Long & Associates, Inc., No. MSB-619 (October 13, 1998)
Docket No. MSBT-98-07-17-16


                    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                  SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
                 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS
                        WASHINGTON, D.C.
                                

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IN THE MATTER OF:               ) Docket No. MSBT-98-07-17-16
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Long & Associates, Inc.         ) Decided:  October 13, 1998
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        ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSING APPEAL
                                
     On  July 10, 1998, Petitioner Long & Associates, Inc.  (LAI)
appealed   the   decision  of  the  Respondent   Small   Business
Administration (SBA) terminating LAI from the 8(a) program.

     As  a result of settlement negotiations, on October 5, 1998,
LAI  moved  to  dismiss  its appeal with  prejudice  because  the
parties   have  settled  this  matter  and  signed  a  Settlement
Agreement.  See 13 C.F.R. Section 134.217 (1998).  The Settlement
Agreement provides that LAI withdraws from the 8(a) program,  and
that LAI expressly waives all rights to SBA and judicial review.

     The  Settlement Agreement is approved; the Motion to Dismiss
is GRANTED; and the appeal is DISMISSED.

     The  Settlement  Agreement is hereby incorporated  into  and
made  a  part of this Order, which will have the same  force  and
effect as a decision.  13 C.F.R. Section 134.226 (1998).

     Subject  to  13 C.F.R. Section 134.408(c), [1] this  is  the
final  decision  of  the  Small Business  Administration;  it  is
binding  upon all parties, including those within the  employ  of
the  Agency.   15 U.S.C. Section 637(a)(9)(D); 13 C.F.R.  Section
124.210(i) (1998).



                              ____________________________
                              RICHARD S. ARKOW
                              Administrative Law Judge

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        [1]   Small  Business  Size  Regulations;  8(a)  Business
Development/Small  Disadvantaged Business Status  Determinations;
Rules  of Procedure Governing Cases Before the Office of Hearings
and  Appeals, 63 Fed. Reg. 35,726, 35,767 (1998) (to be  codified
at 13 C.F.R. Section 134.408(c)).


                                            Posted: October, 1998