Notice from NYC Law Department instructing staff to preserve World Trade Center documents for potential legal actions.
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
What EPA Said in Its Major Public Communications
EPA used various methods to inform the public after September 11, including attending public forums; having interviews with newspaper, television, and radio reporters; and posting information on its public web site. Our analysis focused primarily on the information provided through press releases since the Agency develops its position through a deliberative process that represents the Agency’s official position.
EPA issued five press releases within 10 days after September 11, 2001, four more through the end of December, and another four through the end of May 2002. EPA’s WTC press releases from September through December 2001 reassured the public about air quality. Although EPA’s press releases generally recotnmended that rescue and cleanup workers take precautions to reduce their exposure to pollutants, EPA’s basic overriding message was that the public did not need to be concerned about airborne contaminants caused by the WTC collapse. This reassurance appeared to apply to both indoor and outdoor air.
For example, EPA Region 2 officials told us that the September 18 statement made by the EPA Administrator (see Appendix C) that the air was “safe” to breathe only applied to:
• long-term health effects - not short-term or acute health effects; • the general public - not Ground Zero workers; • outdoor air- not indoor air; • healthy adults - not sensitive sub-populations such as children and the elderly; and • asbestos - not other air pollutants.
However, except for the second point, the statements issued by EPA in press releases throughout 2001 generally did not contain the above qualifications. For the general public, EPA’s overriding message was that there was no significant threat to human health.
Key air quality related statements from EPA press releases issued during 2001 following the WTC collapse are in Table 2-1. The full text of each of these press releases are available at our web site?
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Notice from NYC Law Department instructing staff to preserve World Trade Center documents for potential legal actions.
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Standard administrative notice requiring the retention of original World Trade Center records as evidence for future legal actions.
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Draft excerpts from an EPA Office of Inspector General report reviewing the World Trade Center indoor environmental response.
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Agenda listing panelists from federal agencies, unions, and city departments for a March 2004 conference on post-9/11 air quality.
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Interagency memo circulating EPA revisions for NESHAP and related programs with request for legal and agency comments.
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City law department correspondence coordinating response to EPA with proposed changes to respirator requirements and related policies.
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Joint announcement of a comprehensive plan by the EPA and city partners to address indoor air quality concerns in residential units south of Canal Street.
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