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Asbestos Air Sampling Results for Freshkill Landfill
Sampling Date and Time: 09/26/01 0800 to 1800
PCM by NIOSH 7400 TEM by NIOSH 7402 TEM AHERA)
Sampling Sampling Sample f/mm^ f/cc AF/NAF Adjusted Structures (#) S/mm^ S-f/cc
Date Sample No. Location Volume Matrix TEM f/cc <5m >5m
9/26/01 00751 #1 709 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/0 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0043
9/26/01 00752 #2 651 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/8 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0047
9/26/01 00753 #3 648 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/3 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0048
9/26/01 00754 #4 648 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0048
9/26/01 00755 #5 643 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/3 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0048
9/26/01 00756 #6 645 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/3 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0048
9/26/01 00757 #7 642 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/4 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0048
9/26/01 00758 #8 641 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/12 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0048
9/26/01 00759 #9A 626 Air 8.92 0.005 0/7 <0.004 2 1 24 0.0148
9/26/01 00760 #9B 627 Air 7.64 0.005 0/8 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0049
9/26/01 00761 10 637 Air 10.19 0.006 0/6 <0.004 0 0 <8.00 <0.0048
coc* 04008
NS: Not sampled
AF/ANF: Asbestos fibers/Non asbestos fibers
Sample volume is below recommended limit of the method:
•Structure (S) Roughly equivalent to Fiber (F)
NA: not analyzed due to overloading of particulates
NIOSH 7400: Fiber Analysis of Air samples via NIOSH 7400, Revision 3, Issue 2, 8/15/94
NIOSH 7402: Asbestos Analysis of Air samples by Transmission Electron Microscopy
Asbestos Fiber Analysis by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) EPA 40CFR Part 763 (AHERA)
Standard criteria: EPA 40CFR Part 763 (AHERA): 0.01 fiber/cc (PCM), 70 S/mm^ volume 1200 L, for 25 mm filter (TEM)
ERT: 09/28/01 2.00 PM
FK-09-26-01A
NYC-WTC_000150206
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NYC-WTC_000150206Source: NYC Law Department, mirrored locally
Memo from DEP Legal discussing consistency of health protection standards applied to vehicles at Freshkills landfill with guidance given to public residents and city workers.