NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Mr Bernard P Orlan March 21,2002
Wipe Samples for Dioxins Page 2
H S for Leadership & Public Service (8 94M') ATCProiectNo 15-19125-0290
WIPE SAMPLLNG RESULTS
ATC submitted three (3) wipe samples for PCDDs/PCDFs (plus one blank) to Pace for analysis
A copy of the laboratory report is provided in Attachment 1 Samples were taken from areas
specified by the parents association consultant The sample area was one square meter (m^)
The sample locations and the areas are shown in the table as well as the results
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 analytical laboratory report is attached
DIOXIN WIPE SAMPLE RESULTS
(2,3, 7, 8 TCDD EQUIVALENTS)
February 14, 2002
Main Lobby Floor /DXl 0.00060
5^ Floor by Elevator Floor /DX2 0.U12
10th Floor by Elevator /DX3 0 00024
Field Blank/DX9 0 00024
The concentrations on indoor surfaces ranged from 0 00024 to 0 012 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,
/I TC ASSOCIA TES INC.
James R. Cohn, CIH, CSP
Regional Manager
Industrial Hygiene Division
Attachment
CONFIDENTIAL, CITY_21MC100_003459602
SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER NO. 2, SEPT. 2008
NYC-WTC_000179464
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