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PCDD/PCDF wipe sample results, NYC Board of Education school, May

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Laboratory report detailing polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDDs/PCDFs) wipe sample analysis from a New York City Board of Education school collected in April 2002.

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Mr. Bernard P. Orlan May 22, 2002 Wipe Samples for Dioxins Page 2 Stuyvesant High School (M4771 ATC Project No. 15-19125-0246

Each sample was analyzed for sixteen (16) PCDD/PCDF isomers. The results for each isomer were then converted to 2, 3, 7, 8 tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin (2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD) equivalents by multiplying by an established equivalency factor. This provides a single value (in nanograms) for the analytical results for each sample. A copy of the laboratory analysis report is attached. The results are shown in the following table.

DIOXIN WIPE SAMPLE RESULTS 2,3,7,8 TCDD EQUIVALENTS - Nanograms per square meter (ng/m2)

April 17, 2002 LOCATION /SAMPLE ID DIOXIN CONCENTRATION

1^^ Floor Lobby 0.00044 Main Entrance / DXl 2’^° Floor Lobby 0.000039 Bridge Entrance /DX2 HVAC # 1/ DX3 0.0013

April 24,2002 LOCATION /SAMPLE ID DIOXIN CONCENTRATION

Floor Lobby 0.0067 Main Entrance / DXl 2’"° Floor Lobby 0.00092 Bridge Entrance /DX2 HVAC # II/ DX3 0.033

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^).

On 4/17/02, the concentrations on indoor surfaces ranged from 0.000039 to 0.0013 nanograms per square meter (ng/m^). On 4/24/02, the concentrations on indoor surfaces ranged from 0.00092 to 0.033 nanograms per square meter (ng/m^). The levels found in all of these samples are below the NYSDOH guideline of 25 ng/m^.

It is not possible to determine when the 2, 3, 7, 8 - TCDD equivalents detected in this sample was deposited. Dioxin samples were not collected from these locations prior to November 8, 2001, and therefore a background sample is not available for comparison purposes.

CONFIDENTIAL, CITY_21MC100_003432631 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER NO. 2, SEPT. 2008

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