RESEARCH    TRIANGLE     INSTITUTE
    RTI/1914/05-15S
January 1981
               CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

                                PROJECT PROFILE SYSTEM


                        Conventional Combustion of Coal and Oil

                                          by

                                    W. E. Thompson
                                    M. C. Aldridge
                               Research Triangle  Institute
                                    P. 0. Box 12194
                      Research  Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
                                      Prepared  for

                                   William  Lamason
                          Monitoring  and  Data Analysis  Division
                      Office  of Air Quality  and Planning  Standards
                           EPA  Contract  No.  68-02-3170, Task  5

                            Project  Officer:  Wade  H.  Ponder
                      INDUSTRIAL  ENVIRONMENTAL  RESEARCH  LABORATORY
                           Office of  Research and  Development
RESEARCH  TRIANGLE  PARK,   NORTH  CAROLINA  27709

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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS
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  I.      Bituminous,  Subbituminous and Low-Sulfur Coal   	           I

         I.    Feasibility of Using Pyrolysis Byproduct  Char as Power
              Plant Fuel	           2
         2.    Electrostatic Precipitator Efficiency;  Water Soluble
              Elements in Coal	           3
         3.    EPA/TRW Gravichem Tests with TVA Coal	           4
         4.    Chemical Analysis and Geologic Evaluation of Coal in
              Western U.  S	           5
         5.    Environmental Control Implications of Large Scale
              Lignite Utilization 	           6
         6.    Sulfur Emission Control for Lignite and Subbituminous
              Coal  Combustion	           7
         7.    Flyash Removal by Electrostatic Precipitation ....           8
         8.    Systems Evaluation of the Use of Low Sulfur Western
              Coal  in Existing Small and Intermediate Size Boilers.           9
         9.    Reaction Kinetics of Combustion Products   	          10

 II.      Fuel  Oil	          11

         1.    Sulfate Formation in Oil Fired Power Plant Plumes .  .          12
         2.    Small Scale Combustion Testing of Synthetic Fuels .  .          13
         3.    Nitric Oxide From Flames:  The Role of Manganese and
              Sulfur Compounds  	          14
         4.    Design Optimization and Field Verification of an
              Integrated Residential Furnace  	          15
         5.    Existing Steam Generator Modifications  	          17
         6.    Emissions Control Technology for High Pressure
              Combustion Systems  	          18
         7.    Effects of Fuel Properties and Atomization Parameters
              on Nox Control for Heavy Liquid Fuel-Fired Package
              Boilers	          19
         8.    Performance Criteria for Opacity Measurements in Oil-
              Fired Power Plants and Portland Cement Plants ....          20

III.      Coal  and Oil - Fuels	          21

         1.    Coal-Oil Slurry for Boiler Ignition 	          22

 IV.      Coal  and Oil - Sampling and Analysis	          23

         1.    (A) Laser Pumped Luminescence and Microwave Reso-
              nance; (B) Abs. Mass Calibration of Air Particulate
              Filters	          24
         2.    Characterization of Gaseous Molecular Pollutants
              Emitted by Energy Generation Sources  	          26
         3.    Report on Characterization of Toxic Trace Metals from
              Stationary Sources  	          28
         4.    Report on Sampling and Analysis Techniques for Con-
              densable Emission from Stationary Sources 	          29
         5.    Field Evaluation of Source Sampling Technology for
              Trace Elements and POM	          30

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          6.    Development of Participate Emissions Sampling
               Technology	          31
          7.    Development of In-Stack and Remote Plume Opacity
               Measurement Technology  	          32
          8.    Evaluation of Measurement Technology for Size and
               Composition of Particle Emissions 	          33
          9.    Morphology and Composition of Particulates Emitted
               by Stationary Sources 	          34
         10.    Laser Pumped Luminescence and Microwave Resonance
               (LPLMR) Spectroscopy and Absolute Mass Calibrations           35
         11.    Evaluation of Sulfuric Acid Dewpoint Monitor  ....          36

   V.      Coal and Oil - Emissions/Effluents Monitoring	          37

          1.    Measurement of S02, 503 and H2S04 from Fossil Fuel-
               Fired Combutions Sources  	          38
          2.    Sources, Transformations, and Chemical Nature of
               Atmospheric Pollutants  	          39
          3.    Size Distribution and Other Physical Properties of
               Particle Emission from Selected Sources Categories  .          40

  VI.      Coal and Oil - Controls	          41

          1.    Evaluation of the DOWA S02 Scrubbing System	          42
          2.    Field Testing:   Application of Combustion Modifica-
               tion to Control Pollutant Emission from Power Genera-
               tion Combustion System  	          44
          3.    Formation of Oxyacids of Sulfur from 502	          46
          4.    Pilot Scale Evaluation of Advanced Combustion Control
               Technology for Fossil and Waste Fuels   	          47
          5.    NOX Technology	          49
          6.    Removal of NOX and S02 from Flue Gas Through Electron
               Beam Irradiation	          50
          7.    Economic Study of Dry NOX Removal Processes	          51

 VII.      Coal and Oil - Transport and Fate	          52

          1.    Sources, Transformation, and Chemical Nature of Atmos-
               pheric Pollutants	          53
          2.    Clinch River Model Study (Fluid Modeling Study) ...          55
          3.    In Situ Pollutant Measurements	          56
          4.    Heterogeneous Chemistry of Importance in Decisions
               Concerning Environmental Impact of Energy Product . .          57
          5.    Lidar Techniques for Measuring Particulate Pollutant
               from Energy Production and Their Transport and Dis-
               persion Processes	          58

VIII.      Coal and Oil - Health Effects	          59

          1.    Selected Teratogenic Test Systems 	          60
          2.    Determining the Mutagenic Potential  of Environmental
               Agents of Importance of Man	          61

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        3.    Transport Interactions of Environmental Pollutants with
             Essential Nutrients 	          62
        4.    Health Effects of Fossil Fuels Utilization  	          63

IX.      Coal and Oil - Ecological Effects	          64

        1.    Ecological Behavior and Effects of Energy Related
             Pollutants	          65

 X.      Coal and Oil Feed Materials - Socioeconomic Factors  ...          66

        1.    Response of Freshwater Systems to Electric Power Pro-
             duction 	          67
        2.    Technology Assessment of Western Energy Resource
             Development	          68

 XI.     Coal - Fuels	          70

        1.    Development of Coatings for Protection of Coal During
             Transport and Storage 	          71
        2.    Trace Element Characterization and Removal/Recovery
             From Coal and Coal Wastes	          73
        3.    Physical and Chemical Coal Cleaning:   General ....          74
        4.    Monthly Trace Element Analyses of Coal Burned at TVA
             Fossil Plants 	          75
        5.    Trace Elements Characterization and Removal/Recovery
             From Coal and Coal Wastes	          76
        6.    Evaluation of the Effect of Coal Cleaning on Fugitive
             Elements	          78

XII.     Coal - Sampling and Analysis	          80

        1.    Evaluation of a System for Direct Output of Pollutant
             Mass Emission Rate Data	          81
        2.    Development of GFC Instruments for Gaseous Pollutant
             Measurements  	          82
        3.    Characterization of Gaseous Emissions From Stationary
             Sources by Remote Sensing	          84
        4.    Trace Elements in the Biosphere	          85
        5.    Documentation of Natural Activity Levels in the Bio-
             sphere  	          87
        6.    Quantitative Electron Microprobe Analysis of Indi-
             vidual Airborne Particles 	          88
        7.    Direct Sampling and Characterization of Gaseous
             Effects	          89
        8.    Fly Ash Particle Chemistry	          90
        9.    Energy Related Air Pollutant Standard Reference
             Materials	          91
        10.  Organic Fine Particulate Standard Reference Materials
             for Atmospheric Measurements Associated with Coal-
             fired Power Plants	          92

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        15.   TVA Cocurrent Scrubber Project  	         129
        16.   Chemical Equivalence of Boiler Cleaning Waste in Ash
             Pond Effluent	         130
        17.   Development of Improved Lime/Limestone Scrubber Tech-
             nology at the TVA Colbert Pilot Plant for EPRI:
             Sludge Characterization Task  	         131
        18.   Control of NOX Formation in Wall, Coal-fired Utility
             Boilers	         132
        19.   Economic Study of NOX Removal  Processes 	         133
        20.   Sulf-X Simultaneous S02--NOX Removal Process  ....         134
        21.   Study of Mineral Wool Fabrication from Wet Bottom
             Ash	         135
        22.   Field Testing:  Application of Combustion Modifica-
             tion Techniques to Control Pollutant Emissions from
             Industrial Boilers  	         136
        23.   Prototype Study of Lime/Limestone Scrubbers for S02
             and Dust Removal Advanced Testing and Data Evalua-
             tion  	         138

 XV.     Coal - Transport and Fate	         140

        1.   Maps Modeling Studies	         141
        2.   Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Precipitation in
             Minnesota, with Special Reference to th Role of Wind-
             blown Dust in Neturalizing Acid Pre	         143
        3.   Dynamics of Trace Elements in Desert Environmental  .         144
        4.   Biogeochemical Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems of Trace
             Elements in Coal	         145
        5.   Environmental Fate of Emissions from Coal Combustion
             Plants	         147
        6.   Formation of Atmospheric Aerosols 	         149
        7.   Atmospheric Transformation of Emissions from Coal-
             fired Power Plants:  (A) Full-scale Field Studies . .         150
        8.   Pollutant Transformation in the Atmosphere  	         151
        9.   Environmental Fate of Emissions From Coal Combustion
             Plants	         152
        10.   Atmospheric Transformation of Emissions from Coal-
             fired Power Plants:  Full-scale Field Studies ....         153
        11.   Inadvertent Weather Modification by Effluents from
             Coal-fired Electric Power Plants  	         154

XVI.     Coal - Health Effects	         156

        1.   Mortality Study of TVA High Risk Workers	         157
        2.   Morgantown Energy Research Center—West Virginia
             University Coal Toxicology Research Program 	         158
        3.   Relationship to Metabolism, Fate and Toxicology of
             Particulates and Organic Compounds  	         160
        4.   Radioactive Aerosols and Effects  	         161

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XIII.      Coal- Emissions/Effluents Monitoring 	          93

         ( 1.    Combustion Research on Coal Nitrogen and Particulate
               Matter	          94
         (2.    Characterization of Effluents from Coal-fired Utility
               Boilers	          96
         I 3.    Characterization of Effluents from Coal-fired Utility
               Boilers for EPA—Assessment of Gaseous Emissions from
               Different Boilers Task  	          97
          4.    Pollutant Control Through Staged Combustion of Pul-
               verized Coal	          98
          5.    Assessment and Control of Radioactive Emissions from
               Coal Mining Processing and Combustion 	          99
          6.    Health Effects of Combustion-Generated Soots and
               Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons  	         100
          7.    Emissions from Advanced Combustion and Alternative
               Pollution Control 	         101
          8.    Characterization of Organic Priority Pollutants from
               Coal Pile Drainage	         102
          9.    Fly Ash Characterization and Disposal	         103
          10.   Environmental Effects of Solid Waste as a Supple-
               mental Fuel	         104
          11.   Demonstration of High Efficiency, High Throughput
               Baghouse	         106

 XIV.      Coal - Controls	         107

          1.    Dewatering Principles and Equipment Design Studies  .         108
          2.    Disposal of High Alkaline Fly Ash Sludge in a
               Decoiled Mine Seam	         110
          3.    Lime/Limestone and Advanced Concepts; TVA's 1-MW
               Pilot Plant (Colbert)	         112
          4.    Development of Improved Lime/Limestone Scrubbing
               Technology	         113
          5.    Widows Creek Unit 8, Limestone Wet Scrubber 	         114
          6.    Development of Flue Gas Desulfurization Technology,
               Shawnee Lime/Limestone Scrubbing Program  	         115
          7.    Characterization of Effluents from Coal Fired
               Utility Boilers 	         117
          8.    Sulfur Dioxide Oxidation in Scrubber Systems  ....         119
          9.    Formation of NOX and Other Products From Chemically
               Bound Nitrogen	         121
          10.   Desulfurization with Transition Metal Catalysts . . .         122
          11.   Utilization of Nahcolite in a Dry S02--NOX Absorber
               System	         123
          12.   Recovery of Metal Values from Fly Ash	         125
          13.   Control of Emissions from Gasifiers Using Coal with
               a Chemically Bound Sulfur Scavenger 	         126
          14.   TVA Widows Creek Unit 8 Wet Limestone Scrubber
               Research Project  	         128

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XVIII.     Coal - Integrated Assessments  	        197

          1.   Economic and Energy Impacts of Revised New Source
               Performance Standards for Electric Utilities  ....        198
          2.   Environmental Control Implications of Generating
               Electric Power From Coal	        199
          3.   Energy-related Regional Studies Program 	        200
          4.   Regional Studies  	        202
          5.   Regional Scale Assessments of Energy Impacts  ....        204
          6.   Office of Environmental Policy, Lawrence Livermore
               Laboratory	        205
          7.   Assessment of the Radiological Impact of Western Coal
               Utilization	        207
          8.   Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Effects of Coal-
               fired Power Plants in the Northern Great Plains . .  .        209
          9.   Assessment of Environmental Conditions of the Great
               Lakes in Relation to Power Production	        210
          10.  Integrated Assessment of Coal Based Energy Tech-
               nology-Project Definition Phase 	        211
          11.  Integrated Assessment of Coal-Based Energy Tech-
               nologies Project Definition Phase 	        213
          12.  Project Definition Phase Study for an Integrated
               Assessment of Coal-based Energy Technology  	        215

  XIX.     Coal - Socioeconomic Factors	        217

          1.   National Coal Utilization Assessment  	        218
          2.   Electric Power System Operation and Expansion Environ-
               mental Residual Model 	        219
          3.   Develop and Demonstrate Applications of Computer
               Graphic to Site-specific and Regional Integrated
               Environmental Assessment of Mixed Nude	        220
          4.   Socioeconomic Analysis of Economic Development and
               Environmental Degradation—Four Corners Area  ....        221
          5.   Social Impacts of Coal and Nuclear	        223
          6.   Economic and Energy Patterns  	        224
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         5.    Cardiopulmonary Injury and Repair After Inhaling
              Sulfate Aerosols  	         162
         6.    Transport of Toxic Elements 	         163
         7.    Interaction of Polynuclear Aromatic Carcinogens with
              DNA	         164
         8.    Health Hazards Associated with Fossil  Fuel Effluents.         165
         9.    Identification and Evaluation of Environmental Health
              Hazards:   Chemicals and Chemical Carcinogens  ....         167
         10.   Mortality/Industrial Hygiene Study of Workers in
              Coal-fired Power Plants, TVA  	         168
         11.   Behavioral Effects of Coal Conversion Products  .  .  .         170

XVII.     Coal - Ecological Effects	         171

         1.    Use of Lichens as Predictors and Indicators of Air
              Pollution from a Coal-fired Power Plant 	         172
         2.    Effects of Nongaseous Airborne Pollutants from Coal-
              fired Power Plants	         173
         3.    Develop and Apply Biological Monitoring Methods .  .  .         174
         4.    Seasonal  Cycles in Body Composition, Organ System
              Function, and Energetics of Grassland Birds Near Col-
              strip, Montana	         176
         5.    Effects of Behavior of Fossil Fuel Effluents in
              Freshwater Ecosystems 	         178
         6.    Ecological Effects of Coal Combustion, Response of
              Vegetation to S02, Ozone, and Acid Precipitation  .  .         180
         7.    Investigation of the Effects of Coal-fired Power
              Plant Emission on Tissue Structure of Selected Bird
              Species:   Birds as Indicators 	         182
         8.    The Impact of Coal-fired Power Plants on the Environ-
              ment  	         184
         9.    Air Pollution Interactions on Crop Plants	         186
         10.   Determine Dose-Response Kinetics for Effects of
              Atmospheric Emissions from Coal-fired Power Plants on
              Soybeans and Other Crop and Forest Speci	         188
         11.   Field and Filtered/Unfiltered Exposure Chamber
              Studies of Effects of Coal-fired Power Plant Emis-
              sions on Crop and Forest Species of Economic  ....         189
         12.   Effects of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide on
              Vegetation	         190
         13.   Dynamics of Trace Elements in Desert Environments .  .         191
         14.   Effects of Nongaseous Airborne Pollutants from Coal-
              fired Power Plants on Plant Growth and Metabolism
              Adjustment	         192
         15.   Effects of Air Pollution on Epiphytic Cryptograms .  .         193
         16.   Fate and Effects of Atmospheric Emissions from Cool-
              ing Systems on Terrestrial Habitats 	         194
         17.   The Immediate Effects of Effluents from Coal Utiliza-
              tion on the Behavior and Physiology of Freshwater
              Biota	         195
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                                 INTRODUCTION

     This report is the result of the search for information on bituminous
coal, anthracite and fuel oil using Project Profile System (PPS) of the
Conventional Combustion Environmental Assessment Program (CCEA).  The
CCEA program addresses the stationary conventional combustion of all types
of fossil fuels or any liquid or gaseous fuels derived from coal.
     The PPS is a computerized management information system designed
to provide surveys of projects relevant to CCEA.  The PPS contains approx-
imately 1,317 projects identified as relevant from more than 3,000 projects
of the annual ERDA Inventories.   Projects from other sources such as very
recent DOE and ORD inventories are in the process of being added to the
PPS.  This search was limited to the key words "Coal," "Oil," "Anthracite,"
and "Bituminous."
     No citations specifying anthracite as the feed material were found.
Many of the projects in the PPS do not specify the type of coal used.
Hence a general search for all projects addressing coal was made.   Approx-
imately 200 citations were discovered.

