Air/Superfund national technical guidance study series. Development of example procedures for evaluating the air impacts of soil excavation associated with Superfund remedial actions. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6584785

Saunders, G L

The purpose of the project was to identify and define the computation requirements or estimating the air impacts from the remediation of Superfund sites. Two example sites employing soil excavation were selected because they represent a complex emission source. The procedures for the evaluation of the ambient impacts were divided into several subtasks. These included site characterization, selection of remedial alternatives, definition of remedial activities, estimation of emission rates for each remedial activity, determination of ambient concentrations from dispersion modeling, and evaluation of carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic risks based on dispersion modeling results. The calculation of emission rates were used to estimate ambient impacts through dispersion models. The purpose was to outline a set of procedures that could be used, with existing tools, to assist in the evaluation of air-pathway effects.

• Research Organization: PEI Associates, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6584785
• Report Number(s): PB-90-255662/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-02-4394
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
CARCINOGENESIS
CONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXCAVATION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS HANDLING
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PATHOGENESIS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
SUPERFUND
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT