Department of Environmental Protection advisory letter dated October 25, 2001, addressed to residents of Lower Manhattan.
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Appendix J I I NYCDEP October 25, 2001 Instructions to Residents 1 I
Department of Environmental Protection Executive Offices 59-17 Juncliun Boulevard-19th floor Corona, New York 11368-5107 w ww. live, gov.-dcp Joe] A. Miele Sr., P.E., Commissioner (718) 595-6565 I-ax #: (718) 595-.1525 H-mail: [email protected]
October 25, 2001 Dear Residents of Lower Manhattan:
Since September 11*, the W-S. Environmeaul Protection Agency (LPA), NYC Depantnenl of hnvirofimentai Protection (t?£P), NYC Department of Health (DOI I], and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), have been taking samples of the air. dust, water, river sediments and drinking water and analyzing them for the presence of pollutants. The samples are evaluated against a variety ofbenchmarks, standards and guidelines established to protect public health under various conditions. These agencies consider the amount of time a person is exposed to a particular pollutant and where—a schvoL workplace or home—in creating these criteria. The following is a description of some of the benchmarks, standards and guidelines these agencies urc using to evaluate environmental condicons m the-aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster
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EPA is requiring rhe strictest protective standard under AHERA, the .-Vsbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, for asbestos in outdoor and indoor areas. (This standard is used to determine whether children may reenter a school building after asbestos has been removed or abated.) To he as protective as possible, EPA, together with NYCDEP and all the other health and enviraamental agencies, are requiring school reentry sundards in tests around the World Trade Center site. NYCDEP, USEPA, and NYC Department of Sanitation worked to perform cleanups of all dust in cstorior areas with HEPA vacuums and wetwashing. NYCDEP and EP.A have both conducted tests in exterior spaces and all exterior areas of Lower Manhattan that were closed passed their strict protective standards before being opened again to the public.
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If n substance contains more than asbestos, it is eunsidereu to be an “asbostos-contauting inaicriat." There are Federal, State, and City regulations in place to ensure ihc proper handling and disposal of asbe.suth-containmg material. If a substance euntains 1% or Iuk.s asbestos, these rcgullitions lit) not apply. •
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