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
Notes on Community Air Monitoring Table:
General: Blanks will be processed in accordance with the analytical methodologies
and standard industry practice.
Asbestos:
Asbestos sample collection will be performed in accordance with NIOSH 7402,
"Asbestos by TEM". Asbestos analysis will be performed utilizing Transmission Electron
Microscopy ("TEM") analysis specified in 40 CFR Part 763, Asbestos Hazard
Emergency Response Act, ("AHERA"), with the following modifications:
1. The sensitivity on TEM air samples will be less than 0.002 s/cc.
2. Both the length and width of all asbestos fibers will be recorded.
3. Confirmation by EDS and/or SAED will be performed for each fiber
analyzed.
4. The minerology of the fibers will be noted and recorded.
Dust:
Airborne dust and particles at the Site will be monitored using real-time air monitoring
instrumentation. Real-time air monitoring for PM-2.5 and PM-10 will be accomplished
with direct reading particulate in air monitors. Data from Met One 9012 Particle Counters
are to be data logged. At one location the Met One 9012 Particle Counter data will be
compared against PM-2.5 results from either laboratory analysis of paired sample filters
obtained using an appropriate Federal Reference Method or PM-2.5 direct read results
obtained using a Met One BAM 1020 monitor or Rupprecht and Papashnick TEOM
instrument. At another location, the Met One 9012 Particle Counter data will be
compared against PM-10 results from either laboratory analysis of paired sample filters
obtained using an appropriate Federal Reference Method or PM-10 direct read results
obtained using a Met One BAM 1020 monitor or Rupprecht and Papashnick TEOM
instrument. This equipment will be operated for at least one week before the Demolition
Phase begins. Prior to the commencement of the Demolition Phase, the EPA Region 2
office will be provided with the results of comparing the data from the Met One 9012
with the alternative sample collector or instrument and the proposal of a correction factor,
if needed.
Respirable Dust/Crystalline Silica — Metals — Total Dust:
Respirable dust and crystalline silica sampling will be performed according to NIOSH
Method 0600 protocol with analysis following NIOSH Method 7500 (XRD).
Metals sampling and analysis will be performed following NIOSH 7300 `Elements by
ICP," except that ICP-MS will be utilized. A hot blocklacid digestion will be utilized.
Metals to be analyzed by ICP-MS and reported are: Antimony, Barium, Beryllium,
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