If these buildings were not affected, OSHA sees no reason to require PPE or to be concerned about any airborne
contaminants.
Is boiler plate language being used?
These people are sampling in "CLEAN" apartments. All employers should be aware of, and in compliance with, OSHA
regulations. However, in this cases, if safety and health plans are necessary, then this need must be linked to something
other than background sampling in apartments unaffected by WTC.
EPA Region 2 responds to a congressional inquiry about the joint EPA-DEP program for testing and cleaning lower Manhattan homes after the WTC collapse.