NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
MAY-20-2002 21J45 U.S. EPAzDEPP
212 6373772 P.05Z09
asbestos project MONITORAND AIR SAMPLING CONTRACT
Asbestos recommendations
Joel R Kupferman, Esq., Executive Director of the New York Environmental Lew &
Justice Project
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1. All federal regulations should apply for the debris removal disposal
2. All debris must be tested with Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
3. EPA must completely accept responsibility and culpability for the environmental
disaster that occurred due to the coverup and inaction
4. Remediation zone must include areas that have beau exposed (north of Canal,
Brooklyn, NJ, etc)
5. All violations should be referred to the Assistant Chief of the Environmental
Enforcement Section at DOJ
6. What Vie EPA must do
a. EPA should be doing the cleanup not NYC DEP
i. EPA has ultimata jurisdiction, enforcement, and authority on this
msiter
ii. Although some NYC & State agencies have administraUve
penalties, the authority, many times actions were taken without
assessment of any penalties.
lii. NYC DEP has a long history of non-compliance
(1) NYC in general and NYC DEP has proven to be more than
"lax" in enforcing asbestos and other environmental
regulations
(2) They have continuously made false, inaccurate or
incomplete statements
(a) It is In their best interest to cover-up their inaction by
claiming that abatement is not necessary
(3) NYC DEP admitted that it only issued one Asbestos violation
since 9Z11.
W Scaffolding Fatal accident A contractor who had an
impersonator take a safety test was fined only 9350 and
served no jail time.
<S) City agencies have been notorious In their failure to recuse
themselves in instances including conflict of interest Issues,
complacency, lack of enforcement. weetheart deals, and
other behavior that puts the public at risk.
(a) One example, includes Department of Sanitation
hiring of Rapid Demolhlon/Hi-Tech Environmental/
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NYC-WTC_000144834Source: NYC Law Department, mirrored locally
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