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Kermit H. BENDER, Petitioner, v. TALON RESOURCES, INCORPORATED; West Virginia Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis Fund; Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.
    No. 01-1030.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted April 12, 2001.
    Decided April 18, 2001.
    Kermit H. Bender, petitioner pro se. Robert Weinberger, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Konstantine Keian Weld, Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia, Charleston, WV; Patricia May Nece, Timothy S. Williams, United States Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for respondents.
    Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Kermit H. Bender 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.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 Bender v. Talon Resources, Inc., Nos. 00-172-BLA; 99-440-BLA (Nov. 21, 2000). 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. 
      
       We have considered the recent revisions to the regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act, see Regulations Implementing the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as amended; 65 Fed.Reg. 79919 (December 20, 2000), and have determined that the revisions do not affect the outcome of this case.