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  title info:
    title: World Trade Center
    sub title: preliminary observations on EPA's second program to address indoor contamination : testimony before the Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate
  title info:
    title: World Trade Center
    sub title: preliminary observations on Environmental Protection Agency's second program to address indoor contamination
  title info:
    title: Preliminary observations on EPA's second program to address indoor contamination
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Government Accountability Office.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Stephenson, John B.
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Congress.
    name part: Senate.
    name part: Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2007
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: 10 pages : digital, PDF file.
  abstract: The September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) turned Lower Manhattan into a disaster site. As the towers collapsed, Lower Manhattan was blanketed with building debris and combustible materials. This complex mixture created a major concern: that thousands of residents and workers in the area would now be exposed to known hazards in the air and in the dust, such as asbestos, lead, glass fibers, and pulverized concrete. In May 2002, New York City formally requested federal assistance to address indoor contamination. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted an indoor clean and test program from 2002 to 2003. Several years later, after obtaining the views of advisory groups, including its Inspector General and an expert panel, EPA announced a second test and clean program in December 2006. Program implementation is to begin later in 2007, more than 5 years after the disaster. GAOs testimony, based on preliminary work evaluating EPA's development of its second program, addresses (1) EPAs actions to implement recommendations from the expert panel and its Inspector General, (2) the completeness of information EPA provided to the public in its second plan, and (3) EPAs assessment of available resources to conduct the program. We discussed the issues we address in this statement with EPA. EPA has taken some actions to incorporate recommendations from the Inspector General and expert panel members into its second program, but its decision not to incorporate other recommendations may limit the overall effectiveness of this program. For example, EPAs second program incorporates recommendations to expand the list of contaminants it tests for, and to test for contaminants in dust as well as the air. However, it does not incorporate a recommendation to expand the boundaries of cleanup to better ensure that WTC contamination is addressed in all locations. EPA reported that it does not have a basis for expanding the boundaries because it cannot d…
  note: statement of John B. Stephenson.
  note: Title from title screen (viewed on June 28, 2007).
  note: "For release on delivery ... Wednesday, June 20, 2007."
  note: Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 6/28/07: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07806t.pdf; access available via PURL.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Environmental Protection Agency.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
  subject:
    topic: Administrative agencies
    geographic: United States
    genre: Rules and practice
  subject:
    topic: Indoor air pollution
    geographic: New York (State)
    geographic: New York
  subject:
    topic: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
  subject:
    topic: Terrorism
    topic: Health aspects
  classification: GA 1.5/2:GAO-07-806 T
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Testimony ; GAO-07-806 T
  identifier: GAO (202)512-6000 (voice); (202)512-6061 (Fax); (202)512-2537 (TDD)
  identifier: http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/request
  identifier: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS84603
  record info:
    record content source: EJB
    record creation date: 070628
    record change date: 20220105185216.0
    record identifier: in00002359802