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VOC sampling locations table for Ground Zero area, Jan 2002

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Table listing volatile organic compound (VOC) sampling sites and dates outside of Ground Zero from September 2001 to January 2002.

NYC-WTC_000148952–000149197

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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Contaminant Site Worker Resident ® Tetrahydrofuran 200 ppm .9 ppm *5) Toluene 200 ppm 1.1 ppm Xylenes 100 ppm 1 ppm Reactive Gases Acetaldehyde 200 ppm .05 ppm (6) 1.3 ppm (5) Formaldehyde .75 ppm .04 ppm (12) ’ .35 ppm (5) Acrolein .1 ppm .0001 ppm

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f'cc = fibers (>5 gm length) per cubic centimeter of air S/mm2 = structures (>.5 gm length) per square millimeter of filter paper ppm = parts per million in air gg/m^ = micrograms of contaminant per cubic meter of air ng/m’ = nanograms of contaminant per cubic meter of air NA - Not Applicable

Footnotes:

1. “Site Workers” refers to all workers involved in the response/demolition of the World Trade Center. Listed values are Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs), Time Weighted Averages (TWA) unless otherwise noted.

2. “Residents” refers to people living in the vicinity of the World Trade Center as well as all other potentially exposed workers not involved in the response/demolition

3. Resident screening value is based on Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) methodology which uses transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and because of its basis in “background” (vs a risk basis) includes all asbestos fibers greater than 0.5 microns in length. Worker values are based on phase contrast microscopy (PCM, - which doesn’t distinguish asbestos from other fibers) or, for results above the PCM screening value, TEM to derive a PCM equivalence that includes all asbestos fibers greater than 5 microns in length.

4. Screening values for chromium were based on the most toxic form (hexavalent)

5. EPA - Hazard Evaluation Handbook (HEH) (carcinogen) > 1 year of continuous exposure equating to an excess lifetime cancer risk of one-in ten thousand

DRAFT-DO NOT QUOTE OR CITE A-5 October 2002

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