Air Sampling Technician Certifications and Methods, WTC Dust Cleaning, Oct

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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-846 601 OB 3. Mercury EPA Method SW-846 7471

P. Speciflcations

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 by the Project Monitor within ^4 hours. Air sampling shall also be provided at 10 to 20 units where clean up activities are not scheduled. Sufficient personnel shall be available tor project monitoring and sampling.

The contractor shall have available sufficient quantities^ of sampling equipment to provide the amount and type of samples required for this project. Af a ,minimum the following equipment is required: air-sampling pumps with flow rate capacities of 10 liters per minute, tripods, rotometers, sample cassettes with mixed cellulose ester filters having pore size of 0.8um. C" The Monitoring Contractor shall prepare a Health and Sa.t'ety Plan (HASP) in accordance with 29 CFR1910.1001 and 29 CFR 1926.58. All pcrsontiel invol^ in residential cleaning and monitoring activities shall follow the contractor Health and Safely Plan (HASP) prepared by their employer. EPA shall beprovided with a copy of the employer HASP prior to the start of work.

The Project Monitor shall attend a kick off meeting prior to commencement of sampling activities. At this time, the Contractor shall, but jnot limited to, participate in scope of work discussions, sampling logistics, obtaining resources ter residential information provided by EPA and DEP and demonstrating data acquisition procM^res and software.

The Contractor shall attend meetings or conference calls with EPA and coordinate field activities, as rested. I'r' i' ‘

All appropriate data, o^'nal field forms/data sheets, and chain-of-custody forms shall be completed in accordance with ^instructions contained in the contract and provided to EPA. All samples and copies of necess^ documentation shall be hand delivered to EMSL laboratories at: 307 W. 38"" St, ^ew York^'Mew York 212-290-0051. This infonnation may also be provided via Formsll Lite (F2L) or an alternative electronic format that is accessible by the laboratory.

Deliverables

All deliverables shall be provided via F2L or an agreed upon alternative electronic format approved by USEPA and DEP.

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