NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Gilsenan, Michael
From: WTC Hotline |[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:03 PM
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Subject: Daily News Article (this was reported on NY1 this morning as well)
City Delays Returning Cars Contaminated By WTC Attack
MARCH 18TH, 2002
Cars towed from Lower Manhattan after the World Trade
Center attack will reportedly not be returned to their
owners Monday as originally planned.
The Daily News reports that the city has decided not
to release the cars over continued concerns of
asbestos contamination.
Owners have been fighting for months, including
threatening a class action lawsuit, to get back
hundreds of cars that the city moved to Fresh Kills
Landfill from the quarantined area around the World
Trade Center site immediately following the terror
attack.
The Daily News says that a dust coating still on the
cars contains as much as three percent asbestos, more
than three times the level allowed under federal
cleanup rules.
The paper says officials from the Environmental
Protection Agency and the city will meet this week to
discuss what to do with the cars.
Originally, owners and insurance companies were told
they could pick up their cars starting on March 18 and
would be given instructions on how to clean the
asbestos.
A coalition of public health advocates told the News
that owners should not be asked or trusted to clean
the vehicles themselves.
Lower Manhattan Air Quality Hotline
212-221-8635
To reach Hotline Operators please call: 212-704-5115
To fax Hotline Operators: 212-704-5170
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