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scheduling visits with residents.
Technicians
Air monitoring technicians must possess valid NYS Asbestos Project Sampling Technician (APST)
certificates. Technicians must have performed air sampling for at least 6 months.
D. Specifications
Clean up activities shall be scheduled for 20 to 30 units per day. Air sampling shall also be provided
at 10 to 20 units where clean up activities are not scheduled. Sufficient personnel shall be available
for project monitoring and sampling.
Sampling equipment must be in sufBcient quantity to provide the amount and type of samples
required for this project. At a minimum the following equipment are required: air-sampling pumps
with flow rate capacities of 10 liters per minute, tripods, rotometers, sample cassettes with mixed
cellulose ester filters having pore size of 0.45um. Contractors should be prepared to go to O.Sum
filters if 0.45um filters clog.
The contractor shall prepare a Health and Safety Plan (HASP) in accordance with 29 CFR1910.1001
and 29 CFR 1926.58. All personnel involved in residential cleaning and monitoring activities shall
follow the contractor Health and Safety Plan (HASP) prepared by their employer. EPA shall be
provided with a copy of the employer HASP prior to the start of work. Individuals performing clean
up activities may wear personal protective equipment or respirators in accordance with their
employer’s health and safety plan. All cleaning operations will be conducted in accordance with the
Cleaning Contract Scope of Work.
Copies of all invoices for work conducted under this contract shall be provided to USEPA and DEP.
The Project Monitor shall direct and coordinate all services and report all findings to USEPA. The
scope of this project will be as follows:
5. The Project Monitor shall be responsible for accessing a secure EPA Website (url, user name
and password to be provided by EPA). In coordination with the USEPA OSC, the Project
Monitor will access residential services requested from the Website and schedule clean-up
activities and air sampling with the tenants/owners, project monitors, asbestos abatement
contractors and air monitoring technicians to the various apartments. The Project Monitor
will then supply relevant information on activities back into the EPA Indoor Air database via
the secure EPA website. Data to be input may include but is not limited to start and
completion datesfor the cleaning, sampling dates and sample identification numbers.
6. The Project Monitor will schedule and conduct pre-cleaning and pre-sampling inspections
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