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EPA interim final report on WTC background study, April 2003

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Interim final report from EPA Region 2 detailing a background study of environmental conditions at the World Trade Center site.

NYC-WTC_000145869–000146029

Folder label: “INTERIM FINAL April 2003

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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Data Assessment

The analytical data for each sample collected were evaluated for individual apartments and cumulatively in data sets (e.g., asbestos wipe sample data for residential dwellings, common spaces and a combined data set for residential and common spaces) to derive a background concentration that is representative for Manhattan.

The evaluation for individual apartments compared the reported results for each sample to the health-based criteria developed in the “World Trade Center Indoor Air Assessment: Selecting Contaminants of Potential Concern and Setting Health-Based Benchmarks” report. The analytical data was presented in tabular format for each apartment with text that explains the reported results. Any detected concentration that exceeded the health-based benchmarks were discussed in detail in writing and orally when requested by owner.

Cumulatively, the data were statistically evaluated in this report to provide a mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum. For each analyte and sample media, a concentration representative of background for Manhattan has been calculated (see table below). These background concentrations will be used to supplement the health-based benchmarks established in the “World Trade Center Indoor Air Assessment: Selecting Contaminants of Potential Concern and Setting Health-Based Benchmarks” report and may be used as an alternative cleanup value if the health-based benchmark cannot be achieved.

WORLD TRADE CENTER BACKGROUND STUDY 3

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