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WTC residential cleaning study sampling protocol for asbestos and lead,

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Technical excerpt describing micro vacuuming methods and ASTM standards for collecting samples from carpets and surfaces.

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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

WTC Indoor Air/Environments Monitoring - Sampling and Analytical Procedures For Background and Pilot Clean up Studies

Analytical Media Sampling Points Sampling Method Proposed Description Analytical Method Proposed Parameters

This is a micro vacuuming method. Three co-located samples will Settled Dust Carpets, fabric furniture or Asbestos ASTM D 5755-95 ASTMD 5755-95 be collected from each location. Porous Soft drapery in areas of activity surfoces (living rooms, family rooms) This is a micro vacuuming method. Three co-located samples will Lead ASTM E 1973-99 SW-846 601OB be collected from each location. Asbestos ASTM D 6480-99 Wipe Samples ASTM D 6480-99 (wipe) Lead HUD Appendix 13.1 Wipe Samples SW-846 6010B Horizontal surfaces of Dioxins Settled Dust ASTM D 6661-01 Wipe Samples ASTM 6661-01/SW-846 8290 tables or counters and bare Non-porous floors, ceilings and walls in PAHs ASTM D 6661-01 Wipe Samples ASTM 6661-01/SW-846 8270C Hard areas of activity (living surfoces Total Dust HUD Appendix 13.1** Wipe Sample collected at one location per unit No Formal Method (NIOSH 7500 Modified) rooms, family rooms) Silica, calcite, HUD Appendix 13.1** Wipe Samples. All parameters will be collected on one wipe. NIOSH 7500 (XRD) gypsum MMVF ASTM D 6480-99 Samples will be combined with the asbestos sampling. EMSLMSD.0300 Air pump operated at lOL/min for 8 hours to achieve the COPC PCM NIOSH 7400 followed by TEM AHERA Asbestos NIOSH 7400 wkgroup Practical Quantitation Limit (PQL) method. Air pump operated at lOL/min for 8 hours to achieve the COPC Lead NIOSH 7300 SW-846 601 OB wkgroup PQL

Air pump operated at 2L/min for 8 hours. Pilot Clean-up study only SW-846 8270 (Analytical method with be PAHs NIOSH 5515 for worst case scenarios. modified to achieve the COPC wkgroup PQL Areas of known activity Indoor Air (living rooms, family rooms) Air pump operated at 25L/min for 35 hours. This modification is not Dioxins TO-9 (Modified for indoor air) a proven method. To be conducted during the Pilot Clean-up study SW-846 8290 only for worst case scenarios. Silica, calcite, Air pump operated at 2.5L/min for 8 hours to achieve the COPC NIOSH 7500 NIOSH 7500 (XRD) gypsum wkgroup PQL Assumed that it behaves the same as asbestos, samples will be MMVF NIOSH 7400 EMSLMSD.0300 combined with the asbestos sampling. Bulk samples will be collected from HVAC or AC window type unit Asbestos Bulk Sample PLM NYS 198.1 followed by filters, shaken into a plastic bag and transferred into the sample TEM NYS 198.4 ______________________ container.______________________ (If the volume required is not sufficient for all analyses, the sample Lead Bulk Sample SW-846 601 OB HVAC systems and AC will be analyzed for asbestos only. units (collection of bulk dust (If the volume required is not sufficient for all analyses, the sample PAHs Bulk Sample SW-846 8270 Bulk Dust sample from the unit air will be analyzed for asbestos only. filters). Background study (If the volume required is not sufficient for all analyses, the sample only. Dioxins Bulk Sample SW-846 8290 _____________ will be analyzed for asbestos only.____________ Silica, calcite, (If the volume required is not sufficient for all analyses, the sample Bulk Sample NIOSH 7500 (XRD) gypsum will be analyzed for asbestos only. (If the volume required is not sufficient for all analyses, the sample MMVF Bulk Sample PLM NYS 198.1/EMSL MSD.0300 will be analyzed for asbestos only.

NOTE: ** Wipe samples for silica, caldte and gypsum will be collected using the HUD Appendix 13.1 method since no standardized method is available.

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