310 GREENWICH STREET Block: 142 Lot: 25 BIN: 1083239 40 Harrison Street/Independence Plaza

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

rrrost convenient for everyone if the meeting were held at 9:30 AM on a Monday ! through Thursday, and that it would be best held at IPN, where you and your staff can see the layout of Independence Plaza. We would very much appreciate if Ms. Dolan would allow us to use the management office for this meeting.

In reference to the 6th paragraph of our original letter regarding the asbestos reading of 28.74S/mm2 in at least one hallway at 310 Greenwich Street: You explained that the hallways will be cleaned as part of the "common areas" during the "whole building" cleanup. After further discussing this issue with our board, we must raise an additional, urgent concern. The managing agent of IPN has begun replacing old (pre 9/11) carpeting in the hallways of the complex. This work began after 9/11. To date, the carpeting near the elevators in all the tower buildings has been replaced with ceramic tile, and, in addition, at 80 North Moore Street, the remainder of the old carpeting has been replaced with new carpeting. The remaining old carpeting in the other buildings is going to be replaced in the near future.

The work on this project has thus far been done in an unprotected, hence possibly dangerous manner, allowing the dust from the old carpet being torn up to seep into tenants' apartments, under and around their doors. In light of the unacceptably high asbestos level found in the hallway in the 310 building; the large amount of World Trade Center dust that, for many months, daily blanketed our buildings and streets from the Pier 25 barge operation; and the fact that carpeting is known to retain a high level of contaminants, even after HEPA vacuuming, we believe that this situation presents a very serious health risk to IPN residents.

We request that, as part of the EPA whole-building cleanup, the remaining carpet removal at IPN be done under the supervision of the EPA in a safe and controlled manner, according to EPA's standards and protocols for handling hazardous materials. We further request that EPA direct an asbestos abatement of the hallway floors, ceilings and walls — prior to the installation of new carpet. At 80 North Moore Street, where the carpet replacement has been completed, we ask that the EPA test the new carpeting on several different floors, utilizing the ultrasonication method. We ask that EPA also test, at the same time, the floor beneath the carpeting, especially where the floor meets the wall, using the micro-vac method and TEM analysis. This is the most urgent of our requests, since IPN management might order this work resumed at any time.

At the first meeting of the EPA with the 9/11 Environmental Action Coalition, EPA representatives said that terraces are considered a part of an apartment and would be cleaned in the individual apartment cleaning. What was not discussed was cleaning the outside of apartment windows. We are concerned because some IPN apartment windows have brownish dust on their exteriors and many tenants are afraid to open their windows. Even where the windows have been cleaned, we are certain that the

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