The EPA held a hearing Tuesday in New York to develop a new cleanup protocol for the deconstruction of Deutsche Bank in Manhattan. Transportation Workers Union Local 100's Frank Goldsmith is very concerned about exposure of workers and the public to asbestos and other contaminants at the site. Goldsmith says the owners of Deutsche Bank documented extensive contamination at the site while trying to collect on an insurance claim but tried to deny later that contaminants were such a big problem.

[Frank Goldsmith 1] : "So they had this actual claim they put in which showed all the contamination that was there and got maximum amount of money from their insurance company. When we turned around and used that same information to force EPA to make a good cleanup, they denied half the things were there."

The transportation workers effort to convince EPA to use a good cleanup protocol that protects workers and the public looks like it's paying off but Goldsmith says it's not over.

[Goldsmith 2] : "The struggle continues to try to get EPA to do its job. For people that live there, people who work down there, it's just a time bomb."

Goldsmith says the union is concerned that contaminants from the deconstruction will be blown into the subway system affecting both workers and the commuting public unless EPA prevents it.