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02:0701(89)AR
The decision of the Authority follows:


 2 FLRA No. 89
 
 LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN T. SPRUIELL
 LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST
 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 EGGERT CROSSING ROAD, BOX 979
 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08625
 
                                RE:  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
                                     GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, LOCAL
                                     R2-100 AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
                                     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (KRAMER,
                                     ARBITRATOR), Case No. 0-AR-70
 
 DEAR COLONEL SPRUIELL:
 
    THIS REFERS TO YOUR EXCEPTIONS TO THE ARBITRATOR'S AWARD IN THE
 ABOVE-ENTITLED CASE, DATED JANUARY 10, 1980, AND FILED WITH THE
 AUTHORITY ON JANUARY 15, 1980.  FOR THE REASONS INDICATED BELOW, IT HAS
 BEEN DETERMINED THAT YOUR EXCEPTIONS WERE UNTIMELY FILED AND CANNOT BE
 ACCEPTED FOR REVIEW.
 
    SECTION 2425.1(B) OF THE AUTHORITY'S REGULATIONS (COPY ENCLOSED)
 PROVIDES:
 
    (B) THE TIME LIMIT FOR FILING AN EXCEPTION TO AN ARBITRATION AWARD IS
 THIRTY (30) DAYS
 
    BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF THE AWARD.
 
    THE SUBJECT ARBITRATION AWARD, AS INCLUDED IN YOUR SUBMISSION, IS
 DATED DECEMBER 7, 1979.  THEREFORE, UNDER SECTION 2425.1(B) OF THE
 AUTHORITY'S REGULATIONS, YOUR EXCEPTIONS WERE DUE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
 AUTHORITY NO LATER THAN JANUARY 7, 1980.  HOWEVER, AS STATED ABOVE, YOUR
 EXCEPTIONS, DATED JANUARY 10, 1980, WERE NOT FILED WITH THE AUTHORITY
 UNTIL JANUARY 15, 1980.  IN THIS REGARD, THE AUTHORITY IS NOT EMPOWERED
 TO EXTEND OR WAIVE THE TIME LIMIT FOR FILING EXCEPTIONS TO ARBITRATORS'
 AWARDS.
 
    ACCORDINGLY, AS YOUR EXCEPTIONS WERE UNTIMELY FILED, AND APART FROM
 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, YOUR APPEAL IS HEREBY DISMISSED.
 
    FOR THE AUTHORITY.
 
                                SINCERELY,
 
                           SAMUEL A. CHAITOVITZ
 
                            EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 
    ENCLOSURE
 
    CC:  D. W. DOWNES
 
    NAGE