Abstract
With the final update to its on-road mobile source emission factor model, MOBILE6.2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added capabilities for predicting emissions factors for a select group of mobile source air toxics (MSATs), commonly referred to as the six priority MSATs. These are acetaldehyde, acrolein, benzene, 1, 3-butadiene, diesel particulate matter, and formaldehyde. This paper describes a methodology for computing and evaluating emissions of MSATs among a group of transportation project alternatives. When the future options for upgrading a transportation corridor are evaluated, the major mitigating factor in reducing MSAT emissions is the implementation of EPA's new motor vehicle emission control standards. Substantial decreases in MSAT emissions will be realized from a current base year through an estimated time of completion for a planned upgrading project and its design year some 25 years in the future. Even when anticipated increases in vehicle miles of travel and varying degree...
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