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NYC-WTC_000140047Machine-extracted titleSummary Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
CAA) asbestos National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) specifically require the removal of asbestos-contaminated
carpet.
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NYC-WTC_000140050Machine-extracted titleSummary Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
TYPICAL ASBESTOS DUST LEVELS INSIDE BUILDINGS^®
Levels of asbestos found from testing of a large number of interiors with or without asbestos building
materials and/or asbestos contamination problems
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NYC-WTC_000140095Machine-extracted titleSummary Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
TYPICAL ASBESTOS DUST LEVELS INSIDE BUILDINGS^
Levels of asbestos found from testing of a large number of interiors with or without asbestos building
materials and/or asbestos contamination problems
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 05 / EPA Cate Jenkins
NYC-WTC_000140092Machine-extracted titleSummary Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
CAA) asbestos National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) specifically require the removal of asbestos-contaminated
carpet.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 05 / EPA Cate Jenkins
NYC-WTC_000140188Machine-extracted titleSummary EPA memorandum on wipe sampling methods for asbestos in Lower Manhattan buildings, resuspension projections, and cancer risk estimates from WTC dust exposure.
Region 2 reverses 1% standard for settled asbestos dust
EPA Region 2 has recently reversed their position that 1% asbestos in dusts is the benchmark for
the WTC cleanup.
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NYC-WTC_000140061Machine-extracted titleSummary Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
In the days after Sept. 11, federal officials repeatedly referred to two "standards," one for asbestos
in dust and debris and another for asbestos fibers in air.
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NYC-WTC_000140070Machine-extracted titleSummary Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
These
guidelines are for carpet that is only contaminated with low levels of asbestos, as well as
carpet defined as “asbestos containing” having over 1% asbestos.
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NYC-WTC_000140106Machine-extracted titleSummary Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
In the days after Sept. 11, federal officials repeatedly referred to two "standards,” one for asbestos
in dust and debris and another for asbestos fibers in air.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 05 / EPA Cate Jenkins
NYC-WTC_000140121Machine-extracted titleSummary Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
1% asbestos content standard.
44.
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NYC-WTC_000140140Machine-extracted titleSummary EPA memorandum addressing World Trade Center asbestos contamination status and agency efforts to provide information on the situation.
EPA took its airborne asbestos readings outdoors where the air is diluted.
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NYC-WTC_000140274Machine-extracted titleSummary Memorandum detailing procedures for asbestos wipe sampling in Lower Manhattan and estimating associated cancer risks from dust exposure.
The OSHA method requires reporting only of single fibers, not structures of asbestos
(bundles and clumps of asbestos).
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NYC-WTC_000140076Machine-extracted titleSummary Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
US EPA (April 18,1989) Interim Asbestos NESHAP Enforcement Guidance - “Friable
asbestos” 1% by Area of Volume vs. 1% by Weight.
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NYC-WTC_000140115Machine-extracted titleSummary Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
These
guidelines are for carpet that is only contaminated with low levels of asbestos, as well as
carpet defined as “asbestos containing” having over 1% asbestos.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 05 / EPA Cate Jenkins
NYC-WTC_000140162Machine-extracted titleSummary EPA memorandum addressing World Trade Center asbestos contamination status and agency efforts to provide information on the situation.
These
guidelines are for carpet that is only contaminated with low levels of asbestos, as well as
carpet defined as “asbestos containing” having over 1% asbestos.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 05 / EPA Cate Jenkins
NYC-WTC_000140185Machine-extracted titleSummary EPA memorandum on wipe sampling methods for asbestos in Lower Manhattan buildings, resuspension projections, and cancer risk estimates from WTC dust exposure.
The OSHA method requires reporting only of single fibers, not structures of asbestos
(bundles and clumps of asbestos).
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NYC-WTC_000140143Machine-extracted titleSummary EPA memorandum addressing World Trade Center asbestos contamination status and agency efforts to provide information on the situation.
Situations Involving Asbestos.
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NYC-WTC_000140241Machine-extracted titleSummary Memorandum comparing asbestos data in Manhattan to other sites and arguing for cleanup under the Superfund statute.
asbestos fibers to become airborne.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 05 / M.G: EPA INDOOR AIR WORKING GROUP MTGS.
NYC-WTC_000140769Machine-extracted titleSummary Notes listing various vacuum types cleared for use in WTC dust cleanup operations.
overload and Asbestos overload aad Cleared for eveiything
5C Industrial HEPA vacuum MMVF (air) MMVF (air) (asbestos @ modified
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 05 / EPA WEB
NYC-WTC_000141098Machine-extracted titleSummary Web page showing locations of EPA air monitoring stations in lower Manhattan and asbestos data tables for November 2001.
Select a
view asbestos data.
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NYC-WTC_000141031Machine-extracted titleSummary Fact sheet reporting that air and dust samples from lower Manhattan showed no asbestos exposure above safety levels.
In addition, EPA has taken 128 samples of dust and analyzed them for asbestos.
