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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

104 East 25th St., 10th Floor

(SATC New York. New York 10010 WWW ate- enviro com 212.353.8280 Fax 212.353.8305 ASSOCIATES INC.

July 10, 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: Wipe Sample for Polychlorinated Biphenyls P. S. 150M ATC Project No. 15-19125-0289

Dear Mr. Orlari:

ATC Associates Inc. (ATC) i.s pleased to provide this report of the results of a wipe sample for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) collected on April 8, 2002, at the referenced location. The New York City Board of Education (BOE) requested this sample to evaluate possible contamination from PCBs in the school building according to the recommendation of Environ Corp., the consultant to the parents association.

Scope of Work

The samples for PCBs were collected using sterile gauze pads and hexane as a solvent. The solvent was provided and samples were analyzed by PSC Analytical Services, Inc. (PS('), an AmcricEn Industrial Hygiene Association-accredited laboratory in Reading, PA. The PCB analysis was perfonned using EPA Method 8082B.

Tenzin Namgyal, Industrial Hygienist of ATC’s New York City office, collected the samples consistent with generally accepted industrial hygiene practices. There were inherent limitations created by constraints of time, operational and work practice variability, variations in contaminant concentrations, and sampling and analytical accuracy. The results of the sampling represent conditions found on the dates the samples were collected.

Results

ATC submitted one sample for PCBs (plus one blank) to PSC for analysis. Copies of the laboratory reports jre provided in the Attachment. The samples were taken from an area specified by the parents association consultant.

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