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EPA criticism of interior apartment cleaning plan, May 2002
Machine-extracted title · confidence 75%Forwarded correspondence regarding legal counsel's broad criticism of the EPA's interior apartment cleaning plan in the post-9/11 response.
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AvaltronirRobert From: Hoffer, Mark Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:11 AM To: Avaltroni, Robert; Gilsenan, Michael (ex); Schiano, Frank; Pecunies, Russ Subject: FW: EPA Clean Up in New York City
FYI. Larry Kahn passed this along to me. Sitomer is a lawyer we know from other dealings. I’m not sure what his connection is to the downtown clean-up, but he is critical of what we are planning to do on indoor cleaning. —Original Message----- Froro:. KahhTLTawrencelmai^ Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:39 PM To: ‘[email protected]' Subject: FW: EPA Clean Up in New York City
—Original Message From: L'gVi,’Steven; “ J. Sent: Thursday, May 1672602 5:23 PM To: Kahn, Lawrence Subject: FW: EPA Clean Up in New York City
Sitomer has some pretty broad criticism of the interior apartment cleaning plan -----Original Message----- From: "Siyom'e7fDaF[mailto^DSit^‘er@je^ Sent: ThuFsclay^ May 16. 2002 5:18 PM ........ To: '[email protected]’ Subject: EPA Clean Up in New York City
As discussed, I am very concerned that the implications of the current proposal for EPA to remediate apartments in and around Ground Zero in New York City. Based on the information and test results I have seen, asbestos is only one of several contaminants. Therefore, any program that only addresses asbestos in the testing and remediation of apartments is problematic. Further, it is unrealistic to believe that an apartment within a building can be isolated, remediated, and reopened without a cross-contamination occurring from another source of contamination in that building. Therefore, the effort may be futile and increase the frustration level of the residents in that community. Also, protocols and standards for testing and remediation must be uniformly established and a process developed to address all materials, including heavy metals, dioxins, PCBs, and mold. Sooner or later, it will. I believe, be necessary to address the multitude of contaminants that may be present in all of the occupied buildings located around the World Trade Center. I think that a coherent and comprehensive environmental management program can and must be implemented instead of this somewhat problematic approach.
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