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Issue date: 20Dec2001
CASE NO.: 2001-TSC-00002
IN THE MATTER OF
GREG COOK,
Complainant
v.
ULTRASEAL AMERICA, INC.,
Respondent
RECOMMENDED DECISION AND ORDER
APPROVING SETTLEMENT
The above-captioned matter arises under the employee protection provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2622. On December 14, 2001, the parties submitted a Confidential Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims that, if approved, would resolve all disputed issues and allow for the dismissal of this matter with prejudice.
As required by the relevant regulations and statutory provisions, I have carefully reviewed the entire agreement. After doing so, I have concluded that the terms of the agreement are, in fact, fair, adequate and reasonable. I therefore recommend that the agreement be approved.
Accordingly, it is recommended:
1. That the Secretary of Labor or her designees on the Administrative Review Board approve the settlement agreement;
2. That the claim of Greg Cook against Respondent, Ultraseal America, Inc., be dismissed with prejudice.
ORDERED this 20th day of December, 2001, at Metairie, Louisiana.
LARRY W. PRICE
Administrative Law Judge
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NOTICE: This Recommended Decision and Order will automatically become the final order of the Secretary of Labor unless, pursuant to 29 C.F.R. §§ 24.8, a petition for review is timely filed with the Administrative Review Board, United States Department of Labor, Room S-4309, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Such petition for review must be received by the Administrative Review Board within ten business days of the date of this Recommended Decision and Order, and shall be served on all parties and on the Chief Administrative Law Judge. See 29 C.F.R. §§ 24.8 and 24.9, as amended by 63 Fed. Reg. 6614(1998).