EPA exposure and toxicity effects report WTC analysis, Dec 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

insure full and open participation by interested parties. These steps also help the Agency to identify areas where a draft document coirld be improved to strengthen both clarity and completeness of the draft. Comments from the public and from the expert peer review will be used to improve the draft report before it is finalized.

BACKGROUND: EPA responded immediately to the September 11,2001, terrorist attack on the WTC. The Agency, along with many other federal, state and local agencies, was called upon to bring its technical and scientific expertise to the national emergency. EPA, other federal agencies, and New York City and New York State public health and environmental authorities initiated numerous air monitoring activities to better understand the ongoing impact of emissions fiom that disaster. Many EPA offices and programs quickly became involved with these activities, providing scientific, engineering, public health, and management expertise to help cope with the after effects of the collapse of the WTC. EPA Region 2, which includes the New York City metropolitan area in New York and New Jersey, is the Agency’s lead office on these activities, including the important and complicated task of community outreach and communication. As part of these activities. Region 2 requested that ORD conduct a human health evaluation of exposure to air pollutants resulting from the WTC disaster.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Draft Human Health Evaluation: The primary method for document availability will be via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ncea/wtc.htm. A limited number of CDs and paper copies are available from: Technical Information Staff (8623D), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; Telephone: 202-564-3261; Facsimile: 202-565-0050; Email: [email protected].

Final Rodent Respiratory Toxicology Report: The primary method for document availability will be via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/nheerL A limited number of paper copies will be available from EPA’s National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) in the near future. To obtain copies, please contact NSCEP by telephone (1-800-490-9198 or 513-489-8190), by facsimile (513-489-8695), or by mail (P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-0419). Please provide your name and mailing address and the title and EPA number of the document requested (Toxicological Effects ofFine Particulate Matter Derivedfrom the Destruction of the World Trade Center. EPA/600/R-02/028, June 2002).

CONTACTS: Draft Human Health Evaluation: Linda Tuxen, NCEA Communications, National Center for Environmental Assessment (8601D) Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC; Tel: 202-564-3332; Email: [email protected]

Final Rodent Respiratory Toxicology Report: Debbie Janes, Public Affairs, Office of Research and Development (B34303), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC; Tel: 919- 541-4577; Email: [email protected]

NYC-WTC_000162706