NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Gilsenan, Mich^
From: Prero, Judah
Sent: Wednesday, January 30,2002 4:29 PM
To: Gilsenan, Michael; Gilsenan, Michael
Subject: FW: Cars at Fresh Kills
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From: Prero, Judah
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:50 PM
To: Hoffer, Mark
Cc: Gilsenan, Michael
Subject: FW: Cars at Fresh Kills
FYI
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From: Taussig, Gabriel [mailto:[email protected] ]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:46 PM
To: ’Prero, Judah’
Cc: Wilfredo Lopez (E-mail); Martha Robinson (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Cars at Fresh Kills
It was my understanding based upon statements made in the conference call I
had with Mark Hoffer and your technical people that DEP’s only comment
involved the requirement that tarps be placed on vehicles being removed.
DOH agreed and incorporated that into its protocol. DOH sent the final
version of the protocol to Sanitation today so that it can be implemented.
We need to have the entire protocol in place for our court appearance on
Monday. The question of cleaning the vehicles while still at Fresh Kills was
considered at several multi-agency meetings chaired by OEM. It was
determined that it was neither feasible nor necessary. There are no
facilities for doing this at Fresh Kills and DOH concluded that it was not
necessary. As for the insurance industry, a representative of an umbrella
group for the insurance industry attended one of the inter-agency meetings
and the indication was that the insurance companies would cooperate. To the
extent that there might be a problem, it would involve privately owned
vehicles which did not have collision insurance. In those instances we will
have to deal with the vehicles owners directly.
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From: Prero, Judah [mailto:[email protected] ]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:25 AM
To: ’[email protected] ’
Subject: Cars at Fresh Kills
Mark Hoffer forwarded me the following:
"The Commissioner strongly suggests that some decon. be done on the interior
of these vehicles while they are still at Fresh Kills {he suggested washing
the interior) and he also thinks that we should invite representatives of
the insurance industry to meet with us and hopefully agree with the protocol
we are instituting."
My guess is that you believe that part 2 of the suggestion is neither
feasible nor practicable (nor perhaps necessary) considering the time
constraints of your litigation. However, we here have to report back to the
Conunissioner on this, so please let me know if there is any possibility of
DEP meeting with the requisite parties as the Commissioner suggested, or if
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