                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 02-1913



WILLIAM A. TENNANT,

                                                        Petitioner,

          versus


CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY; DIRECTOR, OFFICE
OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

                                                       Respondents.



On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board.
(01-777-BLA)


Submitted:   January 31, 2003             Decided:   March 12, 2003


Before NIEMEYER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Robert F. Cohen, Jr., COHEN, ABATE & COHEN, L.C., Morgantown, West
Virginia, for Petitioner. William S. Mattingly, JACKSON & KELLY,
P.L.L.C., Morgantown, West Virginia, for Respondents.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     William A. Tennant seeks review of the Benefits Review Board’s

decision and order affirming the administrative law judge’s denial

of black lung benefits pursuant to 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-945 (2000).

Our review of the record discloses that the Board’s decision is

based upon substantial evidence and is without reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the Board.   See Tennant

v. Consolidation Coal Co., No. 01-777-BLA (BRB June 24, 2002).   We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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