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      D-17521                               ::21.y 251 1973


      The !nr.o:bo Rogur. C. II. 1ov-ton

      Tiw rccrt.r of thc- Interior
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          We refcr to lcter of )tirch 13, 3973, frcr-' ic, .er1r..rd J. lorwood,
      M.nocirtu Dircector, MeiA-ninLr,,tion, INlto.al P11r1: Scrvice, rof-
      ercncc ) t'-Ahti, rccw'-:cviup LIr rrnie:t orf ,le, 011 $ce' r, t, toi:t vlidity
                                      tr-ir forCt             o
      of NHr. WllCLt                                          -ort;ivil>
      rspent In travel rntturning fL'v. hit-crlitc, uvou co-lctibnn i-.dl
      tour of duty, to tso ccntral paint of 4,rct: bly.

          Mr. ilwdlton, a wge btnord c ployowo with th Untional Par);
      ServIce'ri L k4 -flJ raticnal Lcro.tion Ar-n, 7)ouldnr City, cvada, is
      asaipud a daily tour of duty from 7 nai to 3:0 l,,;', with on-half
      hour for lunch. At 7 4,tl he it ;ndrally requ-rd to report to th
      Boulu:r City Utility Area to perform vurS.ous LtLCtiona rnd to obtain
      Govu.rwawnt trennportatlcn to the trre: a which ei in chle.Iuc.d to
      pcrfor.i w or).  lls travol to tuc workoitoi to porfor.d w ithin reg/ulcr
      duty hotrn. On $0ednecday, lSzch 29, 1.972, Yr, .,i-iton rcported to
      the Utility Arca at 7 a.=., picked up n (Gova.nrcnt veiclrs and drove
      to his arti -nzm.nt vt Cottonwood Cove, a ir*.uc, ot 55 ill.o, wlhcro he
      worked ntio. 3t30 Bw. n H  ro.turned to Bouldc City by Govacrimcnt
      vehicle nrrivinr rlhtrc at 4:10 p.n.  It in this hour annd ten rinutca of
      travel titia from the workn.ite to the Poulder City Utili7t Areav wh.ch is
      the besis for Hr. llr.lton' aclelm.

          Hr. flnilton nrzues that since tho tr..-a:Ltif$ i ns admniatratlively
     controllable, ha ought to have been r3.crzed froim hin dutes ct tihc
     vorhaitQ in ouch tin a nto pmrirt bin to j,1rfraottlh rv-tuu travel
     within tia 8-1/2 hourn of his regularly ezsslncd tour of duty, In the
     &bnenca of ouch ochesling he argues that ha it entitled to ovcrtine
     cozponcatlon for tho t',A til.ch ho richt in n trav.l t:tatun aMter hi
     regular tour of daty. For the legal bnu: o. lS clLti. Lita erployce
     relies on rezuluLionL..contained in nook 550, tubctptor El-3 of Frderal
     lProoucl Hanunl (IVPIl) SouppIeront 990-2 (prcvioualy contained in Fl
     Letter 550-52, dated Fcebruary 5, 1969) ipclrenting 5 USC, 5542.
     However, such reguLl'Ition nnd l&w are not opplcnble to ta:tu bonrde m-
     ployees. Section 5544 of title 5 of tle United Stna  Code, as nucnded
     by section 222 of Public Limi90-206, 74 Stat, 664, enictud Dcc'bcr 16,
     1967, is applicable to wage board cmyIloye(s IAn'1 containa oubatantially



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