NYC DEP WTC Program overview and components, n.d.

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

The completion of this monumental project is at hand and DEP and its partners are in a position to return in excess of $90 million to the City. The return of these monies is no small feat and is being done in conjunction with FEMA. DEP was able to push its partners and the contractors to finish the project one year ahead of schedule. The Scopes of Work developed for this project were precise allowing no room for waste. Contract Change Orders were handled with an eye towards fiscal responsibility. Senior management meetings were constantly held to ensure continued progress was made and to identify and correct problems before they materialized. Innovative measures were used to speed up the public’s response to the program resulting in fewer delays. These actions were all instituted without compromising the integrity of the overall mission to reassure the public that Lower Manhattan was, and is, a safe area to work and live.

I have included a schematic of the FEMA allocations and program expenditures and the highlights of each program dating back to May of last year when we became involved in a project that was going nowhere. In fact. Brad Gair - FEMA’s project coordinator - considered the DEP effort to be a major success from the federal perspective especially as he suggests it seemed doomed to failure at the outset. 'J’oday, we can take great pride in the accomplishments of this effort on behalf of the City and Administration.

EPA - Mission assignments pre-Reassiirance Program

Spent Return to City

$? $? $30M estimate

EPA - Mission assignments pre-Reassurance Program

$25M $14.9M $10.IM estimate

PEP - Mission assignments pre-Reassurance Program

$75 million $23.8M $51.2M

Exterior Building Clean up Program

• DEP performed inspections of exterior building surfaces, including the examination of roofs, facades, alleys, fire escapes and ledges for the presence of visible debris fi-om the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC). Buildings with visible accumulations of debris were identified, and building owners and managers were directed to have the material tested and cleaned appropriately. Follow-up inspections were performed based on owner/manager written response.

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