NYC Response
Asbestos Air Sampling Results for Freshkill Landfill
Sampling Date and Time: 09/27/01 0730 to 1830
PCM by NIOSH 7400 TEM by NIOSH 7402 TEM AHERA)
Sampling Sampling Sample «mm^ «cc AF/NAF Adjusted Structures (#) S/mm^ S-ffcc
Date Sample No. Location Volume Matrix TEM f/cc <5u >5u
9/27/01 00641 Loc 1 628 Air 20.38 0.013 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.0 <0.0049
9/27/01 Loc2 650 Air <7 <0.004 0/0 <0.004 0 0 <8.0 <0.0047
9/27/01 00643 Loc 3 650 Air <7 <0.004 0/2.5 <0.004 0 0 <8.0 <0.0047
9/27/01 00644 loc 4 651 Air <7 <0.004 0/0 <0.004 0 0 <8.0 <0.0047
9/27/01 00645 Loc 5 649 Air <7 <0.004 0/0 <0.004 0 0 <8.0 <0.0047
9/27/01 00646 Loc 6 520 Air <7 <0.005 0/2 <0.004 0 0 <8.0 <0.0059
9/27/01 00647 Loc 7 649 Air <7 <0.004 0/0 <0.004 1 2 24 0.0142
9/27/01 00648 Loc 8 670 Air <7 <0.004 0/0 <0.004 2 2 32 0.0184
9/27/01 00649 Loc9A 628 Air 26.75 0.016 0/1 <0.004 ? 0 16 0.0098
9/27/01 00650 Loc9B 623 Air 34.39 0.021 0/1 <0.004 1 0 8 0.0049
9/27/01 00653 Loc 10 651 Air 16.56 0.010 0/1 <0.004 0 0 <8.0 <0.0047
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NS: Not sampled
AF/ANF: Asbestos flbers/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: 9/29/01 9:50am
FK-09-27-01
NYC-WTC_000150228
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NYC-WTC_000150228Source: 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.