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2 Chemical Agent Monitoring Challenges
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... False-positive monitoring results remain a chal lenge for improving the overall monitoring program. For · Historical monitoring is employed to ensure and docu additional information on this topic, see the NRC report ment that there are no ongoing emissions of chemical Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent agents from either storage areas or demilitarization Disposal Facilities (NRC, 2002)
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... SOURCE: Based on data provided to the NRC Committee to Assess Designs for the Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants and on data from Abercrombie, 2003. CHEMICAL AGENT AIRBORNE EXPOSURE LIMITS AND DEMILITARIZATION ACTION LEVELS General Definitions Airborne exposure limits (AELs)
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... A predetermined value for an NRT In 2003 and 2004, the CDC published new recommenda method that, when equaled or exceeded, will result in tions for WPLs and GPLs for the nerve agents (Federal an audible and/or visual alarm at the location of the Register, 2003) and for sulfur mustard (Federal Register, NRT monitor.
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... Thus, impleassessment assumptions including consideration of uncer- menting the new AELs at 0.2 of the STEL has resulted in no tainties, it stated that the prior AELs have protected humans changes in the monitoring alarm and action levels in the from the effects of these agents (Federal Register, 2003) (see chemical demilitarization facilities.
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... place Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
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