Letter from a complainant regarding improper asbestos cleanup at 333 [name] and requesting reinvestigation of test results.
NYC-WTC_000154594–000154613Folder label: “Buildings 105 Duane 80 John Gateway etc. 75 Park 200 Rector Trinity Church”
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
MEMORANDUM
To: NYCDEP From: Marisa Ramirez de Arellano 202-352-1181 Date: Februaiy 5,2002 Re: Complaint No. 404925 (NYCDEP, Jan. 29, 2002) Improper clean up of materials containing asbestos.
This is to follow up in writing a telephone complaint I made to NYCDEP’s 24-hour Complaint Hotline on January 29, 2002. My complaint is that Rockrose Development Corporation (Rockrose), 290 Park Ave. South, NY, NY 10010, has not exercised due diligence concerning materials that could contain asbestos. I believe they have violated and continue to violate OSHA regulations concerning the clean up of dust containing over 1% asbestos at a building located at 333 Rector Place, New York, NY 10280.
TESTING OF DUST SAMPLES AT .^33 RECTOR PLACE
Attached are the results of building and apartment surveys of 333 Rector Place conducted by;
Uday Singh Industrial Hygienist I. H. Consultants, Inc. 251 Park Street Upper Montclair, NY 07043
These independent surveys test were requested by tenants of 333 Rector Place, They show concentrations of asbestos (chrysotile) as high as 2% in various locations throughout the building. Please note that concentrations in excess of 1% existed in the building long after Rockrose had supposedly finished cleaning the building. I believe that Rockrose has never even inspected or cleaned the ducts or shafts in the building.
This complaint is based on information and recommendations contained in the New York Committee for Health and Occupational Safety WTC Factsheet 4, posted December 6,2001:
1. The law that requires employers to test dust is the OSHA asbestos regulation for general industr>\ which is section 1001 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR1001. The requirement to test dust is Paragraph (j)(2)(i): "Employers and building and facility owners shall exercise due diligence" concerning any material that could contain asbestos. 2. According to OSHA, to exercise due diligence an employer must take "actions that a reasonable employer would take in a given situation." 3. A reasonable employer "is responsible for investigating" the asbestos content of any material that the employer "may know of, or suspect" as containing asbestos. 4. All employers should suspect that WTC dust contains asbestos, because they know or should know that three-quarters of EPA samples of WTC dust contain asbestos. In fact. Rockrose did suspect the presence of asbestos because they had a company do air sampling, specifically for asbestos. Rockrose never reported testing of dust samples.
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Header page of a chain of custody document from the DEP Bureau of Air, Noise, and related services.
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Cover sheet for a fax transmission from DEP regarding the 105 Duane Street site file.
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DEP asbestos project notification form and inspection report dated December 12, 2002.
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Draft fact sheet from DOH and DEP addressing tenant concerns regarding asbestos fibers at 105 Duane Street.
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Header page identifying records related to environmental work at 20 Vesey Street.
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Summary of 94,014 asbestos samples collected and analyzed at 225 Liberty Street between September 2001 and January 2002.
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Airtek Environmental Corp. submits a notice of air quality testing results and chain of custody forms for 176 Broadway in October 2001.
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Laboratory report on ambient air samples collected in apartments and common areas of 333 Rector Place during September 24-26, 2001.
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Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.
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Invoice detailing billing for bulk and air sample analysis results including PLM, PCM, and TEM testing at 44 Wall Street.
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Joint OSHA and Bechtel crane inspection report analyzing safety conditions at the World Trade Center site.
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Notice instructing that original World Trade Center documents must be preserved as evidence and not disposed of.
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Log of air testing and flyer distribution activities at multiple downtown buildings following the September 11 attacks.
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Log of environmental inspections conducted at specific buildings near the World Trade Center on September 23, 2001.
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Memo documenting on-site inspections of buildings near the World Trade Center to assess debris and suspect materials.
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