Our initial UTRC research project (Korfmacher, et al, 2015a,b) identified routes and road segments with predicted high volumes of truck traffic related to natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale region. Figure 1 illustrates truck counts for waste transport in 2011 and population density. The project results also generated annual estimates of pollution emissions per route and road segment related to these transportation activities. The road segment results identified areas of potentially elevated pollution emissions due to incremental truck traffic resulting from natural gas development. The current UTRC project uses these “hot spot” data as source inputs for the AERMOD pollution dispersion model (USEPA, 2013) to begin the assessment of potential health impacts on local populations due to increased truck traffic. Total truck traffic estimates from the PA Department of Transportation (PADOT) were also used to generate emission estimates and also input into AERMOD as a comparison dispersion analysis to help assess the relative impact of the natural gas truck activity.
Modeling Emissions and Environmental Impacts of Transportation Activities Associated with High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Operations in the Marcellus Shale Formation
2015
60 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation , Mineral Industries , Environmental Pollution & Control , Environmental Impact Statements , Reserves , Environmental Studies , Hydraulic facturing , Envrionmental impacts , Pollution emissions , High volume truck traffic , Transportation activities , Heatlh effects , Geographic information systems , AERMOD model , Marcellus shale
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