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More from Other NewsThe Oxnard School District has settled a case for $25,000 in penalties and additional costs for failing to disclose that asbestos was released into the environment when construction workers remodeled an elementary school in August 2004, Ventura County District Attorney officials announced Wednesday.
The District Attorney's Consumer Fraud and Environmental Protection Unit filed a lawsuit against the district and G-2000 Construction, Inc. and alleged that both parties removed ceiling tiles containing "friable" asbestos while workers were retrofitting Rose Avenue School in August 2004.
Federal law requires the district to compile and review asbestos materials in its facilities and maintain reports.
According to District Attorney officials, the district and its project manager, Martinez Architects, Inc., used earlier reports that did not provide information the tiles contained asbestos when the district released the bid for the project.
A report released on Aug. 4, 2004, showed the tiles did contain asbestos, but the district and Martinez Architects did not share the report with G-2000 officials until after workers removed the ceiling tiles, investigators said.
Along with the district, G-2000 also was ordered to pay $25,000 in civil penalties, investigation and attorney fees. Martinez Architects, Inc. was ordered to pay $30,000 in penalties and additional costs, officials said.
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