Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058-0609
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Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2004-02-26T05:00Z

UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
OFFICE
OF
AIR
QUALITY
PLANNING
AND
STANDARDS
EMISSION
STANDARDS
DIVISION
RESEARCH
TRIANGLE
PARK,
NC
27711
February
11,
2004
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Screening
Assessment
of
Acid
Gas
and
Respiratory
HAP
from
Coal­
Fired
Industrial
Boilers
FROM:
Scott
Jenkins
Risk
and
Exposure
Assessment
Group
(
C404­
01)

TO:
David
E.
Guinnup,
Leader
Risk
and
Exposure
Assessment
Group
(
C404­
01)

Introduction
The
EPA
performed
a
screening
assessment
to
evaluate
acute
and
chronic
non­
cancer
risks
due
to
emissions
of
acid
gas
and
respiratory
HAP
from
uncontrolled
coal­
fired
industrial
boilers.
This
document
describes
the
results
of
that
screening
assessment.

Methods
The
present
analysis
utilized
the
SCREEN3
model
with
characteristic
defaults
where
data
were
not
available.
Engineering
judgment
was
used
to
develop
plant
parameters
(
Table
1)
and
emission
rates
(
Table
2)
for
three
different
sized
model
facilities
within
the
Large
Solid
Fuel
Fired
Boiler
subcategory.
All
acid
gas
and
respiratory
HAP
for
which
emission
rates
from
coal­
fired
boilers
are
available
were
evaluated.
The
range
of
predicted
HAP
concentrations
was
determined
by
using
the
plant
parameters
listed
in
table
1
and
the
emission
rates
listed
in
table
2.
Acute
and
chronic
toxicity
dose­
response
values
were
taken
from
the
EPA
Air
Toxics
website
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ttn/
atw/
toxsource/
summary.
html)
as
of
10/
01/
03.
For
HAP
with
more
than
one
acute
dose­
response
value,
the
most
health­
protective
was
chosen.
Health­
protective
assumptions
were
made
for
model
input
parameters
where
data
were
lacking.
The
rural
dispersion
option
was
chosen
and
the
emission
source
was
assumed
to
be
a
point
source.
The
default
ambient
air
temperature
(
293
K)
was
used
and
the
receptor
height
was
0
m.
The
full
worst­
case
meteorology
default
was
chosen.
Building
downwash
was
not
expected
to
be
significant
for
these
sources,
and
therefore
was
not
calculated.
Simple,
flat
terrain
was
assumed
and
the
automated
distance
option
was
chosen
with
measurement
points
between
100
m
and
50,000
m.
The
maximum
predicted
pollutant
concentration
occurred
beyond
100
m
for
all
three
model
facilities.
2
Table
1.
Plant
Parameters
Used
for
Screen3
Modeling
Parameter
Large
Facility
Parameters
Medium­
sized
Facility
Parameters
Small
Facility
Parameters
Stack
Height
(
m)
70
15
37.5
Stack
Diameter
(
m)
3.0
1.0
2.0
Stack
Gas
Exit
Velocity
(
m/
s)
8.5
22
13.6
Stack
Gas
Exit
Temp.
(
K)
485
425.5
425.5
Table
2.
Typical
Uncontrolled
HAP
Emission
Rates
(
g/
s)
HAP
Large
Facility
Medium
Facility
Small
Facility
HCl
4.00E+
00
1.10E+
00
7.00E­
02
HF*
2.90E­
01
8.00E­
02
5.00E­
03
Cl2
1.56E+
00
4.30E­
01
2.60E­
02
Acrolein
2.30E­
03
6.40E­
04
4.00E­
05
Vinyl
Acetate
1.73E­
05
4.80E­
06
3.00E­
07
Toluene
1.35E­
03
3.76E­
04
2.35E­
05
n­
Hexane
2.13E­
04
5.92E­
05
3.70E­
06
Nickel
1.84E­
02
5.12E­
03
3.20E­
04
Antimony
5.76E­
04
1.60E­
04
1.00E­
05
Beryllium
1.15E­
03
3.20E­
04
2.00E­
05
Chromium
VI
2.30E­
04
6.40E­
05
4.00E­
06
*
The
critical
effect
for
HF
toxicity
is
skeletal
fluorosis,
but
HF
was
included
in
the
present
analysis
because
it
is
an
acid
gas
emitted
by
these
boiler
facilities.

Results
Table
3
lists
the
maximum
predicted
acute
HAP
concentrations
and
their
corresponding
hazard
quotient
values
for
coal­
fired
plants.
Hazard
quotient
values
were
calculated
by
dividing
the
maximum
predicted
1­
hour
HAP
concentration
by
the
appropriate
dose­
response
value
(
see
methods).
The
maximum
acute
hazard
quotient
value
is
0.08.

