NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Scope of Work
ATC Associates, Inc. (ATC) was retained by New York City Board of Education (NYC-
BOE) to collect dust wipes to be analyzed for lead content. Dust wipe samples were
collected from areas recommended by the Parents Association consultant representative
Mr. Tom Fusilo of ENVIRON Corp, and approved by NYC- BOE and as specified in the
revised sampling protocol for the school. These areas are the following:
• Outside playground - Five (5) samples from playground surfaces
• Exterior building surfaces - Two (2) samples from the ground at exterior of North
and South entrances to the school
• Cafeteria - One (1) sample
• 1 floor hallway outside cafeteria - Two (2) samples
• 2"” floor hallway. South end - One (1) sample
• Auditorium - One (1) sample
• Gymnasium - One (1) sample
• Classroom with North side ventilators - One (1) sample
• Classroom with East side ventilators - One (1) sample
• Classroom with South side ventilators - One (1) sample
• 4* floor hallway. South end - One (1) sample
• Throughout 2** floor - Additional eight (8) samples targeting Pre-K and
Kindergarten classrooms where present
• Throughout 3"* floor ~ Additional five (5) samples
• Throughout 4* floor - Additional five (5) samples
• Throughout 5* floor - Additional five (5) samples
The purpose of the dust wipe sampling is to determine if dust inside and outside the
school contains lead. ATC will be repeating this sampling every Friday as per the
recommendation of ENVIRON Corp, and after the approval of NYC-BOE. This is the
10* consecutive week that dust samples were collected from P.S. 89M to be analyzed for
lead content.
ATC’s representative Ms. Mariana Medinets visited P.S. 89M located at 201 Warren
Street, New York, NY on March 29”’, 2002, Dust wipes to be analyzed for lead content
were collected from the aforementioned areas indicated by ENVIRON and as specified
by the New York City Board of Education Environmental Health & Safety Unit and in
accordance with HUD protocols.
LEAD-IN-DUST SAMPLING
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April I. 2002
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