# HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37732`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0035
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 207(A) OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT           ( TSCA ), 15 U.S.C. SECTION 2647(A), ENACTED AS A SECTION    OF SUBCHAPTER II OF TSCA, KNOWN AS ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERG-    ENCY RESPONSE ACT ( AHERA ).                              2. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT                          FACILITIES: 1. AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL                                    1700 DUMBLE STREET                                           HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77023                       2. THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING                                  3701 WEST ALABAMA, SUITE 205                                 HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77027        3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 15 OF TSCA BY 1)      FAILING TO INSPECT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR THE I-    DENTIFICATION OF ASBESTOS MATERIALS, 2) FAILING TO DE-       VELOP A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING,     AND SUBMITTING THENPLAN TO THE STATE DESIGNATED BUILDING,    AND 3) FAILING TO COLLECT THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF BULK        SAMPLES AS REQUIRED.                                      4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 207(A) OF TSCA, EPA        PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $7,000, A REDUCTION FROM THE     PROPOSED $11,000.

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