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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 3 of 217 Section 12. A Facility Representative or a desi gnee shall be allowed up to sixty (60) minutes for confidential orientation of new facility employees to explain local facility policies and practices and the role and responsibilities of the Union. For larger groups, additional time may be allowed for thi s purpose. Section 13. A bsent an emergency or other special circumstance, if otherwise in a duty status, each Principal Facility Representative shall be granted official time, not to exceed forty (40) hours, on a one - time basis in order to attend the NA TCA representative school for the mutual benefit of the Union and the Agency. The Union shall provide a minimum of forty - five (45) days advance notice for scheduling purposes, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. Section 14. The Principal F acility Representative or a designee will be granted sixteen (16) hours of official time to receive orientation on the meaning of the Articles of this Agreement. In the event the Principal Facility Representative is officially replaced, his/her successor w ill be granted sixteen (16) hours of official time to receive orientation on the meaning of the Articles in this Agreement, provided they have previously not received this time. Unless staffing and workload do not permit, excused absence not to exceed eigh t (8) hours shall be granted for on - site briefings for other designated Union representatives. Section 15. Absent an emergency or other special circumstance, upon request, each Principal Facility Representative shall be granted the following amounts of of ficial time, per pay period, to prepare for meetings with Management and perform other representational duties: a. nine (9) hours in facilities with 1 - 20 combined bargaining unit employees; b. fourteen (14) hours in facilities with 21 - 35 combined bargaining un it employees; c. eighteen (18) hours in facilities with 36 - 50 combined bargaining unit employees; d. twenty - six (26) hours in facilities with 51 - 75 combined bargaining unit employees; e. thirty - six (36) hours in facilities with 76 - 150 combined bargaining unit em ployees; f. fifty - six (56) hours in facilities with 151 or more combined bargaining unit employees. g. eighty (80) hours for the National Flight Service Representative. h. sixteen (16) hours for the Alternate National Flight Service Representative. For the pu rposes of this Section, "combined bargaining employees" include those listed in Section 1 of this Article and Staff Support Specialists, FG - 2152 series, located in terminal and en route facilities, TRACONs, flight service station field facilities located i n Alaska, and the David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC). This grant of time is exclusive of time provided for by the Federal Service Labor - Management Relations Statute for negotiations or impasse proceedings as provided for in 5 USC 7131(a) and (c), investigations, formal discussions/meetings or any other provision of this Agreement. Principal Facility Representatives may delegate their official time to Union designees at their facility. Official time granted to the National F light Service Representative may be delegated to

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