NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Enviro Techniques, Inc. 22 California Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07503 6 (973) 684-0202
October 11, 2001
Mr. Sal Panico
Urban Associates, LLC.
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Re: Asbestos Air Quality Sampling at:
River Watch
70 Battery Place
New York, New York 10280
Dear Mr. Sal Panico:
Enviro Techniques, Inc. conducted air quality sampling at the above referenced building.
All samples were collected and analyzed by NIOSH 7400 method using Phase Contrast Microscopy.
Airborne asbestos fibers were collected on millipore type AA mixed cellulose ester fiber filters with a
diameter of 25mm and a pore size of 0.8 µm. The filters were housed in three stage plastic cassettes
and connected by Tygon tubing to portable air sampling pumps. The top piece of each cassette was
removed during sampling, providing the open faced collection called for by the NIOSH method. This
provides an even distribution of fibers on to the filters.
Precision portable air sampling pumps were used for sample collection. The make and models of these
high volume pumps are Speedaire 4Z791, Speedaire 4X792, Gast 1531-1070-G288X, Dawson and
Allegro equivalents. These pumps operate at flow rates between 5.0 and 16.0 liters per minute. All
pumps are calibrated at the beginning and the end of each sampling period using a precision rotometer
which is calibrated against a primary standard in our laboratory. Following sampling, the samples were
analyzed using Phase Contrast Microscopy. The non analyzed portion of the filter was archived at our
laboratory.
The NIOSH 7400 method does not distinguish asbestos fibers from other airborne fibers. The criteria
specified in the method for counting fibers are size and length to width ratio. Under this methodology
all fibers which meet these criteria are counted to determine the concentration of airborne contaminants.
The results achieved by this method represent the concentrations of all airborne fibers above a certain
size.
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