Fax cover sheet regarding DEP asbestos matter, Nov 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

.NOV.13.2002 4:21PM ROSS & HARDIES NO.979 P.9

.New York City Dspartmeat e!`Envlron®ental Protection Bureau of Eivironuseutal Compliance Asbestos Control Program Building Bzterior Clean-up

ScoRa gt Work All work gerfotmed shall be in compliance with a91 applicable, ;relevant and ,apropiiate re ulatrous, including bt t not limited to those of the United Stems Environmental Protection. Agency (USEPA), the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSIIA), the New York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL), the Now York State Department of Environmental Conservatio (NYS DBC), the New York State Historic Preservation office (S1 ); the New York City Department of Sanitation (DOS), the Nov York City bepartr eut of Health (DOE), the New York City Landmarks Prasenation Commission (NYC LPC), and the New York City Department of Enviaon~ental Protection (DEP). accke ound Ba The DEP with assistance from representatives of the NYS DOL and US EPA performed follow-up site visits at buildings in the vicinity of the World Trade~Center. The visual assessments disclosed the 't presence of various amounts of debris with various dispersal patterns at the building exteriors. The mjority of buildings had isolated areps of debris specifically at the perimeter of the roofs, at the base of parapet walls, and its gutters. Debris` was also' visible at horizontal surfaces on some of the building Acades. For some buildings, building facades facing the street were cleaned while the facades at the rear remained dirty. The observed debris was characteristic of the debris from 'the impact of September U, 2001. The debris appears to have reformed into a 'dense mass (caked. ;Y inns, the DEP follow-up, visits, samples of the debris were collected from various roofs.' the. uneven dispersal identified above was also evident in the sample collet on. Samples collected fioni various buildings indicated that some of the debris was asbestos-containing material (ACM). Based on those :results and the most stringent assessment and evaluation, this material may be ACM and shall be cleaned by NYS DOL licensed contractors with DEP and NYSDOL certified workers. Pnrng A NYS L licensed asbestos contractor with DEP iii¢ NYSDOL certified workests shall perform the clean-up of building roofs, setbacks,' and/or buildis}g, saes within the vicinity of the WTC, The scope of work for the clean-up activities is attached.' The cleats=up activities shall consist of collection of debris and wet cleaging/HEPA vacuuming until the surfaces are clean of visible debris. c4Ati net Term MH UN !tic_cat, s ; The contact shall be in .f0refr"1'200nèCutiv el+Andat' days ,from the DEP commencement date. Services shall, be directed 'b r thie•D P. OntrsctOr :l !'be- prepared to mobilize within 72 hours of the contact award. The' DP expects tofu tOlt to :, de foi . to' five rte s 'with• a rnininum of 'five handlers par day at.each. of the areas: Multiple:bull it `rObhi shall be cleaned, sirisultaheously. Work shall not be performed at any building foried a`be iitmcturally,un~souad. rages 05/03/02

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