Correspondence seeking verification of dates and statistics regarding the Department of Environmental Protection cleanup efforts.
NYC-WTC_000151100–000151106Folder label: “Lower Manhattan Public Information (Edelman)”
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
NYC DEP Completes Downtown Cleanup
In October [DATE], the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
officially wrapped up a five-month [CHECK] effort to remove potentially hazardous dust and
debris that had accumulated on the roofs, windows and facades of downtown buildings following
the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse. The project was both a feat of labor and logistics with
DEP crews working around the clock and making every accommodation possible to minimize
the disruption to area residents, businesses and institutions as they cleaned more than 1.8 million
[CONFIRM] square feet of exterior building space.
Beginning last winter [MONTH?], the DEP set about inspecting buildings in the area for exterior
residue containing more than 1 percent of asbestos, the threshold amount set by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, New York State and the DEP.
In tests conducted on a small sample of downtown buildings in close proximity to the WTC site.
40 percent tested positive for asbestos contamination, prompting the DEP to commence a
comprehensive inspection of the more than one thousand buildings in the area.
“There was a great degree of anxiety among people in Lower Manhattan,” said Robert Avaltroni,
deputy commissioner of the DEP. “We felt that we needed to act quickly to relieve that anxiety
in order to help people who live and work in the area move forward with their lives.”
When the full inspection was complete, the DEP found the problem to be somewhat smaller than
preliminary tests had suggested. Of the 1.072 buildings the DEP inspected, 315 - less than 30
percent - tested positive for asbestos contamination and were earmarked for cleaning.
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NYC-WTC_000151097
Memo requesting DEP to provide updated information on building cleanup project timeline, inspection dates, number of buildings cleaned, square footage, and project completion date.
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PR firm requests factual updates to cleanup story including project timeline, building counts, and inspection dates.
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Communications request for specific project data including timeline, building counts, square footage cleaned, and compliance status for news.
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News article describing DEP's six-month effort to remove dust and debris from downtown building roofs and facades following WTC collapse.
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Approval of cleanup completion announcement draft with minor revisions requested for departmental records.
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Summary statistics of buildings inspected and cleaned by DEP or owners as of March 2003.
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Application defining regulatory compliance requirements for exterior debris removal work at WTC vicinity.
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Internal memo discussing concerns regarding EPA management and scheduling a meeting to review the cleanup program matrix.
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DEP staff review EPA draft report on WTC exposure and sampling issues for legal comment submission.
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Analysis of EPA management and public relations approach to Lower Manhattan cleanup program, proposing agency coordination.
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Memo outlining DEP activities including assessment and coordination with federal agencies for street and sidewalk cleaning.
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NYC Law Department notice preserving World Trade Center documents as evidence for potential future litigation.
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FEMA-EPA coordination regarding potential commercial building cleanup program in lower Manhattan following WTC attack.
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