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

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Montessori School, befo elosed, that there was a mold problem in the pool area. building cleanup as We would like this situation assessed and abated during the full well. EPA informed At the first EPA-9/11 Environmental Action Coalition meeting, the advertising campaign, everyone that mailings to residents in Lower Manhattan, and an available to the public. would commence shortly after the hot line number was made from the EPA educating To date, the tenants of IPN have not received any mailings apartment cleanup. Nor have we them and suggesting that they call for an individual stated at that meeting. seen any advertising posted at bus-stops or phone booths, as begin to receive full When is this to begin? It is urgent that the residents immediately face, in order to help them and frank information about the possible dangers they make the best decisions to protect their health. cleanup requests, as We also think that it makes no sense to set a deadline for education has been EPA has done, before any serious public outreach- and accomplished. We ask that EPA rescind its deadline until such time as the public has need to have their been honestly informed and aggressively educated regarding the homes thoroughly cleaned.

furnishings could Our research has shown that rugs, sofas and other "soft" home impossible to remove possibly be contaminated, and, since contaminants are virtually articles. At the completely from these items, the safest approach is to discard such will be available to EPA-9/11 EAC meeting the week of July 3, EPA stated that funds educational material replace these items. We feel that it is very important that EPA's inform tenants that carpeting is a particularly effective reservoir for toxic materials? If achieve the residents decline to discard such furnishings, how will they be cleaned to that remain safest possible result? We feel strongly that any carpets, rugs, sofas etc. system. Although must be cleaned by the EPA using the wet process HEPA vacuum toxic fibers, our research shows that even this method may only remove 60 percent of fibers. it also shows that dry HEPA vacuuming removes almost none of the EPA and IPN We strongly urge that arrangements be made between the management in order for vacant apartments to be cleaned as well. submitted the full During our telephone conversation, you stated that, once I tenants have already building cleanup request, you would let me know how many assess our called for apartment cleanups. This information is important for us to tenant at situation, but I have not yet received these numbers from you. Additionally, a apartment cleaning and 80 N.Moore reported that when he called the EPA for his not being inquired about the whole building cleanup, he was informed that this was not request it. The whole arranged yet because the management company did the tenant building form clearly states: Managers OR Executive Board member of filing of the application was association. Having spoken to you, I assumed that my request for sufficient. Is this not the case? Did you in fact receive -my whole building IPN? that we Please call me at your earliest convenience within the next two weeks, so these matters. can set a meeting date. Thank you very much for your attention to

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