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Frequently Asked Questions
Note: Many details of the full cleaning and testing program are still being
developed. As a result, some questions about the procedures for cleaning and
testing cannot be answered at this time. As this information becomes available, it
will be presented in this FAQs file, as well as in fact sheets included on this Web
site.
We encourage you to sign up for EPA’s WTC Email Notification Service, which
will send information and updates by email to all subscribers.
If you have questions not addressed here, please send them to us at
[email protected].
General Questions
• Who is eligible?
• How do I sign up?
• Will the information I give you be held confidential?
• When will you begin scheduling appointments?
• How can I check on the status of my request?
• If I opt for testing without cleaning, can 1 change my mind later and ask to
have my residence cleaned?
• Will you clean personal belongings, window treatments, carpets or
furniture?
|BXIT4»«tiita»r • How long will it take to clean the average apartment?
• Will EPA clean residences outside of lower Manhattan?
• How many residences are there in Lower Manhattan and will EPA have
enough money to clean them all if asked?
• How can I best keep informed about this program?
Health & Safety
• Does the fact that EPA is willing to clean residences mean that you are not
confident in the cleaning recommendations made last fall?
• Isn't it too late to offer this cleaning program? Haven't people already been
exposed?
• How high is the risk from exposure to asbestos, fiberglass and other
hazardous materials in mv lower Manhattan home?
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Testing
• What will EPA test for?
• Will you test for dioxin and lead and substances other than asbestos?
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