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Has FDNY now become a Regulator of the Decontamination - Deconstruction of the toxic Deutsche Bank Building?

We learned what constitutes a regulator through the 11/8/2007 Letter of the U.S. E.P.A. (Click Here) complaining that LMDC was attempting to circumvent the regulatory process.  A regulator is someone to whom a plan is submitted for review, comment, rejection or acceptance. The question is whether FDNY has now become a regulator of the Decontamination - Deconstruction of the toxic Deutsche Bank Building?  In the New York Post on 12/13/2007, Chuck Bennett, in an article entitled, DEUTSCHE BANK STILL IN STRIFE  quoted FDNY Commissioner, Nicholas Scoppetta as saying that FDNY has not "signed off" on the project.  A "sign-off" by FDNY has heretofore not been needed during the Decontamination - Deconstruction of the toxic Deutsche Bank Building. Has FDNY's status changed? Have the powers that be upgraded FDNY to the status of regulator? From Scoppetta's "sign-off" comment, it certainly appears that it has.

For other articles pertaining to Regulators, see below

  • 12/28/2007:  The Planners (Click Here)
  • 11/12/2007:  Inordinate Regulatory Interference (Click Here)
  • 11/11/2007:  Official Deconstruction -Decontamination Plans do not assign FDNY inspectional responsibility (Click Here)
  • 11/11/2007:  Who were the "Regulatory Partners"? It wasn't FDNY.(Click Here)
  • 11/11/2007:  LMDC is trying to dodge the Regulators. It does not have to dodge FDNY. (Click Here)
  • 11/10/2007:  New York Post, Editorial, 9 November 2007.  (Click Here)
  • 11/4/2007:  Who had the Authority to Stop Work at Deutsch Bank? It wasn't FDNY. (Click Here)
  • 11/1/2007:  Its time for the uniformed leadership of FDNY to act like men and stop acting like frightened little boys. (Click Here)
  • 10/31/2007:  FDNY was not invited to sit at the table.  (Click Here)
  • 10/31/2007:  12/13/2004: LMDC's Power Point Presentation to the Community Board I WTC Redevelopment Committee.  (Click Here)
  • 10/30/2007: WTC Contaminated Buildings: FDNY: ALL BARK; NO BITE and NO JURISDICTION.  (Click Here)
  • 10/3/2007:  Avi Schick Speaks!  (Click Here)

 


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