DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26
NYC-WTC_000152569Machine-extracted title Lab reportSummary Memorandum regarding the FBI's plan to release vehicles from Ground Zero to Fresh Kills landfill for investigation.
Asbestos bulk samples were also analyzed for asbestos content using polarizing light microscopy
and additional analysis was done on selected samples using TEM.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 11 / WTC DC TO RC LETTERS CALLEHAN WHITMAN ETC. WARD DOCTOROFF KENNY
NYC-WTC_000151677Machine-extracted title Memo or letterSummary Senator correspondence to EPA Administrator expressing concerns about environmental protection and public health following September 11 attack on World Trade Center.
Is this the case and if so, why is there co pre-e’eaning air sampling for
asbestos or pre- anti post-cleaning wips sampling for other contaminants?
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 42 / E-mails R. Avaltroni 2002
NYC-WTC_000161513Machine-extracted title Memo or letterSummary News article describing DEP's six-month effort to remove dust and debris from downtown building roofs and facades following WTC collapse.
The DEP inspected 1,072 buildings of which 326 - less than 30 percent - were found to have
some form of asbestos-contaminated WTC debris and were earmarked for cleaning.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26 / WORLD TRADE CENTER - JOHN LADUCA FILES
NYC-WTC_000153785Machine-extracted title Lab reportSummary EPA internal memorandum addressing allegations that NYC and EPA concealed environmental data following 9/11, with evidence not previously evaluated in an August 2003 EPA Inspector…
Obscure early EPA data collaborates NYC data showing asbestos further north of Ground Zero
Early EPA data'^ collaborates the NYC findings of high asbestos further north from Ground
Zero.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26 / WORLD TRADE CENTER - JOHN LADUCA FILES
NYC-WTC_000153794Machine-extracted title Lab reportSummary EPA internal memorandum addressing allegations that NYC and EPA concealed environmental data following 9/11, with evidence not previously evaluated in an August 2003 EPA Inspector…
http://web.archive.Org/web/20020604173052/http://nyenvirolaw.org/
’ The 10/24/01 archived version of the NYC DEP website showing asbestos levels did not provide any TEM
asbestos data whatsoever
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26 / WORLD TRADE CENTER - JOHN LADUCA FILES
NYC-WTC_000153797Machine-extracted title Lab reportSummary EPA internal memorandum addressing allegations that NYC and EPA concealed environmental data following 9/11, with evidence not previously evaluated in an August 2003 EPA Inspector…
NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
APPENDIX
COMPARISON OF TWO VERSIONS OF SAME NYC ASBESTOS AIR DATA
11/13/01 VERSION versus NYC DEP 2002 WEB SITE VERSION
Electron microscope (TEM) asbestos air
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 06 / DEP 59.17 Junction Blvd, 11th FL
NYC-WTC_000141827Machine-extracted title UnclassifiedSummary Newspaper excerpt reporting on a federal grant to assess health of rescue workers and monitor asthma cases near Ground Zero.
Asbestos was used in 1
World Trade Center up to the
40th floor. The substance was
banned in 197] as the Trade
Center was being bu’ .
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 42 / WTC- Air Data
NYC-WTC_000161688Machine-extracted title Lab reportSummary Document excerpt listing counsel and staff members assigned to a paper on infrastructure related to World Trade Center recovery.
http://web.archive.Org/web/20020604173052/http://nyenvirolaw.org/
’ The 10/24/01 archived version of the NYC DEP website showing asbestos levels did not provide any TEM
asbestos data
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 08 / NO INFO
NYC-WTC_000145499Machine-extracted title Permit applicationSummary Notice from NYC Law Department instructing staff to preserve World Trade Center documents for potential legal actions.
during removal it was tested and treated in
accordance with asbestos abatement procedures.”
16.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 11
NYC-WTC_000151938Machine-extracted title UnclassifiedSummary A newspaper article announcing that the city will seek bids for cleaning contaminated apartments around Ground Zero at an estimated cost of $3,000 to $8,000 per unit.
The agency said the testing, along The E.PJL’s May announcement
with the asbestos cleanup and testing of an asbestos cleanup program was
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 11
NYC-WTC_000151949Machine-extracted title Memo or letterSummary Memo regarding EPA's expanded plan to clean and test Lower Manhattan apartments for asbestos, dioxins, and toxic metals following the World Trade Center disaster.
The E.P.A. bowed to pressure from infuriated tenants around ground zero in May, promising to
clean and test apartments for asbestos.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 11
NYC-WTC_000152032Machine-extracted title Lab reportSummary Internal DEP routing sheet with checkboxes for handling reports, comments, and coordination regarding WTC environmental data.
Independent measurements permitted as much
asbestos in its hall 555-mal found as.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 06 / DEP 59.17 Junction Blvd, 11th FL
NYC-WTC_000142648Machine-extracted title UnclassifiedSummary Newspaper report detailing the EPA's decision to test and clean apartments for asbestos contamination near Ground Zero.
But the program
will test only for asbestos.
Nadler argued that the clean-
ing should be done building by
building — not unit by unit — to
avo: “a threat of recontamina-
tion.”
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 42 / E-MAILS SENT R. AVALTRONI
NYC-WTC_000159837Machine-extracted title Chain of custodySummary Coordination memo for WTC recovery inter-agency meeting on building and parks assessment and scope.
Surface dust and debris containing asbestos have been found in lower Manhattan. Asbestos has
been detected in personal air samples of rescue and recovery workers.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 08 / INTERIM FINAL April 2003
NYC-WTC_000145964Machine-extracted title Chain of custodySummary Interim final report from EPA Region 2 detailing a background study of environmental conditions at the World Trade Center site.
Building Materials (Asbestos, Fibrous Glass, Crystalline Silica)
The evaluation of building materials for inclusion as COPCs required a different approach than
that used for the combustion by-products
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26
NYC-WTC_000152791 Lab reportSurface dust and debris containing <1-4% asbestos has been found in lower Manhattan.
Asbestos has been detected in personal air samples of “hot-zone” workers.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26
NYC-WTC_000152802 Lab reportSurface dust and debris containing <1-4% asbestos has been found in lower Manhattan.
Asbestos has been detected in personal air samples of “hot-zone” workers.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26
NYC-WTC_000152815Machine-extracted title Lab reportSummary Draft document outlining concepts and priorities for sampling buildings near the WTC to identify worst-case contamination scenarios.
Surface dust and debris containing <1-4% asbestos has been found in lower Manhattan.
Asbestos has been detected in personal air samples of “hot-zone” workers.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 26
NYC-WTC_000152825Machine-extracted title Chain of custodySummary Draft protocol establishing procedures for evaluating airborne and settled dust in residential and commercial areas near the World Trade Center.
Surface dust and debris containing <1-4% asbestos have been found in lower Manhattan.
Asbestos has been detected in personal air samples of “hot-zone” workers.
DEP Hard Copies (68 Boxes) / DEP Box 44
NYC-WTC_000164670Machine-extracted title Permit applicationSummary DEP memo outlining plan to establish centralized, GIS-enabled database of environmental survey results, sampling data, and cleanup efforts from World Trade Center sites.
Bulk Sampling
Asbestos Air Sampling
Other Indoor Air Quality Sampling
Needs expansion
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