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STEP 4- If the Grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step 3, the tlssociation, or the Employee's representadve ma}', within tlurty days after receipt of the Step 3 decision, submit the matter to arbitrarion. The Association or the Employee's representative shall notify the Emplayer of its intent to appeal the Grievance to arbitration in writing. Within seven days, representatives of the Association. or the Employee's representative, shall send a rvritten notice of its intent to arbitrate dhe Grievance to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall submit a panel of five arbitrators and the arbitrator shall be selected by alternate striking within seven days after receipt of the list. (A) The arbitrator shall have no power or authority to add to, subtract from, or in any manner alter the specific ternis of tlus Agreemeiit, or to make any award requiring the commission of any act prohibited by law, or to make any award that itself is contrary to law or violates any of the terms and conditions of lhis Agreement. (B) The arbitrator shall hold a heariiig within thiny days of the notif'ication of appoinmient He shall establish the hearing time and place, but it shall be, where feasible, within the jurisdiction of the Citv. (C) Not later than five days before the hearing, each of the parties shall submit to the arbitrator and to the opposing party a written report summarizing the unresolved issue, the parties requested method of resolution, and the rationale for that resolution. (D) All awards of the arbitrator and all pre-arbitradon Grievance settlements reached by the Association and the Employer shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Association and the Employer. (E) The fees of the arbitrator, expenses of ineeting rooms and stenographic service shall be bome equally by the parties. 7.4 A Grieeance may be withdrawn without prejudice at any time. 7.5 Both the Emploti er and the Association, shall in good faith, make every attempt to resolve all JOW Grievances at the loNvest step in the Grievance Procedure. 11