Apartment cleaning program article edits, Oct 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Avaltroni, Robert From: Avaltroni, Robert Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 1:40 PM To: 'Blatchford, Laurel' Subject: RE: Article on Residential Clean-up

Modifications. Last sentence in second paragraph deleted. Contractors to Connduct Through..... deleted ---- Original Message---- From: Blatchford, Laurel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01,2002 6:48 PM To: Bob Avaltroni (E-mail) Cc: Greenberger, Sharon; Justin Blake (E-mail) Subject: FW: Article on Residential Clean-up

Bob, As per our discussion earlier today, here is the story that Edelman has put together for us to review. Please give me a call tomorrow AM once you've looked it over. Thanks Laurel

—Original Message— From: Blake, Justin [mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 6:45 PM To: 'Blatchford, Laurel' Subject: Article on Residential Clean-up

For your meeting with Bob. Attached and embedded (with a space for an EPA quote). GO YANKSI

Residential Cleanup Deadline Extended Until 12/28/02 To ensure that all eligible New Yorkers concerned about dust and debris that accumulated in their homes as a result of the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse have the opportunily to register for apartment cleaning and/or testing, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), FEMA, and City of New York have extended the registration deadline for the Residential Dust Cleanup Program to December 28,2002. The original deadline was October 3,2002. To date, only about a quarter of the residents who are eligible for this program have registered. The most likely reason, according to EPA officials, is that people still don't know the offer exists.

[Insert quote from EPA about importance of the program and why they felt it necessary to extend deadline.] About the Program Under this program, residents living south of Canal, Allen and Pike Streets may request the following: That their residence be professionally cleaned and then tested for asbestos in the air (if asbestos is still present, their home will be re-cleaned), OR That their residence be first tested for asbestos in the air without professional cleaning. If asbestos is found above the level that EPA has established to protect public health, they may ask that their residence be professionally cleaned.

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Contractors to Conduct Thorough Testing and Cleanup Some dust from the WTC collapse has been shown to contain asbestos and other contaminants. EPA believes this 1

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