NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Indoor Air Residential Assistance Program
Cleaning Contract Scope of Work
DRAFT - 6/11/02
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 States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), the New York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL), and the New York
City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
The USEPA and DEP will solicit participation in a direct assistance program for residents and
residential building owners who are concerned that their apartments may have debris/dust fi'om the
attack and collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC). A DEP/USEPA telephone hotline has been
established to receive requests from the public. The assistance will include various options,
including the cleaning within apartments and common spaces by licensed asbestos contractors with
follow-up asbestos sampling, asbestos air sampling only, and providing high efficiency particulate
air (HEPA) vacuums. HEPA means a filter system capable of trapping and retaining 99.97% of all
mono-dispersed particles of 0.3 micrometers in diameter.
NYS DOL licensed asbestos contractors shall perform clean up 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.
ArtiwFd^jarty Monitoring Contractor will perform air monitoring. Personal air monitoring will be
performed on a minimum of one worker per shift per apartment during for the first 4-6 weeks of
cleaning operations. Thereafter personal air samples will be taken randomly at a rate of one sample
per quadrant per day. These results of this sampling shall be sent immediately to USEPA, DEP,
OSHA and the employer. The employer will make these results available to the employees or their
designated representatives for their review in accordance with 29 GER 1910.1001 and 29 CiR
1926.58.
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The purpose of this contract is to acquire the services of a NYS DOL licensed asbestos contractor
with DEP and NYS DOL certified workers for the performance of clean-up activities at residential
buildings impacted by the attack and collapse of the World Trade Center. The scope of work for the
clean-up activities is attached.
B. Roles and ResponsibUUies
The USEPA Qn-&ene Coordinator (OSC) has overall responsibility for insuring that work
conducted asj^L ofthe Indoor Air Residential Assistance Program is completed safely, efficiently
and in a compliance with the Scope of Work As such, the OSC or designee shall have the following
authorities relating to work conducted under this contract:
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