DEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST LACK OF PROTECTION, COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE GOVERNMENT REGARDING WTC ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2001

RALLY BEGINS 5:30 P.M. AT BROADWAY ENTRANCE OF CITY HALL PARK

PRESS CONFERENCE AT STEPS OF CITY HALL AT 5:00 P.M.

A Limited Number of People are Allowed at City Hall Steps for Press Conference.
We Hope The Mass of People Will Come to The Rally

Come Bring any Props-Mops, Brooms, Masks, Asbestos Suits etc.
Express Your Outrage

Endorsers: WTC Emergency Environmental Group, Independence Plaza Tenants
Association, PS 234 Parents Association, PS 89 Parents Association, IS 89
Parents Association, Stuyvesant High School Parents Association, Stuyvesant
High School Student Union, UFT Chapter of Stuyvesant High School, Lower
Manhattan Resident Relief Coalition, Good Old Lower East Side, Met Council On
Housing, Tenants and Neighbors, New York Public Interest Research Group,
Asbestos, Lead and Hazardous Waste Laborers Local 78, Chinese Progressive
Association, New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning.

11 Immediate Environmental Needs in Response to 9/11

1. Implement a centralized co-ordination of the clean up effort that is
responsive to community needs and includes public participation. The clean up
effort must address all affected communities, including the immediate
surrounding areas and those in contiguous areas. The affected communities must
include Tribeca, The South Street Sea Port, Battery Park City, The Financial
District, China Town, The Lower East Side, Soho, Greenwich Village, The East
Village and Soho. The federal definition of the disaster area must be expanded
to include these areas.

2. Move the barge on Pier 25 away from schools and residences. All other barge
and truck clean up operations must also be located away from schools and
residences

3. Establish strict guidelines and protocol for the entire testing and clean
up operation, including affected areas beyond ground zero. Protocol should
include proper measures to be taken by schools and other institutions in the
area with regard to air filtration and operations of HVAV systems.

4. Control and contain debris to prevent dispersal in trucking and barge
operations and minimize diesel emissions and noise.

5. Hepa vacuum and wet-clean streets , sidewalks, roof tops and parks
continuously to assure dust suppression

6. Provide safe working conditions and enforcement of safety and environmental
laws for Ground Zero workers and other area workers

7. Assess and test for environmental contaminants in indoor and outdoor spaces

8. Share public and private sampling data, including health data, in a timely
and complete manner

9. Notify workers, residents, and schools prior to potentially hazardous work
operations such as removal of the freon tanks and major demolitions

10. Engage in public health educational outreach to all area workers, residents
and students

11. Create a health registry of individuals whose health has been impacted by
WTC exposures, including medical surveillance of high risk populations