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46 F.3d 1130
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Dewey E. YATES, Petitioner,v.DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR;  JEWELL SMOKELESS COALCORPORATION, Respondents.
No. 94-1956.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 29, 1994.Decided Jan. 17, 1995.

Dewey E. Yates, petitioner pro se.  C. William Mangum, Christian P. Barber, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., Ronald Eugene Gilbertson, Kilcullen, Wilson & Kilcullen, Washington, D.C., for respondents.
Before WILKINS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM:

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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. Secs. 901-945 (West 1986 & Supp.1994).  Our review of the record discloses that the Board's decision is based upon substantial evidence and that this appeal is without merit.  Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the Board.  Yates v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, No. 92-1117-BLA (B.R.B. June 28, 1994).  We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma terials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

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AFFIRMED.