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DATE: JUNE 3, 1996

CASE NO: 96-TSC-2

In the Matter of
     SHAM MEHTA,
          Complainant

     v.

     ARCTIC SLOPE INSPECTION
     SERVICES,
          Respondent

Billie Pirner Garde, Esq.
     Garde Law Firm
     One Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
     Eighth Floor
     Washington, DC 20001
          For the Complainant

Gregory Youngnun, Esq.
     DeLisio, Moran, Geraghty & Zobel, P.C.
     943 West Sixth Avenue
     Anchorage, AK 99501
          For the Respondent

Before:   ALEXANDER KARST Administrative Law Judge

          
          RECOMMENDED ORDER OF DISMISSAL

     The parties having entered into the attached "Settlement
Agreement," it is hereby recommended that the Secretary of Labor
enter an order dismssing this matter with prejudice.



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                              ALEXANDER KARST
                              Administrative Law Judge


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NOTICE:   This Recommended Order and the administrative file in
this matter will be forwarded for review by the Secretary of  Labor
to the Office of Administrative Appeals, U.S. Department of  Labor,
Room S-4309, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution  Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.  The Office of Administrative 
Appeals has the responsibility to advise and assist the Secretary
in the preparation and issuance of final decisions in employee
protection cases adjudicated under the regulations at 29 C.F.R.
Parts 24 and 1978.  See 55 Fed.  Reg. 13250 (1990).