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DATE: AUG 5 1992
CASE NO. 92-SDW-1
IN THE MATTER OF
HOWARD FONES
Complainant
v.
SANTA FE BUSINESS PRODUCTS
Respondent
This Office has Jurisdiction in this matter under the employee protection provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDW), 42 U.S.C. § 300j-9(i); the Water Pollution Control Act (WPC), 33 U.S.C. § 1367; the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWD), 42 U.S.C. § 6971; and the regulations issued thereunder at 29 C.F.R. Part 24.
Counsel for Complainant has submitted an Unopposed Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement, together with a copy of the fully executed Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims (Agreement). My review of the Agreement is limited to a recommended determination of whether its conditions are a fair, adequate and reasonable settlement of Complainant's allegations under the SOW, WPC and SWD.
Upon review of the record and the Agreement, I find the terms of the Agreement within the scope of my authority to be fair, adequate and reasonable. I, therefore, recommend that the Agreement be approved.
JOHN M. VITTONE
Deputy Chief Judge
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