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Table 4-10. Calculated maximum 8-hour average pollutant concentrations (micrograms per cubic meter of air).


Receptor locations
Facility
Pollutant
OSHA PELa,b
100 metersc
640 metersc
M-Area Air StripperTrichloroethylene 2.7´105 0.00460.0092
Tetrachloroethylene 1.7´105 0.00230.0047
Methyl chloroform

1.9´106 0.00080.0016
M-Area Vendor Nitrogen dioxide 9,00037.443.6
Treatment FacilitySulfur dioxide 1.3´104 1.61.9
PM-10d 5,0002.02.3
Carbon monoxide4´104 6.07.0
Hazardous wasteHazardous waste storage building
(645-N)
Total suspended solids

PM-10d

1.5´104

5,000

25.13

8.79

10.56

3.70

Mixed waste storage Total suspended particulates 1.5´104 7.02.9
building (645-2N)PM-10d

5,0002.51.1
E-Area facilitiesVinyl chloride 2,6000.260.11
1,1 Dichloroethene
NAe
0.0200.0083
Methyl ethyl ketone 5.9´105 1.130.48
Chloroform9,780 0.120.051
Carbon tetrachloride 1.26´104 0.00980.004
Benzene3,250 0.160.067
1,2 Dichloroethane
NAe
0.00650.0027
Trichloroethene2.7´105 0.00620.0026
Tetrachloroethylene 1.7´105 0.00145.8´10-4
Chlorobenzene3.5´105 8.6´10-4 3.6´10-4

a. Source: NIOSH (1990).

b. OSHA PEL is Occupational Safety and Health Administration Permissible Exposure Limit.

c. To convert to feet multiply by 3.281.

d. Particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter.

e. NA = not applicable.




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