NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Part II - Environmental Community Monitoring Plan
133-135 Greenwich & 21-23 Thames Streets
Airtek Project 05-0701— Rev 1 August 11, 2005
Trigger Level, actions under the EPA Site Specific Trigger Level heading below will
govern.
5.1 Target Air Quality Levels
Any 24-hour PM2.5 and PMio value in excess of the Target Air Quality Level will
be considered an "exceedance" and the actions described below will be taken.
During the first week of sampling any sample of an analyte other than PM2.5 and
PMto in excess of 3 times the Target Air Quality Level for that analyte, unless
superceded by an EPA Site-Specific Trigger Level, will be considered an
exceedance and the actions described below will be taken.
Following the first week, of sampling, a "rolling average" will be established
based initially on the first week's results, to which will be added daily values as
results are received from the laboratory. A rolling average value for any analyte,
other than PM2.5 and PMio, in excess of the relevant Target Air Quality Level will
be considered an exceedance of Target Air Quality Level and the actions
described below will be taken.
Exceedance of an established Target Air Quality Level for any analyte calculated
as provided above will result in an evaluation of engineering controls and work
techniques in the source area. This evaluation shall include but not be limited to
the evaluation of work activities that may be causing the exceedance, smoke
testing of the isolation barriers in question, and inspection and repair of any faulty
isolation barriers.
5.2 EPA Site Specific Trigger Levels
Any 24-hour value (work shift value on work days or four hour value on non-
work days in the case of asbestos) in excess of the EPA Site Specific Trigger
Level will be considered an "exceedance." Exceedances of EPA Site Specific
Trigger Levels will result in a stoppage of work associated with the exceedance
until an evaluation of emission controls is performed and corrective action is in
place. The EPA Site Specific Trigger Levels are applicable to individual sample
result. If any of the individual sample results exceed an EPA Site Specific Trigger
Level, then notification must be made to the USEPA Region 2 office and,the
NYCDEP. Work will be reinitiated once the USEPA Region 2 office has agreed
(and NYC DEP during the Abatement Phase in the case of asbestos exceedances)
to the corrective action(s) proposed to prevent the potential for exceedances in
future work and such corrective actions have been implemented.
5.3 Notification
The US EPA Region 2 office and the NYCDEP will be notified as promptly as
reasonably possible of any exceedance of either a Target Air Quality Level or an
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