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S. Hrg. 107-524, Part I AIR QUALITY in NEW YORK CITY [Senate Hearing 107-524, Part I] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office] S. Hrg. 107-524, Part I AIR QUALITY IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACKS ======================================================================= FIELD HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CLEAN AIR, WETLANDS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON AIR QUALITY IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACKS __________ FEBRUARY 11, 2002--NEW YORK CITY __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Environment and Public Works U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 80-397 WASHINGTON : 2003 ____________________________________________________________________________ For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS second session JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont, Chairman MAX BAUCUS, Montana BOB SMITH, New Hampshire HARRY REID, Nevada JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia BOB GRAHAM, Florida JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri BARBARA BOXER, California GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio RON WYDEN, Oregon MICHAEL D. CRAPO, Idaho THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware LINCOLN CHAFEE, Rhode Island HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania JON S. CORZINE, New Jersey BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado Ken Connolly, Majority Staff Director Dave Conover, Minority Staff Director ------ Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, and Climate Change JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut, Chairman HARRY REID, Nevada GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York MICHAEL D. CRAPO, Idaho JON S. CORZINE, New Jersey BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado (ii) C O N T E N T S ---------- Page FEBRUARY 11, 2002--NEW YORK CITY OPENING STATEMENTS Clinton, Hon. Hillary Rodham, U.S. Senator from the State of New York........................................................... 3 Lieberman, Hon. Joseph I., U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut.................................................... 1 Voinovich, Hon. George, U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio, prepared statement............................................. 6 WITNESSES Berger-Arroyo, Judith, public health nurse, District Council 37.. 67 Prepared statement........................................... 140 Berger, Elizabeth H., resident, New York, NY..................... 14 Prepared statement........................................... 88 Christodoulou, Marilena, president, Stuyvesant High School Parents' Association........................................... 58 Prepared statement........................................... 132 Frieden, Thomas R., commissioner, New York City Department of Health; accompanied by: Joel A. Miele, Sr., commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection............... 40 Prepared statement........................................... 122 Responses to additional questions from Senators Lieberman and Voinovich.................................................. 125 Goldstein, Eric A., New York urban program director, Natural Resources Defense Council...................................... 23 Prepared statement........................................... 108 Hiraga, Julie, teacher, PS 89, Manhattan; accompanied by: Randi Weingarten, president, United Federation of Teachers........... 61 Prepared statement........................................... 134 Jackson, Marianne C., Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer for the World Trade Center Event, Federal Emergency Management Agency.. 33 Prepared statement........................................... 110 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Clinton.......................................... 114 Senator Lieberman........................................ 113 Johnson, Carl, deputy commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation..................................... 38 Prepared statement........................................... 117 Response to additional question from Senator Clinton......... 120 Kelly, Kerry J., M.D., chief medical officer, New York City Fire Department..................................................... 17 Prepared statement........................................... 103 Kenny, Jane M., Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2.................................... 36 Prepared statement........................................... 194 Responses to additional questions from: Senator Clinton.......................................... 200 Senator Smith............................................ 197 Landrigan, Philip J., M.D., chair, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine; professor of Pediatrics; director, Center for Children's Health and the Environment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.................................................... 65 Prepared statement........................................... 137 Levin, Stephen M., M.D., medical director, Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center 54 Prepared statement........................................... 130 Malloy, Edward J., president, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York.................................... 53 Prepared statement........................................... 127 Nadler, Hon. Jerrold, U.S. Representative from the State of New York........................................................... 8 Prepared statement........................................... 72 Orlan, Bernard, director of Environmental Health and Safety, New York City Board of Education................................... 62 Prepared statement........................................... 136 Scotto, Thomas J., president, Detectives Endowment Association, New York City Police Department................................ 51 Prepared statement........................................... 126 Thurston, George D., Sc.D., associate professor of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical School, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine...................................... 20 Prepared statement........................................... 104 Responses to additional questions from Senator Clinton....... 107 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Agreement, WTC Emergency Project Partnership..................... 128 Articles: CorpWatch, February 6, 2002, Trading in Disaster............. 150 New York Environmental Law & Justice Project, February 2002, Downwind From Disaster..................................... 187 St. Louis, (MO) Post-Dispatch, February 9, 2002, Caustic Dust Blankets World Trade Center Area........................... 75 Attachments from EPA: Attachment 1, WTC-EPA Time-Weighted Routine Air Quality Sampling at Fixed Stations................................. 205 Attachment 2, EPA Air Sampling and Monitoring Sites Implemented in Response to the Attack on The World Trade Center..................................................... 211 Attachment 3, Non-Fixed Location Air Sampling and Monitoring Record of Results: September 12, 2001....................................... 212 September 13, 2001....................................... 217 September 14, 2001....................................... 220 September 15, 2001....................................... 223 September 16, 2001....................................... 229 September 17, 2001....................................... 231 September 18, 2001....................................... 243 September 19, 2001....................................... 265 September 20, 2001....................................... 301 September 21, 2001....................................... 334 September 22, 2001....................................... 356 September 23, 2001....................................... 384 September 24, 2001....................................... 400 September 25, 2001....................................... 426 September 26, 2001....................................... 438 September 27, 2001....................................... 456 September 28, 2001....................................... 464 September 29, 2001....................................... 483 September 30, 2001....................................... 495 October 1, 2001.......................................... 511 October 2, 2001.......................................... 530 October 3, 2001.......................................... 540 October 4, 2001.......................................... 572 October 5, 2001.......................................... 604 October 6, 2001.......................................... 614 October 7, 2001.......................................... 647 October 8, 2001.......................................... 659 October 9, 2001.......................................... 670 October 10, 2001......................................... 688 October 11, 2001......................................... 720 October 12, 2001......................................... 735 October 13, 2001......................................... 758 October 14, 2001......................................... 777 October 15, 2001......................................... 799 October 16, 2001......................................... 823 October 17-18, 2001...................................... 847 October 19, 2001......................................... 867 October
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