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R. The FDI has an Incident Safety Plan dated 25 September 2001 that covers ERTV personnel. When asked if this covered NYPD personnel, the safety representative was "No". The plan covers only FBI andanswer by the FBI for the FBI on this project. personnel working

9. There was no other site-specific health and safety plan that we found that would cover the health and safety issues and procedures for the NYPD personnel working at this operation

10. NYPI? field personnel have been receiving inconsistent infotnsation on and safety hazards associated with this project. No one, from our the health evaluation, takers any ownership of the decision to have mandatory respirator use in somehas areas, while not requiring respirator usage In others. There is no consistent, quality information being provided to the workers in the field that explains to them what the health and safety hazards might be and what controls are being implemented to reduce these hazards.

11. NYPD personnel, as well as many other personnel on site, arc wearing their normal work clothes underneath the disposable coveralls (Tyvek). These Tyvek or similar typo disposable coveralls are not generally effective in protecting street clothes from getting contaminated. This is especially true if the coveralls are torn an/or improperly worn. Personnel decontamination and cleanup was inconsistent and totally voluntary.

12. It was noted by Emileott that many work practices performed by contractors and other nonNYPD personnel were in direct violation to basic safety good practices, such as the site respirator and PPE requirements and/or OSHA rules and regulations. The inconsistent and poor safety practice of these personnel directly nnpacts the health and safety environment of NYPD personnel and does little to aid in improving the overall health and safety conditions of the whole operations.

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These recommeadatiosts are made based an our assessment on what is long-teen disaster recovery operation such as this, what is reasonable in a considered to be best safety and health management practice (BMP) and what OSHA regulations would require for similar operations.

1) Develop a site specific Health and Safety Plan (HASP) to address how the NYPD is managing health and safety issues at this location. Preparation of a written NypD HASP would be a IIMP that is in line with what other agencies (i_e. FBI, EPA) have done on this site. A written HASP would assist in managing and communicating to

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