Environmental Update Archives
November 1, 2002 and later
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| EPA Office of Inspector General Report on 9/11/2001 Issues | | EPA's OIG Report on the On August 21, 2003, entitled "EPA's Response to the World Trade Center Collapse Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement. available here at:
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| | Emergency Procedures | Parents should take steps to ensure their children can reach home safely in
an emergency.
Students should know public transportation routes as well as how to get home by foot if subway and bus service is disrupted. Students should also carry phone numbers for parents and friends. Click "details" for additional procedures and relevant website addresses. Posted 2/14/03. | | | details
| | Auditorium Seats Show No Asbestos | Tests of the auditorium seats by the DoE on 12/30/02 showed no asbestos present. Tests involved enclosing a number of seats in the auditorium within plastic tents and then vigorously beating and vacuuming the upholstered seats within the enclosures. Collected dust samples were analyzed for asbestos. Howard Bader, an environmental consultant for the PA, observed the testing and reviewed the lab results. He reported to the PA on Thurs., 1/2/03, that no asbestos structures were found in any of the 24 samples (15 inside tents and 9 outside the tents).
Click "details" for PA resolution (11/19/02) on testing of seats. 1/15/03 | | | details
| | Resolution Passed | | At the general PA meeting, Tuesday, November 19 this resolution
regarding Stuyvesant cleanup considered and passed.
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