Type B technical information document: application of air models to natural resource injury assessment

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5770579

McNaughton, D J

This document provides information on the selection of simulation models that can be used with 43 CFR Part 11 regulations for type B natural resource damage assessments. Techniques are presented for the estimation of emissions, dispersion, or chemical transformations in the atmosphere in terms of concentration, dose, or deposition amounts. Also summarized are various types of models that are available and the expected uncertainty or limitations in their respective use. The document describes potential approaches to using models as assessment tools, describes the types of data usually required, and discusses sources of modeling data to be used if the incident report does not provide adequate data coverage. The document provides information for the selection of an appropriate model for simulations, describes models as candidates for use in assessments, and provides references. The information in the document supplements the guidance provided in 43 CFR Part 11, but is not required to be followed to obtain the rebuttable presumption provided by those regulations.

• Research Organization: TRC Environmental Consultants, Inc., East Hartford, CT (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5770579
• Report Number(s): PB-88-100128/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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