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SECRETARY OF LABOR,              :
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          Complainant,           :
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          v.                     :   OSHRC DOCKET NO. 99-1204
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CHAMPION ENVIRONMENTAL           :
  SERVICES, INC.,                :
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          Respondent.            :
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Appearances:

  Helen J. Schuitmaker, Esquire      Todd C. Lyster, Esquire
  Chicago, Illinois                  Chicago, Illinois
  For the Complainant.               For the Respondent.

Before:  Chief Judge Irving Sommer

*/_DECISION AND ORDER_/*

This is a proceeding pursuant to section 10(c) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 /et seq./ ("the Act") to
review a citation and notification of penalty issued by the Secretary of
Labor pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act.

Following an inspection of a construction work site of Respondent, the
Secretary of Labor issued a serious citation alleging violations of 29
C.F.R. §§ 1926.1101(f)(1)(iii) and 1926.1101(g)(10)(i). Respondent
timely contested the citation, and the case was designated for E-Z Trial
pursuant to Commission Rule 203. The case came on to be heard in
Chicago, Illinois, on December 15, 1999.

*/_Discussion_/*

At the hearing, the undersigned was informed that the parties had
reached a settlement in regard to the citation and notification of
penalty. The Secretary's counsel then provided a summarization of the
settlement, which has been reduced to a written stipulated settlement
and submitted by the parties.

*/_ORDER_/*

The terms and conditions of the stipulated settlement, which are
incorporated herein in their entirety, are APPROVED.

 

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Irving Sommer
Chief Judge

Date: 26 JAN 2000

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