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46 Section 3. BUEs will be reimbursed travel and per diem in accordance with the Federal Joint Travel Regulation. BUEs shall be authorized a travel card upon a requirement for offi cial travel. Section 4. To the maximum extent possible, the Employer shall schedule enroute travel during the employee's regularly scheduled tour of duty. However, it is recognized that in rare instances no amount of planning or scheduling will prevent B UEs from being required to travel outside their scheduled tour of duty. ARTICLE 32 SYSTEM ERROR/DEVIATION Section 1. The Union Facility Representative or his/her designee shall be present during all interviews with Bargaining Unit Employees when Manag ement alleges that a system error/deviation may have occurred. The Union Facility Representative, or his/her designee, shall be notified promptly and prior to any requirement or request for a written or verbal statement from any BUE. Section 2. The follow ing shall apply to system error/deviations: A. Initial written statement (informal) – If an Employee is required to make an initial written statement after a system error/deviation, upon request, the Employee and, if applicable his/her Union Representative shall be permitted to listen to/view relevant tape recordings prior to making this statement. The Employer's request for an initial statement must be made within four (4) hours of a suspected incident or within four (4) hours of management becoming aware o f the incident. B. Final written statement (formal) – This statement shall follow the initial written statement. An employee and his/her Union Representative shall be permitted to review all data utilized in the related investigation by Management prior to making a final written statement. The Employee and his/her representative shall be afforded a reasonable amount of official time to review this data and prepare the final written statement. An Employee may elect to resubmit the initial written statement f or this purpose. The final written statement shall be the Employee's official response, superseding any previous oral or written statements. Section 3. The Employee and Union Representative shall be given an entire copy of any and all investigation report s concurrently with its

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