The Environmental Protection Agency has settled with three Maryland schools and one Maryland school district sited for asbestos-related violations. The schools and school district involved allegedly failed to keep proper documentation regarding the presence, inspection, and management of asbestos-containing materials in the schools.

The Dorchester County School’s Board of Education as well as St. Timothy’s School located in Stevenson, the First English Evangelical Lutheran preschool and kindergarten in Baltimore, and Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran school in Kingsville all had allegedly violated the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act.

Violations of the act include not having all the district’s school buildings in the asbestos management plan, failing to conduct initial asbestos inspections of all school buildings, neglecting submitting an asbestos management plan for those schools involved, failing to inspect asbestos materials every three years, and failure to supply information to parents, employee organizations, and teachers regarding the schools’ asbestos management plans.

All of the schools are now in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency regulations and the Environmental Protection Agency has determined that none of the buildings occupants have been exposed to asbestos due to the violations.

St. Timothy’s spent an estimated $17,195, Dorchester County Schools $55,250, First English Evangelical $3,000, and Saint Paul’s $5,682 to come into compliance with the EPA regulations. First English Evangelical also received $8,000 in penalties for their violations.

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