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Local travel is that which is conducted within 150 miles of Berkeley Lab, or the primary worksite, is completed in one calendar day, and does not include lodging, meals, or incidental expenses (M&IE). Local travel costs do include expenses for mileage, tolls, and public transportation.
When can local travel be input as a Domestic Travel Authorization (TA)? There are a few situations when what really is local travel requires a TA or even lodging charges:
If you need to request a Pre-Payment Expense Report (ER), you will have to have a TA. Local travel does not allow for TAs, so they must be entered into TREX as domestic travel with notes in the comments section about why the local travel is being put on a domestic TA. Be sure to zero out lodging and M&IE for the trip on the ER as local travel doesn't allow for these except in those few situations for which it can be allowed (M&IE if the full day is over 12 hours and lodging with divisional approval).
If your trip is within 150 miles it is considered local travel, but sometimes due to the time of traveling, lodging at the business location is preferred. This is allowable with divisional approval from Teresa Calarco, Division Operations. The ER will have to be processed as domestic travel since local ERs will not allow lodging costs and be sure to note in the comments about the approval.
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