WORKING TOWARD A CLEAN AIR ENVIRONMENT FOR KENTUCKY
BY CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF AIR POLLUTION, THE IMPACT OF HIGHWAY RELATED ACTIVITIES NAMELY MATERIALS PRODUCTION, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, AND MOTOR VEHICLES ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL PROBLEM OF AIR POLLUTION. THE MEANS OF CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION ARE BEING ESTABLISHED ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL BY DOT'S NATIONAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION AND ON A STATE LEVEL, IN THIS CASE THE KENTUCKY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE BRIEFLY CONSIDERED: (1) CLASSIFICATION OF POLLUTANTS, (2) SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION, (3) METEOROLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY, (4) EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION (5) COSTS OF AIR POLLUTION. HIGHWAY MATERIALS PRODUCTION PRIMARILY INCLUDES ROCK AND GRAVEL QUARRY OPERATIONS BATCH CONCRETE AND HOT-MIX ASPHALT PLANTS. ALL OF THESE MINERAL INDUSTRIES INVOLVE ALL OR SOME OF THE SAME PROCESSES, SUCH AS CRUSHING, CONVEYING SCREENING, DRYING, MIXING, AND HAVE A COMMON AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM - THE EMISSION OF DUST OR PARTICULATE MATTER. AS FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MASONRY BUILDINGS, GRADING OF EARTH AND MOVEMENT OF HEAVY ROAD BUILDING EQUIPMENT ON TEMPORARY ROADS, AND OPEN BURNING ALL CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION. MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS ACCOUNT FOR OVER 9090 OF THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS. OF THE OVER 200 CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IDENTIFIED IN AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST, CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN OXIDES, HYDROCARBONS, LEAD COMPOUNDS, SULFUR OXIDES, AND PARTICULATES ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST.
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Supplemental Notes:
- UKY BULL 97
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Authors:
- Partee, F P
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1971-7
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 1-7
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Chemical compounds; Costs; Materials; Motor vehicles; Particulates; Pollutants; Road construction
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223775
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 17 1972 12:00AM