EPA report excerpt on NYC building owner guidance, June 2003

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

r Twelve (12) bulk asbestos samples were taken in the Bl, B2, B3, levels of (WTC) Building 6. The samples were takenfrom sprayed on insulation at the request ofNYC DOI. Of the twelve samples, nine (9) should (sic) results were in excess of 1% Chrysotile asbestos, the results rangedfrom 1.30% to 30.80%. The three samples that were not above 1% were detectfor Chrysotile asbestos. These samples were taken from wind braces and girders that were suspected to contain asbestos. The samples were split samples with Bovis’s asbestos abatement contractor. Results of the contractor samples are not yet available.

The situation reports also noted the presences of asbestos-containing material and the operation of another abatement project in April 2002. According to the 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. Removal of Debris From Site

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. c- As a result, assistance was obtained from the ^e^York Police Department ensure that trucks stopped at the wash stations Wore leaving the Site. Eveil'after getting Police Department assistance to ensure that trucks stopped at the washing station, EPA Situation Reports indicated that the trucks were 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.

Similar observations were reported in an October 6, 2001, report funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which discussed worker safety issues at the WTC. The report noted that:

Vehicles leaving the site with debris, either dumps or lowboys with large sections ofsteel beams, are not deconned (decontaminated) and the dumps do not have covers over the loads. As a consequence, potentially hazardous dust and debris is tracked off site or is blown from the loads during transit.

However, certain requirements for transporting debris from the site were suspended by the Governor of New York on October 9,2001. Executive Order No. 113.29 temporarily suspended regulations regarding the transportation and handling of certain solid waste resulting from the WTC disaster. The order applied to persons working at the site under the supervision of New York State or New York City government officials and suspended requirements for these persons to:

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