Predicting and controlling downwind concentrations of PCB from surface impoundments
Conference
·
· Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6003865
Over 227,000 kv of PCB were discharged into the Hudson River from two capacitor manufacturing plants at Fort Edward and Hudson Falls, New York. Much of the discharged PCB was absorbed by the bottom sediments of the river and accumulated behind the Fort Edward Dam. A large amount of the contaminated sediments migrated dowstream when the dam was removed. An effort has been made to dredge PCB-contaminated sediments from the Upper Hudson River and to deposit those sediments in a secure containment site. Part of this project was an air quality impact analysis which addressed the effect of PCB volatilization from the proposed containment site on ambient 24-hour concentrations of PCB downwind of the site. An estimate of the volatilization rate was made and a dispersion modeling analysis was performed in order to calculate the potential impact on residences. 4 references, 1 table.
- Research Organization:
- Wapora, Inc., New York, NY
- OSTI ID:
- 6003865
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820627-Pt.6
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 36
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DAILY VARIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVAPORATION
FORECASTING
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HUDSON RIVER
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONITORING
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POLLUTION
RIVERS
SEDIMENTS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
VARIATIONS
WATER POLLUTION
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DAILY VARIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVAPORATION
FORECASTING
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HUDSON RIVER
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONITORING
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POLLUTION
RIVERS
SEDIMENTS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
VARIATIONS
WATER POLLUTION