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I.   BITUMINOUS, SUBBITUMINOUS,  AND  LOW-SULFUR COAL

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REPORT-5              CCEA - PROJECT  PROFILE  SYSTEM
                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00754

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER--                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. C. WILLIAMS                  TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:      s.o  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:   FUELS

   FEASIBILITY OF USINS PYROLYSIS BYPRODUCT CHAR AS POWER PLANT FUEL.

     DOE: 130084
     A PROGRAM IS REPORTED THAT IS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE COMMERCIAL
     POTENTIAL OF UTILIZING CHAR PRODUCED FROM THE OCCIDENTAL RESEARCH
     PYROLYSIS PROCESS AS A BOILER FUEL. OCCIDENTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
     AND THE STATE OF KENTUCKY PLAN A 250 TON/DAY COAL PYROLYSIS PLANT.
     TVA WILL EVALUATE THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING SPACE FOR THIS PLANT
     AT AN EXISTING TVA POWER PLANT IN KENTUCKY. SUITABILITY OF THE CHAR
     AS A BOILER FUEL WILL BE DETERMINED BY CONDUCTING LABORATORY TESTS  ON
     FUEL AND ASH PROPERTIES. IN ADDITION SMALL-SCALE TEST BURNS WILL BE
     CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS. IF THE TESTS
     INDICATE FEASIBILITY, A FULL-SCALE TEST PROC-RAM FOR A TVA POWER PLANT
     WILL BE RECOMMENDED. AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF CHAR UTILIZATION WILL
     ALSO BE PERFORMED. BY EARLY 1978 SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OF REPRESENT-
     ATIVE CHAR SAMPLES FROM EASTERN BITUMINOUS COALS ARE EXPECTED TO
     BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OCCIDENTAL'S PILOT PYROLYSIS PLANT"TO PERMIT
     DETAILED TESTING OF THE CHAR CHARACTERISTICS (BURNABILITY, ASH
     PRODUCTS, ETC.).
     KEYWORDS: OCCIDENTAL FLASH PYROLYSIS PROCESS; CHARS;TOILER FUEL;
     COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS; PILOT PLANTS; PLANNING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
     UNITS; EVALUATION; COMMERCIALIZATION.
 WADE  H.  FONDER
 CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER

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REPORT-5              CCEA - PROJECT  PROFILE  SYSTEM
                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: oosss

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER1             '                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS; 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. M. HUANG                     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSO                               FUNDING:       5.0  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR EFFICIENCY; WATER SOLUBLE ELEMENTS IN COAL.

     DOE: 130096
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE FOR LOWER EFFICIENCY OF
     ELECTROSTATIC FRECIPITATORS WHEN USING WEATHERED LOW-SULFUR COAL AS
     COMPARED WITH USING THE SAME COAL DIRECTLY FROM THE RAILROAD CAR. THE
     PROJECT SCOPE KILL BE TO DETERMINE THE WATER SOLUBLE ELEMENTS IN THE
     COAL AS RECEIVED AND AFTER WEATHERING AND TO ESTABLISH ANY CORRELA-
     TION OF THESE DATA WITH ELECTROSTATIC FRECIPITATOR OPERATION. THIS
     PROJECT WILL BE PRIMARILY A SURVEY TYPE OF INVESTIGATION. LIMITED
     FIELD STUDIES MAY BE CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN REQUIRED MISSING INFORMATION
     WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY. A REVIEW OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Or COAL
     BEING SUPPLIED TO TVA POWER PLANTS INDICATES THAT THE COAL NORMALLY
     HAS K20 CONCENTRATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 3 PERCENT. IF THIS CONSTITU-
     ENT IS BEING LEACKED BY RAINWATER, IT COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON
     THE ESP OPERATING EFFICIENCY.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; WEATHERING; CORRELATIONS; POTASSIUM OXIDES; QUANTITY
     RATIO; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATCRS; LEACHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;
     EFFICIENCY; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER
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REPORT-5              CCEA - PROJECT  PROFILE  SYSTEM
                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: oosse

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TO
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TO
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. M. COLE
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
             TELEPHONE:
             TELEPHONE:

               FUNDING:
2.0  FY 1978
TYPE:   FUELS
   EPA/TRW GRAVICHEM TESTS WITH TVA COAL.

     DOE: 130101
     THE OBJECTIVES ARE: TO DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
     OF THE TREATED COAL, AND TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF COAL TREATMENTS
     ON BOILER OPERATION, INCLUDING S02 AND PARTICULATE EMISSIONS.  TVA
     WILL PROVIDE 300 TONS OF WEST KENTUCKY NO. 9 COAL FOR TESTING  AT
     EPA/TRW COAL PREP PILOT PLANT LOCATED NEAR LOS ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA.
     THE PRODUCT COAL WILL BE RETURNED TO TVA FOR A TEST BURN. THE  RESULTS
     OF THE GRAVICHEM PROCESS BENCH SCALE TESTS WITH A TVA COAL WERE
     ENCOURAGING. THE EPA/TRW PILOT PUNT WILL RESUME OPERATION JANUARY
     1978 TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE PROCESS.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; TRW PROCESS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLES; TESTING;
     CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; EMISSION; COMBUSTION PROPERTIES;
     TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; US EPA.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER

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REPORT-5
CCEA - PROJECT  PROFILE  SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                                                                  DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00910

PROJECT SPONSOR:.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                 DC
     CONTRACTOR: u.s. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
        ADDRESS-- P. o. BOX 2sc«6
        CITY/ST: DENVER                CO
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. R. HATCH
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
                             FUNDING:
0.0  FY 1973
              TYPE:   FUELS
   CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND GEOLOGIC EVALUATION OF COAL IN WESTERN U.S.

     DOE: 054091
     THIS PROJECT WILL CHARACTERIZE U.S. COAL RESOURCES WEST OF THE
     MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS TO THEIR ELEMENTAL, AND MINERALOGIC COMPOSITION.
     IN COOPERATION WITH STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, ABOUT 3200 TO 3300  COAL
     SAMPLES KILL BE COLLECTED AND ANALYZED CHEMICALLY AND ABOUT 1650
     ANALYZED MINERALOGICALLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. APPROXIMATELY
     600 COAL SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYZED CHEMICALLY FOR 60 TO 70 MAJ03,
     MINOR, AND TRACE ELEMENTS, PROXIMATE ANALYSIS, ULTIMATE ANALYSIS,
     FORMS OF SULFUR, BTU, FREE SWELLING INDEX, AND ASH FUSIBILITY. LOW
     TEMPERATURE ASH MINERALOGY WILL BE DETERMINED FOR APPROXIMATELY 250
     SELECTED SAMPLES. ALL ANALYSES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE US3S
     NCRDS. AN EPA SUMMARY REPORT OF ALL ANALYTICAL DATA OBTAINED DURING
     THE FISCAL YEAR WILL BE PREPARED. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE
     REPORTS ON THE ANALYZED SAMPLES WILL BE PREPARED.
     KEYWORDS: USA; COAL DEPOSITS; GEOLOGY; COAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;
     MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR; CALORIFIC VALUE; ASHES; MELTING.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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REPORT-5
PROFILE
                      CCEA - PROJECT  PROFILE  SYSTEM
                      ADMINISTRATIVE £ ABSTRACT  DATA
                                                                  DATE:01/16/ei
               : 01069
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                                       DC
     CONTRACTOR: TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: COLLEGE STATION       TX
PRINCIPAL INVES:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
CO*JTRACT
             ER: NSO
FUNDING:
0.0  FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE--
                                    TYPE:   FUELS
   ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IMPLICATIONS OF LARGE SCALE LIGNITE UTILIZATION.

     DOE: 091640
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ASSESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
     IMPLICATIONS OF LIGNITE UTLIZATION. THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN ARE IN
     AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND THE ABILITY OF CURRENT HIGHER RANK COAL
     COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES TO HANDLE LIGNITE COMBUSTION WHICH IS EXPECT-
     ED TO PRODUCE ASH AND PARTICULATE MATTER THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM COAL
     ASH AND PARTICULATE. FURTHER, THE STUDY WILL ADDRESS WATER QUALITY
     ISSUES, SOLIDS DISPOSAL, LEGAL CONSTRAINTS, STRIP MINING ISSUES AND
     WASTE HEAT DISPOSAL ASSOCIATED WITH LIGNITE UTILIZATION.
     KEYWORDS: LIGNITE; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AIR POLLUTION;
     WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY.
 HADE H.  POSTER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: oioso

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: GRAND FORKS           NO
        MANAGER:                       '          TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: DEPT. OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: GRAND FORKS           NO
PRINCIPAL INVES:                                 TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:            FY

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   SULFUR EMISSION CONTROL FOR LIGNITE AND SUBBITUMINOUS COAL C0.1BUSTION.

     DOE: 095173
     WORK IS REPORTED ON DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR CONTROL OF
     SOX EMISSIONS FROM THE BURNING OF LOW-SULFUR LIGNITE AND WESTERN SUB-
     BITUMINOUS COALS, AND FURTHER, TO REDUCE COST, IMPROVE RELIABILITY,
     INCREASE REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES, AND IMPROVE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
     WASTES TO ALLEVIATE DISPOSAL PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH MOST WESTERN COALS
     ARE LOW IN SULFUR CONTENT, FEW CAN BE BURNED WITHOUT SOX EMISSION
     CONTROLS UNDER THE PRESENT FEDERAL NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
     (NSPS) AND ANTICIPATED REVISIONS WILL REQUIRE CONTROL FOR ALL COALS.
     WET SCRUBBING WITH LIME OR LIMESTONE SLURRIES IS COSTLY AND SOMEWHAT
     UNRELIABLE. SCRUBBER TESTS USING ALKALINE FLY ASH ARE CARRIED OUT IN
     A 130-SCF/M LABORATORY WET SCRUBBER AT GFERC AND A 5COO-ACF/M PILOT
     SCRUBBER AT THE SQUARE BUTTE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PLAKT AT CENTER,
     NORTH DAKOTA. SOX REMOVALS OF UP TO 95 PERCENT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IN
     THE LABORATORY UNDER FAVORABLE CONDITIONS OF LOW SULFUR "CONTENT AND
     HIGH ALKALINITY. IN ADDITION, LABORATORY TESTS ARE CONDUCTED ON THE
     PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND SOLUTION CHEMISTRY OF FLY ASH AND SCRUBBER
     SLUDGE TO ASSESS POTENTIAL DISPOSAL PROBLEMS. TESTING ON THE
     5000-ACF/M SCRUBBER WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, AND A COMMERCIAL
     SCRUBBER WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE SQUARE BUTTE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE FOR
     A NEW 450-MW CYCLONE BOILER FIRED CN NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE. SOX
     REMOVALS OF UP TO 85 PERCENT WERE ATTAINED USING ONLY FLY ASH AT A
     TYPICAL COAL SULFUR CONTENT OF 0.8 PERCENT; UNDER WORST CONDITIONS OF
     1.3-PERCENT COAL SULFUR CONTENT, SUPPLEMENTARY LINE WAS REQUIRED TO
     REDUCE EMISSIONS TO NSPS LEVELS.
     KEYWORDS:  LIGNITE; SUEBITUMINOUS COAL; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; FLUE GAS;
     SCRUBBING; FLY ASH; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; SULFUR OXIDES; REMOVAL;
     SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; DESULFURIZATION.
  WADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01086

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: GRAND FORKS           ND
        MANAGER;             •                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: DEPT. OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: GRAND FORKS           ND
PRINCIPAL INVES:                                 TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       o.o  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   FLYASH REMOVAL BY ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION.

     DOE: 095197
     RESEARCH IS REPORTED THAT IS DEVOTED TO DEVELOPING A RELIABLE BASIS
     FOR DESIGNING AND SIZING ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS (ESPS) FOR HIGH-
     RESISTIVITY WESTERN COALS, BASED ON DATA THAT CAN EE OBTAINED FROM
     LABORATORY PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON RELATIVELY SMALL SAMPLES OF COAL
     DERIVED FROM CORE DRILLING. NEW METHODS OF FLY ASH CONDITIONING WILL
     ALSO BE INVESTIGATED. NO SATISFACTORY BASIS NOW EXISTS FOR SIZING
     ESFS FOR HIGH-RESISTIVITY FLY ASH, OTHER THAN THE PRACTICE OF A WIDE
     MARGIN OF OVERDESIGN, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN UNNECESSARY COST AND
     INADEQUATE CONTROL. ANOTHER OBJECTIVE IS TO DETERMINE,  CHARACTERIZE,
     AND DEVELOP CONTROL MEASURES FOR FINE PARTICULATE GENERATED DURING
     THE COMBUSTION OF LIGNITE AND WESTERN SUEEITUMIN'OUS COALS.
     CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PILOT-SCALE ESP WAS COMPLETED AND SHAKEDOWN
     TESTS WERE PERFORMED CN IT AND THE FURNACE. A PROBLEM WITH CARBGN
     BURNOUT IN THE CONTROLLED-TURBULENCE COMEUSTCRS WAS SOLVED BY
     ADJUSTING THE PROPORTIONS OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY AIR.
     PLANS FOR TESTING OF NAKCOLITE AND TRONA (NATURALLY OCCURRING FORMS
     OF SODIUM BICARBONATE) FOR ESP CONDITIONING AND FLUE''GAS DESULFURIZA-
     TION HAVE PROGRESSED IN COOPERATION WITH UTAH POWER AND LIGHT (UP AND
     L), INCLUDING BASELINE TESTING AT THE NAUGHTON POWER PLANT ON A HIGH-
     RESISTIVITY FLY ASH FROM KEMMERER, WYOMING, SUBSITUMINOUS COAL.
     LABORATORY STUDIES WERE PERFORMED ON THE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF FLY
     ASH TO COMPLEMENT EXTENSIVE WORK ON RESISTIVITY.
     KEYWORDS: COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; FLY ASH; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS;
     DESIGN; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; SULFATES; LIGNITE; SUBBITUMINOUS
     COAL.
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE 4 ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 000*6

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      '  ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: DAVID G. LACHAPELLE             TELEPHONE: 919-541-2236

     CONTRACTOR: KVB ENGINEERING, INC.
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: TUSTIN                CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: D. R. BARTZ; K. L. MALONEY      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-02-1863                        FUNDING:      o.o  FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   SYSTEMS EVALUATION OF THE USE OF LOW SULFUR WESTERN COAL IN EXISTING
   SMALL AND INTERMEDIATE SIZE BOILERS

     DOE: 071355
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  DEMONSTRATE THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND USE OF
     WESTERN COAL IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS PRESENTLY UTILIZING BITUMINOUS
     COALS.  EVALUATE THE EMISSIONS AND UNIT PERFORMANCE ASPECTS OF
     CONVERTING COMBUSTION SYSTEMS TO WESTERN COAL.  PROVIDE APPLICATION
     GUIDELINES AND EVALUATE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF UTILIZING WESTERN
     COALS TO THEIR MAXIMUM EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH VIABILITY AND
     ECONOMICS.  DEVELOP A CORRELATION OF SULFUR RETENTION BY ASH-FOR THE
     COALS TESTED.
     APPROACH:  TEN BOILERS SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF DESIGN TYPE AND SIZE
     WILL BE SYSTEMATICALLY TESTED WITH EACH OF TWO COAL TYPES
     CORRESPONDING TO THE DESIGN (EASTERN) COAL AND A WESTERN COAL.
     EMISSIONS  (NOX> SOX, CO, HC AND FARTICULATES) WILL BE MEASURED.  UNIT
     EFFICIENCY AND THE DEGREE OF CONVERTIBILITY WILL BE ASSESSED.
     RESULTS:  WORK INITIATED ON FEBRUARY 14, 1975.  TESTING OF 10  BOILERS
     COMPLETED 8/77.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:            '                     '
         1.  2/75, WORK INITIATED
         2.  4/77, INITIATE STUDY TO CORRELATE SULFUR RETENTION BY ASH
         3.  8/77, COMPLETE TESTING OF 10 BOILERS
         ft.  12/77, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS:  SULFUR; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; COAL; COMBUSTION
     PRODUCTS; COMBUSTORS; COMBUSTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; FLUE GAS;
     ECONOMICS; FLY ASH; BOILER FUEL; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR OXIDES;
     CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBONS; AEROSOLS; PARTICLES; MONITORING; AIR
     POLLUTION  ABATEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 0099*

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 999
        CITY/ST: RICHLAND              WA
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. D. SMITH                     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EY-76-C-06-1830                   FUNDING:       5.0  FY 1978

PROJECT TITLE:      .                TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   REACTION KINETICS OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS.

     DOE: 086093
     THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A MODEL WHEREBY THE CHEMICAL
     AND PHYSICAL FORMS OF FLUE GAS EMISSIONS CAN BE PREDICTED FROM THE
     GIVEN INPUT OF COAL COMPOSITION, COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE, FLUE GAS
     TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE PROFILES, PRECIPITATION DEVICES AND STACK
     CONDITIONS. THE SCOPE Or THE MODEL IS LIMITED TO THE PHYSICAL AND
     CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS WHICH OCCUR FROM THE INSTANCE OF COMBUSTION
     IN THE FIREBOX TO A POINT IN THE PLUME kV.ERE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
     TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE AEROSOLS ARE N'O LONGER DOMINATED BY PLUME
     CONDITIONS. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS KILL BE MADE OF FLY-
     ASH, CHAR AND VOLATILE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS IN THE LABORATORY AND'AT
     PLANT SITES FOR EMPIRICAL PARAMETER DEFINITION WITHIN A DEVELOPING
     PHYSICAL MODEL. THESE DATA WILL BE COMPARED WITH MODEL CALCULATIONS.
     THE INITIAL THEORETICAL MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR A SPECIFIC 600 MV1
     COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT.                             "   —
     KEYWORDS: COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; FLUE GAS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;
     FLY ASH; CHARS; COMBUSTION KINETICS; AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA            DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 010*8

PROJECT SPONSOR: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INST.  ,
      '  ADDRESS-'
        CITY/ST: PALO ALTO             CA
        MANAGER:             '                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR; BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: UPTON                 NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: DIETZJ GARBER; NEWMAN           TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: RPIOOO-I                          FUNDING:       9.0   FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   SULFATE FORMATION IN OIL FIRED POWER PLANT PLUMES.

     DOE: 091281
     THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WAS UNDERTAKEN TO PROVIDE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
     THE FORMATION OF SULFATE IN THE EMISSIONS FROM OIL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
     AND THE CONDITIONS CONTROLLING THIS FORMATION. THIS PROGRAM IS BEINS
     CARRIED OUT ON TWO PARTS. ONE PART IS A DETAILED STUDY OF THE EMIS-
     SIONS FRCM AN OIL-FIRED POWER PLANT AND HOW PLANT OPERATING CONDI-
     TIONS AFFECT THE COMPOSITION OF THESE EMISSIONS.  THE EMISSIONS STUDY
     REQUIRES SAMPLING THE POWER PLANT EXHAUST GASES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS
     IN THE PLANT UNDER A VARIETY OF PLANT OPERATING CONDITIONS. THE
     RESULTANT SAMPLES ARE ANALYZED FOR SULFATE, SULFURIC ACID, SULFUR
     DIOXIDE, PARTICULATE LOADING, OXYGEN, CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON, AND
     THE PRINCIPAL METALS IN THE PARTICUUTES. THE RESULTS FROM THIS PART
     OF THE PROGRAM ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW THE CONDITIONS WHICH AFFECT THE
     IN-SITU FORMATION OF SULFATE AND SULFURIC ACID. THE SECOND FART OF
     THE PROGRAM IS A STUDY OF THE MECHANISMS GOVERNING THE CHANGE OF
     SULFUR SPECIES IN THE PLUME OF THE SAME POWER PUNT AS THE PLUME
     TRAVELS COWttllND FOR UP TO 50 TO 100 KM. AN AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH A
     SPECIAL FILTER-PACK ASSEMBLY AND CERTAIN REAL-TIME MONITORS (S02,
     TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, ETC.) TRAVERSES THE PLUME IN THE CROSSWIND
     DIRECTION AT SEVERAL DISTANCES FROM THE STACK—TYPICALLY 1/2 TO 10
     MILES. SAMPLES ARE ANALYZED PRIMARILY FOR 302 ATO TOTAL SULFATE IN
     ORDER TO DOCUMENT THE MECHANISMS OF CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION AND/OR
     FARTICULATE FALLOUT. THE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED UNDER VARIOUS METEORO-
     LOGICAL CCfJDITIONS WHICH MAY HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE PLUME CHEMISTRY
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; EXHAUST GASES; SULFATES; CHEMICAL
     REACTION YIELD; AIR POLLUTION; PLUMES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL
     REACTION KINETICS; GASEOUS WASTES; SULFURIC ACID; PARTICLES; OXYGEN;
     CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.


 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE:01/16/si
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01057

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                 DC
                           TELEPHONE;
     CONTRACTOR: PITTSBURGH ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: PITTSBURGH            PA
PRINCIPAL INVES: A. G. SHARKE
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSO

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:       5.0   FY  1978

EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   SMALL SCALE COMBUSTION TESTING OF SYNTHETIC FUELS.

     DOE: 091422
     THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROSRAM IS TO EVALUATE ENVIRONMENTAL
     FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMBUSTION OF SYNTHETIC FUELS DERIVED
     FROM COAL. THE APPROACH CONSISTS OF SMALL SCALE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
     OF SYNTHETIC COAL DERIVED FUELS. THE COMBUSTION UNIT WILL PROCESS
     SYNTHETIC FUELS AT A RATE OF 5 TO 30 GAL/K. A COAL DERIVED BOILER
     FUEL WILL BE COMBUSTED. EFFLUENTS FROM THE COMBUSTION OF THE SYNTHE-
     TIC FUELS WILL BE CHARACTERIZED AND MONITORED. THE EMISSIONS FROM
     SYNTHETIC FUEL COMBUSTION WILL BE COMPARED TO THE EMISSIONS PRODUCED
     FROM THE NORMAL COMBUSTION OF NO. 6 BOILER FUEL.
     KEYWORDS: COAL FINES; COAL LIQUIDS; SOLVENT-REFINED COAL; FUEL OILS;
     SLURRIES; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; EMISSION;
     MONITORINS; GASEOUS WASTES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                              DATE:oi/16/si
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01126
PROJECT SPONSOR: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:
     CONTRACTOR: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INST.
        ADDRESS: DEPT. OF CHEMISTRY &
        CITY/ST: TROY                  NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. R. ALTWICKER
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSF-ENG-7710029
PROJECT TITLE:
             TELEPHONE:
             TELEPHONE:
               FUNDING:
                    7.0  FY 1978
TYPE:
EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   NITRIC OXIDE FROM FLAMES: THE ROLE OF MANGANESE AND SULFUR COMPOUNDS.

     DOE: 110078
     THE RESEARCH DEALS WITH THE EFFECTS OF MN AND S COMPOUNDS ON NO
     EMISSIONS FROM FLAMES. THE STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBLE
     MODES OF MN ADDITIVE BEHAVIOR IN SEVERAL FLAMES AND HOW THESE CAN BE
     COUPLED TO S02 OR OTHER S COMPOUNDS. THE QUESTION OF A METALLIGAND
     EFFECT WILL BE STUDIED. COMPARISON OF RESULTS WILL BE MADE TO WELL-
     DESCRIBED FLAMES AND MODES OF NO FORMATION IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE
     CORRELATION OF THE RESULTS WITH THEORY. IT IS PROPOSED TO USE BOTH
     GASEOUS AND LIQUID FUELS IN THESE STUDIES. IN ADDITION TO NO. 2
     HEATING OIL, IT IS PLANNED TO USE N- AND S-FREE LIQUID FUELS SUCH AS
     OCTANES AND GASEOUS FUELS SUCH AS METHANE AND ETHYLENE.
     KEYWORDS: FUEL OILS; FUEL GAS; cortsusTioN; LIQUID FUELS; MANGANESE
     COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; NITRIC OXIDE; FLAMES; EMISSION; NITROGEN
     OXIDES.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00016

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       KC
        MANAGER: G. B. MARTIN'                    TELEPHONE:  919 541 2235

     CONTRACTOR: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP.
        ADDRESS: 6633 CANOGA AVENUE
        CITY/ST: CANOGA PARK           CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: T.A. WESTLERODE, L.P. COMBS     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-02-2174                        FUNDING:       o.o  FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   DESIGN OPTIMAZATION AND FIELD VERIFICATION OF AN INTEGRATED RESIDENTIAL
   FURNACE

     DOE: 071356
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A 24-MONTH PROGRAM HAS BEEN INITIATED FOR DESIGN
     OPTIMAZATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND FIELD VERIFICATION TESTING OF A
     PROTOTYPE OF THE LOW-EMISSION, HIGH PERFORMANCE RESIDENTIAL WARM-AIR-
     OIL FURNACE WHICH WAS DEVELOPED UNDER EPA CONTRACT 68-02-1819.
     APPROACH: THE PROGRAM WILL BE CONDUCTED IN TWO PHASES.  THE FIRST
     PHASE WILL CONSIST OF ANALYSIS AND LABORATORY TESTING TO FURTHER
     OPTIMIZE THE FURNACE DESIGN AND DOCUMENT ITS POLLUTANT EMISSIONS AND
     THERMAL EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE. THE OPTIMUM FURNACE'S CAPABILITIES
     TO OPERATE WITH ALTERNATE FUELS WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED. IN
     PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT PHASE, THE LOGISTICS OF FIELD TESTING
     RESIDENTIAL FURNACES WILL BE DELINEATED. THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE
     CONCERNED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A NUMBER OF INTEGRATED FURNACE UNITS
     TO BE FIELD TESTED, THEIR INSTALLATION IN SELECTED RESIDENCES AND
     OPERATION DURING AN ENTIRE ANNUAL HEATING SEASON.
     RESULTS: THE EMISSION AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH TEST
     UNIT WILL BE DETERMINED INITIALLY ANT) REKEASURED MONTHLY. OPERATING
     CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE ADJUSTED UNLESS REQUIRED TO CORRECT AN UNSAFE
     OR EXCESSIVE EMISSION CONDITION. COMPLETE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FURNACE
     DESIGN AND CAPABILITIES WILL BE DOCUMENTED IN A CONCISE FORM USABLE
     BY FURNACE MANUFACTURERS AS A DESIGN GUIDEBOOK. THE PROTOTYPE UMITS
     ARE BEING INSTALLED IN SIX FIELD LOCATIONS FOR TESTING OVER A HEATING
     SEASON
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
        1.  9/76, INITIATE CONTRACT
        2.  6/77, COMPLETE LABORATORY OPTIMIZATION
        3.  9/78, COMPLETE FIELD EVALUATION DOCUMENTATION
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00016           - CONTINUED

     KEYWORDS:  HOUSES; OIL FURNACES; DESIGN;  PERFORMANCE TESTING;
     OPTIMIZATION; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE J ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00032

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPT OF DEFENSE
        ADDRESS: DEPT. OF DEFENSE
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON D. c.
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: DEPT. OF THE NAVY
        ADDRESS: POINT MUGU
        CITY/ST: PORT HUENEME          CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: T. T. FU, E. E. COOPER          TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: INTERNAL                          FUNDING:            FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:   FUELS

   EXISTING STEAM GENERATOR MODIFICATIONS

     DOE: 020016
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  DEVELOP OPERATING PROCEDURES AND  MODIFICATIONS
     TO PERMIT EXISTING SHORE BASED STEAM GENERATORS TO BURN SYNTHETIC
     AND WASTE FUELS AND IMPROVE THERMAL EFFICIENCY.
     APPROACH:  OPEN AIR AND OPERATIONAL SIZE BOILER TEST FACILITIES WILL
     BE USED TO SYSTEMATICALLY TEST ASH EVALUATE SYNTHETIC (SHALE AND COAL
     DERIVED) AND WASTE (USED LUBRICATING, RECLAIMED, AND CONTAMINATED
     FUEL OILS) FUELS.  TO BE DETERMINED ARE FUEL AND MIXTURE PROPERTIES,
     FUEL HANDLING AND SAFETY TECHNIQUES, NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS-TO
     BOILER AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEMS, MULTIFUEL CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS,
     LONG TERM EFFECTS, EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS, OPERATING  PROCEDURE FOR
     MAXIMUM BOILER EFFICIENCY AT MINIMAL POLLUTIONS.  TO BE EVALUATED ARE
     BOILER EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT DEVICES, FUEL OIL ADDITIVES, ATOMIZING
     DEVICES, BOILER CONTROL SCHEMES, AND NEW-BURNER DEVICES.  TECHNICAL
     REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
     KEYWORDS:  STEAM GENERATORS; RETROFITTING; SYNTHETIC FUELS; WASTE
     OILS; SHALE OIL; COAL LIQUIDS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; INTERCHANGE-
     ABILITY; OPTIMIZATION                               '
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE: 01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00055