Table
3.
Predicted
Acute
HAP
concentrations
and
HQ
Values
HAP
Large
Facility
Max
Predicted
[
]
µ
g/
m3
Medium
Facility
Max
Predicted
[
]
µ
g/
m3
Small
Facility
Max
Predicted
[
]
µ
g/
m3
Doseresponse
value
µ
g/
m3
Large
Facility
HQ
Medium
Facility
HQ
Small
Facility
HQ
HCl
1.06E+
01
1.45E+
01
3.43E­
01
2100
5.05E­
03
6.89E­
03
1.63E­
04
HF
7.68E­
01
1.05E+
00
2.45E­
02
25
3.07E­
02
4.21E­
02
9.80E­
04
Cl2
4.13E+
00
5.66E+
00
1.27E­
01
210
1.97E­
02
2.69E­
02
6.07E­
04
Acrolein
6.10E­
03
8.42E­
03
1.96E­
04
0.11
5.55E­
02
7.66E­
02
1.78E­
03
3
Vinyl
Acetate
4.58E­
05
6.32E­
05
1.47E­
06
18000
2.54E­
09
3.51E­
09
8.17E­
11
Toluene
3.59E­
03
4.95E­
03
1.15E­
04
3800
9.44E­
07
1.30E­
06
3.03E­
08
n­
Hexane
5.65E­
04
7.79E­
04
1.81E­
05
390000
1.45E­
09
2.00E­
09
4.65E­
11
Nickel
4.88E­
02
6.74E­
02
1.57E­
03
6
8.14E­
03
1.12E­
02
2.61E­
04
Antimony
1.53E­
03
2.11E­
03
4.90E­
05
5000
3.05E­
07
4.21E­
07
9.80E­
09
Beryllium
3.05E­
03
4.21E­
03
9.80E­
05
25
1.22E­
04
1.68E­
04
3.92E­
06
Chromium
VI
6.10E­
04
8.42E­
04
1.96E­
05
1500
4.07E­
07
5.61E­
07
1.31E­
08
Table
4
lists
the
maximum
predicted
chronic
HAP
concentrations
and
their
corresponding
hazard
quotient
values
for
coal­
fired
plants.
Hazard
quotient
values
were
calculated
by
dividing
the
maximum
predicted
chronic
HAP
concentration
by
the
RfC
or
other
appropriate
dose­
response
value.
The
hazard
quotient
for
Cl2
is
the
only
hazard
quotient
that
exceeds
1.0.
All
other
hazard
quotients
are
insignificant.
A
total
hazard
index
was
calculated
by
summing
all
of
the
hazard
quotients.
The
total
hazard
index
values
are
1.8
(
large),
2.4
(
medium),
and
0.05
(
small).
Without
Cl2,
the
hazard
index
values
fall
to
0.10
(
large),
0.14
(
medium),
and
0.003
(
small).

Table
4.
Predicted
Chronic
HAP
Concentrations
and
HQ
Values
HAP
Large
Facility
Max
Predicted
[
]
µ
g/
m3
Medium
Facility
Max
Predicted
[
]
µ
g/
m3
Small
Facility
Max
Predicted
[
]
µ
g/
m3
Doseresponse
value
(
µ
g/
m3)
Large
Facility
HQ
Medium
Facility
HQ
Small
Facility
HQ
HCl
8.48E­
01
1.16E+
00
2.74E­
02
20
4.24E­
02
5.79E­
02
1.37E­
03
HF
6.15E­
02
8.42E­
02
1.96E­
03
30
2.05E­
03
2.81E­
03
6.53E­
05
Cl2
3.31E­
01
4.53E­
01
1.02E­
02
0.2
1.65E+
00
2.26E+
00
5.09E­
02
Acrolein
4.88E­
04
6.74E­
04
1.57E­
05
0.02
2.44E­
02
3.37E­
02
7.84E­
04
Vinyl
Acetate
3.66E­
06
5.05E­
06
1.18E­
07
200
1.83E­
08
2.53E­
08
5.88E­
10
Toluene
2.87E­
04
3.96E­
04
9.21E­
06
400
7.17E­
07
9.90E­
07
2.30E­
08
n­
Hexane
4.52E­
05
6.23E­
05
1.45E­
06
200
2.26E­
07
3.12E­
07
7.25E­
09
Nickel
3.91E­
03
5.39E­
03
1.25E­
04
0.2
1.95E­
02
2.70E­
02
6.27E­
04
Antimony
1.22E­
04
1.68E­
04
3.92E­
06
0.2
6.10E­
04
8.42E­
04
1.96E­
05
Beryllium
2.44E­
04
3.37E­
04
7.84E­
06
0.02
1.22E­
02
1.68E­
02
3.92E­
04
Chromium
VI
4.88E­
05
6.74E­
05
1.57E­
06
0.1
4.88E­
04
6.74E­
04
1.57E­
05
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