Community Board 2 resolution to DEP, December 2004

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CITY OF NEW YORK COMMUNITY BOARD NO. 2, MANHATTAN . 3 Washington Square Village New York, New York 10012-1899 (212) 979-2272 FAX 212-254-5102 - ' Greenwich Village * Little Italy * SoHo * NoHo * Hudson Square December 29,2004 ( ' Jim Smith Chair

Arthur W. Strickler District Manager Christopher Ward, Commissioner Robert C. Alvatroni, Jr. Carol Yankay Dept, of Environmental Protection Deputy Commissioner l'^,Vice Chair 59-17 Junction Blvd NYC Dept, of Corona, N.Y. 11373-3640 Environmental Protection. Donald C. MacPherson 59-17 Junction Boulevard 2"“,Vice Chair Corona, NY 11373 Rocio Sanz ' Treasurer Dear Commissioner Ward and Deputy Commissioner Alvatroni Jr.:

Robert Rinaolo At its Full Board meeting on, December 16, 2004, Community Board #2, Manhattan Secretary (CB#2-Man.), adopted the following resolution: Mark Rosenwasser Assistant Secretary WHEREAS, the lower Manhattan and Brooklyn communities, both residents and workers, have, for three years, called on EPA to clean up the contaminants left behind by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and

WHEREAS, for three years, EPA has been unresponsive to the appeals of our communities, our elected representatives, and EPA's own Inspector General; and

WHEREAS, for the last eight months, lower Manhattan and Brooklyn residents and workers have worked, in good faith, as closely with the EPA WTC Technical Expert Review Panel as we have been permitted to do. We appreciate the efforts of panel members and we hope to be able to continue working with the panel; and

WHEREAS, eight months after this panel began its work, no additional environmental testing or clean-up has been conducted; and

WHEREAS, our children, our neighbors, our co-workers, and our firefighters continue to live with the uncertainty of possible exposure and unnecessary risk. After three years of delay by EPA and eight months of work by the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel, EPA has yet to make a public commitment to testing and decontamination;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Community Board #2 Manhattan calls upon EPA to publicly commit itself in a written statement released at a press conference presided over by an official EPA spokesperson to the following seven principles:

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