7.4"
title: "41"
number: "302-7.4"
heading: "HHG shipments that include PBP&E that might exceed, or did exceed, the 18,000 pounds net weight allowance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-7.4"
---

# §302-7.4. HHG shipments that include PBP&E that might exceed, or did exceed, the 18,000 pounds net weight allowance.

- (a) The agency should separate the PBP&E and have the HHG carrier estimate the weight of the PBP&E before the HHG shipment is picked up. Subtract 110 percent of the estimated PBP&E weight (to adjust for packing materials) from the estimated gross weight as shown on the shipping documents (i.e., net weight minus the PBP&E minus 10 percent of the PBP&E). If the result is more than the 18,000 pounds net weight allowance, then the shipment exceeds the net weight allowance.
- (b) If it was not discovered that the HHG shipment exceeded the net weight allowance in advance, and if the PBP&E was not weighed or estimated before shipping, then the agency should weigh the PBP&E before it is delivered. Determine if the shipment exceeds the net weight allowance by applying the formula in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (c) If the calculation in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shows that the shipment does not exceed the net weight allowance, then the agency may transport and pay for shipping the PBP&E plus packing materials with the household goods.
- (d) However, if the calculation in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shows that the shipment may exceed the net weight allowance, and if the employee was authorized PBP&E, then the employee must pay for shipping all weight that exceeds the net weight allowance for their HHG, minus the PBP&E and packing materials for both. The agency may then pay for shipping the PBP&E as an administrative expense.
- (e) The agency may require reasonable documentation of the items requesting to be shipped as PBP&E and the weight of the PBP&E.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 586.

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.