DATE:  October 16, 1992
CASE NO. 92-SWD-3 1/


IN THE MATTER OF

JOHN R. BRODEUR,

          COMPLAINANT,

        v.


WESTINGHOUSE HANFORD CO.,

          RESPONDENT.


BEFORE:  THE SECRETARY OF LABOR


                   ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT
                    AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT
     
     This case is before me for review of the Recommended
Decision and Order Approving Settlement of the Administrative Law
Judge (ALJ) in this case under the employee protection provisions
of the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act, 2/  42
U.S.C. § 6971, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1367, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9610 (the Acts). 
The ALJ recommends approval of the settlement agreement.


     The settlement agreement appears to encompass the settlement
of matters arising under various laws, only some of which are the
Acts listed above.  For the reasons set forth in Poulos v.
Ambassador Fuel Oil Co., Inc., Case No. 86-CAA-1, Sec. Ord.,
Nov. 2, 1987, slip op. at 2, I have limited my review of the 
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agreement to determining whether its terms are a fair, adequate
and reasonable settlement of Complainant's allegation that
Respondent violated the Acts.
     Upon review of the terms of the agreement and the record
in this case, I find that the agreement is fair, adequate and
reasonable, and therefore I approve the agreement.  Accordingly,
the complaint is DISMISSED.
     SO ORDERED.

                                   LYNN MARTIN
                                   Secretary of Labor


Washington, D.C.

[ENDNOTES]

[1] This matter originally was designated Case No. 92-CAA-7. 
The case number was changed by the Office of Administrative Law
Judges.

[2] That act is also known as the Solid Waste Disposal Act,
which is the basis for the designation "SWD" in the case number.