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)”
OCR status: ok · source: pdftotext
NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
The owners of the XX [NEED FIGURE] buildings that remain have failed to respond to the
DEP’s repeated attempts to reach them. These buildings will be re-inspected in the coming
weeks. Those that fail DEP inspection will be subject to [WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN?].
A Day in the Life of a DEP Cleaning Crew:
Juggling Schedules and Moving Automobiles
While DEP crews tended to the cleanup in expeditious fashion, they also went to great lengths to
ensure that downtown life went undisturbed as they went about their work. “We took into
consideration the patterns of everyday life downtown,” said Avaltroni. “As hard as we worked to
clean up the area, we strove equally hard to minimize any disruption to residents, businesses and
institutions.”
Doing so required some logistical feats on the part of the DEP. In certain cases, building
cleanups had to be scheduled at off-hours. For example, the cleanup at St. Peter’s Church at 16
Barclay Street could only be conducted on weeknights from 6 pm to midnight so as not to
impede parishioners from entering the church or disturb church services.
In addition to juggling schedules, the DEP became quite adept at moving automobiles parked in
front of buildings marked for cleaning despite posted notices. In several cases, the DEP deployed
teams of tow trucks to lift cars gingerly from front and back — so as not to damage them — move
them away from the cleanup site and then return them once cleanup was completed. In one case
NYC-WTC_000151103
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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.
6 shared non-person entities · 1 shared topics · similarity 0.977
machine-extracted · confidence unavailable · Check page ↗NYC-WTC_000161511
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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machine-extracted · confidence unavailable · Check page ↗NYC-WTC_000159964
Approval of cleanup completion announcement draft with minor revisions requested for departmental records.
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machine-extracted · confidence unavailable · Check page ↗NYC-WTC_000135572
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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machine-extracted · confidence unavailable · Check page ↗NYC-WTC_000160392
Internal memo discussing concerns regarding EPA management and scheduling a meeting to review the cleanup program matrix.
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machine-extracted · confidence unavailable · Check page ↗NYC-WTC_000163103
DEP staff review EPA draft report on WTC exposure and sampling issues for legal comment submission.
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machine-extracted · confidence unavailable · Check page ↗NYC-WTC_000159966
Analysis of EPA management and public relations approach to Lower Manhattan cleanup program, proposing agency coordination.
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machine-extracted · confidence unavailable · Check page ↗NYC-WTC_000148621
Memo outlining DEP activities including assessment and coordination with federal agencies for street and sidewalk cleaning.
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NYC-WTC_000150998
NYC Law Department notice preserving World Trade Center documents as evidence for potential future litigation.
Filed in the same folder
NYC-WTC_000150999
Routing form for internal DEP coordination of World Trade Center-related decisions and correspondence.
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Correspondence opposing MTA postings regarding cleanup outreach and scheduling a meeting with federal and state health officials to address concerns.
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NYC-WTC_000151003
FEMA-EPA coordination regarding potential commercial building cleanup program in lower Manhattan following WTC attack.
Filed in the same folder
Correspondence regarding EPA and FEMA coordination with the MTA for posting information about the residential cleanup program in subway stations.
Filed in the same folder