DEP letter notifying building owner of WTC debris, May 2002

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l f Dad LLC `NgW%' d( , c/o Dorrit Sherman Department of 630 Old Country Road Give. Prl tl Plainview, NY 11803-4909 Environmental. Protection Subject: 18 VESEY STREET •59-17 Junction Boulevard ~ A Flushing, New York 11373.5108 Dear Sir/Madam: (V\\ (V

Protection (DEP) in The New York City Department of Environmental (USEPA) and cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Christopher 0. Ward has performed a series of Commissioner I the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) vicinity of the World Trade exterior building surveys on various buildings in the of building exteriors Center (WTC). The surveys included the examination exterior surfaces. These including building roofs, facades, setbacks, and other collapse of the WTC was still Robert C. Avaltroni surveys identified locations where debris from the Deputy Commissioner accumulations were observed at the visible. Our records indicate that visible debris Bureau of above referenced building (the "Building"). Environmental sessment Compliance In our previous correspondence, the Department requested an as accumulations. The Department has and appropriate clean up of visible debris to address the debris either not received information regarding your actions visible debris was accumulations or has re-inspected your building and found that present.

The USEPA and DEP are continuing their ongoing efforts to improve air initiating a program (the "2 quality in lower Manhattan. In this regard, DEP is buildings in the downtown dV' "Cleaning Program") to clean the exteriors of certain Manhattan area. C C in the area, we are Based on visual surveys and analyses of other properties exterior the Building may of assuming that the debris accumulations noted on the (ACM). DEP would like to include some amount of asbestos-containing material the facades, roofs, and include the Building in the Cleaning Program, and clean accumulations. The work would be other exterior surfaces so as to remove such with DEP and NYSDOL performed by NYSDOL licensed asbestos contractors contractor in performing certified workers. The fees and expenses of the asbestos the work will be paid for by the DEP. independent third-party The work will be monitored by DEP personnel. An air samples at designated points air monitoring firm will also be engaged to take Safety and Occupational around the perimeter of the working area. The U.S. for worker safety. The fees Health Administration (OSHA) will provide oversight work and the fees and expenses GSA ~E►~RT and expenses of DEP personnel in monitoring the samples will be A of the third-party air monitoring firm in taking and analyzing air D~.,P = paid for by DEP. R~NAIFNTAL~~ www.n t.iov(d,p

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