PROJECT SPONSOR: 'EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: j. H. WASSER

     CONTRACTOR; EPA, COMBUSTION RESEARCH BR
        ADDRESS:
 -. j    CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. H. WASSER
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE

PROJECT TITLE:
                                    TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE:




                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:

                       CONTROLS
                                                                 o.o  FY 1977
   EMISSIONS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH PRESSURE COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

     DOE'- 071360
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE, IN AN EXPERI-
     MENTAL SYSTEM, THE EMISSIONS FROM COMBUSTION OF LIQUID AND GASEOUS
     FUELS AT PRESSURES BETWEEN 1 AND 8.5 ATMOSPHERES.
     APPROACH: COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS FOS POLLUTANTS IN ADDITION TO THE
     CRITERIA POLLUTANTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT OVER A RANGE OF OPERATING
     CONDITIONS.
     RESULTS: CAPABILITY FOR INVESTIGATING SEVERAL COMBUSTION SYSTEM
     CATEGORIES WILL BE DEVELOPED. OTHER AREAS OF WORK WILL INVOLVE
     TESTING AND MODIFICATION EVALUATION FOR CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ON ACTUAL
     6AS TURBINE AND DIESEL ENGINES. WATER/FUEL OIL EMULSIONS AND
     CATALYTIC EXHAUST DEVICES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER STUDY.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/75, COMPLETED NOX CONTROL EVALUATION OF WATER INJECTION
             ON GT ENGINE
         2.  8/77, COMPLETED NOX CONTROL EVALUATION OF WATER INJECTION ON
             DIESEL ENGINE
         3.  6/78, COMPLETED ASSESSMENT OF CATALYTIC REACtOR ON DIESEL
             ENGINE
         4.  6/79, COMPLETE PARTICULATE ASSESSMENT ON GT ENGINE AND
             DIESEL ENGINE
         5.  7/80, COMPLETE HIGH PRESSURE COMBUSTION STUDY ON FLUID
             BED MODEL
         6.  9/81, COMPLETE HIGH PRESSURE COMEU3TOR STUDY
     KEYWORDS: GAS TURBINES; DIESEL ENGINES; FLUIDIZED-BED COMEUSTORS;
     COMBUSTORS; AIR POLLUTION CCffTROL; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; PRESSURE
     DEPENDENCE; FUEL OILS; HATER; EMULSIONS; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;
     NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES; HYDROCARBONS; EXHAUST GASES
 WADE  H.  PONDER
 CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00077

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIAKGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: e. B. MARTIN                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RES
        ADDRESS: eooi IRVINE BLVD
        CITY/ST: SANTA ANA             CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. P. HEAP; CICHANOWICZ; L03EL  TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUK3ER: 68-02-2624                        FUNDING:       0.0  FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   EFFECTS OF FUEL PROPERTIES AND ATOMIZATION PARAMETERS ON NOX CONTROL FOR
   HEAVY LIQUID FUEL-FIRED PACKAGE BOILERS

     DOE: 071357
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: COMBUSTION AIR STAGING HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO
     BE A VIABLE TECHNIQUE FOR THE CONTROL OF NOX EMISSIONS FROM RESIDUAL
     OIL-FIRED PACKAGE BOILERS. HOWEVER, THE REDUCTION IN OXIDES OF
     NITROGEN CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN CARBONACEOUS
     PARTICULATE MATTER WHICH EVENTUALLY LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF STAGING AND
     THUS THE CONTROL OF NOX. THE FORMATION OF BOTH POLLUTANTS IS STRONGLY
     LINKED TO THE FUEL/AIR MIXING PROCESS AND THE PROPERTIES OF THE FUEL.
     THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEFINE THE EFFECT OF FUEL
     ATOMIZATION TECHNIQUES AND OF FUEL PROPERTIES ON POLLUTANT EMISSIONS.
     APPROACH: COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FUEL ATOMIZERS WILL BE SURVEYED AND
     THEIR CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES DEFINED. THE INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS CRUDE
     OIL PROPERTIES AND THE PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESS ON THE CHARAC-
     TERISTICS OF RESIDUAL FUEL OILS WILL BE EXPLORED.
     RESULTS: THE BULK OF THE PROGRAM INVOLVES A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS
     WITH A PACKAGE BOILER SIMULATOR TO DEFINE THE INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS
     ATOMIZERS AND FUEL CHARACTERISTICS OF POLLUTANT FORMATION. TWO
     ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS ARE PLANNED TO AID IN.THE INTERPRETATION OF
     THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS GENERATED BY THE PACKAGE BOILER SIMULATOR.
     THESE ISJVOLVE TWO SPECIALLY BUILT EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS TO DEFINE THE
     CONVERSION OF FUEL-BOUND NITROGEN TO OXIDES OF NITROGEN ANO TO
     CHARACTERIZE THE DETAILS OF THE FUEL SPRAY UNDER REALISTIC
     CONDITIONS.
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00371

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER                     TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. D. CONNER                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE         .                 FUNDING:      6.0  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND  ANALYSIS

   PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR OPACITY MEASUREMENTS IH OIL-FIRED  POWER PLANTS
   AND PORTLAND CEMENT PLANTS

     DOE: 071755
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK is TO DETERMINE
     CRITERIA FOR OPACITY MEASUREMENTS AT OIL-FIRED POWER  PLANTS AND
     PORTLAND CEMENT PLANTS.
     APPROACH: PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR IN-STACK TRANS-
     MISSOMETERS FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE OPACITY OF EMISSIONS FROM OIL-
     FIRED POWER PLANTS AND PORTLAND CEMENT PUNTS ARE EVALUATED. THE
     STUDY INVOLVES EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL EVALUATION  OF THE  EFFECTS
     OF THE EMISSIONS AND INSTRUMENT DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS ON  TRANSMIS-
     SCMETER PERFORMANCE.
     RESULTS: THE STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND A DRAFT REPORT  HAS BEEN
     PREPARED AND IS BEING REVIEWED.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  11/76, REPORT
     KEYWORDS: AIR POLLUTION; MONITORING; STACKS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; AIR
     POLLUTION ABATEMENT; FUEL OILS; COMBUSTION; THERMAL FOVJER PUNTS;
     PORTUND CEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PUNTS; GASEOUS WASTES; OPACITY; AIR
     POLLUTION MONITORS; PERFORMANCE TESTING
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                              DATE:01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: OOS66

PROJECT SPONSOR:.TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST:.CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. M. COLE                      TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUM3ER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
               FUNDING:
5.0  FY 1978
TYPE:   FUELS
   COAL-OIL SLURRY FOR BOILER IGNITION.

     DOE: 130126
     THE COAL CLEANING SUBPROGRAM HAS A COAL-OIL SLURRY FIRING PROJECT
     WHICH HAS AMONG OTHERS AN OBJECTIVE TO EVALUATE AND ASSESS THE FEASI-
     BILITY OF USING MIXTURES OF FUEL OIL AND FINELY GRO'JJsT) COAL FOR
     INITIAL LIGHT-OFF OF COAL-FIRED STEAM-ELECTRIC BOILERS. THE OBJECTIVE
     OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REVIEW THE PRESENT TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORM
     PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES TO USE
     COAL-OIL SLURRIES FOR LIGHT-OFF PURPOSES IN TVA STEAM PLANTS AS A
     FUEL CONSERVATION MEASURE. A TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND LITERATURE
     SURVEY WILL BE PERFORMED WITH MAJOR EMPHASIS ON THE PAST AND PRESENT
     PROGRAMS TO USE COAL-OIL SLURRIES FOR BOILER IGNITION. A CONCEPTUAL
     DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE ON THE BEST SYSTEM!S) KILL THEN BE MADE FCR
     A PILOT PLANT AND A FULL SCALE PUNT. AFTER THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND
     COST-ESTIMATES ARE COMPLETED, ONE PROCESS WILL EE SELECTED AND A
     PILOT PLANT WILL BE BUILT AND OPERATED TO PROVE THE PROCESS IS
     APPLICABLE TO POWER SYSTEMS. POTENTIAL FUEL OIL SAVING, OPERATING
     DATA, AND RECOtt'.ENOATIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL REPORT. SOME
     WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY GM FOR EFRI AND ERDA IS BELIEVED TO BE
     CONSIDERING PROGRAMS IN THIS AREA. FOSTER-WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION
     HAS A SUBSTANTIAL BACKGROUND IN THIS AREA.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; FUEL OILS; FUEL SLURRIES; IGNITION; FOSSIL-FUEL POKER
     PLANTS; STEAM GENERATORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DESIGN; COST; PILOT
     PLANTS; BOILERS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; BOILER FUEL.
  WADE H.  POTOER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE:oi/16/si
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00463

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: ROBERT w. WOOD
                 DC
                           TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: AMES LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: ERDA
        CITY/ST: AMES                  IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: V. A. FASSEL; G. F. SMALL
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-T^OS-ENG-BS
PROJECT TITLE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING;
                    0.0  FY FY77
              TYPE:
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
   (A) LASER PUMPED LUMINESCENCE AND MICROWAVE RESONANCE; (B) ABS. MASS
   CALIBRATION OF AIR PARTICULATE FILTERS

     DOE: 098137
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION-- THE BROAD OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY ARE TO
     DEVELOP THE BASIC SCIENCE, THE INVESTIGATIVE METHODS AND THE HARDWARE
     SO THAT THE DEMANDING ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
     CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN EFFLUENTS
     FROM ENERGY GENERATING SOURCES CAN BE MET IN A VIABLE PRACTICAL
     MANNER. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-
     POLLUTANT ANALYTICAL CONCEPTS AND ON THE DETERMINATION OF ULTRATRACE
     POLLUTANTS. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS BEING PLACED ON THOSE INORGANIC AND
     ORGANIC POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE OR MAY BE EMITTED FROM FOSSIL-FUELED
     ENERGY SOURCES AND FROM COAL LIQUEFACTION AS'D GASIFICATION PUNTS.
     MANY OF THESE POLLUTANTS ARE CERTAINLY HEALTH HAZARDS, AND SOME
     ALREADY IDENTIFIED ARE PROVEN CARCIN03ENS.
     APPROACH: TWO APPROACHES ARE UTILIZED. THE FIRST INVOLVES LASER
     PUMPED LUMINESCENCE AND MICROWAVE RESONANCE (LPLMR) SPECTROSCOPY.
     THE SECOND APPROACH IS FOCUSED ON THE COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERIZATION
     OF AIR PARTICULATES AND IS BASED ON DRAWING THE POLLUTED AIR THROUGH
     POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANE FILTERS OF EXCEPTIONAL HIGH PURITY HAVING PORE
     DIAMETERS OF 0.8 MU M. THESE FILTERS ARE THEN DISSOLVED AND THE
     RESULTING SOLUTIONS ARE ANALYZED BY THE ULTRASENSITIVE INDUCTIVELY-
     COUPLED PLASMA, ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED IN
     THE AMES LABORATORY.
     RESULTS: (A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LPLMR TECHNIQUE SHOULD ALLOW THE
     CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF CARCINOGENIC POLYMJCLEAR
     AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AT THE PFB LEVEL BY THREE INDEPENDENT SPECTRO-
     SCOPIC "FINGERPRINTS." (B) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE
     FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF THE TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT, OF
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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     AIR PARTICULATES, AT POWERS OF DETECTION FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER
     ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  78, THE LABORATORY DEMONSTRATIONS THAT REPRODUCIBLE AND
             ACCURATE MASS CALIBRATIONS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY A LABORATORY
             PARTICULATE DEPOSITION FACILITY WILL BE COMPLETED;  THE AIR
             SAMPLING CONCEPT WILL BE TESTED IN THE FIELD
         Z.  79, AUTHENTIC AIR ANO WATER SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYZED FOR THE
             COMMON CARCINOGENS BY THE LPLMR TECHNIQUE AND THE PERFORMANCE
             WILL BE EVALUATED CRITICALLY; RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE•
             DESIRABILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL FACILITY
             WILL BE MADE
     KEYWORDS: INSTRUMENTATION; AEROSOLS; AIR FILTERS; COAL INDUSTRY; OIL
     SHALE INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARDS; AIR POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; LAND
     POLLUTION; COAL LIQUEFACTION; COAL GASIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL
     EFFECTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARDS;
     POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA            DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER:

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: ROBERT w. WOOD                  TELEPHONE:  F233-53S5

     CONTRACTOR: AMES LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: ERDA
        CITY/ST: AMES                  IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: V. A. FASSEL                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-82                     FUNDING:       0.0  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   CHARACTERIZATION OF GASEOUS MOLECULAR POLLUTANTS EMITTED  BY ENERGY
   GENERATION SOURCES

     DOE: 087548
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE BROAD OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY ARE TO
     DEVELOP THE BASIC SCIENCE, THE INVESTIGATIVE METHODS AMD THE HARDWARE
     SO THAT THE DEMANDING ANALYTICAL RETIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
     CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN EFFLUENTS
     FROM ENERGY GENERATING SOURCES CAN BE MET IN A VIABLE PRACTICAL
     MANNER. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-
     POLLUTANT ANALYTICAL CONCEPTS AND CN THE DETERMINATION  OF ULTRATRACE
     POLLUTANTS. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS BEING PLACED ON THOSE  INORGANIC  AND
     ORGANIC POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE OR MAY BE EMITTED FROM FOSSIL-FUELED
     ENERGY SOURCES AND FROM COAL LIQUEFACTION AND GASIFICATION PLANTS.
     MANY OF THESE POLLUTANTS ARE CERTAINLY HEALTH HAZARDS,  AND SOME
     ALREADY IDENTIFIED ARE PROVEN CARCINOGENS.
     APPROACH: TWO APPROACHES ARE UTILIZED. THE FIRST INVOLVES A CRITICAL
     EVALUATION OF THE CAPABILITY OF MACRORETICULAR RESINS IN SOBBING
     QUANTITATIVELY INTERMEDIATE MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS
     WELL AS POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM AIR AT LEVELS FROM
     APPROXIMATELY PP3 UP TO 100 PPM. THE SECOND APPROACH IS FOCUSED ON
     THE SELECTIVE ENERGY TRANSFER OF ENERGY, FROM X-RAY BEAMS TO POLLUT-
     ANT MOLECULES OF INTEREST FOLLOWED BY OPTICAL EMISSION OF CHARACTER-
     ISTIC RADIATION. THE GOAL OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVISE MULTIPOLLUTANT
     ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS.
     RESULTS: ui DEVELOPMENT OF RELIABLE TECHNIQUES FOR ISOLATING ULTRA-
     TRACE AMOUNTS OF INTERMEDIATE MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AS
     WELL AS POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) FROM AIR SAMPLES
     FOLLOWED BY THEIR QUANTITATION BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPKY, MASS SPECTROS-
     COPY AND OTHER TECHNIQUES. (B) DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                              DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00422

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. L. BENNETT; K. T. KNAPP
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
             TELEPHONE:




             TELEPHONE:

               FUNDING:
       6.0  FY FY77
TYPE:
SAMPLING
ANALYSIS
   REPORT ON CHARACTERIZATION OF TOXIC TRACE METALS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES

