Title: Screening method for regulatory purposes in the Argentine Republic

Authors: L.E. Venegas, N.A. Mazzeo

Addresses: National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET), Department of Atmospheric Sciences and the Oceans, Faculty of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria Pab.2, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina. National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET), Department of Atmospheric Sciences and the Oceans, Faculty of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria Pab.2, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract: This paper presents a comparison between the screening method in accordance with the requirements of the Argentine regulations and the detailed screening procedures recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA). Both methodologies are applied to different scenarios of point sources in rural and urban areas. The intercomparison between both screening estimations is evaluated by calculating the quantitative model performance measures included in the Model Validation Kit. The Argentine regulations are restrictive with respect to US-EPA requirements. This restriction is greater when the impact of the emissions from a single point source or from multiple equal sources is evaluated.

Keywords: air quality management; Argentine regulations; regulatory dispersion models; screening methods.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2001.000629

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2001 Vol.16 No.1/2/3/4/5/6, pp.335-344

Published online: 07 Jul 2003 *

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