NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
EPA/NYC Indoor Air Approach - Request to FEMA
May 2,2002 (11:03pm)
1 ■ Direct Assistance to Residents and Residential Buildings Owners
a) Cleaning followed by air asbestos testing..
b) Testing for air^me asbestc^ within residences or building areas.
c) (Should testing results id^ify an airborne asbestos problem, arrangements can be
made rapidly to have profes^onaLclean up done.)
d) Providing HEPA vasmams to residences who request to perform their own cleaning on
an ongoing basisN
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2. Targeted Sampling to Determine if There are Occupied Locations Requife^dditional
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Objective: To det^ line whether there are le’ airborne asbestos in excess of benchmarked
level in a geo, lie sample ofiftdoor environments in Lower Manhattan.
^Prosrain: EPA will collectS^^ie asbestos samples within a variety of residential buildings in
different geographic-dreasofL«Qwer Manhattan, south of Canal Street.
/ Projected Cost: Tecation <>QmpT§d.^^stmate 25- 50 locations.
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Pilot Building Cleaning Effort to Confirm Cleaning Techniques
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of clean up techniques which have been recommended for
apartment clean up, that is, wet wiping, wet moping and use of HEPA filtered vacuums,
in preventing inhalation exposure to asbestos and other fibrous materials, as well as other
potential indicator compounds.
Program: EPA will clean one unoccupied building to confirm and test the techniques.
Projected Cost: $5 million.
Status ofRequestfor FEMA mission assignment: Interagency agreement being drafted and
returned to Brad in next few days from Washington. Appears to be a go.
Cleaning of Debris-Laden Unoccupied. Uncleaned Buildings
Program: NYC will clean the remaining unoccupied (residential and commercial), uncleaned
buildings near the WTC site that contain WTC-debris. NYC will work with building
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