Statement prepared by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection for a hearing regarding environmental impacts on lower Manhattan following September 11.
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Statement of Robert Avaltroni NYCDEP Deputy Commissioner November 26, 2001
Good morning Mr. Chairmen and Members. I am Robert Avaltroni,
Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Compliance at the New York City
Department of Environmental Protection. On behalf of Commissioner Miele,
thank you for this opportunity to address the Committees on the subject of
environmental impacts in lower Manhattan following the September 11* attacks
on the United States.
As you can see, I am joined this morning by a group of colleagues from
other agencies. The presence of so many agencies here this morning illustrates
the team-oriented approach which has dominated the city, state and federal
governments’ response to the September 11* attacks. Beginning September 12*,
health and environmental agencies met daily to discuss environmental health
issues. These overall coordinating meetings continue three times a week at this
point with related meetings and discussions taking place on a daily basis.
In the days immediately following September 11*, the focus of
coordinating meetings was how to set up monitoring networks that could provide
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