NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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May 14, 2002
TO: Members of the Ground Zero Elected Officials Task Force
0 ,' FROM: Christopher O. Ward
RE: Public forum to discuss the joint Federal/City residential
cleanup program
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On May 9, 2002 USEPA Regional Administrator Jane Kenny and
myself announced a comprehensive federally-funded plan to ensure that
apartments impacted by the collapse of the World Trade Center have been
cleaned. The plan includes: cleaning residential units using certified
contractors with follow-up testing for asbestos; asbestos testing within
dwelling units apart from any cleaning; creation of a hotline to take cleaning
Wvi" V'Oj 2- and testing requests; making HEPA filter vacuums available; distributing 1
health and cleaning information; and, cleaning the remaining unoccupied,
uncleaned buildings.
To convey information about this program to lower Manhattan
residents and property owners, representatives of USEPA and DEP are
planning to conduct a public forum on or about May 28, 2002, probably at
Pace University. In preparation for that meeting, I am inviting you or your
staff to attend a briefing on Thursday, May 23, from 3-5 p.m. at the
do •€fTapei^?/290 Broadway?I look forward to discussing
with you ways in which we might best convey the details about this
comprehensive program to interested parties.
If you or your staff will be able to attend, please RSVP to Mark
Lanaghan here at DEP. His number is 718-595-3519.
Distribution:
Representative Nadler
Representative Velazquez
Speaker Silver
Senator Martin Connor
M. of A. Glick
Borough President Fields
Council Member Gerson
Madalyn Wills, Chair, CB 1
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