What does EPA document about asbestos at the former IBM TechCity site?
EPA identified asbestos-contaminated buildings and regulated asbestos-containing material at the former IBM production facility in Ulster County.
Answer
EPA identified asbestos-contaminated buildings and regulated asbestos-containing material at the former IBM production facility in Ulster County.
Why this record matters
This is a reconstruction object rather than a jobsite listing. It preserves the place, material or equipment context, source, time context and evidentiary limitation so a remembered fragment can generate a narrower next question.
What it does not establish
- That every worker or visitor encountered asbestos.
- The condition of the material during another period.
- A particular product or manufacturer unless the source identifies one.
- The exposure or disease cause of a particular person.
Next reconstruction questions
What years was the person there? What department, contractor, trade or task? Did work involve the equipment, building area, demolition, maintenance or insulation described in the record? What employment, union, engineering, procurement or coworker evidence survives?
Primary source
Government source record Primary government source