Environmental response coordination memo April 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Avaltroni, Robert From: Ilan, Lee Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:38 PM To: Alan Leidner; Alessandra Sumowicz; Anita Richichi; Anita Sher; Anne Mari Santangelo; Barry Dinerstein; Ben Mojica; Bernard Orlan; Bob Adams; Bob Avaltroni; Bob Williams: Brad Gair; Brian Clarke; Bruce Rottner; Carl Johnson - DEC; Cesar Pereira; Christopher Zeppie; [email protected]; Dana Tulis; David Ippolito; David Klasfeld; David Nussbaum; Dawn Roberts; Diana Chapin; Dore LaPosta- EPA; [email protected]: Doug Williamson: Edward Gabriel; Elizabeth McCabe; Elizabeth Palladino; Eric Kim; Erica D'Avanzo; Erin Stevens; Frank McCarton; [email protected]; Haeda Mihaltses; Harold Shultz; Heidi Rubinstein; Jake Cooper; James Miller; Jane Maldonado; Jessica Leighton; Jim Alexander; Joe Picciano; John Katsorhis; Jordan Barowitz; Josh Sirefman; Judy Pincus; Kathryn Tannert Niang; Kathy Callahan; Kelly McKinney; Kerry Kelly; [email protected]; Kym Spell; Lai-sun Yee; Laurel Blatchford; Lisa Maluf; Lisa Sacks; [email protected]: Mark Silberman; Mark Topping; Mary Ellen Kris; Mary Mears; '[email protected]'; [email protected]; Mike Gilsenan; Nicholas Sbordone; Pat Clark- OSHA; Paul Bekowies; PESH- Maureen Cox; Rich Wager; Robert Greene; Robert Kulick; Robert L. Chinery; Robert Tranter; Roger Hayes; Ron Tramontane; Sam Benson; Sarah Knapp; Shuchi Batra; Steven Levi; Susan Amron; Susan Kupferman; Sven Rodenbeck; Sylvia Pryce; Terry Weiss; Vincent Coluccio Subject: Lower Manhattan Task Force Meeting notes

Dear colleagues: Attached are some brief draft notes and next meetings for the Task Force. Please let me know if you have any corrections/updates. I was working with the phone conference, so tell me if I missed or misinterpreted something. Thank you, Lee

1. Firstly, I apologize to anyone who got cut off on the phone. 2. EPA and FEMA have had ongoing discussions of requirements for funding. A fuller discussion of the status of these efforts and the next steps for indoor air will take place at the next Task Force meeting on Wednesday. 3. Sam Benson reported on organizing a future national effort to discuss coordinated environmental response for future disasters. He will be developing a funding proposal and seeks input from any interested task force members. 4. HPD has completed a survey of 2,264 buildings below Canal and is in the process of putting the information, including photos, into a database. 5. On the data front, Doug Williamson of PlanGraphics will me taking a new position, and OEM will discuss with DOITT how to move our efforts forward. Doug, Vince Coluccio, and the data group have a building blueprint map that is ready for environmental data. They will start with data for asbestos. The group will meet on Tuesday. 6. OEM will look into the “eyesores” issue - who has the data of buildings close to the site that have not been cleaned? 7. EPA, ATSDR, and NYCDOH are seeking ten more buildings to include in the study of background data. HPD will provide a list of 30 candidate buildings by 26 April. 8. DOS provided to Jim Miller the contact info for sidewalk cleaning enforcement. 9. The legal committee believes that agencies can gain access to buildings’ common areas for inspections (if landlords will not voluntarily cooperate) through access warrants in the supreme or housing court. The Contaminants of Concern group will need to provide a list of what is “bad enough” to warrant such action, and someone may need to be prepared to testify to such.

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