Document from 55 Liberty Street Folder

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

FROM : GPAGAMGMUJGDA FAX NO. : 2127661309 i'Pay. 212 2002 08:45PM P3

55 Lbsny Apt 5A

Iatroduttiote .._._._._._._ . ._._._._._._. was conducted in his .apartment At the request of ._,.~.,~P'.',.~....9. x►asbestos sampling kncluderi it visual i; pectioo of the located at 55 Liberty Street in b{n1har3n. The survey asbestos. Edward Olmsted, CIH, sparm1ent ands pin rirface dust for the presence of CSP perfor d the survey on April 26.apartment 2002. The purpose of this survey was to that may have beer caned by the deters itu levels o: contamination in the is the most prevalent air collapse of the twit Towers of the Trade Center. Asbastoe z good sturogate for oouteainant poduced di.irig the collapse and as such it serves asthe building as a dust In a exposure to other sar eontaniinmts. 'these t?beasis settle done. THE FINDINGS OF and are liiwly to retasair► a peoble;n. unless properleanin8APARTMENT IS CONTAMINATED THE SURVEYS I DICATE TEAT THE WITH ASBESTOS. Levelc•of asbesxa ranged $om non-detectable to 2.5 million fibers per sque a centimeter. Os °ud 5etembex11,2001.The The World Trade Center (WTC) burned and eoUapsedaon wptember 1, 20 us►cs1 ti e bindings were oonstructed of cement, steel, glass, gyp -asbestos types) and and non ceilings, 8ptaysd-oa Insulation (asbesto'-containing $xturcr and paper products. contained wood, plastic and wesal funr tore, computers and(compressed, pulverized) 0? Most of these materials were either physically destroyed partieuatc anatter boned in the coliapee of the building. This process give rise to The dust settled particles. ranging from a very rote 4u t to larger sized, quicker settlingclearing effort to .remove the out onto roofs end other surfaces of nearby buildings. The c-TUM of the building dust from these buildings has varied and is dependent upuu Ilic owner. contractors. At the time of this The apannest waS cleaned twice by asbestos aa~etament windows and on the window survey there was visible dust on lac surfaces of the storm from the tide center ledges. The dust was consistent in eppearanoa with the debris are two sets of windows, co':kaper. In the livirf Trtnm, lad bc4 ow and bathroom there window am storm wiMtnwn, t tlerO. WSic i be outer wtadow 1st the vii zeal a.S the iear heavy lcveia of dust between bath sets of windows.

Methods according to the method Surface dust samples for the presence of asbestos were collectedMaterials (ASTM), This 5755-95 published by the American Society of Testing and centimeters 0.micron involves dxawini dust from a surface area of 100 square personal sampling pump mixed cellulose eater filter. The dust was collected using a Uansmissi`m eivctroa operated at 2 li:crs per innw. The filter is analyzed by overnight a danalyzed n:iccoscopy for asbeVAs tbrs. All of the samples were shipped Deperutie Health oy IATL. This lab is accredited through the New York State envtrorrmertal lab aecreciitatior. program (E )•

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