Gas pisces project screening health risk assessment. Topical report, January-June 1994
A screening level health risk assessment was prepared to facilitate the interpretation of air toxic measurements performed at four natural gas-fired combustion sources. These sources were comprised two utility boilers and two combustion turbines. In order to place the air toxic emissions in the context of other fossil fuels, results from an oil-fired and coal-fired boiler were also analyzed and compared from a risk perspective. The risk assessment was conducted in accordance with requirements set forth by the California Air Pollution Control Officer Association`s AB2588 Risk Assessment Guidelines (CAPCOA, 1993). The assessment involved the use of the SCREEN2 dispersion model and the ACE 2588 risk assessment model to predict potential health risks. Natural gas sources were one to two orders of magnitude below the one in a million risk threshold, as well as being significantly below oil- and coal-fired sources.
- Research Organization:
- Carnot Technical Services, Tustin, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 147343
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-100672/XAB; CNN: Contract GRI-5092-254-2426; TRN: 53242995
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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