EPA work plan review, 133-135 and 21-23 buildings, August 2005

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Part III — Health & Safety Plan 133-135 Greenwich Street/21-23 Thames Street Airtek Project 05-0701— Rev 1, August 1 1, 2005

dust (asbestos, dioxin, lead, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs], and crystalline silica) as well as other contaminants suspected of being present in the Buildings including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and heavy metals (antimony, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, manganese, mercury, nickel and zinc).

The Owner has retained Airtek Environmental Corp. to conduct Environmental Investigations of the buildings for additional unidentified asbestos containing building materials (ACBM). These environmental reports are included as Attachment 2 to this HASP.

The requirements outlined within this Abatement Phase Health and Safety Plan are based upon the data collected to date. As additional information is obtained during the course of the Phase I activities, these requirements will be amended if necessary to protect workers or the public.

1.2 SITE DESCRIPTION

The Property is currently developed for a combination of commercial and multi-family residential use. The Property includes a vacant two-story commercial building that was constructed on the northwestern portion of the Property circa 1980. The building was most recently occupied by a pizza shop, a coffee shop, a Japanese restaurant, an Indian restaurant, a shoe repair shop, and second floor professional (doctors') offices. The Property also includes a vacant five-story building that was constructed on the southeastern portion of the Property prior to 1894. This building includes two ground floor tenant spaces most recently occupied by a sandwich shop, a Western Union office, and approximately eight residential units.

The Property is located within the urban commercial downtown Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, immediately south of the former World Trade Center site and adjacent to the vacant Deutsche Bank Building. The Property is bound to the northwest by the Deutsche Bank building (1-13 Albany Street; 122-146 Greenwich Street; 126-138 Liberty Street; 133-151 Washington Street; and 1 Bankers Trust Plaza), a vacant high-rise commercial building that was heavily damaged by the September 2001 terror attacks.

1.3 PURPOSE

This document presents the safety procedures and practices to be followed during all Abatement Phase site activities to ensure the safe completion of tasks. The procedures and practices herein are designed to prevent occupational injuries and exposures to chemical, physical and biological hazards to workers at the Site. The procedures are presented to ensure compliance with all applicable government agencies and regulations, including requirements and protocols established by: the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); the New York State Department of Conservation (NYSDEC); the State of New York, New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL); the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP); and the City of New York.

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