NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
I. INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY
Glomar Corp., Asbestos Testing and Consulting, was contracted by
59 Maiden Lane Associates, LLC to perform Dust/Bulk Wipe
Sampling on the outside window sills on various floors of the
building at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, NY.
Testing was performed to determine the presence or absence of
asbestos in the Dust of the Bulk/Wipe Samples collected on the
window sills that may still be present on the building as a
result of th.e massive dust created by the claps of the World
Trade Center Buildings on September 11, 2001.
Testing took place on July 5 and 8, 2002.
Glomar Corp. Technician, Mr. Sean Murray, was the on-site
Technician.
All Bulk/Wipe Samples were collected by Glomar Corp and analyzed
by Scientific Labs, New York, NY, a New York State approved
Environmental Testing Laboratory. All samples were analyzed
utilizing Phase Light Microscopy(PLM) and/or Transmission
Electron Microscopy (TEM) analysis. This report relates ONLY to
the analysis expressed as "asbestos present" or "no asbestos
visible".
Sampling was performed on the outside window sill on selected
8th
windows facing John Street side -of the building on the 7th,
9th, and 14th Floors.
II. DUST BULK/WIPE SAMPLING CRITERIA, METHODS and ANALYSIS
The Dust Bulk/Wipe Samples were prepared and analyzed by using
Standard Operating Procedure developed by Scientific
Laboratories, Inc. After preparation, using non-quantitative
matrix reduction if necessary, the presence or absence of
asbestos is determined by PLM and/or TEM as indicated on the
attached summary tables.
See Appendix A for Dust Bulk/Wipe Sample Locations and Analysis
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