Request for proposal documentation and vendor list for live operator services to assist with World Trade Center information inquiries.
NYC-WTC_000161049–000161052Folder label: “E-mails R. Avaltroni 2002”
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
The dangers from asbestos, such as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, show up only after 15 or more years, and usually after long-term exposure.
Called for Help The one tenant was worried enough that by mid-April she asked Joel Kupferman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project to come to 150 Franklin and collect dust samples. Kupferman sent three samples to a laboratory. The lab results showed levels of 1.2%, 1.4% and 1.8% asbestos. He immediately notified the EPA and the city's Department of Environmental Protection, and those agencies analyzed new samples on April 18. The DEP, using a crude analytical method called polarized light microscopy, detected no asbestos. But EPA scientists, using a more sophisticated method called transmission electron microscopy, found even higher levels, from 2% to 5% asbestos. "We recommended that it be professionally cleaned," said EPA spokesperson Mary Mears. According to several political and community leaders, 150 Franklin may not be an isolated case. "For almost eight months now people in lower Manhattan who who took the word of the EPA have been living in conditions that are potentially hazardous to their health," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan) through a spokesman yesterday. Nadler has been demanding for months that EPA test and cleanup the indoor spaces in every building near Ground Zero. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman announced a plan recently to assist the city in cleaning the facades and roofs of buildings downtown, and her aides now say they are considering what to do about indoor spaces.
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Coordination memo for WTC recovery inter-agency meeting on building and parks assessment and scope.
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Cover sheet for a fax transmission from DEP regarding the 105 Duane Street site file.
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Forwarded draft memo requiring review by DEP officials concerning environmental documentation procedures.
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Chain of emails forwarding confirmation of emergency procurement approval for WTC site cleanup contracts.
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Header page identifying records related to environmental work at 20 Vesey Street.
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Report stating federal funds will cover costs for cleaning potentially asbestos-laden dust from schools near Ground Zero.
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Draft remarks by EPA official announcing the Lower Manhattan apartment cleanup program on May 8, 2002.
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Report discusses community concerns about potential illnesses from substances produced by the disaster.
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Memo requesting review of an asbestos abatement document draft by multiple stakeholders before submission.
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Agenda for a conference on the public health impact of September 11, featuring presentations from EPA, OSHA, and DOH officials.
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Document page summarizing positive and negative counts for asbestos analysis via PLM, PCM, and TEM methods.
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Article from August 11, 2002 reporting on EPA presentation regarding WTC apartment cleanup plans and community board concerns about facade dust testing and removal.
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Internal memo forwarding a resident's concerns about apartment cleaning and air quality near a garage.
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Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
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Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
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Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
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Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
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