NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 1216 fifth avenue tel 212 822-7219
NEW YORK, NEW YORK PAX 212 822-7338
10029-5293
Senior Vice President
May 5, 2003
Michael Gilsenan
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
59-17 Junction Blvd, 11th Floor
Flushing, NY 11373-5108
Dear Mr. Gilsenan:
On behalf of the New York Academy of Medicine and in collaboration with Ms.
Jane Kenny, Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, I would
like to invite you to a meeting to discuss the results of the EPA initiatives in lower
Manhattan. In June 2002, the New York Academy of Medicine organized a meeting of
respected physicians and scientists in the field of environmental health at which EPA
presented a framework of the indoor dust cleanup program for residents in lower
Manhattan who had been affected by the World Trade Center attack. EPA found the
dialogue which was conducted tremendously helpful.
EPA would like to meet with the group again, under the auspices of the Academy,
to provide the results of several of its efforts to date. A discussion of these results will no
doubt again be extremely useful to EPA as it discusses these issues with the public and
considers how the results should influence the policies and programs of the future in the
event of terrorism or major disasters involving potential environmental impacts. The
agenda will include:
■ An update on the cleanup and testing work that has been done in lower Manhattan
residences
The results of the Confirmation Building Cleaning Study
The results of the Background Study in Upper Manhattan above 78th Street
The status of the EPA response to the peer reviewers of the Contaminants of
Potential Concern documenl (the peer review public meeting for this effort was
held at the Academy in October 2002)
The meeting will take place on Thursday, May 29, 2003 from 10:00am 12:30pm
at the New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue (comer of 103”* Street) in
New York City. A list of invitees is attached. All transportation costs to the meeting will
be reimbursed by the EPA. Please let me know if you are able to accept this invitation
and join us for the private, invitation-only meeting to get your response to the results of
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