     DOE: 071927
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK is TO PREPARE A
     SUMMARY REPORT ON THE SIGNIFICANT TOXIC METAL DATA OBTAINED DURING
     SPECIFIED REPORTING PERIODS FROM VARIOUS SOURCE INDUSTRIES.
     APPROACH: THE DATA OBTAINED FROM THE IN-HOUSE WORK ON THE TOXIC
     TRACE METAL CONTENT OF VARIOUS SOURCE INDUSTRIES WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED
     BY CONTRACT AND LITERATURE DATA AND SUMMARY REPORT. CURRENTLY, THE
     DATA ARE BEING COLLECTED ON OIL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, COAL-FIRED POWER
     PLANTS, BASIC OXYGEN FURNACES, AND MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/78, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; TOXICITY; TRACE AMOUNTS;
     METALS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FURNACES; INCINERATORS; MUNICIPAL
     WASTES; HEALTH HAZARDS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; MONITORING; AIR
     POLLUTION; FUEL OILS
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER:

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      •  ADDRESS:                               '•
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER                     TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. L. BENNETT; K. T. KNAPP      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       3.0   FY  FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   REPORT ON SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR CONDENSABLE EMISSION FROM
   STATIONARY SOURCES

     DOE: 071909
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK is TO PREPARE A
     REVIEW REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF VAPOROUS
     EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES.
     APPROACH: THE TASK WILL INCLUDE A CAREFUL STUDY OF THE  WORK ON
     COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS METHOD FOR TOXIC ORGANIC AND INORGANIC
     COMPOUNDS THAT HAVE VAPOR PRESSURES SUFFICIENTLY HIGH SO THAT
     FILTRATION DOES NOT YIELD EFFICIENT COLLECTION. INCLUDED IN THIS
     GROUP ARE COMPOUNDS OF ARSENIC, SELENIUM, LEAD, AND MERCURY.
     CURRENTLY, ONLY INFORMATION GATHERING IS IN PROGRESS. INDUSTRIES
     UNDER STUDY ARE OIL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS,
     BASIC OXYGEN FURNACES, AND MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/79, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: SAMPLING; VAPOR CONDENSATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY
     ASSESSMENT; STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL
     EFFLUENTS; INCINERATORS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; ARSENIC; SELENIUM; LEAD;
     MERCURY; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUEL OILS; COAL; PETROLEUM;
     FURNACES; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE 4 ABSTRACT  DATA
                              DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE . NUMBER: oo^is

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST-- RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER.: J. S. NADER                     TELEPHONE--
     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. L. BENNETT; K. T. KNAPP
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
             TELEPHONE:

               FUNDING:      s.o  FY FY??

TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
   FIELD EVALUATION OF SOURCE SAMPLING TECHNOL05Y FOR TRACE ELEMENTS AND
   POM

     DOE: 071908
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO TEST .
     COLLECTION METHODS FOR TRACE ELEMENTS AND ORGANIC MATERIALS FROM
     VARIOUS TYPES OF SOURCES. THE COLLECTED SAMPLE WILL BE USED TO HELP
     CHARACTERIZE THE SOURCES.
     APPROACH: SAMPLES ARE BEING COLLECTED ON VARIOUS TYPES OF FILTER
     MATERIAL UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS. BOTH SOLID SORBENT AND IMPINGERS
     ARE BEING USED FOR CONDENSIBLES AND ORGANICS. CURRENTLY, SAMPLES ARE
     BEING COLLECTED AT OIL-FIRED AND COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND
     MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/79, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: TRACE AMOUNTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; AIR FILTERS;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POKER PLANTS; INCINERATORS; FLUE GAS; GASEOUS WASTES;
     MUNICIPAL WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AIR POLLUTION; COAL;
     PETROLEUM; FUEL OILS; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; EVALUATION; AEROSOL
     MONITORING; SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS            '
 UADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: oo^oo

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER '                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOg: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: K. T. KNAPP                     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:      2.0  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICULATE EMISSIONS SAMPLING TECHNOLOGY

     DOE: 071819
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO DEVELOP
     SAMPLING INTERFACES AND STUDY THESE MX) OTHER INTERFACES KITH VARIOUS
     PARTICULATE EMISSIONS SAMPLING DEVICES AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS.
     APPROACH: THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE SAMPLING SYSTEMS WILL BE
     CAREFULLY EVALUATED. THIS INCLUDES NOZZLES, PROBES, BOTH STANDARD AND
     BOUNDARY LAYER DILUTION, FILTER TYPES, AND SIZES AND GAS FLOW
     MEASURING SYSTEMS.
     RESULTS: CURRENTLY, A BOUNDARY LAYER DILUTION PROBE is BEING'TESTED
     BOTH AT THE STATIONARY SOURCE SIMULATOR AND IN THE FIELD AT OIL-
     FIRED AND COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. SPECIAL SAMPLING BOXES FOR
     TEMPERATURE CONTROL HAVE BEEN BUILT AND ARE NOW BEING USED WITH
     VARIOUS SAMPLING DEVICES.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  7/77, REPORT ON THE USE OF QUANTITATIVE TRANSPORT PROBE AS AN
             INTERFACE FOR PARTICULATE MASS MONITORS.
     KEYWORDS: PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; SAMPLING; AEROSOL MONITORING;
     TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS;
     AIR POLLUTION
  WADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00390

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER                     TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. D. CONNER                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDINS;       e.o  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   DEVELOPMENT OF IN-STACX AND REMOTE PLUME OPACITY MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY

     DOE: 071808
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK is TO DEVELOP
     TECHNOLOGY FOR PLUME OPACITY MEASUREMENT, BOTH IN-STACK AND REMOTE,
     AND TO EVALUATE THE APPLICATION TO VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SOURCES.
     APPROACH: SIMULTANEOUS PLUME OPACITY MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE AT A
     SELECTED SITE BY IN-STACK TRANSMISSCMETERS, REMOTE METHODS SUCH AS
     LIDAR, VISUAL OBSERVERS, SUN PHOTOMETER, AND TELEPHOTOMETERS.
     PARTICULATE LOADINGS ARE DETERMINED BY EPA REFERENCE METHOD 5 TO
     PROVIDE INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE CORRELATION BETWEEN MASS AND OPACITY
     FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF EMISSIONS.
     RESULTS: STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON A SERIES OF SOURCES INCLUDING
     COAL- AND OIL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, PORTLAND CEMENT PLANTS, KRAFT
     RECOVERY FURNACES AND A PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PLANT. REPORTS ON TESTS
     AND TECHNOLOGY ARE AVAILABLE OR ARE BEING PREPARED. ADDITIONAL
     MEASUREMENT METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION WILL CONTINUE.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  7/77, REPORT ON EFFECT OF HEATHER ON PLUME OPACITY
             MEASUREMENT            '                     '
     KEYWORDS: PLUMES; OPACITY; MEASURING METHODS; TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION;
     REMOTE SENSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MASS TRANSFER; FOSSIL-FUEL
     POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; WEATHER; INDUSTRY;
     FURNACES; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATES; MONITORING; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS;
     STACK DISPOSAL
 WADE  H.  PONDER
 CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00387

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  KC
        MANAGER: j. s. NADER                     TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. D. CONNER                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:      g.o  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   EVALUATION OF MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF
   PARTICLE EMISSIONS

     DOE: 071803
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO STUDY VARIOUS
     PARTICLE SIZING DEVICES FOR MEASUREMENT OF SIZE ANO FOR MEASUREMENT
     OF PARTICLE SIZE COMPOSITION.
     APPROACH: BOTH EXTRACTIVE AND IN-STACK SIZING DEVICES ARE BEING
     TESTED IN THE LABORATORY AT A STATIONARY SOURCE SIMULATOR AND IN THE
     FIELD AT VARIOUS SOURCES. OPTICAL AND INERTIAL TYPE SAMPLING METHODS
     WILL BE STUDIED AND VARIOUS TYPES OF IMPACTION SURFACES ARE BEING
     TESTED FOR THEIR APPLICABILITY TO THE IMPACTORS, TO THE SOURCE
     CONDITIONS (TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, LOADING, VELOCITY, ETC.) AND TO
     THE ANALYTICAL METHOD OF ANALYSES.
     RESULTS: CURRENTLY, TWO IN-STACK IMPACTORS, AN EXTRACTIVE IMPACTOR
     AND A SERIES CYCLONE ARE BEING TESTED AT OIL-FIRED AND COAL-FIRED
     POWER PLANTS, PORTLAND CEMENT PLANTS AND MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS. A
     TUO WAVELENGTH TRANSMISSOMETER IS BEING TESTED AT OIL-FIRED POWER
     PLANTS AND A FOUR WAVELENGTH TRANSMISSCMETER IS TO BE TESTED AT THE
     SOURCE SIMULATOR.AND IN THE FIELD FOR PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/77, REPORT-COMPARISON/IN-SITU EXTRACTIVE INERTIAL SIZE
             CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES
         2.  12/77, REPORT-SIZE CORRECTION/QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
         3.  6/78, REPORT OF THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF EMISSIONS FROM
             INCINERATORS
     KEYWORDS:  PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;
     AEROSOL MONITORING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; AIR
     POLLUTION; MEASURING METHODS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE i ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: oossi

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: WILLIAM F. HERGET               TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. L. MILLER                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                    .      FUNDING:      \7.s  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION OF PARTICULATES EMITTED BY STATIONARY SOURCES

     DOE: 071793
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DETERMINE THE MORPHOLOGY AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSI-
     TION OF PARTICULATE MATTER EMITTED BY STATIONARY SOURCES USING
     ELECTRON OPTICAL TECHNIQUES.
     APPROACH: THE ANALYSES WILL BE CARRIED OUT USING TRANSMISSION AKD
     SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ELECTRON DIFFRAC-
     TION, ELECTRON MICROFROBE MEASUREMENTS, AND ADVANCED IMAGE ANALYSIS
     TECHNIQUES.
     RESULTS: SOURCES UNDER STUDY INCLUDE OIL-FIRED AND COAL-FIRED POWER
     PLANTS, INCINERATORS, AND BASIC OXYGEN FURNACES.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  7/77, REPORT ON INCINERATOR EMISSIONS
     KEYWORDS: PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGICAL
     CHANGES; STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; INCINERATORS; FUEL OILS; COAL;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FURNACES
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE 4 ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01114

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER--             '                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: AMES LABORATORY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: AMES                  IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: SMALL                           TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSO                               FUNDING:       o.o  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   LASER PUMPED LUMINESCENCE AND MICROWAVE RESONANCE (LPLMR) SPECTROSCOPY
   AND ABSOLUTE MASS CALIBRATIONS.

     DOE: 098137
     THE BROAD OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY ARE TO DEVELOP THE BASIC SCIENCE,
     THE INVESTIGATIVE METHODS AND THE HARDWARE SO THAT THE DEMANDING
     ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF
     ORGANIC AND INORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN EFFLUENTS FROM ENERGY GENERATING
     SOURCES CAN BE MET IN A VIABLE PRACTICAL MANNER. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS
     IS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPOLLUTANT ANALYTICAL CONCEPTS
     AND ON THE DETERMINATION OF ULTRATRACE POLLUTANTS. SPECIAL ATTENTION
     IS BEING PLACED ON THOSE INORGANIC AND ORGANIC POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE
     OR MAY BE EMITTED FROM FOSSIL-FUELED ENERGY SOURCES AND FROM COAL
     LIQUEFACTION AND GASIFICATION PLANTS. MANY OF THESE POLLUTANTS ARE
     CERTAINLY HEALTH HAZARDS, AND SOME ALREADY IDENTIFIED ARE PROVEN
     CARCINOGENS. TWO PROJECTS ARE SUPPORTED: (A) LASER PUMPED LUMINES-
     SCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, AND (B) ABSOLUTE MASS CALIBRATION OF AIR PARTIC-
     ULATE FILTERS.
     KEYWORDS: LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; MICROWAVE SPECTRA;
     QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;' AIR POLLUTION; MASS S*PECTRA;
     AEROSOLS; PARTICLES; COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS; COAL LIQUEFACTION
     PLANTS; TRACE AMOUNTS; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; MULTI-ELEMENT
     ANALYSIS; MASS SFECTROSCOPY.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00394

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER                     TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:-                         .
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. CHENEY                       TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:       s.o  FY FYT?

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   EVALUATION OF SULFURIC ACID DEWPOINT MONITOR

     DOE: 071813
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO EVALUATE THE
     UTILITY OF MEASURING THE SULFURIC ACID DEKPOINT TEMPERATURE AS AN
     INDIRECT MEASUREMENT OF THE SULFURIC ACID CONCENTRATION IN COMBUSTION
     SOURCE EMISSIONS.
     APPROACH: A LABORATORY STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE THE ADEQUACY OF
     EXISTING EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACID DEWPOINT AND CONCENTRA-
     TION. A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DEKPOINT MONITOR WILL.BE USED IN
     CONJUNCTION WITH A GAS PHASE H2S04 GENERATOR IN THE LABORATORY. THE
     MONITOR WILL THEN BE USED IN THE FIELD AND RESULTS WILL BE COMPARED
     WITH THE ISOFROPANOL ABSORPTION AND CONTROLLED CONDENSATION METHODS
     FOR S03/HZS04 DETERMINATIONS.
     RESULTS: CURRENTLY, A LABORATORY EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN
     COMPLETED. COMPARATIVE FIELD DATA WHICH INDICATE THE APPLICABILITY Or
     CALIBRATED DEWPOINT PROBES HAVE ALSO BEEN OBTAINED AT RESIDUAL OIL-
     FIRED SOURCES. FUTURE STUDIES WILL BE MADE TO DETERMINE THE
     VIABILITY OF THE METHOD AS APPLIED TO COAL, GAS TURBINE, AND
     ADVANCED FCHER GENERATION COMBUSTION PROCESSES.      ''
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  1Z/76, FIELD EVALUATION AT OIL FIRED BOILERS
     KEYWORDS: SULFURIC ACID; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS; SULFATES; SULFUR
     DIOXIDE; DEWPOINT; HUMIDITY; VAPOR CONDENSATION; AIR POLLUTION;
     AEROSOL MONITORING; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; POWER GENERATION;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; COAL; TECHNOLOGY
     TRANSFER
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           36

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00681

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER •                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. B. HOMOLYA                   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:       4.0   FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   MEASUREMENT OF S03, S03 AND H2S04 FROM FOSSIL FUEL-FIRED  COMBUSTION
   SOURCES

     DOE: 07180*
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO CHARACTERIZE
     SULFUR EMISSIONS FROM COAL- AND OIL-FIRED COMBUSTION SOURCES AK3 TO
     ASSESS THE ADEQUACY OF PRESENT EMISSION FACTORS AND TO  STUDY THE
     CHARACTERISTICS OF S03/H2SO* FORMATION AND EMISSION RELATIVE TO
     OPERATING PARAMETERS.
     APPROACH: SELECTED EMISSION SOURCES WILL BE SAMPLED WHICH REPRESENT A
     CROSS-SECTION OF BOILER SIZE, COMBUSTION OPERATING CONDITIONS,
     EMISSIONS CONTROLS AND FUEL TYPE. SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED AND
     ANALYZED FOR S02, TOTAL WATER SOLUBLE SULFATES, CO, C02, AND OXYGEN.
     IN ADDITION, RESEARCH MEASUREMENTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO EVALUATE
     THE ADEQUACY OF ADVANCED METHODS AND MONITORS FOR THE CHARACTERIZA-
     TION CF EMISSIONS.
     RESULTS: CURRENTLY, DATA HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THREE COAL-FIRED
     SOURCES AND LIGHT OIL-FIRED BOILERS WHICH INDICATE A SIGNIFICANT
     DIFFERENCE IN EMISSIONS OF SO* BETWEEN COAL AND OIL FUELS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:            '                     '
         1.  6/77, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS-- SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR TRIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; MONITORING;
     SULFATES; COAL; PETROLEUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; COMBUSTION
     KINETICS; BOILER FUEL; HYDROCARBONS; WATER
 WADE  H.  PONDER
 CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                                                                  DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01122

PROJECT SPONSOR: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST-- WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: COLLEGE PARK          KD
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. E. GORDON
                                                 TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
                                    TYPE:
    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:            FY 1978

EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   SOURCES, TRANSFORMATIONS, AND CHEMICAL NATURE OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS.

