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INCORPORATED
.January 28, 2002
Gateway Plaza .Management Corporation
South End Avenue
Neu York. Ness York 1028(
Subiect Random Air Sampling-Ambient .-fir `tonitonne Gateway Plaza Buildings
5amoitni Dates i January I - Ia 21 22 2-) 25
Gentlemen
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Enclosed. please find the report for air monitoring performed at the above referenced address in the
200. 300. 400 and 500 buildings. Air sampling was conducted via rransmission Electron Mic-oscow,
(TEM) analysis at the request of the owner
ATC Associates (ELAP #10879) analyzed the samples using the Transmission Electron Microscope
iTEM) Methodology The results indicated that the areas achiesed the acceptance criteria below <-,l)
structures per mm2 set by the federal regulations ttP±casc Sc_ cached TEM Repon i
According to the EPA. in evaluating data from the tt'orid i rode i enter ina the surruundine iretn '
is using a protective standard under . IHER-1 . the ,4shes1n.+ 'la_ara -mervenL Response IC t ti evaluate
the risk from asbestos in the outdoor and indoor air ?his is a vers ,trtnvenr standard that i.s used to
determine whether children may re-enter a school building alter cahestos na-s been renruved or , rated
is based on assumptions a! long-term exposure. E?.-) ha-s chaser to use this standard because :i is the
most stringent and protective, even though it is unlikely that the puniic will be erposeu to asbestos 'ram
the World Trade Center site fiir extended periods of time
To determine asbestos levels, air filters are collected from monitoring equipment through which air in the
school building has passed and viewed through a microscope. The number of structures - material that
has asbestos fibers on or in it - is then counted. The measurements must be 70 or fewer structures per
square millimeter before children are allowed inside.
There is also a federal standard or asbestos exposure under OSK4. the Occupational Safety and Health
.4 ci. which is used to protect workers on-the-job. The standard is . l fiber per cubic centimeter averaged
over an eight-hour day. To be as protective as possible. EP.4 is using the school re-entry standard in tests
around the World Trade Center.
Levels above 70 structures per square millimeter do .VOT imply an immediate health threat. .-lsbestos
exposure becomes a health concern when high concentrations of asbestos fibers are inhaled over a long
period. Illness is very unlikel_v to result frorn a single. high-level exposure. or from a short period of
O exposure to lower levels.
LU The air samples were collected by Alvin B Blake (Certificate #AH ))1-03528) and Yakhva Benvaguve\
(c (Certificate #AH , 21191) NY State Department of Labor Project Monitors
W Sincerely.
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Michael Kamma
LU ALC Environmental Incorporated
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