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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 May 7 DOC NMA147 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Engineering News Article - Asbestos Fireproofing Work Halted ee asbestos fireproofing work halted . halted Sprayed ations fireproofing oper on framed buildings halted last week in New York City The stop page resulted from regulations written after medical research showed that as- bestos fibers can cause cancer of the pulmonary and intestinal tracts if mgested ENR 4/2 p 11 New York City's Department of Air Resources prepared the regulations and put them into effect three weeks ago Last week inspectors issued summonses alleging that the fireproofing subcon- three building projects tractors on in violation of the regulations regulations regulations were The bestos contractor on a fourth voluntarily building halted work City Ooltmnais icons lee Ge Soe Lee are the only jobs in the city where fire- proofing operations have been under way Continued violations could result in departmental heanngs leading to the scaling of spraying machinery by the city The four projects are one of the two story towers of the World Trade Center the story Standard Oil N.J. building near Rockefeller Center a story building at 2 New York Plaza in the financial district and a 37- story structure in midtown Manhattan Ironically the World Trade Center project was the first and only building in the aty where the spray contractor had taken precautions to prevent scat- tering of dried asbestos The owner the Port of New York Authority cooper- wead with the in months as as a re sult of the medical studies conducted by team of physicians The building's exterior on the floors where asbestos was being sprayed was tightly enclosed by tarpaulins and the asbestos work area was sealed off from other intenor sections The job however lacked the vacuum cleaning operation as required by the regulations according to a Port Authority official Empire Pyn Spway Inc. New York City asbestos spray beam on the New York Plaza building was sim moned to a heanne by Robert N. Rickles commissioner of the Department of Air Resources Although the company has stopped work the hearin was compat called alter the antee it would comply Bese een fully with the regulations in the future according to department officials This move coura lead to the firm count test of the repu- lation Ma 7 1y 970 ENR 21 war: