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Pay Administration

Questions and answers

No. There is no authority to pay hazardous duty pay or environmental differential pay for potential exposure to anthrax. To pay hazardous duty pay or environmental differential pay, a local installation must find that there is credible evidence that anthrax is in the workplace and that an employee was exposed to anthrax.
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