ERA, FEMA AND CITY EXTEND DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR DOWNTOWN CLEANUP AND
TESTING PROGRAM
FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, October 2, 2002
(#02107) New York, N.Y. ?The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in
conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the City of
New York, today announced that it will extend the deadline for lower
Manhattan residents to sign up for assistance until December 28, 2002 to
give downtown residents more time. Under the EPA World Trade Center
Residential Dust program, Manhattan residents living below Canal, Allen
and Pike Streets may ask to have their homes cleaned and/or tested for
airborne asbestos by certified asbestos contractors.
To date, 1100 people have requested testing and 4159 have asked for
cleaning and testing.
For more information about the program or to sign up for the program,
residents can either visit EPA's web at www.epa.gov/wtc or call EPA's
toll free hotline at 1-877-796-5471 or (for hearing impaired)
1-800-396-1018.
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Draft press announcement extending registration deadline to December 28, 2002 for lower Manhattan residents to register for EPA's cleaning and testing program for WTC dust…
Draft press announcement extending registration deadline to December 28, 2002 for lower Manhattan residents to register for EPA's cleaning and testing program for WTC dust…
Draft press announcement extending registration deadline to December 28, 2002 for lower Manhattan residents to register for EPA's cleaning and testing program for WTC dust…