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24:0678(69)AR
The decision of the Authority follows:
24 FLRA No. 69 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY DEFENSE DEPOT MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, TENNESSE Agency and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 2501 Union Case No. 0-AR-1257 ORDER DISMISSING EXCEPTIONS This case is before the Authority on exceptions to the award of Arbitrator Mathew W. Jewett filed on behalf of Mr. Joe A. Barlow, the grievant in the above-entitled case. For the reasons set forth below, the exceptions must be dismissed. Section 2425.1(a) of the Authority's Rules and Regulations provides: Either party to an arbitration under the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5 of the United States Code may file an exception to an arbitrator's award rendered pursuant to the arbitration. Section 2421.11 of the Rules and Regulations provides in pertinent part: "Party" means (a) any person . . . (4) who participated as a party . . . (ii) in a matter where the award of an arbitrator was issued . . . . In this case it appears that two parties, the Union and the Agency, participated as "parties" in the subject proceeding. Thus, it does not appear that Mr. Barlow, the grievant, participated as a "party" in the proceeding before the arbitrator. Consequently, the grievant is not entitled to file exceptions to the arbitrator's award under section 2425.1(a) of the Authority's Regulations. Accordingly, and apart from other considerations, the grievant's exceptions are herby denied. For the Authority. Issued, Washington, D.C., December 19, 1986. /s/ Harold D. Kessler Director of Case Processing