NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
building management and residents and further actions are pending their decisions. The building
is currently unoccupied.
Indoor Clean up Activities
The Department developed a scope of work for the indoor cleaning activities. After multiple
meetings with the USEPA and the USEPA meetings with local representatives and
organizations, the USEPA modified the scope of work. The NYCDEP went out to bid with the
scopes of work developed by the USEPA. The Department procured the contractors for the
USEPA indoor residential clean-up program. In order to facilitate the management of the
program lower Manhattan was subdivided. The program includes four monitoring and
environmental sampling contractors, four clean-up contractors, and the hotline-operation
contractor. The hotline was extended through December 28,2002.
Residents may request cleaning and testing, testing only, reimbursement for a HEPA-equipped
vacuum and/or an information packet. As of October 4,2002, 5433 requests were received by
the hotline. 4261 residents have requested cleaning and testing and 1123 residents have requested
testing only.
Initial cleaning efforts that included wet wiping of surfaces and the use of vacuums equipped
with HEPA filters were effective in cleaning surfaces impacted by debris. The available
sampling information has not indicated the need for residents and visitors to be concerned.
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