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                DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE:  April 5, 1995
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                            GSBCA 13131-IBWC
 
                       THE ASHTON COMPANY, INC.,
 
                                           Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
              INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Edward  C.  Vincent  of Vincent  &  Gjurgevich,  Tucson, AZ,
   counsel for Appellant.
 
        Randall  A. McMains,  United  States Section,  International
   Boundary  and  Water   Commission,  El  Paso,  TX,   counsel  for
   Respondent.
 
   DeGRAFF, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        On September 20, 1989, The Ashton Company, Inc. (Ashton) was
   awarded  contract  number  IBM 89-21  for  the  expansion  of the
   Nogales  International Wastewater Treatment  Plant by  the United
   States  Section,  International  Boundary  and Water  Commission,
   United  States and  Mexico (IBWC).   On  September 23,  1994, the
   contracting officer  denied Ashton's claim for  $135,215.49, plus
   interest, for providing  repairs to the  aerator system and  clay
   linings in the  lagoons.  Ashton appealed this  final decision on
   December 27, 1994.
 
        On  April 4,  1995,  the  parties filed  a  joint motion  to
   dismiss stating that  they had entered into an  agreement in full
   settlement  of  the  dispute effective  on  March  29, 1995,  and
   requested the appeal be dismissed with prejudice.
 
        Accordingly,  this appeal is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.  Rule
   28(a).
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                                           MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
                                           Board Judge