     DOE: 110040
     RESEARCH IS REPORTED ON THE TRACE ELEMENTS AND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
     HYDROCARBONS IN SIZE-GRADED PARTICULATES EMITTED BY POWER PLANTS
     (COAL-AND-OIL-FIRED), MUNICIPAL REFUSE AND SEWAGE-SLUDGE INCINERA-
     TORS, AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC, AIRPORTS, AND THE RURAL BACKGROUND.
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF TOXIC ELEMENTS AND TO  TRACE
     THE ORIGINS OF AMBIENT PARTICULATES. A SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO
     ELUCIDATE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF HOMOGENEOUS GAS REACTIONS IN POLLUTED
     AIR AND TO DETERMINE THE CONDITIONS THAT CONTROL OZONE FORMATION IN
     POWER PLANT ANT) INDUSTRIAL PLUMES. THE SPJDY EXTENDS TO THE COMBUS-
     TION OF REFUSE-DERIVED FUEL AND TO INDUSTRIAL SOURCES REPRESENTED BY
     STEELMAKING, PETROLEUM REFINING, CEMENT MANUFACTURE, AND NONFERROUS
     SMELTING. TRACE ELEMENTS ARE ANALYZED BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION AND
     ATOMIC ABSORPTION. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ARE MEASURED IN
     THE PARTICULATE AND GAS PHASES. STUDIES IN THE METEOROLOGICAL  FORE-
     CASTING OF STAGNATION PERIODS WILL ASSIST IN EVALUATING THE SIGNIFI-
     CANCE OF THE SOURCE EMISSIONS. STUDIES OF RAINFALL PH WILL BE
     CONDUCTED TO CORRELATE THE ACIDITY OF RAIN WITH THE CHEMISTRY  OF
     POWER PUNT EMISSIONS. AIRCRAFT SAMPLING WILL BE CONTIf.TJED TO
     ELUCIDATE THE FACTORS CONTROLLING THE APPEARANCE OF OZONE BULGES IN
     POWER PLANT AND INDUSTRIAL PLUMES BY COORDINATED MEASUREMENTS  Or
     OZONE, HYDROCARBONS, NITROGEN OXIDES, CARBON MONOXIDE, HUMIDITY,
     CONDENSATION NUCLEI, AND TEMPERATURE.
     KEYWORDS: FLUE GAS; TRACE AMOUNTS; ELEMENTS; FOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
     HYDROCARBONS; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; COMBUSTION; OZONE; PLUMES; AIR
     POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; PARTICLES; INCINERATORS; SAMPLING; PETROLEUM
     REFINERIES; SMELTING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; AEROSOL WASTES; CHEMICAL
     PROPERTIES; STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; MOBILE POLLUTANT SOURCES.
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE•01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00023

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      .  ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK          •,
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: K. T. KNAPP .                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES: K. T. KNAPP                     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:      6.0  FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICLE EMISSION
   FROM SELECTED SOURCES CATEGORIES

     DOE: 071785
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK is TO DETERMINE THE
     SIZE DISTRIBUTION, DENSITY, SHAPE AKD OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES
     EMITTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCE INDUSTRIES.
     APPROACH: PARTICLES ARE COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS PRESELECTED SOURCE
     INDUSTRIES BY FILTERS AND SIZE FRACTIONING DEVICES. THE SAMPLES ARE
     ANALYZED IN THE LAB FOR THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE FARTICULATE.
    . RESULTS: CURRENTLY, EMISSIONS FROM OIL-FIRED A.VD COAL-FIRED POWER
     PLANTS AND MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS ARE BEING SAMPLED.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  12/76, BEGIN STUDY ON INCINERATORS
     KEYWORDS: CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; AIR POLLUTION; AEROSOLS; AIR SAMPLERS;
     THERMAL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; GASECUS WASTES;
     INCINERATORS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; SAMPLING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;
     PARTICLE SIZE; DENSITY; CONFIGURATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;
     HYDROCARBONS
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                                                                  DATE;oi/16/ai
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00853

PROJECT SPONSOR:.TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOSA           TN
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS; 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST:.CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. F. R03ARDS; W. L. WELLS
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSO

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
    TELEPHONE:




    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:

CONTROLS
                                           0.0  FY 1978
   EVALUATION OF THE DCWA SOE SCRUBBING SYSTEM.

     DOE: 130094
     AN SOX TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM IS REPORTED WHICH HAS,  AMONG OTHERS,  AN
     OBJECTIVE TO DEVELOP, THROUGH RESEARCH, EMISSION CONTROL METHODS OR
     PROCESSES FOR USE ON FULL-SIZE ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES TO MEET
     STANDARDS AND/OR REGULATIONS. THE DOHA SCRUBBING PROJECT WHICH IS A
     PART OF THE SOX TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE A
     PROMISING NEW S02 REMOVAL PROCESS AT THE 10-MW LEVEL WHICH ALLOWS
     ADEQUATE CONFIDENCE IN EXTRAPOLATING TO A FULL-SCALE SIZE. ANOTHER
     PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE ADVANTAGES OF THE DOWA
     SCRUBBING PROCESS OVER CONVENTIONAL LIME/LIMESTONE PROCESSES IN AREAS
     SUCH AS ECONOMICS, HIGH SOS REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES, GYPSUM PRODUCTION
     RATHER THAN SLUDGE, ETC., WHILE CONDUCTING THE 10-MW TESTING. THE
     10-MW TCA SCRUBBER TRAIN AT THE SHAWNEE PILOT PLANT WILL BE MODIFIED
     TO ACCOMMODATE THE DESIGNED DOWA SCRUBBER AND ACCOMPANYING EQUIPMENT
     AS PART OF AN EFRI/TVA/DOWA PROJECT. TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO
     EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DOWA DOUBLE ALKALI PROCESS WITH FLUE
     GAS OBTAINED FRCM COAL-FIRED BOILERS. THE PROCESS HAS OPERATED WELL
     ON RELATIVELY CLEAN GAS—OIL FIRED BOILER AND ACID PLANT OFFGAS. THE
     RESULTS FROM THE 10-MW TESTING WILL BE USED IN EVALUATING THE PROCESS
     AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LIME/LIMESTCNE SCRUBBING FOR MEETING STANDARDS
     AND/OR REGULATIONS AT FULL-SCALE ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES. THE
     DOWA DOUBLE ALKALI SCRUBBING PROCESS WAS DEVELOPED FOR S02 REMOVAL
     FROM ACID PLANT TAIL GAS. BESIDES THIS APPLICATION, THE DOWA PROCESS
     HAS BEEN APPLIED TO A 40-MVJ OIL-FIRED BOILER FOR THE NAIKAI COMPANY
     IN JAPAN. DOWA IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING'WITH POTENTIAL U.S.
     LICENSEES.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;
     DESULFURIZATION; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; POLLUTION CONTROL
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE X ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00853           - CONTINUED

     EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; ECONOMICS; SCRUBBING; REMOVAL.
 UADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE 4 ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/8±
PROFILE  NUMBER: oooso

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIAKGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: ROBERT E. HALL                  TELEPHONE:  919-541-2477

     CONTRACTOR: EXXON RESEARCH AND ENG. co.
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX a
        CITY/ST: LINDEN                NJ
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. BARTOK                       TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: 68 02 1415                        FUNDING:       o.o   FY  1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   FIELD TESTING: APPLICATION OF COMBUSTION MODIFICATION TO  CONTROL
   POLLUTANT EMISSION FROM POWER GENERATION COMBUSTION SYSTEM

     DOE: 071343
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY is TO FIELD TEST  POWER
     GENERATION COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT INCLUDING UTILITY BOILERS, GAS
     TURBINES, AND STATIONARY I.C. ENGINES. EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON
     UTILITY BOILERS FIRING COAL, BUT THE STUDY WILL INCLUDE TESTS OF GAS-
     AND OIL-FIRED BOILERS AST) BOILERS CAPABLE Or FIRING TWO OR MORE
     FUELS SIMULTANEOUSLY. TESTS WITH SIMULTANEOUS FIRING OF WASTE AND
     FOSSIL FUELS SHALL ALSO BE INCLUDED.
     APPROACH: EMISSIONS TO BE MEASURED ARE OXIDES OF NITROGEN, OXIDES OF
     SULFUR, HYDROCARBONS, CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE,  OXYGEN,
     OPACITY, SULFATES, NITRATES, PARTICULATE (MASS AND SIZE DISTRIBU-
     TION), POM, AND TRACE ELEMENTS. THE EFFECT OF COMBUSTION MODIFICATION
     ON AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS AND COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY WILL BE DETER-
     MINED. ALSO, THE EFFECT OF MODIFIED OPERATION ON EQUIPMENT PERFOR-
     MANCE (E.G., SLAGGING, FOULING, AND STEAM TEMPERATURE CONTROL) WILL
     BE INVESTIGATED.
     RESULTS: ONE PRIMARY GOAL is TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF STAGED
     COMBUSTION IN COAL-FIRED BOILERS ON TUBE WALL CORROSION RATES.
     STAGED COMBUSTION COMBINED WITH LOW EXCESS AIR FIRING IS THE MOST
     ATTRACTIVE COMBUSTION MODIFICATION COMBINATION BECAUSE IT IS AN
     EFFECTIVE METHOD OF REDUCING NOX AND IS RELATIVELY EASY AND
     INEXPENSIVE TO IMPLEMENT. HOWEVER, SOME EXPERTS SUSPECT THE REDUCING
     ATMOSPHERE IN THE BURNER ZONE TO INCREASE TUBE WALL CORROSION RATES.
     THE CONTRACTOR WILL USE THREE METHODS FOR MEASURING CORROSION RATES'-
     (1) CORROSION PROBES FOR AN EASY, INEXPENSIVE, BUT PROBABLY
     INACCURATE METHOD, (2) ULTRASONIC TUBE WALL MEASUREMENT WHICH IS MORE
     COSTLY BUT SHOULD PROVIDE AN ACCURATE MAPPING OF THE FURNACE TUBE
 WADE H.  PONDER
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     WALL SURFACE, AND (3) TEST PANELS WHICH WILL BE WELDED INTO THE
     BOILER TUBE WALL IN AREAS WHERE EXTENSIVE CORROSION IS ANTICIPATED.
     THE TEST PANELS WILL BE REMOVED AFTER A 6 TO 12 MONTH PERIOD FOR
     PRECISE MEASUREMENTS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/74, CONTRACT START DATE
         2.  ^/77, COMPLETE FINAL REPORT ON INITIAL SEVEN BOILERS
         3.  9/77, COMPLETE HORIZONTALLY OPPOSED BOILER CORROSION TESTS
         4.  11/77, COMPLETE FINAL REPORT ON ALL EQUIPMENT EMISSION TESTS
         5.  12/77, COMPLETE GUIDELINES (USERS MANUALS).
         6.  1/78, COMPLETE DATA SUPPLEMENT
         7.  4/79, COMPLETE SINGLE-WALL BOILER CORROSION TESTS
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT;
     COMBUSTORS; MODIFICATIONS; SULFUR OXIDES; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN
     OXIDES; COMBUSTION KINETICS; AIR POLLUTION
  HADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: F. DEE STEVENSON
                 DC
                           TELEPHONE:  Fas3-3i67
     CONTRACTOR: LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY OF CALIF
        CITY/ST: BERKELEY              CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. E. CONNICK; C. B. MEYER

CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-48

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:

   FORMATION OF OXYACIDS OF SULFUR FROM SOZ
                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:

                       CONTROLS
0.0  FY 1977
     DOE: 094011
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: OUR GOAL is TO WORK our THE BASIC CHEMISTRY OF
     SULFUR DIOXIDE AND CHEMICALS FORMED FROM IT UNDER CONDITIONS THAT
     ARE RELEVANT TO THE EMISSION OF S02 FROM THE BURNING OF COAL MM OIL.
     THIS WILL INCLUDE THE BASIC CHEMISTRY APPROPRIATE TO VARIOUS METHODS
     OF REMOVING S02 FROM STACK GASES.
     APPROACH: THE STUDIES TO DATE HAVE CENTERED ON THE AQUEOUS SOLUTION
     CHEMISTRY OF S02. RAMAN AND ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY ARE BEING USED
     TO CHARACTERIZE SPECIES AND TO DETERMINE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS.
     NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE WILL BE USED TO MEASURE EXCHANGE RATES.
     THE RATES AND PRODUCTS OF DISPROFCRTIONATION AND OXIDATION REACTIONS
     WILL BE STUDIED. A LIMITED AMOUNT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO THE
     REACTION OF SOE WITH AMMONIA.
     RESULTS: THE RESULTS SHOULD PROVIDE A FIRM CHEMICAL BASIS FCR THE
     MODIFICATION, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESSES FOR REMOVAL
     OF SOZ FROM STACK GASES.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; OILS; corausTio.N; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;
     REMOVAL; GASEOUS WASTES; ENVIRONMENTS; STACK DISPOSAL; SCRUBBERS
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: DAVID G. LACHAPELLE             TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: ACUREX CORP.
        ADDRESS: 405 CLYDE AVE
        CITY/ST: MOUNTAIN VIEW         CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. HARTMAN                      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-02-i8ss                        FUNDING:       o.o  FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   PILOT SCALE EVALUATION OF ADVANCED COMBUSTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR
   FOSSIL AND WASTE FUELS

     DOE: 071353
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PRO-
     JECT IS TO DEVELOP ADVANCED LOW EMISSION HIGH EFFICIENCY COMBUSTION
     TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATION TO INDUSTRIAL AND UTILITY BOILERS FIRING
     FOSSIL AND WASTE FUELS. PRIMARY EMPHASIS WILL BE ON CONTROL OF OXIDES
     OF NITROGEN (NOX) THROUGH MODIFICATION OF COMBUSTION CONDITIONS.
     THE FACILITY IS A SUBSCALE VERSATILE FURNACE, WITH CAPACITY OF
     3,000,000 BTU/HR, CAPABLE OF FIRING A VARIETY OF SOLID, LIQUID
     AND GASEOUS FUELS. THE FURNACE MAY BE OPERATED EITHER IN THE WALL
     FIRING MODE, USING UP TO 10 INDIVIDUAL BURNERS, OR IN THE TANGENTIAL,
     CORNER, FIRING MODE USING UP TO 24 INDIVIDUAL FUEL/AIR NOZZLES. THE
     RESEARCH BURNERS FOR SINGLE WALL OR OPPOSED WALL FIRING ARE OF A
     VARIABLE SUIRL DOUBLE CONCENTRIC DESIGN WITH CAPACITIES OF EITHER
     300,000 BTU/HR OR 1,500,000 BTU/HR.
     APPROACH: THE FIRST PHASE EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON NOX CONTROL TECHNIQUES
     FOR CONVENTIONAL FOSSIL FUELS, PRIMARILY PULVERIZED QOAL AND RESIDUAL
     OIL. INITIALLY, THE COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FURNACE WILL BE
     STUDIED TO ESTABLISH THE CORRESPONDENCE TO FULLSCALE UTILITY AND
     "INDUSTRIAL BOILERS. SUBSEQUENT TESTING WILL OPTIMIZE NOX CONTROL
     THROUGH TUO-STAGE COMBUSTION, FLUE GAS RECIRCULATION AND LOW EXCESS
     AIR FIRING FOR THE WALL FIRED AND TANGENTIALLY FIRED CONFIGURATIONS.
     EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO IDENTIFICATION OF OPTIMUM STAGING
     CONDITIONS FOR REDUCTION OF NOX FROM COAL FIRED BOILERS. THE SECOND
     PHASE PROGRAM WILL EXPLORE NOX CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR THE FIRING OF
     MIXED CONVENTIONAL FUELS, NEW ALTERNATE FUELS, WASTE FUELS, AND
     MIXTURES OF CONVENTIONAL FUELS WITH ALTERNATE OR WASTE FUELS.
     RESULTS: WASTE FUEL STUDY


