Air Toxics Update

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Air Toxics Update Melanie Loyzim February 25,
2010
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Determining Priorities

• Maine Air Toxics Initiative (MATI)
• 2007 Priority List
• National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA)
• 2002 released June 2009
• 2005 due summer 2010
• Toxics monitoring results
• Compare to CDC Ambient Air Guidelines

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Maine Air Toxics Priority List
1 Polycyclic Organic Matter
2 Naphthalene
3 Acrolein
4 Formaldehyde
5 Benzene
6 Chromium Compounds
7 Cobalt Compounds
8 1,3-Butadiene
9 Sulfuric Acid
10 Diesel Particulate Matter
11 Nickel Compounds
12 Arsenic Compounds
13 Particlate Matter from Nanotechnology
14 Brominated Flame Retardants
15 Acetaldehyde
16 Lead Compounds
17 Cadmium Compounds
18 Chloroform
19 Manganese Compounds
20 Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
21 Methyl Bromide (Bromomethane)
22 Carbon Tetrachloride
23 Dioxins and Furans
24 Hydrogen Sulfide
25 Ethylene Dichloride (1,2-Dichloroethane)
26 Ethylene Dibromide (Dibromethane)
27 Mercury Compounds
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2005 Toxicity-Weighted Emissionsby Pollutant
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Residential Wood Combustion

• U.S. Metropolitan Housing Survey (2005)
• 53,000 uncertified woodstoves
• 18,000 certified woodstoves
• Almost 2,000 OWBs
• American Lung Association of Maine (Nov 2008,
  N3,204)
• 38 planned to burn wood
• 16 use wood as principal heating fuel
• ¼ of woodstoves gt 20 years old
• Market Decisions (Nov 2009, N400)
• 43 of Mainers burn wood for heat
• 67 of Mainers do not perceive woodsmoke as an
  air pollution problem

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Residential Wood Combustion Woodstoves

• Outreach Campaign
• Save money. Save time. Protect your health.
• Flip card, public service announcement, website
• Partner with public health community, EPA and
  HPBA
• Change-out Program
• 2010 bill to establish fund for distribution by
  DEP
• Local program template
• SEP template

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2002 National Air Toxics Assessment
Neurological Risk
Respiratory Risk
Cancer Risk
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2002 NATA Respiratory risk in Cumberland County
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2002 NATA Cancer Risk

• Primary risk drivers statewide
• Background CCl4
• Benzene
• PAH

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Ambient Air Guidelines
Bureau of Healths most recent recommendations
for chemical concentrations in ambient air, below
which there is minimal risk of a deleterious
health effect resulting from long term inhalation
exposure