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Exhibit A
New York City Department of Environmental
Protection
Bureau of Environmental Compliance
Asbestos Control Program
Building Exterior Clean-up
Bone of Work
All work performed shall be in
compliance with all applicable, relevant, and appropriate
including but not limited to those of the United regulations,
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the
United States Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the New
York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL),
the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYS DEC), the New York State Historic
Department of Sanitation (DOS), the New York City Preservation Office (SHPO), the New York City
Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYC LPC), Department of Health (DOH), the New York City
and the New York City Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP).
Back round
The: DEP with assistance from representatives
of the NYS DOL and US EPA performed
visits at buildings in the vicinity of the follow-up site
World Trade Center. The visual assessments
presence of various amounts of debris with disclosed the
various dispersal patterns at the building exteriors.
majority of buildings had isolated areas of The
debris specifically at the perimeter of the roofs, at the
parapet walls, and in gutters. Debris was also base of
visible at horizontal surfaces on some of the building
facades. For some buildings, building
facades facing the street were cleaned while the
remained dirty. facades at the rear
The observed debris was characteristic
of the debris from the impact of September
appears to have reformed into a dense 11, 2001. The debris
mass (caked). During the DEP follow-up visits,
debris were collected from various roofs. samples of the
The uneven dispersal identified above was
sample collection. Samples collected from also evident in the
various buildings indicated that some of the
asbestos-containing material (ACM). debris was
Based on these results and the most
evaluation, this material may be ACM and stringent assessment and
shall be cleaned by NYS DOL licensed
and N`YSDOL certified workers. contractors with DEP
Por ose
A NYS DOL licensed asbestos
contractor with DEP and NYSDOL certified workers
clean-up of building roofs, setbacks, and/or shall perform the
of work for the clean-up activities is building facades within the vicinity of the W"TC. The
attached. The clean-up activities shall consist of
scope
and wet cleani ig/HEPA vacuuming collection of debris
until the surfaces are clean of visible debris.
Contract Term and Specifications
Inc contract shall be in force for 120 consecutive
Services shall be directed by the DEP. calendar days from the DEP conrsezLc ~ment date.
Contractors shall be
prepared to mobilize within 72 hours of the
contract award. The DEP expects contractors
to provide four to five crews with a minimum
handlers per day at each of the areas. Multiple of five
building roofs shall be cleaned simultaneously.
Work shall not be performed at any building
found to be structurally unsound
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