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Title	PARTICULATE CONTROL FOR FUGITIVE DUST
Accession No	00181799
Authors	Weant, G E; Carpenter, B H
Period Covered	7612-7712
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Research Triangle Institute ; Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory
Publication Date	19780400
Description	65 p.
Abstract	The report gives results of a study of particulate control for fugitive dust. Study results indicate that many Air Quality Control Regions (AQCRs) do not meet ambient air standards for particulates. In a majority of these ACQRs, the emissions from fugitive dust sources are higher than those from nonfugitive sources. In most cases, unpaved roads provide the greatest amount of emissions. Agricultural tilling and construction activity also contribute substantial amounts. The reentrainment of particles from paved roads also provides large quantities in urban areas. The study concludes that present control strategies for fugitive sources are inadequate. Even with reductions in fugitive emissions of 50% for unpaved roads, 40% for agricultural tilling, and 30% for construction, most of the 150 AQCRs that exceeded total suspended particulate standards will still probably exceed them. In addition, area sources will still dominate all other emissions sources. Thus more effective control measures must be developed.
TRT Terms	Agriculture ; Air quality management ; Construction ; Cultivation ; Dust control ; Environment ; Particles ; Particulates ; Pavements ; Performance evaluations ; Pollutants ; Roads ; Standards ; Unpaved roads ; Urban areas
Other Terms	Air pollution control; Ambience; Emission; Sources; Strategy; Trends; Unpaved highways
Subject Areas	H17 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Contract Number	EPA-68-01-4141
Report Number	EPA/600/7-78/071 Final Rpt.
Availability	National Technical Information Service Order Number: PB-282269/0ST
Document Source	National Technical Information Service Source Data: u7819
TRIS Files	HRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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