DEP exterior survey notice, 120 Liberty Street, May 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document ASBESTOS INSPECTION REPORT PAGE 2 OF _ EMISE NO '22 JOHN FLOOR ROOF AND FACADE STREET STREET /18 JOHN STREET /IS MAIDEN LANE ZIP BORO CODE BLOCK 10038 65 LOT оT sQUAD e N/A INSPECTION DATE 09-17-02 BADGE • A020 BUILDINE, THERE WERE NO POSITUE ABBESTOS SAMPLE PESUTS FOR THE NbRTH FACADE OF THE BULLDING. MR. POMIANEK TDLO Me ANG THAT AT TUIS POINT HE DID NOT KNOW LUHAT TO BELIEVE AND THAT NE WAS GOING TO COMPLL WITH TUE DEP INSPECTOR'S BEQUEST TO CEASE WORK ACTIVITIES. MR. ANG ASKED TO SPEAT WITH ME VIA TELEPMONE. I TOLD MR. ANG THAT I COULO NOT BELIEVE THAT AFTER MY NUMEROUS VISITS TO MIS OFFICE, AND MU MANY CONVERSATIONS WITA MIM AND FRAN OF MIS OFFICE, THAT MIS ORGANIZATION WOULO CHOOSE TO AN IMPROPER COURSE OF ACTION. I TOLD HIM THAT ONIH DAYS BEFORE (SEDTEMBER 13 2002) I HAD A LONG CONVERSAMON WITH FRAN AT HIS OFFICE AS TO THE PROPER METHOD OF ADDRESSING THE REMOVAL OF WTC DEBRIS FROM THE FACADES OF THE BUILDINGS. I: EXPLAINED AT THAT TIME THAT THERE WERE ONZY TWO ACCEPTABLE OPMIONS GIVEN THAT POSITVE ASBESTOS SAMPLES OF THE DEBRIS HAD BEEN COMECTED DOY THEIE OUN ASBESTOS INVESTGATOR. THE BUILDING OWNER COULO EITHER SIGN THE LICENSING AGPEEMENT GIVEN TO THEM BY THE DEPARTMENT |I HAD DROPPED OFF TOD COPIES PERSONALLY) AT WUNICH POINT THE DEPARTMENT'S UICENSED ASBESTOS CONTRACTOR WAULO SCHEDULE THE CUEAN UP ACTIVITIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE BULDING OUNER COULD HIRE THETe OUN LICENSED ARBESTOS CONTPACTOR TO PERFORM THE CLEAN UP ACTIVITES. I EXPLAINED ThAT IF THE BUILDING OWNER CHOSE MIS/HER OLIN CONTRACTOR THAT AN ASBESTS PROVECT NOTIFICATION (ACPT) FOOM MUST BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THAT A SCOPE OF WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE DEPACTMENT, THAT A THIRD PARTY AIR MONITOR MUST BE HIRED BU THE OLVER TO PERFORM AIR MONITORING DURING THE CUEAN UP ACTIVInES AND THAT ANY DOT PERMITS PEQUIRED (FUR STREET /SIDEWALL CLOSURES) WOULO BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO THE START OF WORK. E TOLD MR ANG THAT NEITHER OF THE TWD PROPER OPTONS HAD BEEN TAKEN AND THAT HIS ORGANIZATION WAD CHOSEN TO DO THE WRING THING BY HIRING AN UNLCOGED ASBESTOS CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM THE CLEAN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I TOLO MR. ANG THAT AL WORK TO BE CONDUCTED BY MALOY PESTORAMON CORP SHOULD CEASE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE EXTERIOR FACADE SURFACES WERE PROPERLY CUEANED. MR. PAMIONEK'S CREW REMOVED ALL THE PLASTIE SHEETING THAT COVERED THE STORE FRONT WINDOWS AND SIDEWALK AS WEL AS THE DISPOSABLE SUITS WORN AND RLACED THESE MATERIAIS INTO LARBE BLACK GARBAGE BrES. THE BAGS WERE SEALED AND THEN TAKEN TO A LOCKABLE ROGH INSIDE THE PREMISE FOR STOANSE UNTL THEIR PROPETE DISPOSAL COULD BE ARRANGED. THE WORKERS THEU LETT THE WORKSITE. NO THIRD PARTY AlR MONITORINE FIRMA HAD BERN HIRED TO CONDUCT ALR SAMPUNE DURNG THE PROVECI. THIS PRAETCE IS IN DIRLET VIOLATION DF NOV" INFRACTIONS 1-25(C) RESULT CODE 1-828081-3660) 1-102(d)l NOV# SUPERVISORS INITIALS ACP 31/90 . FILE NYC-WTC_000108389