April 10, 2008

Dear Contract Manager:

In accordance with the New York City Transit “Information for Bidders” Section of the Contract Documents, contractors (consultants) must comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in the performance of their work, including environmental matters that must be observed by the contractor in the prosecution of their work.  These consist, among others, of safety of operations, noise control, prevention and/or control of air pollution, removal of waste materials, protection against fire, minimum disturbance to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, maintaining use of public facilities, and protection against dust hazards.

To encompass specific environmental requirements contained in the contract as well as express our evolving environmental stewardship, department of Capital Program Management is operating within a framework of an Environmental Management System (EMS) that follows the ISO 14001 standard. Our continuous commitment to environmental excellence and our ISO certification require that all contractors and consultants performing work on CPM’s behalf be aware of CPM’s EMS.

You are invited to visit the MTA Intranet web site www.mta.info to learn about CPM’s EMS, including our policy, and how it relates to your work for CPM.  Click on NYC Transit, About NYC Transit, NYC Transit and Environment. You are also strongly encouraged to share this EMS web site information with all your employees.

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact
Kate Aglitsky, LEED AP, EMS Director at Yekaterina.Aglitsky@NYCT.com or at 646-252-2437.

Sincerely yours,

Thomas Abdallah, P.E., LEED AP,
Chief Environmental Engineer
Department of Capital Program Management

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