NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
EPA Response to 9-11 http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/epaprintonly.cgi
Target Cleanup Area
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RESIDENTS OF LOWER MANHATTAN:
SIGN UP NOW FOR CLEANUP AND/OR TESTING
Starting June 1, lower Manhattan residents can request cleaning and/or testing of their homes from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by logging on to the Agency's World Trade Center Web
page at www.epa.gov/wtc or by calling the EPA hotline at 1-877-796-5471. The launch of the hotline and
Web site marks the startup of the comprehensive multi-agency program that was announced in May to
ensure that apartments impacted by the collapse of the World Trade Center have been properly cleaned.
EPA and its federal, state and city partners are collaborating in this unprecedented effort to provide
assurances that people are not being exposed to pollutants related to the World Trade Center collapse at
levels that might pose long term health risks.
The cleaning and testing services will be available to lower Manhattan residents who live south of Canal,
Allen and Pike Streets. The hotline will be staffed to take cleaning and testing requests between 10 a.m.
and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday and between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday for about
three months starting June 3rd .
Additional cleanup information
Sian up for cleaning and testing
Sign UP for WTC Email Notification Service
EPA SHIFTS FOCUS TO INDOOR AIR
With the recovery efforts at Ground Zero and the Staten Island landfill drawing to an end, EPA has
stopped its sampling of pollutants associated with the World Trade Center fires. The Agency will continue
to monitor for asbestos related to the debris handling in lower Manhattan and at the Fresh Kills landfill for
a week after the recovery work officially ends.
Outdoor sampling has generally shown no presence or very low levels of pollutants in recent months. The
fires have been out for months, recovery activities are almost completed, the barge operation is shut
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