                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 96-2334



HERBERT WORKMAN,

                                                        Petitioner,

          versus


DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PRO-
GRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

                                                        Respondent.



On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board.
(95-1122-BLA)


Submitted:   May 30, 1997                  Decided:   June 18, 1997


Before WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Herbert Workman, Petitioner Pro Se. Christian P. Barber, Jill M.
Otte, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for
Respondent.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Appellant 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.A. §§ 901-945 (West 1986 & Supp.

1996). 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. Workman v.
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, No. 95-1122-BLA

(B.R.B. July 30, 1996). We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-

rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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