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discuss the grievance. The Safety Director, or his designee, shall provide a written response to the grievant within five (5) calendar days of such meeting. Grievances unresolved at Step 3 may be submitted to arbitration upon request of the F.O.P. in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.6 of the Article. 16.6 The F.O.P., based upon the facts presented, has the right to decide whether to arbitrate a grievance. Within ten (10) calendar days from the date of the final answer on a grievance from Step 3, the F.O.P. shall notify the Employer, in writing, of its intent to seek arbitration of an unresolved grievance. The parties shall attempt to dra$ an agreed upon submission statement. If the parties are unable to agree upon a submission statement, the arbitrater shall frame the issue or issues to be decided. The Employer's representative shall notify the F.O.P. of any questions of arbitrability, and of its intent to raise the question at the arbitration hearing. After receipt of a request to arbitrate, a representative of each parties (F.O.P. and Employer) shall attempt to agree on an arbitrator. Should the representatives fail to agree on an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be selected in the following manner: The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) shall be' jointly requested to submit a panellist of seven (7) arbitrators. The FMCS shall submit a panel of seven (7) arbitrators. The parties shall alternately strike the names of the arbitrators until only one name remains. Either party may once reject the list and request from the FMCS another list of seven (7) names until. a mutually agreed arbitrator is selected. (24)