Correspondence criticizing the EPA and DEP regarding asbestos, silica levels, and safety clearance after cleaning at 114 Liberty Street.
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
* « UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
September 3,2003
The Honorable Jerrold Nadler U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515
Re: EPA/NYCDEP clean-up of WTC dust at 114 Liberty Street 1. They left visible dust with high levels of asbestos after the clean-up and pronounced the building safe to re-occupy. 2. They ignored residents’ own testing which contradicted their claims. 3. They ignored the presence of silica, a known human carcinogen, at hazardous levels. 4. They refuse to re-clean.
Dear Congressman Nadler
As requested, the following are my comments on the letter dated 8/4/03 from both the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). My comments also address EPA’s 4/18/03 letter and report on the 114 Liberty clean-up, as well as the 4/24/03 letter from the NYCDEP transmitting EPA’s report to the residents.
These letters reviewed the cleaning and testing measures undertaken by EPA/NYCDEP at 114 Liberty St. in lower Manhattan in April of2003 after the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse. The letters also addressed subsequent testing by residents on their own initiative at 114 Liberty St. after the EPAZNYCDEP had completed its abatements.
My comments arise from my personal concern over misrepresentations by EPA and their deviations from their criteria for the clean-up of WTC contaminants The conclusions and opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Formal letter criticizing the EPA and DEP for alleged failures in cleaning asbestos and silica from 114 Liberty Street.
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