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GALVANIZED STEEL: NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION STUDY
Citation:
Crouch, J. AND J. Catalano. GALVANIZED STEEL: NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION STUDY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/3-90/039 (NTIS PB90215799), 1990.
Description:
This report describes a field survey done to observe the extent and application of bare galvanized steel in the United States. or purposes of the analysis, the conterminous 48 states were grouped into four regions. ndustrial and rural areas were considered In the study which examined galvanized steel applications of roofing, siding, gutters and flashing, transmission line towers, fencing, pole line hardware, guardrails, and storage facilities. ield survey was conducted in four cities thought to be representative of each region for visual Inventory. n-house surveying was then performed using aerial photography corresponding to the areas visited and relevant land use data to calculate surface area of the observed galvanized steel. xtrapolation to entire metropolitan areas was done through the land use statistics. stimates of galvanized steel surface in non-residential urban areas from the survey observations are 9.2xlO4 m2 for Cleveland, 53.8xl04 m2 for Atlanta, 38.6xl04 m2 for Dallas, and 256.8x104 m2 for Sacramento.
