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The troubled former Deutsche Bank building will be resealed to allow for the implementation of new safety measures.
The Environmental Protection Agency and state and city officials agreed Thursday to seal the contaminated high-rise while they complete the needed work.
The EPA says that no dangerous levels of asbestos or chemicals have been released into the air, even though windows have been open since last month's fatal fire.
Fire officials addressed concerns that the wrap material inside the building hindered firefighting efforts.
“The amount of material won't be as large and also we are going to have it moved at the end of the day and any deconstruction material or demolition material will be moved off the floors everyday,†said FDNY Chief Pat McNally.
The building's owner, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, hasn't given a timetable for when the building will be resealed.
Meanwhile, the broken standpipe that failed to get water to crews on the 17th floor of the building is now fully operational. It was tested on Wednesday and inspectors from the buildings department and the FDNY signed off on the repairs.
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