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This document summarizes the findings of EPA testing for PCBs in lighting fixtures in New York City schools. The EPA found that 113 out of 145 samples from 11 schools had PCB levels above health benchmarks, with some samples over 1 million ppm. NYC has committed to a 10-year, $149 million plan to retrofit lighting in 754 schools, though the EPA believes this timeline is too long. The retrofits will reduce exposure to PCBs and save energy costs.

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Presentation by Judith Enck, EPA Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 2 October 2011 PCBs in Lighting Fixtures in NYC Schools

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EPA National Guidance This ballast sparked a fire at a southern California school in 1999 An old ballast that burst unexpectedly Recommends that schools take steps to address exposures to PCBs from older fluorescent lighting fixtures.

2011 New Jersey Department of Education Letter Letter to all NJ Chief School Administrators and Business Administrators referencing the EPA national guidance and recommending that schools “survey and inventory all light fixtures in schools built before 1979 and develop a plan to replace those identified to contain PCBs within the ballasts.”

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Summary of EPA Sampling Results Exceeds one million parts per million; pure PCBs School Borough Date of Sampling Event Number of Samples Taken Number of Samples > 50 ppm (mg/kg) Range of Exceedances in ppm (mg/kg) PS 53 Staten Island 1/8/2011 33 22 51 – 260,000 PS 11 Brooklyn 1/15/2011 28 18 51 – 3,000 PS 13 PS 358 Brooklyn 1/22/2011 7 7 70 - 560 PS 68 Bronx 1/29/2011 13 10 61 – 1,260 PS 206 PS 37 PS 112 Manhattan 2/5/2011 10 1 3 (14 total) 9 1 2 (12 total) 95 – 7,600 PS 45 Brooklyn 2/12/2011 19 19 830 –670,000 PS 306 Brooklyn 2/19/2011 31 25 480 –1,200,000

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Looking Forward Need this issue addressed in every school building older than 1979 that has not replaced its lighting

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