NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
EPA Response to 9-11 http://epa.gov/wtc/
News Release
Fact Sheet
REMAINING EXTERIOR RESIDENTIAL CLEANUP WORK
UNDERWAY
I (June 8, 2002) The cleanup of residual dust and debris
I from building rooftops, facades and canopies is under
I way. The work, being done by New York City
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I Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP)
I contractors, follows a visual survey of approximately
400 buildings surrounding the World Trade Center
I (WTC) site. Of these, some 250 were found to have
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of 20 percent of these buildings agreed to do the cleaning themselves, leaving
about 200 buildings for the city to clean. The work is being done to prevent
resuspension of WTC dust in the air.
Fact Sheet
SIGN UP NOW FOR CLEANUP AND/OR TESTING FEn Espanoll [
(June 3, 2002) Lower Manhattan residents can request cleaning and/or testing of
their homes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on
electronically or by calling the EPA toll-free hotline at 1-877-796-5471 (TTY for
the deaf and hard of hearing: 1-800-396-1018). EPA and its federal, state and
city partners are collaborating in this unprecedented effort to provide assurances
that people are not being exposed to pollutants related to the World Trade Center
collapse at levels that might pose long term health risks.
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