DEP internal routing form with action items, [date illegible]

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

COMMUNITY BOARD #1 MANHATTAN RESOLUTION

DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2002

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: QUALITY OF LIFE

COMMITTEE VOTE: 9 IN FAVOR 0 OPPOSED 0 ABSTAINED 0 RECUSED BOARD VOTE: 35 IN FAVOR 0 OPPOSED 0 ABSTAINED 0 RECUSED

RE: EPA building interior testing and cleaning program

WHEREAS: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and NYC Department of Environmental (DEP) met with CB #1 ’s Quality of Life Committee on October 7, 2002, and

WHEREAS: DEP and EPA are responsible for exterior building clean-up, and

WHEREAS: It is EPA’s responsibility to test and clean up Lower Manhattan using state-of-the-art technology, equipment, methodologies, and personnel available, and

WHEREAS: The EPA in September of 2002 has instituted a residential interior clean­ up program for residential homes only on a voluntary basis due to the contamination from the collapse of the WTC Towers as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and

WHEREAS: There is still a great deal of anxiety that exists among residents regarding the type of pollutants and contaminates that have entered the atmosphere as a result of 9/11, and

WHEREAS: The clean-up program began enrolling candidates in the Summer 2002, by which time, the overwhelming majority of residents had reinhabited apartments cleaned unprofessionally or by workers without government oversight state-of-the-art scientific standards, and

WHEREAS: These pollutants and contaminates are still being found in indoor and outdoor spaces even after cleaning and private independent tests have shown that certain indoor spaces contain mercury, lead, chromium, cadmium, asbestos, fiberglass, dioxins and fine contaminants, and

WHEREAS: There was poor public outreach to the community and too much time was allowed to pass before the program began, and

WHEREAS: The clean-up program does not include schools, public spaces, parks, rooftops, water towers, heating and air conditioner ventilation systems, and

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