NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Mr. Bernard P. Orlan April 17, 2002
Wipe Samples for Di oxins Page 2
H. S. for Leadership & Public Service (894M) ATC Project No. 15-19125-0290
This provides a single value (in nanograms) for the analytical results for each sample. The
sample locations and the results are shown in the table.
DIOXIN WIPE SAMPLE RESULTS
(2,3, 7, 8 TCDD EQUIVALENTS)
March 8, 2002
WCAi ER lifcl
1 st Floor Main Lobby - Floor /DXl 0.000055
5th Floor Hall by Elevator - Floor /DX2 ITUDOOS?
IQth Floor Hall by Elevator - Floor /DX3 0.000062
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) established guidelines for dioxin for the
re-occupancy of the Binghamton State Office Building following a PCB fire. The NYSDOH
guideline for dioxin on surfaces is 25 nanograms per square meter (25 ng/m^).
The concentrations on indoor surfaces ranged from 0.000055 to 0.000062 nanograms per square
meter (ng/m^). The levels found in all of these samples are below the NYSDOH guideline of
25 ng/m2.
It is not possible to determine when the 2, 3, 7, 8 - TCDD equivalents detected in these samples
were deposited. Dioxin samples were not collected from these locations prior to January 2.
2002.
It is our pleasure to provide these indoor environmental services to the NYC Board of Education.
If you have any questions about this report, please call (212) 353-8280, extension 212.
Sincerely,
A TC ASSOCIA TES INC.
James R. Cohn, CIH, CSP
Regional Manager
Industrial Hygiene IDivision
Attachment
CONFIDENTIAL, CITY_21MC100_003431998
SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER NO. 2, SEPT. 2008
NYC-WTC_000175607
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