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... DOE-FE'S FINE PARTICULATE RESEARCH PLAN The stated overall goal of the DOE-FE fine particulate research plan is: to ensure that the best science and technology are available for any regulatory decision-making related to the health and environmental impacts of ambient fine particulate matter and regional haze. This goal will be achieved through a well-focused, highly leveraged
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... The four projects included in this area are the Upper Ohio River Valley Project (UORVP, 100 percent DOE funded) , the Great Smoky Mountains National Park visibility study (26 percent DOE funded)
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... by chemical composition will be necessary for quantitative analyses of contributions of various sources to ambient fine particle mass concentrations at selected receptors. Because recent and planned reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide and NOx required by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments will change the emission profiles, updated and regionally specific emission profiles of coal-fired power plants will be critical elements for future research.
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... The DOE-FE should develop a five-year strategic plan for the fine particulate research program consistent with the EPA PM2 5 NAAQS implementation schedule for data collection and the development of state implementation plans. In addition to setting goals, defining metrics for program progress, establishing review processes, and budgeting resources, the following elements should be included in the plan: · a strategy to build on the current investment in the Upper Ohio River Valley Project and other experiments based on the experience gained in 1998-1999 · time and resources for thorough analyses and interpretations of the results of current projects, with specific commitments to assess and integrate the results into a comprehensive report that could be useful for follow-on projects in the next two to three years coordination and integration of the program with studies and activities of other state and federal agencies, academia, and the private sector, including EPA's speciation and supersite sampling network, and the PM research portfolio outlined by the NRC Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter scientific approaches to determining the contributions of coal-fired power plants that would enable the quantification of current contributions and predictions of changes in ambient PM2 5 concentrations after the implementation of emission controls the investigation of testable scientific hypotheses a state-of-the-art air quality model, with plume and grid capability, to improve estimates of the effects of emissions from coal-fired power plants on local and regional receptors source characterization and source apportionment using ambient monitoring data that could also be used for testing deterministic models resources (manpower and funding)
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... Expertise to supplement the FETC staff should be formally included in the planning and execution of the program to ensure that the program will yield credible conclusions about the effects of coal-fired power-plant emissions on ambient PM2 5 concentrations and the options for reducing them. UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY PROJECT The DOE-FE fine particulate research program includes monitoring sites designed to obtain data on the relationship between emissions from coal-fired power plants and other major point and nonpoint sources and ambient PM25, regional haze, and human exposure.
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... The DOE-FE should reevaluate the project design features, such as the frequency of sampling, based on the experience from the Aerosol Research Inhalation Epidemiology Study (ARIES) in Atlanta to ensure that the data collected meet the needs of contemporaneous or future epidemiological and exposure studies.
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  • sulfur dioxide
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