WTC document preservation notice, NYC Law Department

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Is toe Project Manager the same as toe Project Monitor? There must be an EPA Project Manager or OSC that oversees end coordinates this project. If toe SPA has determined toat Scope of Work A shall apply to an apartment, but toe occupant requests ramediatioo according to Scope of Work S. will tlte SPA provide remediation following toe latter? The Scope of Work does not make clear where occupants will be while toe remediation takes place. Occupants should not be present while remedirtion is conducted, as most occupants will not have the proper certiScation or medical approval necessary to wvar protective equipment and respirators. Occupaaw should not return to their homes until toe posvabatement test results demonstrate that toe materials have bvco suecessMly remediated. If necessary, toe federal government should provide temporary relocation expanses foi occupants until their dwellings h?ve been successfully remediated. There mu-t be a post-abatement testing protocol for all hazardous substances, pollutanu and contaminants that may be present in WTC debris or that has been documented as present inside units. Post-abatement testing must include, but is not limited to, asbc'-os, dioxia, fibrous material, fine and ultra fine pa’-dculates, lead, and mercury. As prev’.yusly stated, pvat-abatement testing must include an equal cumber of microvae samples taken following toe procedures of A5TM 5755-95 and analyzed using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). It is also not clear that toe cleaning methods provided in toe Scope of'Work will remediate all of these materials. For example, simply wet-wiping and HEPA vacuuming may not remediate mercury. Methods must be cE^loyed. that will successfully remediate all of these materials. The Scope of Work must allow' a Citizens Advisory Group to split samples so that there can be independent test results to compare against that of the contractors. The Scope of Work must include remediation of all HVAC systems and duet work present at the response site, and all common areas of buildings. Post-shatement testing must include dust samples inside toe HVaC systems and duet work. All dust and debris remediated under this contract, and toe equipment used to remediate this material, whether under Scope of Work A or Scope of Work B, must be considered hazardous waste and disposed of accordingly. The Scope of Work must include all indoor spaces downtown, including, but not limited to, commercial buildings and schools. The Scope of Work must provide for remediation of buildings as a whole, not Just unit by unit. Remediation should not commence until a building has been organized so tost toe clean up cau be conducted comprehensively and toe threat of raemttaminaUon can be mitigatod. The Scope of Work must be expanded beyond toe asbitrary boundary of Casal Street to include all areas contaminated by World Trade Crater debns, such at Brooldyn. New Jersey and North of Canal Street io Manhattan. In addition, toe EPA must provide -aiiSiators to ensure effective communicstioa bei /era toe agency and all members of toe community.

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