17:0312(43)NG - IBEW Local 1245 and Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office -- 1985 FLRAdec NG

 17 FLRA No. 43
 
 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
 ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO,
 LOCAL 1245
 Union
 
 and
 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION,
 MID-PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE
 Agency
 
                                            Case No. O-NG-941
 
                   ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR REVIEW
 
    This matter is before the Authority pursuant to section 7105(a)(2)(D)
 and (E) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute and
 section 2424.1 of the Authority's Rules and Regulations on a petition
 for review of a negotiability issue filed by the Union.  For the reason
 indicated below, the Union's petition for review must be dismissed.
 
    It appears from the Union's petition that the Union sought to meet
 Vehicles and Heavy Equipment.  /1/ The Union did not, however, submit
 any specific proposals for negotiation.  The Agency's assistant regional
 director for administration responded by informing the Union that the
 instruction was not negotiable and, that in any event, the Union had not
 requested bargaining within the thirty day time limit after the
 instruction's issuance as per the parties' negotiated agreement.  Thus,
 the Agency denied the Union's request to bargain.  In response to a
 subsequent memorandum from the Union requesting clarification on the
 issue of whether a compelling need existed for this instruction, the
 Agency notified the Union that in light of its prior determination the
 issue of compelling need for the instruction was moot.  The Union
 thereupon filed the instant petition with the Authority.
 
    Section 2424.1 of the Authority's Rules and Regulations, which
 implements section 7117 of the Statute, provides, in pertinent part:
 
          Sec. 2424.1 Conditions governing review
 
          The Authority will consider a negotiability issue under the
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