: On April 20, 2010, the Region and Kehilat Shalom Congregation of Gaithersburg, MD entered into a settlement agreement resolving AHERA violations found at the Kehilat Shalom Early Childhood Center, also located in Gaithersburg, MD. Kehilat Shalom Congregation has demonstrated that the AHERA violation(s) found during a January 30, 2008 asbestos inspection conducted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (ÂMDEÂ) have been corrected and therefore no penalty was assessed due to payment of compliance costs. Kehilat Shalom Early Childhood Center, now has an asbestos management plan in place that informs parents the school contains no asbestos, identifies the designated person responsible for handling matters related to asbestos in the school and provides information on how the school annually notifies parents, teachers, etc. as to the availability of the management plan for their review.