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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Air Monitoring/Construction Inspection Services

Air monitoring by a Monitoring Contractor shall be conducted during all cleanup activities. The Monitoring Contractor shall provide individuals certified as project monitors and air sampling technicians to perform daily air sampling and inspections from the commencement of the project through final clearance sampling. The Monitoring Contractor shall provide sufficient equipment and experienced personnel to monitor work area preparation and cleaning phases of the building interiors.

Qualifications

Project Monitoring The Project Monitors must posses valid NYS Asbestos Project Monitor certificates. Monitors must have served as a third party project monitor on at least 25 asbestos abatement projects. The Project Monitor must have performed final clearance inspections on at least 25 asbestos abatement projects. A single individual with Asbestos Project Monitor and Asbestos Project Sampling Technician certification shall not perform the functions of both Monitor and Technician during this project.

Air Sampling Technicians Air monitoring technicians must posses valid NYS Asbestos Project Sampling Technician (APST) certificates. Technicians must have performed air sampling for at least 6 months. At a minimum at least 5 Air Sampling Technicians must be assigned to this project. A single individual with Asbestos Project Monitor and Asbestos Project Sampling Technician certification shall not perform the functions of both Monitor and Technician during this project.

Wipe Sampling Technicians Wipe sampling technicians must have 1-year experience in wipe sampling for a variety of contaminants and have received state certified training in dust sampling. At a minimum at least 2 Wipe Sampling Technicians must be assigned to this project.

Equipment Sampling equipment must be in sufficient quantity to provide the amount and type of samples required for this project. The following equipment is required: air-sampling pumps with flow rate capacities of 2 to 15 liters per minute, tripods, rotometers, sample cassettes with mixed cellulose ester filters having pore size of 0.8pm, micro vacuum, disposable porous cellulosic towellettes moistened with wetting agent, solvent-wetted sampling agent, and all other equipment required to perform the specified monitoring and sampling.

Analytical Laboratory The environmental laboratory must be certified by the New York State Department of Health. Certification for all the analytes specified herein must have been maintained for at least six (6) consecutive proficiency testing rounds. The laboratory must possess a gas chromatograph equipped with a capillary column and high-resolution mass spectrometer for analyzing dioxin and inductively coupled plasma for total metals.

Proof of qualifications must be presented to the NYCDEP prior to commencement of work. The NYCDEP reserves the right to disqualify any individual(s) from work on this project for non-compliance with these specifications or the requirements of applicable rules and regulations.

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