NYC Response
Asbestos Air Sampling Results for Freshkill Landfill
Sampling Date and Time: 09/26/01 to 09/27/01 (1830 to 0730)
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 <5p >5p
9/27/01 00764 #1 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/3 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 00765 #2 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 00766 #3 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/2 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 00767 #4 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 00768 #5 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 00769 #6 700 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/2 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 00770 #7 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 02137 #8 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 02138 #9A 240 Air <7.0 <0.011 0/1 <0.011 0 0 <8.00 <0.0128
9/27/01 02139 #9B 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/3 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
9/27/01 02140 10 720 Air <7.0 <0.004 0/0 <0.004 0 0 <8.89 <0.0048
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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: 09/29/01 9.50 AM
FK-09-27-01A
NYC-WTC_000150208
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NYC-WTC_000150208Source: 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.