NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
with residents.
Technicians
Air monitoring technicians must possess valid NYS Asbestos Project Sampling Technician (APST)
certificates. Technicians must have performed air sampling for at least 6 months.
Sampling Parameters Methods
1. Asbestos NIOSH Methods 7400 & 7402
2. Total Metals EPA Method SW-846 601OB
3. Mercury EPA Method SW-846 7471
D. Specifications
Clean up activities shall be scheduled for 20 units per day. Air sampling shall be scheduled and completed
in these units upon successful visual inspection bytheProjectMonitorwithin24hours. Air sampling shall
also be provided at 10 to 20 units where clean up activities are not scheduled. Sufficient personnel shall
be available for project monitoring and sampling.
The contractor shall have available sufficient quantities ofsampling equipment to provide the amount and
type ofsamples required for this project At aminimum the following equipment is required: air-sampling
pumps with flow rate capacities of 10 liters perminute, tripods, rotometers, sample cassettes with mixed
cellulose ester filters having pore size of 0,8um^
The Monitoring Contractor shall prepare a Health and Safety Plan (HASP) in accordance with 29
CFR1910.1001 and 29 CFR 1926,58/ All personnel involved in residential cleaning and monitoring
activities shall followthe contractor Health and Safety Plan (HASP) preparedby their employer. EPA shall
be provided with a copy of the employer HASP prior to the start of work.
The Project Monitor shall attend a kick offmeeting prior to commencement ofsampling activities. At this
time, the Contractor shall, but;not'Iimited to, participate in scope ofwork discussions, sampling logistics,
obtaining resources for residential information provided by EPA and DEP and demonstrating data
acquisition procedures and software.
The Contractor shall attend meetings or conference calls with EPA and coordinate field activities, as
requested.
All appropriate data, original field forms/data sheets, and chain-of-custody forms shall be completed in
accordance with the instructions contained in the contract and provided to EPA. All samples and copies
ofnecessaiy documentation shall be hand delivered to EMSL laboratories at: 307 W. 38* St,New York,
New York 212-290-0051. This information may also be provided via FormsII Lite (F2L) or an
alternative electronic format that is accessible by the laboratory.
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