Internal memorandum coordinating DEP exterior cleanup activities with other agencies to manage ongoing operations.
NYC-WTC_000150923–000150925Folder label: “DEP EXTERIOR CLEAN UP - Also See Building Lists #2”
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
APR-02-2002 09:06 US EPA 1212 637 3998 P. 01/01
George Pavlou To: Robert Fitzpatrick/R2/USEPA/US@EPA ft/i AC =-7 AM cc- Ken Eng/R2/USEPA/US@EPA 04/0Z/02 0&.57 AM subject: NYC roof and facade cleanup • No good turn goes unpunished!
Bob. please inform your City counterpart about this i^/s complaint.
George Pavlou. Director Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance USEPA-Region 2 290 Broadway NY. NY 10007 Tel: 212-637-4000 Fax: 212-637-4035 .... Forwarded by George Pavlou/R2/USEPA/US on 04/02/02 06:55 AM -™
Bonnie Bellow To: Richard Caspe, Kathy CaIIahan/R2/USEPA/US@EPA, Dore 04/01/02 06:14 PM LaPosta/R2/USEPA/US@EPA, Mary Mears, Peter Brandt, Berry Shore/R2/USEPA/US@EPA, George Pavlou/R2/USEPA/US@EPA cc: Subject: NYC roof and facade cleanup • No good turn goes unpunished!
I got a call today from Joel Kupferman giving us a "heads up" about his anticipation that the city will not follow proper safety precautions in doing the building cleanups.
He gave two recent examples, not directly related to this cleanup: Joel was present recently when debris from a building across from City Hall hit a woman and sent her to the hospital. The scaffolding was improper, did not have a permit number and was not posted with the appropriate Buildings Department signs. Of course, Joel got no response when he tried to contact the Building Dept.'s 800 number. He also got sprayed on Saturday during power washing of the building across the street from 290. He believes the material contained asbestos.
I explained that neither of these situations had anything to do with the roof and facade cleanups, which have not begun. But, he says "they" will be monitoring the cleanups and will have media there to ‘catch’ the city if it does not follow all safety regulations. He asked me to share this with the Task Force. His position is that even though the city is doing the cleanups, EPA is ultimately responsible if it is not done properly.
He also mentioned that he is investigating the "fact* that DEP has only issued one asbestos violation in lower Manhattan since Sept. 11. Plans to compare that to a similar period. This will all be scrutinized, no doubt with an eye toward finding fault! Worth raising with the group.
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NYC-WTC_000150677
Redacted fax cover sheet indicating transmission of documents related to World Trade Center site activities.
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Memo requesting completion of FEMA forms for PS and OTPS costs related to the World Trade Center by October 23.
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Notes and analytical reports regarding fibrous glass findings in samples from a condominium following WTC collapse concerns.
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DEP internal memo addressing inability to access an apartment for asbestos inspection due to denial of entry and discussing options for resolving a potentially hazardous asbestos…
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EPA coordinating WTC cleanup cost estimate review with NYC DEP and city agencies.
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DEP memo comparing widely disparate insurance premium quotes from three remediation contractors for $50 million coverage, noting concerns about cost variation.
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Memo summarizing DEP's response to WTC hotline referrals, noting resolved cases and inspection results regarding visible debris.
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NYC-WTC_000150781
Notice instructing staff to preserve original World Trade Center documents for legal evidence.
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NYC-WTC_000150782
List of Manhattan buildings with completed exterior cleaning by the New York City DEP.
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NYC-WTC_000150796
Survey data listing building addresses and owners in the World Trade Center vicinity.
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NYC-WTC_000150821
Survey data listing building addresses and owners in the World Trade Center vicinity.
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NYC-WTC_000150823
Financial summary of exterior cleaning contracts for multiple buildings including budget allocations and balances.
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