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Summary EPA memorandum detailing plans for asbestos wipe sampling, projecting airborne dust levels, and estimating increased cancer risks from WTC dust exposure.

If there are any elevated levels of asbestos on surfaces, then landlords should be contacted and asbestos abatement by trained, certified professionals should be instituted.

Summary EPA memorandum detailing plans for asbestos wipe sampling, projecting airborne dust levels, and estimating increased cancer risks from WTC dust exposure.

Then, the conversion factors are estimated for WTC asbestos dusts.

Summary Guidance issued by DEP to building owners outlining procedures for cleaning dust and debris potentially containing asbestos.

ACM is any material containing more that one percent asbestos.

Summary A memorandum outlining required procedures for building owners to follow when cleaning up debris and dust affected by the WTC attack.

Only individuals certified by the NYC-DEP as asbestos handlers can handle dust and debris accumulations identified to be ACM or asbestos-contaminated objects.

Summary Internal memo draft addressed to the Commissioner regarding environmental compliance actions and correspondence drafts dated October 15, 2001.

Asbestos in the Air EPA is using the strictest protective standard under AHERA, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, to evaluate the risk from asbestos in the outdoor and indoor

Summary Table of contents for a site control plan document regarding landfill entry and exclusion zones for WTC debris.

Personal Hygiene Station: Airborne asbestos at 2 fixed locations, analysis by phase contrast microscopy and Transmission Electron microscopy (AHERA

Summary Status report tracking completion dates for common area and HVAC cleaning at multiple Manhattan addresses during March 2003.

This means that if 10,000 people are exposed to this level of asbestos for Monitoring Data 30 years, there may be one more case of cancerthan if the group had not been Asbestos in Air exposed

Summary A generic internal routing slip used to process correspondence and reports related to the World Trade Center environmental cleanup program.

The microscope used for asbestos analysis in this program magnifies objects up to 20,000 times, so even the tiniest speck of dirt or dust can obscure small fibers of asbestos.

Summary Internal DEP routing sheet with checkboxes for handling reports, comments, and coordination regarding WTC environmental data.

Havics also found high lead levels at same spot he found asbestos.

Summary Summary table detailing the number of residential units cleaned and tested by quadrant (A through D) for the WTC residential cleaning program.

Testing for asbestos (fact sheet) in air calls for moving a measured volume of air across a filter, then examining that filter under a microscope equipped with a grid and counting the number of asbestos fibers

Summary Notification from the EPA confirming that air samples taken at a residence south of Canal Street did not exceed asbestos clearance levels.

Asbestos Fibers>0.Sum Number of asbestos fibers detected that were greater than (>) 0.5 microns in length.

Summary Internal DEP emails forwarding a citizen inquiry about World Trade Center asbestos abatement qualifications and confirming a telephone response was made.

Public Portal Document ■J »■ ' Maldonado, Jane To: Kam, Phyllis Subject: FW: NYC.gov - Correspondence #1-2698828 Message to Commissioner, DEP - Asbestos

Summary Department of Environmental Protection memo outlining procedures for cleaning asbestos-containing material.

ACM is any material containing more that one percent asbestos.

Summary A letter addressing industry debates regarding the reliability of microvacuum and wipe techniques for asbestos sampling.

In 1995, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) issued a standard test method for microvacuum sampling for asbestos. 1.

Summary Internal DEP correspondence regarding an asbestos complaint investigation and coordination with DDC.

Con Ed is doing work with asbestos putting it in black bags and leaving overnight at the construction site. They are wearing protective gear and masks.

Summary Internal DEP memo discussing an asbestos complaint inspection and follow-up actions at a residential location.

Con Ed is doing work with asbestos putting it in black bags and leaving overnight at the construction site. They are wearing protective gear and masks.

Summary Fax cover sheet from the New York City Department of Health Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

a Amilyzed by: Joho Koubjadis 7" ee a “"NADINSD = no asbestos deiegreG; NA = not analyzed; NA/PS snot analyzed / positive stop; PLM Bulk Asbestos Analyas by EPA $00/M4-82-020 per 40 CFR 763 (NVLAP Lab #200546-0) and ELAP

Summary News report from January 2002 discussing health problems faced by firefighters exposed to contaminated air at Ground Zero.

Most people with the disease have worked in jobs where they breathed asbestos. Asbestos exposure can also cause lung cancer.

Summary EPA memorandum detailing plans for asbestos wipe sampling, projecting airborne dust levels, and estimating increased cancer risks from WTC dust exposure.

Evaluation of Three Cleaning Methods for Removing Asbestos from Carpet: Determination of Airborne Asbestos Concentrations Associated with Each Method, US EPA Risk Reduction Engineering

Summary Scientific report comparing air quality data from Ground Zero to other pollution events and noting high particle counts.

Also, government asbestos regulations, which have always been heavily InFluonccd by the asbestos Industry, discounted the toxicity of short fibers.