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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                                ____________________
       No. 96-2161
                                   GLADYS SWEENEY,
                                     Petitioner,
                                         v.
                 DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,
                         UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
                                     Respondent.
                                ____________________
                               ON PETITION FOR REVIEW
                             FROM BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD
                                ____________________
                                       Before
                               Torruella, Chief Judge,
                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
                                ____________________
            Marcia J. Cleveland on brief for petitioner.
            Richard  
                    F.  
                        van  
                            Antwerp,  Thomas  
                                             R.  
                                                 Kelly and  Robinson,  
                                                                      Kriger,
       McCallum on brief for respondent Bath Iron Works Corporation.
            Stephen Hessert
                          , 
                            Elizabeth M. Brogan
                                                and 
                                                    Norman, Hanson & DeTroy
                                                                           on
       brief for respondents, Bath Iron Works Corporation and Commercial Union
       Insurance Company.
            Nelson J. Larkins
                             and 
                                 Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios
                                                                   , on brief
       for respondents Bath Iron Works Corporation and Birmingham Fire
       Insurance Company.
                                ____________________
                                   August 22, 1997
                                ____________________

                 Per Curiam
                          . Upon careful review of the briefs and record,
               we conclude that the administrative law judge correctly
            determined that during the relevant period petitioner was not
            engaged in "maritime employment" covered under the Longshore
            and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. S 902(3). That
            determination is not undermined by the fact that petitioner
            cleaned offices occupied by persons who may have been engaged
            in "maritime employment" covered under the Act. Petitioner's
            own duties did not have the requisite maritime characteristics.
            See 
               Graziano v. 
                           General Dynamics Corp.
                                                 , 663 F.2d 340, 343 (1st
            Cir. 1981); Dravo Corp. v. Banks, 567 F.2d 593, 595 (3rd Cir.
            1977).
                 Petitioner's additional arguments regarding her former
            status and gender bias are meritless.
                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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