EPA memorandum on WTC environmental data concealment, July 2004

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

http://www.nyenvirolaw.org/PDF/Jenkins-7-4-03-documentary-d2.pdf

http://nycosh.org/Jenkins-7-4-03-documentary-d.pdf

5 The statement in my 7/4/03 report on page 24 ("The NYC Department of Environmental Protection first took its first asbestos air samples on 9/14, and then for only 2 air samples from Brooklyn.") is incorrect. I was unaware of the earlier NYC DEP data at the time I wrote the 7/4/03 report.

The lull 11/13/01 FOIL response may be found at the following exact web address. You must paste in this full web address, as there are no current links within the www.nyenvirolaw.org web site to it. This is a very large document and takes a long time to load.

http://www.nyenvirolaw.org/PDF/DEC-WTC-monitoringDATA.pdf

The full NYS DEC FOIL response of 11/13/01 was posted on the www.NYenviroLAW.org web site some time between 1/22/02 and 6/4/04. This can be ascertained by looking at the different internet archived versions of this website at www.archive.org ("The WayBack Machine").

The 11/13/01 FOIL was first found listed on the 6/4/04 archive; the immediately previous archive of 1/22/02 did not include the document. The archived web page which includes this document under the title: " NY State Department of Environmental Conservation report on WTC Monitoring Data" may be found at the following web address.

http://web.archive.Org/web/20020604173052/http://nyenvirolaw.org/

’ The 10/24/01 archived version of the NYC DEP website showing asbestos levels did not provide any TEM asbestos data whatsoever. Only the PCM light microscope data was given. See archived NYC DEP website for 10/24/01 at www.archive.org at the following exact URL:

http://web.archive.org/web/20011024072502/www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/airdata.html

This is also true for the NYC DEP web data that was captured by www.archive.org on 11/7/01, and 2/2/02.

’ EPA (October 3, 2001) EPA and OSHA Web Sites Provide Environmental Monitoring Data From World Trade Center and Surrounding Areas. Data Confirms No Significant Public Health Risks; Rescue Crews and Nearby Residents Should Take Appropriate Precautions Data through September 30, 2001.

http://www.epa.gov/wtc/summaries/epa-osha01.htm

’ EPA (9/13/01) Headquarters Press Release, Washington, DC, For Release 09/13/2001, EPA INITIATES EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, REASSURES PUBLIC ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, www.epa.gov ]

The levels of lead, asbestos and volatile organic compounds in air samples taken on Tuesday in Brooklyn, downwind from the World Trade Center site, were not detectable or not of concern. Additional sampling of both ambient air quality and dust particles was conducted Wednesday night in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, and results were uniformly acceptable.

NYnet project of the Urban Atmospheric Observatory, Brookhaven National Laboratory project for modeling particulate dispersion in NYC after a bioterroism or dirty bomb is described at:

http://www.uao.bnl.gov/mesonet/

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