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Appendix A: Air Force Exposure Limits for Rocket Emissions
Pages 90-97

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From page 90...
... . ROCKET EMISSIONS The Air Force needs to evaluate risks to human health from rocket em~ssions at two locations: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
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From page 91...
... Aerozine-50 also can be released from rockets using liquid propelrants in catastrophic aborts (or curing transfer operations) ; however, the Air Force did not ask the subcommittee to review the toxicity of hydraz~nes for this report.
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From page 92...
... launched at the Eastern and Western Ranges. DEFI N ITIONS OF Tl ER LIMITS As noted in Chapter 1, the Air Force initially developed acceptable human exposure levels for the rocket-em~ssion toxicants for military and civilian populations caned tier limits.
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From page 93...
... The Air Force defines the tier 2 exposure limit (the middle tier) as the airborne exposure concentration that might cause short-term symptoms that most indivicluals could endure without experiencing or developing irreversible or other serious health effects or symptoms that could impair their ability to take protective action.
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... The Air Force defines the tier 3 exposure limit (the innermost tier surrounding the launch pad) as an airborne exposure concentration that can be immediately dangerous to life and health (IDEH)
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... COMPARISON OF REWG TIER RECOMMENDATIONS AND LATRA ERFS The Air Force used REWG's recommended tier limits to adjust the toxicity values ~n~tiaDy used to quantify the T~ATRA ERFs (see Philipson et al.
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From page 96...
... Consultative letter, AL-CL-1993-0058, Evaluation of Three-Tier Exposure Philosophy and Tier Limits, Vandenberg AFB Calif. Department of the Air Force, Armstrong Laboratory (AFMC)
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From page 97...
... 19' ~ March 1998. Patrick Air Force Base, Pla.
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