NYC Law Department letter regarding EPA draft report excerpts, July

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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~t\ Ec{l sen'\ · ~i' 1 -~ 11 o SIY 'to:i. ISO't -==== 0 ~c SJ.i-· 9u-1-Tr3 o t'fA 7 3 '2. 3 2' 4./"(7-..~ Environmental Coordination Meeting . September 13, 2001 4pm-6:30pm Present: DE~ EPA, Bechtel Corp, CDC, Port Authority, NYCDOH

Daily meeting will be held at 9am at the West Street Command Center to inform field staff on decisions of the Environmental Coordination Group.

Two sampling plans will be developed

l. Sampling of Worker Hazards Personal air monitoring plan to be developed. Dan Hewitt of NIOSH is at site today to review types of workers in the field, types of work being performed, etc. in order to characterize numbers and amounts of samples needed. Tomorrow we will review data with Dan to finalize personal air monitoring plan.

24 hour sampling was recommended due to the different types of work being performed at different times of the day.

Contractors are also working at Freshkills arid transfer stations and it was recommended that they be included in sampling frame as well.

2. Ambient Sampling Plan This plan will include regular sampling at specified sites and sampling sites determined based on daily needs:

Predetermined Sampling Sites - ·1t,> o \ 2...-hr · CS°',..._(' h: S a. Locations immediately East, West, North and South of WTC (see locations l, 6, 3 on attached map~ location West of WTC to be determined). EPA to more clearly identify locations by street name. · . ~· 'r-lo..~~,..;p b. DecontaniinationSites: @~··. .,;..... . , ..:~~· '"(1 'fl~ 5" · -West ·a nd ltarrisOri Stree66Y~· ,,.. ' ·· -Church and Franklin s~· -Water and Old Slip

c. Other Sites where there is egress from WTC including: E--. A.\. -\-<., "" iJ< e..-=t n: ~ 5 <; ,dr .S -Church and Canal -Worth and Hudson

d. Other Possible Sites- decision to be made after the following is determined: -Route of debris to Freshkills and Transport sites <E- -Sentinel sites in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, the Bronx ~

Dally Need Sampling Sites: These sites wiffbe determined based on information from the daily meeting.

Other Sampling Issues: Periodic phosgene monitoring will continue.

Agenda Items for Friday o..i- .2.p f'I\ 1. Review sampling results from 9/ 13/01 '"< · ~osci en.., 2. Worker Sampling Plan 3. Determine if there are other sites that need to be added to predetermined list. 4. Other recommendations 4). \vQs),. \CV' \T-c.A\~ 4 .)~ \'\l.U\ ·- ~. l ,..~NN\ rt'. Vo) GI <\C.V \°tt fA..~ .: s~ pl A.t\ ~--.....__ uodadr.

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