UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 00-2405



GULF & WESTERN INDUSTRIES; OLD REPUBLIC INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY,

                                                         Petitioners,

          versus


GEORGE LING, JR.; DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS'
COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPART-
MENT OF LABOR,

                                                         Respondents.



On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board.
(00-296-BLA, 00-296-BLA-A)


Submitted:   April 20, 2001                   Decided:   May 2, 2001


Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Mark E. Solomons, Laura Metcoff Klaus, ARTER & HADDEN, L.L.P., for
Petitioner. Judith E. Kramer, Acting Solicitor of Labor, Donald S.
Shire, Associate Solicitor, Christian P. Barber, Counsel for Appel-
late Litigation, Helen H. Cox, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
Washington, D.C., for Respondents.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Gulf & Western Industries seeks review of the Benefits Review

Board’s decision and order affirming the administrative law judge’s

decision awarding payment of medical 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 complies with our direc-

tion on remand of this case, see Gulf & Western Indus. v. Ling, 

 (4th Cir. 1999), and that it is based upon substantial

evidence and is without reversible error.   Accordingly, we affirm

on the reasoning of the Board.*   See Gulf & Western Industries v.

Ling, Nos. 00-0296-BLA; 00-0296-BLA-A (Sep. 27, 2000). We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade-

quately 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 Imple-
menting the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as
amended; 65 Fed. Reg. 79,919 (Dec. 20, 2000), and have determined
that the revisions do not affect the outcome of this case.      We
therefore deny Gulf & Western’s motion to place this case in abey-
ance pending the outcome of litigation challenging the retroactive
application of the revised regulations.


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