2002 E-Mail Sent M. Gilsenan

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Indoor Air Residential Assistance Program Cleaning Contract Scone of Work DRAFT- 6/24/02

A. Introduction All work performed under this contract must be in compliance with all applicable, relevant, and appropriate regulations, including but not limited to those of the United State^xEhvironmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the New York State Department ofLabor (NYS DOL), and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

The USEPA and DEP will solicit participation in a direct assistance lirogrt^^l - residents and residential building owners south of Canal Street who are concerned that their lentsmay have debris/dust from the collapse ofthe World Trade Center (WTC), A DEP/USEPA te^ ephone hotline has been established to receive requests from the public. Thewt^auce will include various options, including the cleaning within apartments and common spaces by lieensed asbestos contractors with follow-up asbestos sampling, asbestos air sampling only, and providing high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) vacuums.

NYS DOL licensed asbestos contractors shall perform cleanup activities for residents who wish to have their homes cleaned. A third party Monitoring Contractor will schedule and monitor the work, perform a visual inspection, and perform asbestos air sampling, when the clean up is completed. • The purpose of this contract is to acquire the services of DOL licensed asbestos contractor with DEP and NYS DOL certified workers for the perforttiance of clean-up activities at residential buildings impac :ed by the collapse of the W^Bft^^lfenter. The scope of work for the clean-up activities is attached

The EPA has overall responsibility for insuring that work conducted as part of the Indoor Air Residential Assistance Program is completed safely, efficiently and in compliance with the Scope of Work and all applicable.mles and regulations. As such, EPA shall have the following authorities relating to work conducted under this contract:

/. JT 1 The authority to :^bp work for health and safety reasons or for non-compliance with the j|® Scope of Work,

2, The authority to direct the contractor in the performance of the work.

3. The authority to review and approve or disapprove of the qualifications of the contractor personnel involved in the work.

4. The right to inspect and accept or reject any work .

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