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DATE: August 5, 1994 CASE NO. 89-SDW-3 IN THE MATTER OF ALVIN L. BUSH, COMPLAINANT, v. OLYMPUS TERRACE SEWER DISTRICT, RESPONDENT. BEFORE: THE SECRETARY OF LABOR ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT The captioned case arises under the employee protection (whistleblower) provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. § 300j-9(i) (1988). Before me for review is the Recommended Decision and Order (R.D. and O.) issued by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) on December 7, 1989. In his R.D. and O., the ALJ recommends that a settlement reached by the parties be approved. In response to an Order issued on June 6, 1994, Respondent, on July 11, 1994, submitted documentation in the form of a March 1990 "Agreement" demonstrating the parties' informed consent to the settlement. Accordingly, upon review of the case record in its entirety, including, among other documents, the ALJ's R.D. and O., its appended motion, affidavit, and memorandum, and the agreement submitted by Respondent, I find that the terms of settlement agreed upon by the parties are fair, adequate, and reasonable to settle Complainant's allegations that Respondent violated the SDWA, Macktal v. Secretary of Labor, 923 F.2d 1150, 1153-1154 (5th Cir. 1991); Thompson v. U.S. Department of Labor, 885 F.2d 551, 556 (9th Cir. 1989), and I approve them. Accordingly, the complainant in this case IS DISMISSED. SO ORDERED.
[PAGE 2] ROBERT B. REICH Secretary of Labor Washington, D.C.