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Title: Preliminary analysis of hazardous air pollutant emission inventories from three major urban areas

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5140845

The paper reports EPA/AEERL's progress on emissions inventory evaluation and improvement under a hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions research program in support of the Urban Area Source Program required under Title III of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA). The paper summarizes results of three current projects and indicates HAP emissions inventory needs. HAP inventories for three urban areas--Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle/Tacoma--were analyzed to identify area sources as defined in the CAAA. One inventory focused on area sources; the other two were basically point source inventories that had facilities that met the area source definition. The HAPs that contribute most of the area source emissions in each inventory were identified, and 22 HAPs that were common to the inventories were selected for further analysis.

Research Organization:
Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
OSTI ID:
5140845
Report Number(s):
PB-94-139508/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-D3-0031
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English