DOH/DEP asbestos fact sheet draft, 105 Duane Street

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Radhakrishnan, Krish From: Lutchmedial, Carlstien Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:38 PM To: Radhakrishnan, Krish Cc: Theodorellys, Penny; Plumptre, Alphonso Subject: 105 Duane Street

Today December 20, 2001 I conducted an inspection at 105 Duane street, Manhattan. The purpose of the visit was to determine whether any more sampling was required of the ventilation system. Present were Howard Bader - a consultant for the tenants association, two tenants were present, a representative of Tech Clean (duct cleaning company), ATC Labs rep, Lisa Bergenty of Relations Management (bldg. Mgt. Co.) a DOH - Peter Stallbohlm, Brendan Farell - Super. Some other helpers were present. I requested from Mr. Bader to take us wherever he deemed appropriate to start. The 10th floor diffuser was chosen. On opening, we found that there was no visible dust. Bader also, used a portable monitor to check for respirable fibers and found none. It was then suggested by him that this might be the condition of all the other locations. As a result, no more inspection was necessary. I repeated to him that I would be happy to look at more. One of the tenants who was present, wanted her apartment vent inspected. This we did and found that there was minor dust accumulation which appeared to be very old. Bader said that he may take a sample. It was agreed that the owner would treat the clean up of the duct as though it was an ACM project. However, this is on hold because of other concerns by the tenants. DOH also agreed that there was no concern reference ACM. It was acknowledged that the owners are done more than sufficient sampling. The tenants concern was that some procedures were not being followed. Such as, the plastic covering the duct had fallen off or had holes. The tenants also had in their possession a document from EPA dated December 19, 2001 which indicated DEP methods were inaccurate. Mr. Kupperman (tenants attorney) met me outside the building and expressed his concern that DEP protocols were incorrect based on the EPA document. Before leaving the site I again requested if there was any other concerns regarding ACM and was told "no." Based on my inspection there was no suspect material to be sampled. The owner is still agreeing to do any more sampling required by the tenants. Also, it was agreed that DEP will be notified when any duct cleaning begins.

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