Mr. Pat Evangelista

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  "The contractors haven't been happy about this level of rigorousness, but it's been working," said Pat Evangelista, the E.P.A.'s World Trade Center coordinator.

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  Pat Evangelista, the E.P.A.'s World Trade Center coordinator, told Downtown Express that the L.M.D.C. gave the plan to the E.P.A. Jan. 21, then revised and resubmitted it Jan. 23.
  
  The L.M.D.C., charged with decontaminating and demolishing 130 Liberty St., has floated other plans in the past, but this was "the first ,plan' plan," Evangelista, said.
  
  The L.M.D.C. submitted the plan to several other government agencies as well, Evangelista said.After a community meeting Jan. 24, Evangelista said he had started reviewing the plan but couldn't comment on specifics.He did not say if the L.M.D.C.'s plan would abate the entire building before starting demolition, a choice E.P.A. would support.

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  "It is the EPA's position that the building be resealed while these other issues are addressed," Pat Evangelista, the Environmental Protection Agency's World Trade Center coordinator, said at a community meeting last night.

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  Pat Evangelista, World Trade Center coordinator for the EPA, wrote in an April 11 letter to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which owns the building, that regulators were concerned about a contractor's plans to use concrete crushing equipment at the site, to build an external chute to move debris, and to use some of that debris as backfill on the site.
  
  "It is not clear to the regulators why the LMDC did not provide information to the regulators about the use of concrete crushing equipment long before," Evangelista wrote.He requested that the agency explain why there appeared to be a change in the demolition plan.

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  When Mr. Schick explained that the process for getting this approved was complicated and time-consuming, Ms. Flynn asked EPA representative Pat Evangelista (who attended the meeting as an observer) to explain his agency's position.
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  Mr. Evangelista said, "EPA feels that the building should be resealed while other decisions are being made."

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  The environmental agency's World Trade Center coordinator, Pat Evangelista, said in an April 11 letter to the corporation that federal, state and city regulators were concerned about a proposal to build an exterior debris chute.The Daily News reported on the letter yesterday.
  
  Mr. Evangelista also wrote that regulators had questions about the corporation's newly disclosed plan to use demolition debris as backfill and to employ concrete crushing equipment on the site.

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  The environmental agency's World Trade Center coordinator, Pat Evangelista, said in an April 11 letter to the corporation that federal, state and city regulators were concerned about a proposal to build an exterior debris chute. The Daily News reported on the letter yesterday.
  
  Mr. Evangelista also wrote that regulators had questions about the corporation's newly disclosed plan to use demolition debris as backfill and to employ concrete crushing equipment on the site.
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  Worried about a release of toxic dust, the EPA's Pat Evangelista warned that demolition will not begin until the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.
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  "The regulatory agencies are reviewing the information about this newly proposed chute, and we have concerns about it," wrote Evangelista.
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  Pat Evangelista, World Trade Center coordinator for the E.P.A., sent a letter this week to the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., which owns the ill-fated building, warning that the demolition cannot begin until the corporation fully explains how it plans to take the tower down.
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  "E.P.A. and its regulatory partners have not been provided with sufficient details about these proposed engineering changes," Evangelista wrote, adding that the agency disagrees with the L.M.D.C. that the plans were authorized in September.
  
  The E.P.A. has several concerns about the current plan, including the use of a concrete crusher at the site. "It is not clear to the regulators why L.M.D.C. did not provide information to the regulators about the use of concrete crushing equipment long before L.M.D.C.'s anticipated schedule," Evangelista wrote.
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  Pat Evangelista, W.T.C. Coordinator for the E.P.A., sent the L.M.D.C. a letter last month saying L.M.D.C.'s current plan "had significant differences" to what was approved last September.
  
  Local residents and labor leaders have long voiced concerns that if the building is not demolished painstakingly, the neighborhood could be re-contaminated or workers could risk health complications.
  
  Some of the differences include the use of concrete crushing equipment, a chute to carry crushed concrete to ground level and a "floating roof" covering the site. "These and other changes will of course have an impact on the potential release of contaminants," wrote Evangelista.
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  Pat Evangelista, the EPA official in charge of the Ground Zero cleanup, warned the LMDC that the added techniques "will of course have an impact on potential releases of contaminants." He said additional information and analysis was "essential to our ongoing responsibility to protect public health and the environment."

