# LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35212`
- **Case Number:** 06-1991-0028
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $46K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE DEFENDANT IS THE LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT (LRSD),   WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES SOME FIFTY PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED IN  PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS.  FOR THE 1989-1990 SCHOOL YEAR,    THE DISTRICT HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 26,500 STUDENTS, AND       EMPLOYED 1,382 TEACHERS.                                       ON MARCH 29, 1991, EPA TRANSMITTED A CIVIL LITIGATION      REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE OFFICE OF        ENFORCEMENT CONCERNING ASBESTOS VIOLATIONS AT THE PANKY      EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL BETWEEN JULY, 1990 AND JANUARY, 1991      UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL  RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT.  EPA HAS NO        RECORD OF OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST    LRSD.                                                          WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED AT 7000 VALLEY DRIVE   IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.  WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS      INSPECTED FOR ASBESTOS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS   OF THE ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT (AHERA), BY    MORRIS AND ASSOCIATES, CONTRACTORS FOR THE LITTLE ROCK       SCHOOL DISTRICT.  ACCORDING TO THE SEPTEMBER 5, 1988 AHERA   COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT, THE FLOOR AREA OF THE BUILDING IS 53,846 SQUARE FEET.  THERE WAS 2' X 4' LAY-IN CEILING     TILE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, EXCEPT FOR THE KITCHEN,        MECHANICAL ROOM, AND TOILETS.  VINYL ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE     WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.  TWO SAMPLES OF THE     CEILING TILE COLLECTED ON SEPTEMBER 5,

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