Document outlining the key components of the NYC DEP WTC program including testing, cleaning, and database creation.
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
NYCDEP Contributions to Post September 11 Recovery Efforts
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in conjunction with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) developed the Downtown Reassurance Program to restore public confidence in Lower Manhattan. The key components of the program were:
• Establishment of an EPA hotline • Direct assistance to residents and residential building owners for clean up or testing of their spaces as requested • Cleaning of unoccupied, uncleaned buildings • Clean up of exterior buildings with residual World Trade Center debris • Clean up of HVAC systems/Exhaust ducts identified as having World Trade Center debris • Creation of a database of environmental testing results and clean up activities • Pilot building cleaning to assess cleaning techniques • Background study of levels of potential concern
Deputy Commissioner Robert C. Avaltroni assisted me in the negotiations that result^ in the comprehensive plan and was given the responsibility of ensuring that the program was successful and timely. Starting in May 2002, D/C Avaltroni and his team, Assistant Commissioner Michael Gilsenan of the Bureau of Environmental Compliance and Rajappan Radhakrishnan, Director of the Asbestos Control Program, developed a flexible working plan that consisted of multiple tasks ongoing concurrently. This plan allowed these projects to start and finish in an orderly process.
Foremost on the team’s mind was that all work done was as protective of the public as possible. To this end, a professional working team relationship was developed with the EPA, Region 2. The team was able to develop thresholds in the interior environment for contaminants that previously did not have regulatory standards. DEP’s extensive working knowledge of asbestos issues contributed to the development of the asbestos threshold.
Secondly, DEP had to ensure that monies allocated for this project by FEMA was spent wisely. DEP was able to gain FEMA’s confidence with its well thought-out and accurate cost projections for each and every project undertaken. FEMA’s confidence in DEP’s numbers was such that, throughout the project, EPA was required to receive DEP’s approval of all expenditures in the project work plan. The working relationship between FEMA and DEP has been a model for government partnerships, the end result being that the public benefits.
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