The National Treasury Employees Union requested reconsideration of the disallowance of an employee's claim for overtime compensation in connection with his performance of overtime duties with the U.S. Customs Service. The employee worked a total of 24.5 hours overtime as part of a surveillance activity at a time when he qualified for and was receiving an annual premium for administratively uncontr...

WAS AUTHORIZED PREMIUM PAY FOR IRREGULAR. HE IS NOT ENTITLED TO PAYMENT FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED OVERTIME UNDER 5 U.S.C. SEC. 5542 IN ADDITION TO PREMIUM PAY SINCE SURVEILLANCE DUTY WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY UNCONTROLLABLE OVERTIME AS IT DID NOT OCCUR AT SUCH REGULAR INTERVALS AS TO FALL INTO CLEAR DISCERNIBLE PATTERN. THE CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY OUR CLAIMS DIVISION ON JULY 16. ROGERS WAS SCHEDULED TO W...