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Summary Notice from NYC Law Department instructing staff to preserve World Trade Center documents for potential legal actions.

Implement a post-cleaning testing program to ensure that, in addition to asbestos, the indoor cleanup program has reduced residents’ risk of exposure from

Summary Notice from NYC Law Department instructing staff to preserve World Trade Center documents for potential legal actions.

In the WTC case, the delay in providing a govermment-organized and adequately monitored cleanup in Lower Manhatun may have contributed to unnecessary exposures to asbestos and other pollutants by ungrotected workers and residents

Summary Interim final report from EPA Region 2 detailing a background study of environmental conditions at the World Trade Center site.

n Minimum* Maximum Statistic UCL Detection Mean Asbestos

Summary Form documenting the tracking and handling of environmental samples collected by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Asbestos Before Cleaning Samples - There were no samples collected before cleaning. Post Cleaning Samples - One sample was collected after cleaning.

Summary Notice from NYC Law Department instructing staff to preserve World Trade Center documents for potential legal actions.

A minimum of one asbestos supervisor shall be present in each building during work. 6.

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

Fact sheets detailing Health Department recommendations pertaining to air quality. asbestos, safely re-occupying homes and buildings, and worker safety are available online at ~goy/health.

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

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Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

INTRODUCTION The World Trade Center disaster generated a tremendous amount of debris and dust in the "ground zero" area that may contain contaminants (e.g., asbestos).

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

•sbort version ..updated daily asbestos PM ·other Ground zero* 11 sites (A-N; excluding G) ·

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

Survey The primary duty of the sampling team was to coordinate with the building management to Identify sampling locations that would http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/asbestos/lowennanhattan/ResSamp_Sep2002_

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

http://www.atsd.r.cdc.gov/asbestos/lowermanhattan/ResSamp_Sep2002_Text.html 07/18/2003 NYC-WTC_000146697

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

Crystalline Silica (Quartz and Crlstoballte) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/asbestos/lowermanhattan/ResSamp_Sep2002_Text.html 07/18/2003 NYC-WTC_ 000146698

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

The purpose of this Investigation Is to better define the New York City-specific background levels of asbestos, synthetic vitreous fibers, and quartz.

Summary Correspondence from NYC Corporation Counsel providing comments on excerpts of a draft EPA evaluation report regarding the WTC response.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/asbestos/lowennanhattan/ResSamp_ Sep2002_Text.html 07/18/2003 NYC-WTC_000146715

In general, it was proposed that ongoing monitoring be continued for respirable particulates, asbestos and possibly VOCs. 4) The issue of outdoor play is of concern to some, particularly for PS/IS 89, where the

Summary Large volume technical report containing environmental data and analysis related to the World Trade Center disaster site cleanup.

Footnotes: (I) "At one time, the worst things the New York Sanitation Department's Environmental Police Unit were called to deal with were corrosive acids, toxic asbestos, contaminated

Summary Correspondence regarding environmental health risks of spreading elemental mercury contamination through common cleaning equipment in April 1996.

This may not be true near to the WTC, since there is dear avidence that dloxins, furans, PCBs, asbestos and several metats ware released during the collapso and fires.

Summary Agenda for a conference on the public health impact of September 11, featuring presentations from EPA, OSHA, and DOH officials.

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document Did outdoor dust and air sampling for asbestos (6500 samples) only 17 exceeded the AHERA standard. Also took benzene samples at Ground Zero and the perimeter.

Summary Large volume technical report containing environmental data and analysis related to the World Trade Center disaster site cleanup.

She would arrive at about 4 a.m., the start of a shift, when she would equip the drivers with small pumps and cassettes with filters to measure their exposures to particulates, asbestos and other

Summary Agenda for a conference on the public health impact of September 11, featuring presentations from EPA, OSHA, and DOH officials.

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document Did outdoor dust and air sampling for asbestos (6500 samples) only 17 exceeded the AHERA standard. Abo took benzene samples at Ground Zero and the perimeter.