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
• A lack of data results for many pollutants, • An absence of health benchmarks for asbestos and other pollutants, • Imprecise optical asbestos sampling methodologies, and • Over 25 percent of the bulk dust samples collected before September 18 showed the presence of asbestos above the 1 percent benchmark.
EPA did not have monitoring data to support reassurances made in press releases up to September 18 because it lacked monitoring data for several contaminants, particularly PCBs, particulate matter, dioxin, and PAHs.
According to a draft evaluation entitled Exposure and Human Health Evaluation ofAirborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster, by EPA’s Office of Research and Development, that Office was not able to make health risk evaluations for exposures in the first couple of days because of the lack of monitoring data. For several pollutants of concern, sampling did not begin until September 16, and in many cases the results were not known until after the September 18 press release was issued. EPA was not able to obtain samples and monitor air due to difficulties in access and security, power supply sources, equipment availability, and analytical capacity. As a result, data available before September 18 for making conclusions about air quality for pollutants other than asbestos was limited.
Table 2-2 shows when air monitoring began and when the data results first became available for each pollutant of concern.
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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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Draft excerpt describing the FEMA-funded residential testing and cleaning program administered by EPA and New York City following the attacks.
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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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Document arguing that respirator safety issues fall under OSHA jurisdiction and should be removed from the EPA review.
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