Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
 
                                                   
 
                            November 4, 1999
                                                   
 
 
                            GSBCA 15130-RELO
 
 
                 In the Matter of MICHAEL B. RICH, III
 
 
        Michael B. Rich, III, Baltimore, MD, Claimant.
 
        LTJG Malcolm L. Orr, Staff Attorney, Office of  General Law,
   Headquarters,   United  States   Coast  Guard,   Washington,  DC,
   appearing for Department of Transportation.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).
 
        Michael B. Rich, III, an employee of the United States Coast
   Guard, transferred in June 1999  from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to
   Baltimore, Maryland.  The agency provided to Mr. Rich, as part of
   his relocation benefits, a miscellaneous expense  allowance which
   was calculated on the basis that he was without immediate family.
   See 41 CFR  302-3.3 (1998). Mr. Rich claimed  that this allowance
   should be  recalculated on the  basis that he was  with immediate
   family, since his daughter joined  him in Maryland shortly  after
   he moved.
 
        In reply, the  Coast Guard maintained that  its decision was
   correct  because Mr.  Rich's    daughter did  not  live with  him
   permanently, but  rather, merely visited  for a  period of  weeks
   during the summer.
 
        The claimant, having  read the Coast Guard's  explanation of
   its  position, now  says that  he agrees  with that  position and
   wishes  to withdraw  his request  for  a review  of the  agency's
   decision.
 
        Accordingly, we dismiss the case.
 
                                 _________________________
                                 STEPHEN M. DANIELS 
                                 Board Judge