NYC-WTC_000212701

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104 East 25th St,, 10th Floor New York, New York lOOlC www.atc-enviro com 212 353.828C Fax 212 353,8306 ASSOCIATES INC.

May 23, 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. lS-19125-0279

Dear Mr. Ori an:

ATC Associates Inc. (ATC) is pleased to provide this report of indoor air quality (lAQ) measurements collected on May 22, 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.

SC OPE OF WORK

ATC conducted this evaluation to assess the basic parameters of temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide (CO,) 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, Environmental Technician, 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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