The Hot Springs School Board approved phase 1 of the construction of a new high school Tuesday night during its regular monthly meeting at the Roy Rowe Educational Auditorium in the Jones Administration Building.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and John F. Jenkins Contracting, Inc. (“JFJC”) entered into a January 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) Regulation 21 (Asbestos Regulations). See LIS No. 21-002.
The CAO describes JFJC as an “owner or operator of a demolition or renovation activity” as defined in Commission Regulation 21, Chapter 4.
The CAO provides that JFJC demolished or caused to be demolished a structure formerly located in Malvern, Arkansas (“Site”) on August 20, 2019. Further, the structure is described as the concessions building measuring 16 by 20 feet near the restroom area of the Malvern High School’s Bill Hunt Field House.