Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:18:37 -0500
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NIOSH is a good resource with various case studies: http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?q=PCB+school&btnG.x=20&btnG.y=5&a mp;subset=niosh&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3A d1&ud=1&site=niosh&site=default_collection

EPA guidance on PCB caulk in older buildings an schools: http://www.epa. gov/pcbsincaulk/caulkschoolkit.htm includes a link to this fact sheet: http://www.epa. gov/pcbsincaulk/caulkschoolkit.pdf

Parental advocacy web site: http://www.pcbinschools.org/ includes a 2010 Consent Decree for best practices for management of PCB caulk in NYC school buildings:  http://www.pcbinsc hools.org/BMP%20Final%20.pdf

Rob Toreki

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On Jan 10, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Bradley Randall Grams wrote:

Hi All:
 
Is anyone aware of third-party/contractor guidance for PCB remediations in schools that is holistic (e.g., discusses/covers paints, caulks, ballasts, etc) and covers all of the aspects discussed.  Many schools near me are challenged with all of the conflicting information.
 
Thanks!
 
Cheers,
 
Brad 

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Redden, Patricia <PREDDEN**At_Symbol_Here**spc.edu> wrote:
Thanks - I did indeed mean "before" 1979.  This just seems to be the same mentality that says if you have very intact paint on your walls but some of the underlayers are lead-based, you must remove the lead-based paint.

Pat


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Pat,

I think you meant to say built "before" 1979.  I was at one of those public
meetings.  And actually, this is their strategy to save money.  And I think
it is probably wrong headed.

Yes, the light balasts before this date usually did contain PCBs and they
are getting airborne.  But to just deal with this and not the fact that about
30% of latex paints before this contained them, most of the old caulks did,
many plastics and more, my concern is they are going to remove the balasts,
declare the problem over, and leave some schools still with high PCB levels
from other sources.

Monona


In a message dated 1/10/2011 1:02:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
PREDDEN**At_Symbol_Here**SPC.EDU writes:
>
> Am I crazy thinking this is overkill, that you automatically need a
> complete lighting retrofit if the school was built after 1979?
>
>
> http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/10/meeting-held-to-d iscuss-s-i-school-chemical-problem/
>
> Pat
>
>



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