NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Gilsenan, Michael
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Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 2:02 PM
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[email protected]; [email protected];
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Basso. Ray@epamail .epa.gov
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Gilsenan, Michael
Subject: Re: 125 Cedar
My understanding from PH i one of the tenants who has been
calling me for months, is that individual residents did go in and clean
up their own units on their own. She has small children and was
concerned enough not to clean her unit herself, but she did express
concern that some of her neighbors were going in wearing improperly
fitting respirators and doing the work. At one point she asked us to see
if we could get them fit tested. We were always clear that these apts.
needed to be cleaned professionally.
Various city response agencies used apts at 125 Cedar as a base of
operations. I can't believe no one thought about this issue before!
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From:Mary Mears/R2/USEPA/US
To:Kathy Callahan/R2/USEPA/US@EPA,
Dore LaPosta/R2/USEPA/US@EPA,
Robert Fitzpatrick/R2/USEPA/US@EPA,
Dennis Santella/R2/USEPA/US@EPA,
Joe Rotola/R2/USEPA/US@EPA,
Ray Basso/R2/USEPA/US@EPA
Cc:Bonnie Bellow/R2/USEPA/US@EPA,
FMcCartongOEM.NYC.GOV,
michaelgiSdep.nyc.gov
Date: 06/10/2002 12:30:22 PM
Subject: 125 Cedar
I got a call from NBC TV. The reporter said that residents from 125
Cedar are upset because EPA and the city "told them to remove their own
debris" and now it seems that they may have unwittingly moved human
remains. The reporter said that they have removed "tons of debris" from
125 Cedar (is that true I wonder?). I explained that EPA and the city
directed building owners to get a professional contractor to remove
debris and that we never recommended that they do it themselves. His
issue is more why the city didn't look at the buildings to looks for
remains before. I gently reminded him that the city was dealing with a
7 story high debris pile, but I directed him to Frank McCarton at OEM.
He said "so EPA doesn't care about human remains." I said of course we
care, but that our role is on the environmental side and that OEM and
FDNY took the lead in recovery efforts.
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