Regulation and control of air contaminants during hazardous waste site remediation

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA)

OSTI ID:5051350

Coy, C A ^[1]

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1. South Coast Air Quality Management District, El Monte, CA (USA)

Refinery wastes have been most often identified as the problem for sites in the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the contaminants posing the greatest short term hazard from these sites have been identified as sulfur dioxide and tetrahydrothiophenes. Without proper planning, excavation activities have the potential to cause severe public nuisance problems due to the emission of odors and potentially toxic or hazardous emissions. This paper presents two case studies of this type of excavation including site history summaries and a review of air monitoring data developed during the site remediation activities. The discussion examines the approach developed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, a regional regulatory agency with jurisdiction encompassing the greater Los Angeles area of Southern California, to regulate control of emissions during the cleanup of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites in order to prevent similar occurrence of public nuisance or threat to public health. Application of this approach is illustrated by an overview of the current systematic planning involved in proposed excavation activities at major Southern California waste sites.

• OSTI ID: 5051350
• Report Number(s): CONF-870695--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA) Journal Volume: 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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