Fax cover sheet for WTC-related correspondence, July 7, 2003

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

DEP LEGAL AFFAIRS Fax:17185956543 Jul 7 2003 9:12 P.14

. were taken from wind braces and girders Aat were suspected to contain asbestos. The samples were split samples with Bovis’s asbestos abatement contractor. Results of the contn^or samples cme not yet available.

The situation reports also noted the presences of asbestos-containing material and theoperationof another abatement project in April 2002. According to die April 5,2002, Situation Report, bulk testing showed that one sample of the pipe wrap that was being removed as part of this abatement contained 66 percent amosite asbestos.

Remo}^l ^Debris From Site In an effort to nrinimize potential exTWSure to dust from the lifetoa*.ortation of to the Fresh Kills Landfill. City, State and Federal agencies including the EPA established procedures for vehicles transporting this debris. These procedures required among other measures that tarps be placed over the vehicles and that the vehicles be wet down at a wet down station; The wet down station was operated by contractors of the EPA. The volume of truck traffic during the peak paciod was very large amounting to over 1000 trucks per dav thus presenting a challenge to insure that the procedures worked properly. In addition, the weather conditions, particularly in the winter and the high temperature of some of the debris also presented challenges to overcome in insuring the process worked . 'j. • ■ i- ____ ^Particularly in the weeks immediately following the disaster, trucks hauling debris ‘ from the site did not consistently stop to be wetted down before leaving the site. This problem was recognized bv the City and the City instituted measures to enhance compliance. Qty agencies around October 12, 2001. began issuing summonses for failure to stop to be wet down. As many as 300 summonses were nUiwi issued bv the City, on October 12.2001. The City also enlisted the assistance of the New York State Department of Taw Environmental Conservation Police. Assisted bv the National Guard, to enforce the requirement to stop at the wet down stations-As n rBSultrOiisistance was obtained from.the Now York Police Department to ensure that tracks stopped^ the w-osb stations before-leaving the

Qsaistance to onsure that-wdts stopped nt the washing station^ EPA Situation Reports ifidicatod that the trucks wcredid not stopping long enough to get completely wetted down. EPA Situation Reports indicated that as late as October 13,2001, this was still a problem. However, by the end of October 200rto the beginning of November 2001. the sisaiproblem was solved and almost 100% of the trucks were stopping at the wet down stations for a proper wet down. This success can be sd to the cooperation of the City. State and Federal fluencies and to the capability of the EPA contractor in dealing with various technical problems. .

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