DEP Fax Cover Sheet, May 2, 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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unless OSHA determines su& use is required or unless sampling results exceed airborne standards. An oversight function will be designed into this initiative to assure that when large amounts of visible dust have accumulated in apartments, and/or no cleaning has been performed to date, or any other unexpected circumstance arises that pats employees al risk; no cleaning will take place, or cleaning will immediately Hb discontinued until EPA, OSHA and the City coordinate to ensure that the employees performing the cleaning use appropriate personal protective cluihing 'nd equipment commensurate with the pot^tial for emloyeerisk. b) Testing for airborne asbestos within residences or building areas. (Should testing results identify on airborne asbestos problem, arrangements can Oe made rapidly to have professional clean up done;) c) Providing HEPA vacuums to residences who request to perform their own cleaning on _ an ongoing basis. Prq/i^cted<jQst Needs to be determined, fthe March 11 broad mission assignment submittal was ' for $80 million based upon a gro&s estimate of 5,000 apartments requesting clean up and j post testing.) Vacuums cost approximately $400/each. Apartment cleaning is ( approximately $14,000/apartment, Testing for asbestos is approximately $3,000/apartment. Commercial ^ace cleaning and testing is $6-8 /sq. foot. Total costs . will not be available until the infdnnation campaign is complete and EPA can determine the extent of what will be required. Status ofRequestfor FEMA mission assignment-. Awaiting initial FEMA feedback.

2. Targeted SampHn^ to O line If T^ere are Occupied. Loftatinns Require Additional Cleaning

Objective', To determine whether there are levels of airborne asbestos in excess of benchmarked level in a geographic sample ofindoor environment in Lower Manhattan. Program'. EPA will collect airborne aabwtos samples within a variety of residential buildings in different geographic areas of Lower Manhattan, south of Canal Street. Based upon this data, and other data available, EPA and NYC expect to have a better ability to provide a qualitative reassurance that clean ups already conducted by building owners and residents are effective. EPA will identify the locales to be sampled and will work with building f 0 residents to obtain access for this; sampling. If sampling determines that pa F cleaning is required, EPA, working with NYC, will ensure that the cleaning is undertaken as soon as possible. EPA will publically release the information collected from this sampling as it becomes available on a rolling basis, to keep the public informed of results. Projected Cose. $3000 per location sfipnpled. Estimate 25- 50 locations. Status ofRequestfor PiMd mission i^.'ignment Awaiting initial FEMA feedback.

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