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Panel Meeting 06-22-2004

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Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - Fourth Meeting

The fourth panel meeting was held on June 22, 2004, from 9:30am to 5:15pm, eastern daylight savings time. On-site registration began at 9:00am. The meeting was held at St. John's University, Saval Auditorium, 101 Murray Street (between Greenwich Street and West Side Highway), New York City (Manhattan). The auditorium is located on the second floor of the building and is accessible to those with handicaps. A government-issued identification (e.g., driver's license) is required for entry.

St. John's University
Saval Auditorium, 2nd Floor
101 Murray Street (between Greenwich Street and West Side Highway)
New York, NY 10007

Fourth Meeting of the WTC Expert Technical Review Panel
Final Agenda
9:00am Registration Begins
9:30am Welcome, Purpose of Today's Meeting and Opening Remarks — Drs. Paul Gilman (Chair) and Paul Lioy (Vice Chair)
9:40am Presentation on Studies of Organic Contamination from the WTC — Dr. Paul Lioy
10:15am Identifying Signatures for WTC Contamination — Report from Subgroup on proposed time table to develop a validated WTC dust signature method (Dr. Mort Lippmann) followed by Panel discussion
11:15am Public Comment/Question and Answer Session
12:15pm Lunch
1:15pm Panel Discussion Re Screening Survey
(1) Geographic extent of WTC contamination
(2) WTC contamination as a function of building use and cleaning history
(3) HVAC testing and cleaning (overview presentation by Dr. Les Sparks, EPA's Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center)
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Continue Panel Discussion Re Screening Survey
4:15pm Update on Community-Based Participatory Research (Public Participation Subgroup)
4:30pm Public Comment/Question and Answer Session
5:15pm Adjourn
Background Documents Presentations
Biosketches for Panel Member Alternates and Presenters at the June 22 Meeting
  • Christopher D'Andrea (alternate for Jessica Leighton) holds a master's degree in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist. In 1992, Mr. D'Andrea worked as the Program Coordinator for Indoor Air Quality at a New York City based environmental consulting firm. Since 1995, Mr. D'Andrea has worked as an Environmental Scientist for the New York City Department of Health, Office of Environmental and Occupational Disease Epidemiology. He is the editor of the City's current Guidelines on Mold Assessment and Remediation and has been involved with the development of Health Department policy on a variety of other environmental issues including lead, mercury, pesticides, and chemical spills, that impact communities and workers within New York City.

  • Micki Siegel de Hernández (alternate for Catherine McVay Hughes, Community Liaison) holds a masters degree in Public Health. She is the Director of Health and Safety for the Communications Workers of America (CWA), District One. Ms. Siegel de Hernández has been involved in numerous post-9/11 activities aimed at protecting the health and safety of workers and continues to fight for improvements in emergency planning and increased worker protections. CWA represents thousands of members who worked in the Twin Towers, worked as part of the restoration efforts at Ground Zero, and who work in buildings in lower Manhattan and other areas impacted by the disaster. Ms. Siegel de Hernndez is a member of the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Monitoring Program's Executive Committee. Before working with CWA, Ms. Siegel de Hernández worked as a contractor for the U.S. Public Health Service, Federal Occupational Health Program. Prior to that, Ms. Siegel de Hernández was Project Director for the NIEHS-funded Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Worker Training Program at the CUNY - Hunter College Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH). In her added role as Curriculum Director for the Hunter College COEH, Ms. Siegel de Hernández was involved in the development of projects addressing health and safety hazards in a variety of work settings and environmental health hazards affecting local communities. Ms. Siegel de Hernández' office is located a few blocks from the WTC site.

  • Leslie E. Sparks, Ph.D. is with the EPA Office of Research and Development's National Homeland Security Research Center, where he is the technical lead for the containment area under EPA's Safe Building Program. In this position he is involved in developing indoor air quality models to support EPA's Homeland Security Research Program. As part of this work, Dr. Sparks is working with several researchers to develop improved source and sink models for both gaseous and particulate pollutants indoors, research to develop an improved understanding of the dispersion of pollutants indoors and on the entry of outdoor pollutants into the indoor environment. Dr. Sparks directs the EPA research program on indoor air cleaners for both gaseous and particulate air pollutants. Prior to joining the National Homeland Security Research Center, Dr. Sparks was the Team Leader for EPA's Indoor Environment Risk Management Team. He also was involved in research on the indoor environment with specific interests in air cleaning, HVAC systems, indoor air quality modeling and indoor air chemistry. Dr. Sparks has also conducted research on particulate control for stationary sources with emphasis on control using wet scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators. Dr. Sparks has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in Air Research Engineering (Civil Engineering) from the University of Washington.

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