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     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/75, INITIATE WORK
         2.  12/75, COMPLETE SYSTEM SHAKEDOWN
         Z.  6/77, COMPLETE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TESTS WITH COAL
         4.  7/77i INITIATE COAL/OIL SLU23Y TESTS
         5.  9/77, COMPLETE COAL/OIL SLURRY TESTS
         6.  10/77, INITIATE WASTE FUEL STUDIES
     KEYWORDS: BOILERS; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; COAL; RESIDUAL
     PETROLEUM; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; AIR POLLUTION;  NITROGEN OXIDES;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; WASTES; BIOMASSJ AEROSOLS
 WADE H. PONDER
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PROJECT SPONSOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
                 TVA
                 1320 COM U BK BLDG
                 CHATTANOOGA
                 6. A. KOLLINDEN
                 TN
                           TELEPHONE:  c(6i5)7ss-33si
     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: isao COM u BK BLDG
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. A. KOLLINDEN
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE

PROJECT TITLE:

   NOX TECHNOLOGY
              TYPE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:

                                                   FUNDING-'

                                             CONTROLS
                                           0.0  FY 1977
     DOE: 130014
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMS ARE TO ENSURE
     THAT ADEQUATE DATA FROM TVA'S POWER PLANTS ARE AVAILABLE,  THAT TVA IS
     INFORMED ON THE STATE OF THE ART OF NOX REMOVAL OR CONTROL, THAT NOX
     REMOVAL OR CONTROL PROJECTS ARE WELL DEFINED, AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION
     OF PROJECT PLANS IS ADEQUATE.
     APPROACH: REVIEWING AND COMMENTING ON ADVANCED CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED
     WITH NOX REMOVAL OR CONTROL. ASSISTING IN DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING
     PROJECT PLANS FOR EPRI PROGRAMS RELATED TO NOX REMOVAL OR CONTROL.
     TESTING AT TVA'S POWER PLANTS, WHERE DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE, TO
     DETERMINE NOX EMISSIONS. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF
     OBTAINING NOX EMISSION DATA; REVIEWING AND VISITING ADVANCED
     NOX REMOVAL OR CONTROL SYSTEMS; AND REVIEWING, DEVELOPING, AND
     COMMENTING ON PROPOSALS.
     RESULTS: WORK is IN PROGRESS REVIEWING AND COMMENTING ON-ADVANCED NOX
     REMOVAL OR CONTROL SYSTEMS.
     KEYWORDS: NITROGEN OXIDES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; FOSSIL FUELS;
     ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; REMOVAL; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER
     PLANTS; CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
 WADE H.  PONDER
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PROFILE  NUMBER:
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: RESEARCH COTTRELL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: -BOUND BROOK
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. R. BUSH

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
                 DC
                 NJ
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE;
                                                   FUNDING:
                                           0.0   FY  1973
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   REMOVAL OF NOX AND S02 FROM FLUE GAS THROUGH ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION.

     DOE: 091839
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO ASSESS THE TECHNICAL,  ECONOMICAL,
     AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF A NOVEL CONCEPT FOR CONTROLLING NOX AND
     S02 EMISSIONS FROM FLUE GASES VIA ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION. THE
     CAKDIDATE PROCESS POSSESSES SEVERAL POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES OVER
     CONVENTIONAL FLUE GAS SCRUBBING OPERATIONS: (1) NOX AND  S02 EMISSION
     ARE REDUCED SIMULTANEOUSLY; (2) THE PROCESS IS DRY WHICH ENHANCES
     RELIABILITY AND FACILITATES DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES,  WHICH FOR
     PROCESS, POSSESSES SOME FERTILIZER VALUE; AND (3) THE  PROCESS
     CONFIGURATION LENDS ITSELF TO RETROFIT APPLICATION. THE  PROJECT  IS
     DIVIDED INTO FIVE SU3TASKS: (1) LITERATURE REVIEW OF IRRADIATION OF
     S02 AND NOX SYSTEM; (2) DEVELOPMENT OF REACTION MODEL FOR PROCESS TO
     INCLUDE EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION, OPERATION CONDITIONS,  AND FLUE GAS
     COMPOSITION; (3) BENCH SCALE EXPERIMENTS WITH DC ELECTRON BEAM;
     (4) BENCH SCALE EXPERIMENTS WITH PULSED ELECTRON BEAM; AND (5) ENGI-
     NEERING EVALUATION OF PROCESS FC3 DEVELOPMENT. SUBTASKS  1 AND 2  ARE
     REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A RELIABLE MODEL TO BE USED FOR  DETAILED
     EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND TO ESTABLISH A MEANS FOR
     SCALING PROCESS TO LAYER SIZES. SUBTASKS 3 AND 4 INVOLVE EXPERIMENTAL
     EVALUATION OF THE PROCESS USING TWO TYPES OF ELECTRON BEAKS. EACH
     TASK EVALUATION WILL INCLUDE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, GAS COMPOSITION,
     DOSAGE AND DOSE RATE, AND REACTION PRODUCTS.
     KEYWORDS: NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; FLUE GAS; DENITRIFICATION;
     DESULFURIZATION; IRRADIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;
     POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; FEASIBILITY
     STUDIES.
 MADE H. PONDER
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                                                DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00862
PROJECT SPONSOR:
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INST.
PALO ALTO
                      CA
     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. L. WELLS; R. F. ROEARDS

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
                                TELEPHONE:




                                TELEPHONE:

                                  FUNDING:
5.0  FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   ECONOMIC STUDY OF DRY NOX REMOVAL PROCESSES.

     DOE: 130120
     THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY WILL DEVELOP INVESTMENT AND OPERATING COSTS
     FOR DRY NOX REMOVAL PROCESSES. THE PROCESSES OF CONCERN ARE THE NH3
     INJECTION TYPES USING BOTH CATALYTIC AND NON-CATALYTIC APPROACHES. IN
     ADDITION, AN ESTIMATE OF THE LIKELY COST OF AMMONIA OVER THE NEXT 15
     YEARS WILL BE MADE. USING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM PUBLIC SO'JSCES
     AND UTILITIES, PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES WILL BE MADE ON CATALYTIC
     AND NON-CATALYTIC NOX REMOVAL PROCESSES USING NH3 INJECTION. SINCE
     AMMONIA PRODUCTION WOULD NEED TO BE INCREASED FOR THE FULL SCALE
     PROCESSES, AN ESTIMATE OF THE AVAILABILITY AKD COST OF AMMONIA OVER
     THE NEXT 15 YEARS WILL BE NECESSARY.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DENITRIFICATION; COST;
     NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOVAL; AMMONIA; INJECTION; PRODUCTION; CATALYSIS;
     AVAILABILITY; FORECASTING; ECONOMICS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
 KADE H.  PONDER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00565

PROJECT SPONSOR: NATL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR; MARYLAND UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: SCH. OF ARTS AND sci
        CITY/ST: COLLEGE PARK          MD
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. E. GORDON                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:     393.3  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   SOURCES, TRANSFORMATION, AND CHEMICAL NATURE OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS

     DOE: 11000*
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS is A CONTINUATION OF WORK UNDER GRANTS
     GI-36338 AND ENV75-02667 AC4 ON THE TRACE ELEMENTS AND  FOLYCYCLIC
     AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN SIZE-GRADED PARTICULATES EMITTED BY POWER
     PLANTS (COAL- AND OIL-FIRED), MUNICIPAL REFUSE AND SEWAGE-SLUDGE
     INCINERATORS, AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC, AIRPORTS, AND THE RURAL BACKGROUND.
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF TOXIC ELEMENTS AND TO TRACE
     THE ORIGINS OF AMBIENT PARTICULATES. A SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO
     ELUCIDATE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF HOMOGENEOUS GAS REACTIONS IN POLLUTED
     AIR AND TO DETERMINE THE CONDITIONS THAT CONTROL OZONE  FORMATION IN
     PCVJER-PLANT AND INDUSTRIAL PLUMES.
     APPROACH: THIS GRANT EXTENDS THE STUDY TO THE COMBUSTION OF REFUSE-
     DERIVED FUEL AND TO INDUSTRIAL SOURCES REPRESENTED BY STEEL-MAKING,
     PETROLEUM REFINING, CEMENT MANUFACTURE, AND NONFERROUS SMELTING.
     TRACE ELEMENTS ARE ANALYZED BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION AND ATOMIC ABSORP-
     TION. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ARE MEASURED IN THE PARTICU-
     LATE AND GAS PHASES. STUDIES IN THE METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING OF
     STAGNATION PERIODS WILL ASSIST IN EVALUATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
     SOURCE EMISSIONS. STUDIES OF RAINFALL PH WILL ATTEMPT TO CORRELATE
     THE ACIDITY OF RAIN WITH THE CHEMISTRY OF POWER PLANT EMISSIONS.
     AIRCRAFT SAMPLING WILL BE CONTINUED TO ELUCIDATE THE FACTORS
     CONTROLLING THE APPEARANCE CF OZONE BULGES IN POWER PLANT AND
     INDUSTRIAL PLUMES BY COORDINATED MEASUREMENTS OF OZONE, HYDROCARBONS,
     NITROGEN OXIDES, CARBON MONOXIDE, HUMIDITY, CONDENSATION NUCLEI, AND
     TEMPERATURE.
     KEYWORDS: POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT;
     FCSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS? COAL! PETROLEUM; MUNICIPAL WASTES; SEWAGE;
     SLUDGES; INCINERATORS; AUTOMOBILES; EXHAUST GASES; FLUE GAS;


 KADE H. PONDER
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     AIRCRAFT; AIRPORTS; RURAL AREAS;  OZONE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS;
     AERIAL MONITORING
 WADE H. PONDER

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00493

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        MANAGER: K. L. DEMERJIAN

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. H. SNYDER

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
                 NC
                 NC
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING:
0.0  FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   CLINCH RIVER MODEL STUDY (FLUID MODELING STUDY)

     DOE-' 071750
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A LARGE AMOUNT OF FIELD DATA is BEING COLLECTED
     ON CONTRACT TO EPA ON THE DISPERSION OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE CLINCH
     RIVER POWER STATION IN WEST VIRGINIA, WHICH IS LOCATED IN COMPLEX
     TERRAIN.
     APPROACH: IN THE CURRENT STUDY A TERRAIN MODEL WILL BE RUN IN THE EPA
     METEOROLOGICAL WIND TUNNEL TO PROVIDE PRELIMINARY DATA FOR THE
     DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND, BY COMPARISON OF WIND TUNNEL
     DATA WITH FIELD DATA, TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF WIND TUNNEL MODEL-
     ING OF FLOW AND DIFFUSION IN COMPLEX TERRAIN.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/78, PROGRESS REPORT
         Z.  9/79, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CHEMICAL
     EFFLUENTS; GASEOUS WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY;
     WEST VIRGINIA; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; AERODYNAMICS; WIND
     TUNNELS; MONITORING; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
     METEOROLOGY; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS                  '
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 009S7

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                 DC
     CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 999
        CITY/ST: RICH LAND              WA
PRINCIPAL INVES: N. A. WOGMAN
CONTRACT NUMBER: EY-76-C-06-1830
PROJECT TITLE:
   IN SITU POLLUTANT MEASUREMENTS.
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING:
                                           4.0  FY 197S
              TYPE
TRANSPORT AND FATE
     DOE: OS6054
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL HAZARDS Or POLLUTANTS
     ASSOCIATED WITH SEDIMENT DRIFT, DREDGING OPERATIONS, OR BIOLOGICAL
     UPTAKE IN HARBORS, ESTUARIES AND COASTAL WATERS. THIS PROGRAM IM-
     PROVES EXISTING TECHNIQUES AND APPLIES THE NEU MEASUREMENT TECH-
     NIQUES FOR IN SITU ANALYSIS FOR TRACE POLLUTANTS FROM COAL, OIL, OIL
     SHALE, COAL CONVERSION AND NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES. IN SITU MEASUREMENTS
     ARE DEVELOPED WHICH REQUIRE NO SAMPLE COLLECTION OR SUBSEQUENT LABO-
     RATORY ANALYSIS, THEREBY PERMITTING REAL-TIME ANALYSIS AND ANALYSIS
     OF THE SEDIMENT SURFACE IN ITS UNDISTURBED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THREE
     AREAS WILL BE EMPHASIZED: (1) IN SITU ANALYSIS OF TOXIC TRACE ELE-
     MENTS! (2) IN SITU ANALYSIS OF RADIONUCLIOES; AND (3) IN SITU ANALY-
     SIS OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS. AN IN SITU X-RAY FLUORESCENCE PROBE WILL
     BE USED TO MAP CONCENTRATIONS IN SEDIMENTS OF INORGANIC POLLUTANTS
     WHICH ARE RANKED AS PRIORITY ONE BY EPA. THE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANAL-
     YSIS PROBE WILL BE EVALUATED AT PUGET SOUS'O AND IN LAKE WASHINGTON
     WITH CORRELATION OF DATA OBTAINED BY OTHER TECHNIQUES. DEPTH PROFILE
     CAPABILITIES WILL BE IMPROVED TO ALLOW IN SITU ANALYSIS OF ENERGY-
     RELATED POLLUTANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED OVER A PERIOD OF TENS OF
     YEARS. CARBON ANT) NI POLLUTANTS FROM OIL-RELATED MATERIALS WILL BE
     MEASURED WITH A PORTABLE 14 MEV NEUTRON GENERATOR.
     KEYWORDS: DREDGING; SEDIMENTS; COAL INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; OIL
     SHALE INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;
     WATER POLLUTION; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; PUGET
     SOUND; COASTAL WATERS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: BOULDER               co
PRINCIPAL INVES: CASTLEMAN                       TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       4.0  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY OF IMPORTANCE IN DECISIONS CONCERNING ENVIRON-
   MENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY PRODUCT.

