NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
WTC Environmental Monitoring: Latest Summary Page 2 of 3
Particulate Monitoring - EPA used portable monitors to collect samples on December
6 in the following locations: L (north east side of Stuyvesant High School); N (south side
of Pier 25); and R (north west side of Stuyvesant High School). All readings were below
the OSHA time-weighted permissible exposure limit for particulates.
VOCs - Sampling for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was conducted on December
6 in the direct area of the debris pile at ground zero. To protect workers at the work
site, EPA takes grab samples of VOCs where smoke plumes have been sighted. The
results are snapshots of the levels at a moment in time. OSHA's protective standards
set a permissible exposure limit (PEL) averaged over an 8-hour day. Benzene
exceeded the OSHA standard at one location on the debris pile - the North Tower. Two
of three samples taken at EPA's Wash Tent (West St. and Murray) and Austin Tobin
Plaza showed no detectable levels of benzene.
Direct Air Readings - On December 4 and 6, EPA did air monitoring for a series of
isocyanate compounds (hexamethylene diisocyanate, bisphenyl isocyanate and
toluene-2,4-diisocyanate) in and around ground zero. EPA did not detect any of these
compounds.
Previous Daily Environmental Monitoring Summaries:
December 6, 2001
December 5, 2001
December 4, 2001
December 2 & 3, 2001
December 1,2001
November 29 & 30, 2001
November 28, 2001
November 27. 2001
November 26, 2001
November 23, 2001
November 21. 2001
November 20, 2001
November l9,(2001
November 17, 2001
November 16. 2001
November 15? 2001
November 14, 2001
November 13, 2001
November 1 1 & 12, 2001
November 10, 2001
November 9, 2001
November 8, 2001
November 7, 2001
November "6,2001
November 4 & 5, 2001
November 3, 2001
November 1 & 2, 2001
October 30 & 31.2001
October 28 & 29, 2001
October 26 & 27, 2001
October 25, 2001
October 24, 2001
October 23. 2001
October 22, 2001
October 21, 2001
October 20, 2001
October 19, 2001
October 17 & 18. 2001
October 16, 2001
Octobci 15, 2001
Octobei 14, 2001
October 13, 2001
http://w'ww.epa.gov/epahomc/wtc/data summary.htm 12/09/2001
CITY_21MC100_008918679
NYC-WTC_000208429
OCR can misread numbers and units. Confirm readings against the page image before using them.