NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Wipe Sampling Technicians
Wipe sampling technicians must have 1 year experience in wipe sampling for a variety of contaminates.
Employees shall have received state certified training in dust sampling. At a minimum at least 2 Wipe Sampling
Technicians must be on staff.
Analytical Laboratory
Environmental laboratory must be certified by the New York State Department of Health. Certification in each file
following analytes must have been maintained for at least six consecutive proficient testing rounds: Asbestos
Fibers in Air by PCM and TEM; Totals Metals including Mercury in Solid and Hazardous Waste and Dioxin in
Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Laboratory must possess a GC equipped with a capillary column and a high resolution mass spectrometer for
analyzing Dioxin and an ICP for Total Metals. Analysis for Mercury must be done by cold vapor.
Proof of qualifications must be presented upon request by the DEP.
Specifications
This contract between DEP and the Monitoring Contractor shall be in force for 3 consecutive weeks from the
commencement date. The monitoring contractor must be prepared to mobilize within 72 hours of the contract
award. Cleaning activities shall be scheduled for residences per day. Air sampling shall be scheduled
and completed within 24 hours of successful visual inspection by the Project Monitor.
Electricity needed to conduct air sample sampling must be provided by the owner or occupancy of the work
area.
Sampling equipment must be in sufficient 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 maximum flow rate
capacity of 15 liters per minute, tripods, rotometers, sample cassettes with mixed cellulose ester filters having
pore size of O.Smicrons, disposable porous cellulosic towellette moistened with wetting agent and solvent-wetted
sampling agent.
Laboratory must have all analytical instruments on site with sensitivities to the lowest level of detection as
required by the analytical methods for each analyte.
All appropriate data, original field forms/data sheets, chain of custody forms and typed reports must be
accurate and completed before submitted to DEP.
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