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ASSOCIATES INC.
March 7, 2002
Mr. Bernard P. Orlan
Director, Environmental Health & Safety
New York City Board of Education
28-11 Queens Plaza North
Long Island City, NY 11101-4008
Re: Indoor Air Quality Assessment
P.S. 234M
292 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
ATC Project No. 15-19125-0279
Dear Mr. Orlan:
ATC Associates Inc. (ATC) is pleased to provide this report of indoor air quality (lAQ)
measurements collected on March 6, 2002, at the referenced school. The New York City Board
of Education (BOE) requested these measurements as part of a program to determine if
acceptable indoor air quality is being maintained.
SCOPE OF WORK
ATC conducted this evaluation to assess the basic parameters of temperature, relative humidity,
carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) with a Q-Trak® Model 8551, manufactured by
TSI, Inc.
ATC measured concentrations of respirable particulates (PM2.5) with a Dust-Trak® Aerosol
Monitor Model 8520, manufactured by TSI, Inc.
ATC measured concentrations of Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOCs) using a RAE
Systems, Inc. MiniRAE® photoionization detector (PID).
Mr. Jimmy Choy, Industrial Hygienist of ATC’s New York City office, conducted the
assessment.
ATC’s findings are based on a visual inspection, real-time environmental measurements and
conditions present in the school at the time of the assessment.
The assessment was performed consistent with generally accepted indoor air quality assessment
practices. As with all such assessments, there were inherent limitations created by constraints of
time, operational and work practice variability, variations in indoor air quality parameters and
sampling and analytical accuracy.
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