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J Air Waste Manag Assoc

Title:		"Improvements to lawn and garden equipment emissions estimates for Baltimore, Maryland"
Author(s):		Reid SB; Pollard EK; Sullivan DC; Shaw SL;
Address:		"Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA 94954, USA. sreid@sonomatech.com"
Journal Title:		J Air Waste Manag Assoc
Year:		2010
Volume:		60
Issue:		12
Page Number:		1452 - 1462
DOI:		10.3155/1047-3289.60.12.1452
ISSN/ISBN:		1096-2247 (Print) 1096-2247 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Lawn and garden equipment are a significant source of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other pollutants in suburban and urban areas. Emission estimates for this source category are typically prepared using default equipment populations and activity data contained in emissions models such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) NONROAD model or the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) OFFROAD model. Although such default data may represent national or state averages, these data are unlikely to reflect regional or local differences in equipment usage patterns because of variations in climate, lot sizes, and other variables. To assess potential errors in lawn and garden equipment emission estimates produced by the NONROAD model and to demonstrate methods that can be used by local planning agencies to improve those emission estimates, this study used bottom-up data collection techniques in the Baltimore metropolitan area to develop local equipment population, activity, and temporal data for lawn and garden equipment in the area. Results of this study show that emission estimates of VOCs, particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogen oxides (NO(x)) for the Baltimore area that are based on local data collected through surveys of residential and commercial lawn and garden equipment users are 24-56% lower than estimates produced using NONROAD default data, largely because of a difference in equipment populations for high-usage commercial applications. Survey-derived emission estimates of PM and VOCs are 24 and 26% lower than NONROAD default estimates, respectively, whereas survey-derived emission estimates for CO, CO2, and NO(x) are more than 40% lower than NONROAD default estimates. In addition, study results show that the temporal allocation factors applied to residential lawn and garden equipment in the NONROAD model underestimated weekend activity levels by 30% compared with survey-derived temporal profiles"
Keywords:		"Air Pollution/analysis Baltimore Data Collection Environmental Monitoring *Gardening Models, Statistical Particulate Matter/analysis Vehicle Emissions/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds;"
Notes:		"MedlineReid, Stephen B Pollard, Erin K Sullivan, Dana Coe Shaw, Stephanie L eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2011/01/20 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2010 Dec; 60(12):1452-62. doi: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.12.1452"