Tonawanda Community Air Quality Study
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1 Tonawanda Community Air Quality Study Division of Air Resources Community Presentation March 1, 2008 Sheridan Parkside Community Center Tonawanda, NY
2 Why Was Tonawanda Selected? Community concerns about ambient concentrations of benzene; EPA s 1999 National-scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) results for Erie County; Coke Oven Residual Risk Assessment prepared by EPA
3 Study Progress Report Air monitors/meteorological station installed and operating; Data capture (87 100%); Model ready inventory for major sources under development.
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10 Air Toxics Measured 42 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and 10 Carbonyls; 1 in 6 day sampling schedule (24 hour sample); 15 of the chemicals are high priority urban air toxics targeted for reductions by the 1990 Clean Air Act.
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12 Carbon Disulfide Sources Manmade sources include: industrial sources manufacturing rayon, cellulose, and carbon tetrachloride industrial sources producing rubber chemicals and pesticides biological degradation and incineration of wastes Natural sources include emissions from marshes and wetlands; specific crop plants and trees
13 2.00 Carbon Disulfide six month average Concentration µg/m Beaver Island State Park Brookside Terrace Drive Sheridan Park Water Tower Grand Island Blvd
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15 Benzene Sources Manmade sources include: tobacco smoke motor vehicle oil and natural gas production petroleum refining & distribution burning coal, oil and gas gasoline service stations coke ovens and coal chemical manufacturing rubber tire manufacturing storage or transport of benzene Natural sources include emissions from forest fires
16 12.00 Benzene six month average Concentration µg/m Beaver Island State Park Brookside Terrace Drive Sheridan Park Water Tower Grand Island Blvd
17 12.00 Benzene six month average Concentration µg/m State-wide average Beaver Island State Park Brookside Terrace Drive Sheridan Park Water Tower Grand Island Blvd
18 1999 NATA Results
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20 1,3-Butadiene Manmade sources tobacco smoke oil refineries chemical manufacturing commercial plastic and rubber factories gasoline service stations motor vehicle Natural sources include emissions from forest fires and biomass burning
21 ,3-Butadiene six month average Concentration µg/m Beaver Island State Park Brookside Terrace Drive Sheridan Park Water Tower Grand Island Blvd
22 ,3-Butadiene six month average Concentration µg/m State-wide average Beaver Island State Park Brookside Terrace Drive Sheridan Park Water Tower Grand Island Blvd
23 1999 NATA Results
24 Acrolein Manmade sources tobacco smoke chemical manufacturing (acrylic acid) combustion of petrochemical fuels and coal mobile source exhaust (cars, trucks, airplanes) formed when cooking fats are overheated breakdown by sunlight of various hydrocarbon pollutants (such as 1,3-butadiene) used as an herbicide and algicide Natural sources product of fermentation and ripening processes released when organic matter such as trees and other plants, including tobacco, are burned
25 0.60 Acrolein six month average 0.50 Concentration µg/m Beaver Island State Park Brookside Terrace Drive Sheridan Park Water Tower Grand Island Blvd
26 1999 NATA Results
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