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  On March 31 and April 19, inspectors found "visible debris and residual fines commingled with the roof ballast" in areas that were supposedly clean, said Pat Evangelista, the agency's World Trade Center coordinator, in an April 27 letter to the corporation. (Fines are tiny particles.) The corporation said it voluntarily stopped the cleanup on April 20 after a "fragment of asbestos-containing material" was discovered in the ballast during the search for human remains from 9/11.
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  Pat Evangelista, World Trade Center coordinator for the E.P.A., sent a letter this week to the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., which owns the ill-fated building, warning that the demolition cannot begin until the corporation fully explains how it plans to take the tower down.
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  "E.P.A. and its regulatory partners have not been provided with sufficient details about these proposed engineering changes," Evangelista wrote, adding that the agency disagrees with the L.M.D.C. that the plans were authorized in September.The E.P.A. has several concerns about the current plan, including the use of a concrete crusher at the site."It is not clear to the regulators why L.M.D.C. did not provide information to the regulators about the use of concrete crushing equipment long before L.M.D.C.'s anticipated schedule," Evangelista wrote.
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  Worried about a release of toxic dust, the EPA's Pat Evangelista warned that demolition will not begin until the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.
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  Worried about a release of toxic dust, the EPA's Pat Evangelista warned that demolition will not begin until the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.
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  Pat Evangelista, W.T.C. Coordinator for the E.P.A., sent the L.M.D.C. a letter last month saying L.M.D.C.'s current plan "had significant differences" to what was approved last September.Local residents and labor leaders have long voiced concerns that if the building is not demolished painstakingly, the neighborhood could be re-contaminated or workers could risk health complications.Some of the differences include the use of concrete crushing equipment, a chute to carry crushed concrete to ground level and a "floating roof" covering the site."These and other changes will of course have an impact on the potential release of contaminants," wrote Evangelista.
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  Pat Evangelista, the EPA official in charge of the Ground Zero cleanup, warned the LMDC that the added techniques "will of course have an impact on potential releases of contaminants."He said additional information and analysis was "essential to our ongoing responsibility to protect public health and the environment."

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  When Mr. Schick explained that the process for getting this approved was complicated and time-consuming, Ms. Flynn asked EPA representative Pat Evangelista (who attended the meeting as an observer) to explain his agency's position.
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  Mr. Evangelista said, "EPA feels that the building should be resealed while other decisions are being made."
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  "EPA has been there since the day of the fire and it's EPA's position that the building be resealed while these other issues are addressed," said Pat Evangelista, the EPA'S World Trade Center coordinator, at a community meeting last week.
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  Asked to respond, the EPA World Trade Center Coordinator Pat Evangelista said, "It is EPA's position that the building be resealed while these other issues are being addressed."
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  "It is the EPA's position that the building be resealed while these other issues are addressed," the Environmental Protection Agency's World Trade Center coordinator, Pat Evangelista, said at a community meeting about the former Deutsche Bank building.He said it wasn't clear that the building would be sealed to the elements quickly "in parallel to all the other activities."
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  EPA Letter to LMDC David Emil: Abatement and Deconstruction of 130 Liberty Street (also known as the Deutsche Bank Building) .... writing to express the concern of the U.S. EPA about the "preliminary position" that you stated at the August 28, 2007 meeting with pat Evangelista, WTC Coordinator .... and representatives of the NYSDOL, NYCDEP, OSHA, and others....Mr. Evangelista informed me that you have proposed tthat the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) implement a new sampling plan to gather new data for the building at 130 Liberty Street and to revisit abatement procedures .... EPA has participated, and continues to participate, in meetings to understand the concerns of the FDNY and to address them expeditiously.

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  The following night, the board passed two resolutions scolding L.M.D.C. for the slow pace of the redevelopment and the lack of public input in the process. ...Critics wonder if the sudden Sept. 11-anniversary approval was more than a coincidence, a theory Evangelista did not reject.
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  Since then, the number of air-monitoring stations has been increased to 12 from seven, and quality controls have been devised to govern how samples are taken and how data are analyzed and submitted, said Pat Evangelista, the World Trade Center coordinator at the environmental agency.He said the new plan would be "protective of the area's residents and workers."
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  The agency intends "take an active role" in the upcoming demolition of the Borough of Manhattan Community College's Fiterman Hall, also badly damaged on 9/11, said Evangelista.
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  EPA to Oversee Building Demolitions near WTC Site: Residents Concerned about Unleashing Environmental Hazards ... Although no formal agreement exists on how federal, state and city agencies will coordinate the demolition's management, the EPA will assume a leadership role said its WTC coordinator Pat Evangelista."There are regulations across the board and the EPA doesn't have authority over all of them, but we're doing the best we can to ensure actions are taken properly," he said.That's not enough for some.
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  Pat Evangelista, the agency's World Trade Center coordinator, said the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation should revise and resubmit a "materially strengthened" plan to tear down the contaminated 40-story bank building at 130 Liberty Street.
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  EPA delays razing building contaminated with 9/11 debris ... Proposals to strip the bank building of its internal materials behind double plastic sheeting, to contain contaminants, must be bolstered to prevent "an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health and the environment," Pat Evangelista, the EPA's World Trade Center coordinator, said yesterday in a letter to the redevelopment agency.
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  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency delayed approval of plans to demolish lower Manhattan's Deutsche Bank building, contaminated with toxins by Sept. 11 debris, saying antipollution safeguards must be strengthened. ... Proposals to strip the tower of its internal materials behind double plastic sheeting, to contain contaminants, must be bolstered to prevent "an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health and the environment," Pat Evangelista, the EPA's World Trade Center coordinator, said in a letter today to the development agency.

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