NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Commissioner WTC Update for 10/2/01
Battery Park City
South But^yR^areas are still in stage. These areas include various
streets and sidewdfej'PQi^gjpts?'^^ fields and the promenade.
Completed ii of roo of buildings. Cleanup work will entail extensive
rigging and i )f vac trucks. DiscussMpJ^ of action and whether this is something we
want to unde :e with EPA. Timeframe toMtnpi^ will be extensive. EPA has passed
onjfeis issue to the Anny Corp of Engineers. Does Mtk^ to positive.
375 South end ave
Lefrak building
Courtyard cleanup complete. Work on facade of gateway plaza tow^^fiOO) continues into
The^ay morning. Residents should not be allowed in without protCcrion until facade
debri 1 ved from gateway tower. Lefrak was also notifiedthat garage facade and
inside nust be cleaned otherwise they will spread cofmunination in the immediate
area.
♦Batteiy Pat City imsi^ofmed their tenafitw posting signs in Gateway Plaza complex
informing residents that Mkauestions cqn^ning health and reoccupancy should be
directed to Paul Bennett at W92die memo dated 10Z2 from OEM. all questions
concerning environmental
snul lasuj^w be directed to the EPA which is now the lead
agency on these issues.
♦OEM & DEP at 6:45am on 10/2 to give OEM represenative a tour of Gateway
Plaza. ( 'of Gateway Plaza no longer wanho maintain their ag t in having
tenants the complex through the promendade Ma SouthEnd Ave. and Albany Street.
ThislaCcess way was cleaned and cleared for the publi\acc^s to the Gateway Plaza. On
IWC[^Battery Park City owners have cordoned off the promenade from entry to their
tenants according to DERTA and DEP OEM observation. uK^dition, they have been
giving access through Liberty and South End Ave which has nh^been cleaned and is at
ground zero. DEP will identify &e issues to OEM and maintain iVs position in permitting
public entry only through the areas that have been cleaned and clearetkfa addition, OEM
will be advised that consideration of moving the decontamination washh^tion and
checkpoint at South End Ave and Albany is inadvisable. Such a move will open Battery
Park City South to recontamination with asbestos containing debris. OEMWtRh^^vised
of the 10/2 memo issued from their office now identifying the EPA as die lead agency on
these issues.
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