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RECORD NUMBER: 35 OF 981

Main Title Air quality modeling technical support document : EGU mercury analysis.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division,
Year Published 2011
Report Number EPA-454/R-11-008
Stock Number PB2012-101609
OCLC Number 771942798
Subjects Air quality--Standards--United States ; Air--Pollution--United States--Mathematical models ; Mercury--Analysis
Additional Subjects Mercury deposition ; Electric power generators ; Air quality modeling ; Emissions ; Inventories ; Maps ; Tables (Data) ; Modeling ; Assessments ; Visibility ; Heavy metals ; Photochemical models ; Electric Generating Unit (EGU) ; Stationary point sources ; Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model ; Environmental Protection Agency
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/scram/reports/EPA-454_R-11-008.pdf
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P100CFNA.PDF
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EKBD  EPA-454/R-11-008 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 01/17/2012
NTIS  PB2012-101609 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 16 p. : col. maps, charts ; 28 cm.
Abstract
This document describes the air quality modeling performed by EPA in support of air quality and mercury deposition assessments related to large stationary point sources that generate electricity. A national scale air quality modeling analysis was performed to estimate the impact of the sector emissions changes on future year annual and 24-hour PM2.5 concentrations, 8-hr maximum ozone, total mercury deposition, as well as visibility impairment. Air quality benefits are estimated with the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model. CMAQ simulates the numerous physical and chemical processes involved in the formation, transport, and destruction of ozone, particulate matter and air toxics. In addition to the CMAQ model, the modeling platform includes the emissions, meteorology, and initial and boundary condition data which are inputs to this model. Emissions and air quality modeling decisions are made early in the analytical process. For this reason, it is important to note that the inventories used in the air quality modeling and the benefits modeling may be slightly different than the final utility sector inventories presented in the RIA. However, the air quality inventories and the final rule inventories are generally consistent, so the air quality modeling adequately reflects the effects of the rule.
Notes
"September 2011". Project Officer: Kirk Baker. Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-16). "EPA-454/R-11-008". PB2012-101609.