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Step 3. A grievance unresolved at Step 1 may be submitted by the grievant to the Safety <br />=?Y Director, or his designee, within five (5) working da.ys of receipt of the Step 2 answer. The <br />Safety Director, or his designee, may meet with the grievant and a representative of the F.O.P. if <br />the employee desires, within seven (7) calendar days of submission of the grievance to Step 3, to <br />discuss the grievance. The Safety Director, or Ius designee, shall provide a written response to <br />the grievant within five (5) calendar days of such meeting. Grievances unresolved at Step 3 may <br />be submitted to arbitration upon request of the F.O.P. in accordance with the provisions of <br />Section 16.6 of the Article. <br />16.6 The F.O.P., based upon the facts presented, has the right to decide whether to <br />arhitrate a grievance. Within ten (10) calendar days fram the date of the final answer on a <br />grievance from Step 3, the F.O.P. sha11 notify the Employer, in writing, of its intent to seek <br />arbitration of an unresolved grievance. <br />The parties sha11 attempt to draft an agreed upon submission sta.tement. If the Parties are <br />unable to agree upon a submission sta.tement, the arbitrator shall frame the issue or issues to be <br />decided_ <br />The Employer's representative shall notify the F.O.P. of any questions of arbitrability, <br />and of its intent to raise the question at the arbitra.tion hearing. <br />23 <br />