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2. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

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   In construction, asbestos abatement is a set of procedures designed to control the release of asbestos fibers from asbestos-containing materials. [1] Asbestos abatement is utilized during general construction in areas containing asbestos materials, particularly when those materials are being removed, encapsulated, or repaired.

3. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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   New York City was originally confined to Manhattan Island and the smaller surrounding islands that formed New York County. As the city grew northward, it began annexing areas on the mainland, absorbing territory from Westchester County into New York County in 1874 and 1895 . During the 1898 consolidation, this territory was organized as the ...

4. New York City Department of Environmental Protection

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   NYCDEP manages three upstate supply systems to provide the city's drinking water: the Croton system, the Catskill system, and the Delaware system. The overall distribution system has a storage capacity of 550 billion US gallons (2.1 × 10 9 m 3) and provides over 1 billion US gallons (3,800,000 m 3) per day of water to more than eight million city residents and another one million users in ...

5. Bay Terrace, Queens - Wikipedia

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   For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Bay Terrace as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Fort Totten–Bay Terrace–Clearview. [9] Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Fort Totten–Bay Terrace–Clearview was 21,751, a change of -980 (-4.5%) from the 22,731 counted in 2000 .

6. Asbestos - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -⁠toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into ...

7. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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   On December 12, 2004, owners of New York asbestos abatement companies were sentenced to the longest federal jail sentences for environmental crimes in U.S. history, after they were convicted on 18 counts of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act, and actual violations of the Clean Air Act and Racketeer ...

8. Category:Geography of New York City - Wikipedia

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   Maps of New York City (12 P) N. ... Seismicity of the New York City area This page was last edited on 14 February 2024, at 06:22 (UTC). ...

9. New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   At the core of the New York combined statistical area (CSA) lies the New York–Jersey City–Newark, NY–NJ urban area, the largest in the United States by both area and population. Within the boundaries of the CSA the Census Bureau defines 32 other urban areas as well, some forming the core of their own metropolitan areas not within the New ...