EPA Daily Environmental Monitoring Summary, Oct 15 2001

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FePA Newsroom Daily Environmental Monitoring Summary Browse EPA Top'cs Laws & Regulations Monday, October 15, 2001 Wticre You Live- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal, state and local Information Sources agencies have collected extensive environmental monitoring data from the World Educational Resources Trade Center site and nearby areas in Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey. Since About EPA September 11, EPA has taken samples of the air, dust, water, river sediments and drinking water and analyzed them for the presence of pollutants that might pose a Programs a health risk to response workers at the World Trade Center site and the public. The Business ■ samples are evaluated against a variety of benchmarks, standards and guidelines Opportunities established to protect public health under various conditions. EPA is collecting data Jobs frorn 17 fixed monitors in and around ground zero and is using portable sampling equipment to collect data from a range of locations. Recursos en Espanol

Fer Results as of 6:00 p.m. on 10/15

Bulk Samples: Asbestos - Two dust samples from inside a building within the World Trade Center site were collected on October 10, one sample contained 1.10% asbestos (chrysotile).

JHHL Ambient Air Sampling: VOCs - Sampling for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was conducted on October 13 and October 14 in the smoke plume within the debris pile at ground ■■ero. Benzene exceeded the OSHA time-weighted average permissible level at two •• locations, on both days. Benzene was not detected in the breathing zone (approximately 5 to 6 feet above-ground) at three locations several blocks from , ground zero.

PM 2.5 - Monitoring for fine particulate matter (particles less than 2.5 micrometers in Hm diameter) was conducted from October 12 to October 13 at Pace University, the mu Borough of Manhattan Community College and the U.S. Coast Guard building, located in Battery Park. All 24-hour average values were below the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (65 ug/m3) for all stations.

, Staten Island Landfill I Particulate Monitoring - Samples collected on October 11 using portable monitors I showed no significant readings.

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