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October 2, 2001
Mr. Niles Miller
pormitory Authority State of New York
One Penn Plaza, 52nd Floor
New York, NY 10119
Subject: Environmental Testing Results
Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
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Dear Mr. Miller:
Professional Service Industries, Inc.
At the request of the Dormitory Authority State of New York,
on September 28 and September 29,
(PSI) performed environmental testing at the subject facility
on Friday September 21, 2001. The purpose of
2001. PSI performed a walkthrough of the facility
an appropriate sampling strategy.
our walkthrough was to perform a visual inspection and develop
dust are below the established
Results of all air and surface testing for asbestos, lead, silica, and
summary of our testing results
regulatory or guideline levels for the selected analyte. Please find a
below.
Asbestos irtAi
of the north and south buildings. In
PST collected 3 representative air samples from each floor
building) and Theater 1 (south
addition, 3 samples were collected from within the Gymnasium (north
emergency/rescue workers. A total of 48 air samples
building) as these areas were subject to use by
Transmission Electron Microscopy in
were collected. Samples were collected and analyzed by regulations establish the post
accordance with EPA 40 CFR Part 763 Final Rule (AHERA). AHERA within schools (Grades K-
abatement air clearance criteria for asbestos abatement projects performed
defined as an airborne asbestos fiber
12). The AHERA post asbestos abatement clearance criteria is
s/mm2). The samples collected are
concentration less than 70 structures per millimeter squared (<70
the results have been compared to the
not intended to be post abatement clearance samples, and established regulatory limit,
established AHERA criteria for the purposes of referencing an
49 samples collected. Asbestos was
Laboratory analysis found no asbestos fibers present in 46 of the
asbestos concentrations are below the
detected in the following 2 locations however, the airborne
established ABERA post abatement clearance criteria.
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