Press Releases and Stories

2004

03-01 World Trade Center Panel Formed to Review Health Protection-Expert Panel to Begin Assessments in March

2003

06-04 EPA Releases Study That Shows Recommended Methods For Cleaning WTC Dust Work

2002

12-20 Deadline to Sign Up for EPA Lower Manhattan Cleaning and Testing Program Draws Near

10-22 First Data From EPA's WTC Cleaning and Testing Program Available on Web

09-16 Contracts for EPA’s Downtown Residential Dust Cleanup Program Are Awarded

09-16 EPA otorga contratos para limpieza de polvo en el área del World Trade Center [En Español]

08-16 Asbestos Testing to Start Immediately; Deadline for Assistance Requests Extended

06-26 EPA Worker Wash Tent Taken Down

06-19 EPA Begins Work on Pilot WTC Dust Cleaning Study

06-03 EPA Launches Lower Manhattan Cleaning Hotline

05-31 EPA Gets Set to Take Cleanup and Testing Requests From Lower Manhattan Residents

05-31 EPA Shifts Focus to Indoor Air

05-08 EPA and City Outline Comprehensive Plan to Address the Concerns of Lower Manhattan About the Impacts of the WTC Collapse on Indoor Air Quality

03-25 Federal, State, and City Agencies Announce Actions for Lower Manhattan Air Quality

2001

12-11 At Event Today, Administrator Whitman and Mayor Giuliani Formally Open EPA’s Winterized Indoor Wash Station for WTC

10-30 Environmental Monitoring Data Related to the World Trade Center Disaster Response Available to Public

10-18 EPA Wash Stations in Lower Manhattan Suppress Dust, Protect Workers

10-03 EPA and OSHA Web Sites Provide Environmental Monitoring Data from World Trade Center and Surrounding Areas

09-21 NYC Monitoring Efforts Continue to Show Safe Drinking Water & Air (September 21, 2001)

09-21 Esfuerzos De Monitoreo En NYC Continuan Para Mostrar Que El Agua Y El Aire Estan Limpios [En Español]

09-18 Whitman Details Ongoing Agency Efforts to Monitor Disaster Sites, Contribute to Cleanup Efforts (September 18, 2001)

09-18 Administradora Whitman detalla los efuerzos en marcha para monitorear las áreas de desastre y la contribución a los efuerzos de limpieza

09-18 Informacion Actualizada De La EPA Y OSHA Sobre Asbesto Continua Tranquilizando Al Publico General Con Respecto A Temores De Contaminacion [En Español]

09-16 EPA, OSHA Update Asbestos Data, Continue to Reassure Public about Contamination Fears (September 16, 2001)

09-16 Informacion Actualizada De La EPA Y OSHA Sobre Asbesto Continua Tranquilizando Al Publico General Con Respecto A Temores De Contaminacion [En Español]

09-14 EPA Emergency Responses at World Trade Center and Pentagon (September 14, 2001)

09-14 Agencia De Proteccion Ambiental Responde Al Ataque En El Centro Mundial De Comercio Y El Pentagono [En Español]

09-13 EPA Initiates Emergency Response Activities, Reassures Public About Environmental Hazards (September 13, 2001)

09-13 La EPA Inicio Actividades De Emergencia Y Aseguro Al Publico Con Respecto A Los Peligros Ambientales [En Español]

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