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EPA/NYC asbestos cleanup and testing proposal to FEMA

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EPA and NYC proposal for residential asbestos cleaning and air quality testing in Lower Manhattan, requesting FEMA mission assignment funding.

NYC-WTC_000141472–000141473

Folder label: “EPA/NYC Indoor Air/Approach Request FEMA

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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 £1OinAi rNwds^ be determined. -At^ mugtuu headquarters for FEMA ' iTvicw. (Looking at altynative fumlhi^s^KthOdulugits.)

2. Targeted Sampling to Determine if There are Occupied Locations Requife^dditional Cleaning'^

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. / Status ofRe^j/eSfforFEMA mission assignmen^^f^^d believes that we do not warn logo with this until"^ see how many complaints come in. On^bW-

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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