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DECLARATION NO: PROJECT NO. FIPS NO. DATE CATEGORY FEMA- 1391 -DR- NY 061-51000-22 03/17/03 B DAMAGE EAGILIIY WORK COMPLETE AS OF: Air Quality Testinq 09/10/02 100 % APPLICANT COUNTY New York City, Board of Education New York

NARRATIVE

ATC Associates conducted air and waster testing at downtown schools. At Murry High School (also referred to as M520) between November 2001 and September 2002 air testing was completed for asbestos and respirable particulates. Invoices #4, #16 and #30 are additions to Invoice #68 for $4,790 eligible cost for the Murry School, incurred between October - November 2001 and funded under PW #1075 - Air Quality Testing for New York City Schools.

Payment #4 includes technical services costs and sample analyses costs to conduct air quality testing in November 2001, as indicated on payment, for BoE contract 3E75253. ATC Associates' eligible contract work for this invoice was divided m two categories: labor and testing. ATC Associates labor consisted of 5 technicians working a total of 64 hours at a total cost of $3,520.00 and 1 project manager working a total of 2.5 hours at a total cost of $200.00. ATC performed only asbestos air sample analysis, in particular Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM ). The 130 TEM ambient air tests were conducted at a total cost of $ 16,900.00. The total eligible contract cost for Payment #4 was $20,620.00.

Paynient#16 includes technical services costs, equipment costs and sample analyses costs to conduct air quality testing from November 2001 to March 2002, as indicated on payment, for BoE contract 3U75378. ATC .Associates' eligible contract work for this invoice was divided in two categories: labor and equipment. ATC Associates labor consisted of 3 technicians working 62 hours at a cost of $3,720.00, 3 project managers working a total of 9.0 eligible hours at a cost of $892.50. Total labor cost was $4,612.50. Equipment used by ATC included different types of air monitors that were placed around the school, as well as handheld monitors that checked for respirable particulates. This equipment charges are per day, and the 3 various monitors were used for a total of 13 days at cost of $725.00. Only air monitoring was done at this period using, and there were no additional laboratory costs included with this invoice. The total eligible contract cost for Payment #16 was $5,.337.50.

Payment #30 includes technical services costs, equipment costs and sample analyses costs to conduct air quality testing from July to October, 2002, as indicated on payment, for BoE contract 3E75253. Although the invoice goes through October 2002, actual work for this period was complete as of September 10, 2002. ATC .Associates' eligible contract work for this invoice was divided in three categories: labor, equipment and testing. ATC Associates labor consisted of 3 technicians working 31.5 hours at a cost of $1,890.00, 2 project managers working a total of 14.5 hours at a cost of $1,015.00, and 4 inspectors working 22 hours at a cost of $1,462.50. ATC performed tested air and dust for metals, asbestos, lead, dioxin, PCB and particulate matter, for a total cost of $10,271.00. Total labor cost wa.s $4,367.50. Equipment used by ATC included different types of air monitors that were placed around the school, as well as handheld monitors that checked for respirable particulates. The equipment charges are per day, at a total cost of $495.00. The total eligible contract cost for Payment #30 was $15,133.50.

Payments #4, #16 and #30 are electronic attachments to this PW and include work completed as of September 10, 2002. The backup information includes field verification forms of hours spent by technicians on the site, field notes and ATC billable labor costs. ATC Associates, Inc. performing under specification #OMA007L-01, contract #31175378 as an environmental services laboratory and/or consultant, is not covered under New York State Labor Law Section 220 and or Section 230, and as such, is not required to submit payroll reports.

Samples were taken and billed labor hours checked against the payment. In particular, all 7 employees’ labor hours included with Payment #4 were checked against the field verification form and found to be correct.

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