NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
July 16, 2003
Mr. Walter Melnick
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Recovery Office
80 Centre Street, 3"^^ Floor
New York, NY 10013
Dear Mr. Melnick,
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and NYC Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) and are in receipt of the analytical test results supplied
to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by residents of 114 Liberty
Street via Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s office. These samples were collected and
analyzed in April 2003.
As part of the EPA, FEMA and DEP voluntary clean-up program for residential units in
lower Manhattan, DEP was responsible for the clean-up of World Trade Center (WTC)
dust and debris from unoccupied, uncleaned residential buildings; one of which was 114
Liberty Street. EPA had oversight responsibility for this part of the program.
DEP developed the scope of work following the guidelines set forth in Title 15 Chapter 1
of RCNY (Asbestos Control Program). Copies of scope of work were distributed to
EPA, the building management and the residents. In addition sampling was done for
contaminants of potential concern following EPA protocols established specifically for
WTC clean ups. The analytical results were compared to health-based benchmarks
established by EPA’s Interagency Indoor Air Task Force. The contaminants of potential
NYC-WTC_000163163
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