     DOE: 091449
     DECISIONS CONCERNING THE SITING OF BOTH COAL AND OIL FIRED POWER
     PLANTS REQUIRE MODELS WHICH CAN BE USED IN PREDICTING THE EFFECTS Or
     POLLUTANTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THEIR IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF
     INDIVIDUALS IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND THERI POSSIBLE ROLE IN
     REGIONAL INADVERTENT POLLUTANT INTERACTION WITH OTHER ATMOSPHERIC
     CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS BY THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR AIRBORNE
     LIFETIME. SINCE THESE ASPECTS ARE GOVERNED BY THE INTERCONVERSION Or
     THE VARIOUS CHEMICAL ANT) PHYSICAL STATES OF THE POLLUTANTS, THE
     DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE REALISTIC MODELS REQUIRES A DETAILED
     UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS RESPON-
     SIBLE FOR THEIR NATURE AND BEHAVIOR. ONE OF THE LEAST WELL UNDERSTOOD
     ASPECTS OF TROPCSFHERIC CHEMISTRY CONCERNS MECHANISMS AND RATES OF
     AEROSOL FORMATION, AND THE ROLE OF PARTICLES IN HETEROGENEOUS PHENOM-
     ENA; THIS PROPOSAL IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDING REQUISITE DATA ON THESE
     PROCESSES. SPECIFICALLY, THE WCRK PROPOSED HEREIN CONSTITUTES A
     THREE YEAR EFFORT ADDRESSED TO:' (1) ASSOCIATION REACTIONS OF IMPORT-
     ANCE TO TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; (3) HETEROMOLECULAR CLUSTERING OF
     NEUTRAL SPECIES, THEIR GROWTH AND PHOTOCHEMICAL STABILITY, AND
     AEROSOL FORMATION; AND (3) INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF AEROSOL
     SURFACES ON THE CHEMISTRY OF POLLUTANTS EMANATING FROM COAL AND OIL
     FIRED POWER PLANTS.
     KEYWORDS-- FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; COAL; FUEL OILS; AEROSOLS;
     CHEMISTRY; TROPOSPHERE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; AGGLOMER-
     ATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; GROWTH; AIR POLLUTION.
 RADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 007«

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: LAS VEGAS
        MANAGER;
                 NV
     CONTRACTOR: DOC/NOAA, ENV. RES. LABS.
        ADDRESS: WAVE PROPAGATION LAB
        CITY/ST: BOULDER               co
PRINCIPAL INVES: V. E. DERR
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE
     TELEPHONE:




     TELEPHONE:

       FUNDING:

TRANSPORT AND FATE
                                           5.0  FY 1978
   LIDAR TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING PARTICULATE POLLUTANT FROM ENERGY
   PRODUCTION AND THEIR TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION PROCESSES.

     DOE: 013014
     THE PROJECT INVOLVES TWO TASKS. THE FIRST IS TO DEVELOP ECONOMICAL
     LIDAR MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES (OPTICAL BACKSCATTER INTENSITY) FOR
     REMOTE TRACING AND ANALYZING OF POLLUTANTS ARISING FROM EXTRACTION
     AND POWER PRODUCTION. THE SECOND TASK IS TO DEVELOP AHD TEST A
     DOPPLER LIDAR (REMOTE VELOCITY SENSOR) FOR HIGH RESOLUTION
     MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC WIND AND TURBULENCE ASPECTS OF POLLUTANT
     TRANSPORT. WE ARE DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT FOR POLLUTANT
     IDENTIFICATION AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES BY MODIFYING NOAA LIDAR
     HARDWARE. MODIFICATIONS BASED ON SCATTERING THEORY ARE TESTED IN A
     FIELD ENVIRONMENT. ANALYSIS OF THE FIELD TESTS LEADS TO FURTHER
     TECHNIQUE REFINEMENT FOR CHARACTERIZING AEROSOLS AND MEASURING THEIR
     TRANSPORT. THE OUTPUT INCLUDES LIDAR DEVICES, TECHNIQUES, AND
     UNDERSTANDING TO SPECIFY COST-EFFECTIVE GROUND AK'O AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
     THAT CHARACTERIZE AMSIEHT AND SOU3CE AEROSOLS BY SHAPE AND REFRACTIVE
     INDEX, AND THAT TRACK TKEIR TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION. THUS FAR HE HAVE
     DEMONSTRATED DIFFERENTIATION OF MINE DUST AND FLY ASfS BY DIFFERENT
     DEPOLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS IN BACKSCATTER. WE HAVE TRACKED THE
     PLUME FROM A COALFIRED POWER PLANT WHEN IT WAS NOT VISIBLE TO THE
     EYE. k'E HAVE MEASURED AmiENT WIND PROFILES, WIND AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS
     AND STACK EFFLUENT VELOCITY.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL FUELS; POLLUTION; AEROSOLS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY
     SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;
     REMOTE SENSING; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PLUMES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT;
     EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; WIND; VELOCITY.
 HADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: P.O. BOX Y
        CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: L. B. RUSSELL                   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-Z6                     FUNDING:       5.0   FY 1978

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   SELECTED TERATOGENIC TEST SYSTEMS.

     DOE: 098090
     LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE TERATOGENIC EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS
     THAT MIGHT BE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN NON-NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCTION OR
     CONSUMPTION. WE ARE DEVELOPING A RAPID TERATQGENIC PRESCREEN THAT IS
     DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO HUMAN RISK EVALUATION IN THAT IT INVOLVES IN
     VIVO TREATMENT, MORPHOLOGICAL ENDFOINTS, AND A SYSTEM SENSITIVE  TO
     EVEN SMALL DISTURBANCES. HOMEOTIC SHIFTS AND QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERS
     IN THE AXIAL SKELETON ARE USED AS ENDPOINTS IN TESTS FOR POSSIBLE
     EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS IN A STRAIN OF MICE CHOSEN BECAUSE
     ITS NATURAL POTENTIALITIES CAUSE IT TO STRADDLE THE DEVELOPMENTAL
     THRESHOLDS FOR THESE EASILY SCORED CHARACTERS. BY EXPLORING THE
     SENSITIVITY PATTERN OF THE STRAIN WITH X RAYS, WE HAVE DETERMINED THE
     EMBRYONIC PERIODS OF MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY FOR THE INDUCTION OF THE
     SPECIFIC EFFECTS. IN THIS LABILE SITUATION, THE EFFECTS OF EVEN  SMALL
     ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES ARE RECOGNIZABLE. THE STRAIN'CHOSEN IS
     ALSO FAVORABLE IN THAT IT IS GENETICALLY RESPONSIVE TO THE INDUCTION
     BY POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS OF AN ENZYME SYSTEM THAT CAN
     CONVERT SUCH COMPOUNDS INTO THEIR ACTIVE METABOLITES. THIS IS AN
     ADDED ADVANTAGE IN TESTING FOR POSSIBLE TERATOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE
     PRODUCTS OF COAL-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES.
     KEYWORDS: TERATOGENESIS; MUTAGEN SCREENING; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS;
     BIOLOGICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; x RADIATION; EMSRYOS; POLYCYCLIC
     AROMATIC HYDROCARBON'S; GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS; BENZOPYRENE;
     METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: AUSTIN                TX
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. S. LEGATO                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       9.0  FY 1978

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   DETERMINING THE MUTAGENIC POTENTIAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS OF IMPORT-
   ANCE OF MAN.

     DOE: 091798
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO CARRY OUT MUTAGEN'ICITY
     TESTING OF CHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL BY-PRODUCTS USED IN OR PRODUCED BY
     OPERATIONS IN ENERGY-RELATED INDUSTRIES. THE STUDIES WILL INCLUDE
     ANALYSIS IN MAN USING THE ESTABLISHED CYTCGENETIC TECHNIQUE ALONG
     WITH BODY FLUID ANALYSIS AND A RECENTLY DEVELOPED PROCEDURE FOR
     DETERMINATION OF ALKYLATION Or MACROMOLECULES. IN ADDITION TO THE
     STUDIES WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS, MOUSE AND DROSOFHILA AND IN VITRO
     SYSTEMS WILL BE EMPLOYED. LEGAT03 HAS IDENTIFIED COKE OVEN EMISSIONS,
     BENZENE AND ITS METHYLATED DERIVATIVES, 1,2,4-TRIMETHYLBENZENE AND
     1,3,5-TRIMETHYLBENZENE, FOLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, 2-METHYLIMIDAZOLE,
     2,4-DIMETHYLPYRIDINE AND DIBENZYLFURAN AS COMPOUNDS HE WOULD LIKE TO
     EVALUATE.
     KEYWORDS: MUTAGENESIS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; BYPRODUCTS; MAN; BIOASSAY;
     MOLECULES; ALKYLATING AGENTS; FOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; MICE;
     DROSOPHILA; IN VITRO; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; COKE OVENS; FLUE
     GAS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; BIOCHEMICAL
     REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY.
 MADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           61

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA            DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01025

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST-. OAK RIDGE             TN
        MANAGER:             '                 -  TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: UT-DOE COMPARATIVE ANIMAL RESE
        ADDRESS: 1299 BETHEL VALLEY R
        CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. J. CHERTOK                   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EY-76-C-05-0242                   FUNDING:       0.0   FY 1978

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   TRANSPORT INTERACTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS WITH ESSENTIAL  NUTRI-
   ENTS.

     DOE: OS9032
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO INVESTIGATE, IN A SYSTEMATIC
     MANNER WITH A VARIETY OF SPECIES, THE GASTROINTESTINAL  ABSORPTION,
     DISTRIBUTION, RETENTION AND EXCRETION OF POLLUTANTS THAT CONSTITUTE A
     POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD FROM FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION UNDER A
     VARIETY OF NUTRITIONAL ANO PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESSES.  TO ACCOMPLISH THIS
     OBJECTIVE, EXPERIMENTS ARE PUNNED OR UNDERWAY TO:  (1)  EXAMINE THE
     TRANSPORT KINETIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CADMIUM AND  ESSENTIAL NUTRI-
     ENTS, METALS AND METABOLITES IN THE INTESTINE, AND  EXAMINE SUBCELLU-
     LAR AND MOLECULAR COMPONENTS OF THE PROCESSES INVOLVED; (2) INVESTI-
     GATE THE COMPETITION BETWEEN IRON AND HEAVY METALS  FOR  ABSORPTIVE AND
     TRANSFER SITES IN VARIOUS ORGAN SYSTEMS AND DETERMINE THE REQUIRE-
     MENTS FOR INHIBITION OF THE ABSORPTION OF THESE POLLUTANTS OR TO
     DECREASE BODY BURDENS; (3) EXAMINE THE MOVEMENTS AN3 INTERACTIONS OF
     METALS WITH ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS DURING PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; AND
     (4) DETERMINE THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG HEAVY METALS AND ESSENTIAL
     NUTRIENTS FOR INTESTINAL ABSORPTION AND TISSUE METABOLISM.
     KEYWORDS: ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; TOXICITY;
     GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; CADMIUM; IRON: FUELS;
     METALS; METABOLISM; MERCURY; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; FOSSIL FUELS;
     DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                          62

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PROFILE  NUMBER: oos34

PROJECT SPONSOR: NIEHS
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER:
     CONTR ACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:

CONTRACT NUMBER:
                 MASSACHUSETTS IKST.  OF TECH.
                 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
                 CAP.BRIDGE             MA
                 6. N. KOGAN
                                                 TELEPHONE:




                                                 TELEPHONE:

                                                   FUNDING:
                                                                 5.0   FY  1978
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   HEALTH EFFECTS OF FOSSIL FUELS UTILIZATION.

     DOE: 03390*
     THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP
     A SERIES OF DATA BASES ON WHICH ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL HEALTH
     CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY TOTAL BURDEN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS
     AND MUTAGENS RESULTING FROM COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS CAN BE MADE
     MORE OBJECTIVELY AND WITH GREATER PRECISION THAN IS CURRENTLY
     POSSIBLE. THE GENERAL APPROACH IS INTENDED TO DEFINE CONDITIONS OF
     COMBUSTION FOR SEVERAL FUEL TYPES, INCLUDING READILY VAPORIZED FUEL,
     COAL, HEAVY OIL AND SHALE OIL, UHICH GENERATE MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF
     COMPOUNDS OF CARCINOGENIC AND/CR WJTAGENIC PROPERTIES. SEVERAL
     APPROACHES WILL BE UTILIZED, INVOLVING THE COLLABORATION OF
     COMBUSTION ENGINEERS, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS, AND BIOLOGISTS.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL FUELS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS;
     CARCINOGENS; MUTAGENS; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT.
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           63

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01036
PROJECT SPONSOR:
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
WASHINGTON
                      DC
     CONTRACTOR: EMORY UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: DEPT. OF BIOLOGY
        CITY/ST: ATLANTA               GA
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. B. PLATT
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
                   TYPE:
                                TELEPHONE:
                                TELEPHONE:
                                  FUNDING:
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
                    0.0   FY 1978
   ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR AND EFFECTS OF ENERGY RELATED POLLUTANTS.

     DOE: 089064
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DETERMINE HOW PLANT COMMUNITIES RESPOND  TO
     SUSTAINED PERIODS OF EXPOSURE TO SULFUR DIOXIDE. TREE, 6RASS,  SHRUB,
     AND WEED SPECIES NATIVE TO THE COPPER BASIN WILL BE SURVEYED AT
     DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM THE POLLUTION SOURCE. PLANTS WILL BE EXPOSED
     TO VARYING CONCENTRATIONS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE IN CHAMBERS AND  CLASSI-
     FIED ACCORDING TO SUSCEPTIBILITY.
     KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; METABOLISM;
     PLANTS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           65

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                              DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: ouss

PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:             •                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TVA, WATER QUALITY * ECOLOGY B
        ADDRESS: E AND D BUILDING
        CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS         AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: ISOM; MURRAY; TENNESSENI DYCUS  TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
                                                   FUNDING
                                             SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
                                  FY  1978
   RESPONSE OF FRESHWATER SYSTEMS TO ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION.

     DOE: 130059
     TASK I WILL HELP IDENTIFY RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION
     FOR FUTURE RESEARCH. THE PLANNING AND INTEGRATION TASK WILL RESULT IN
     PERIODIC COLLECTION, SYNTHESIS, AND PUBLICATION OF DECISION-MAKING
     INFORMATION. PUBLICATIONS RESULTING FROM THIS TASK WILL FOCUS ON
     NATIONAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS, SUCH AS SITING MULTIPLE POWER PLANTS ON
     A SINGLE BODY OF WATER, THERMAL EFFECTS, IDENTIFICATION OF  CRITICAL
     HABITAT, THE REFINEMENT OF WATER QUALITY CRITERIA, STANDARDS, AND
     RELEVANT DESIGN CONSTRAINTS FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS.
     KEYWORDS: DECISION MAKING; POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER; POKER
     GENERATION; THERMAL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ENERGY
     POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00644

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:'
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: s. PLOTKIN

     CONTRACTOR: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:.NORMAN                OK
PRINCIPAL INVES: I. L. WHITE

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:
                                           0.0  FY FY77
                       SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
   TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT OF WESTERN ENERGY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

     DOE: 075903
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO IDENTIFY A BROAD RANGE OF DESIRABLE AND
     UNDESIRABLE CONSEQUENCES LIKELY TO RESULT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF
     WESTERN UNITED STATES ENERGY RESOURCES (COAL, OIL SHALE,  URANIUM,
     GEOTHERMAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS); TO IDENTIFY, EVALUATE, AND COMPARE
     POLICIES THAT WILL PROMOTE DESIRABLE CONSEQUENCES AND ELIMINATE OR
     REDUCE UNDESIRABLE ONES; AND TO IDENTIFY CRITICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
     WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO MAKE
     OPTIMAL DECISIONS ABOUT FUTURE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE  WEST.
     APPROACH: THE ANALYSIS INCLUDES A SERIES OF IMPACT ASSESSMENTS WHICH
     EXAMINE THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL/CULTURAL/ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF DEVELOP-
     MENT AT SIX SITES AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE. THESE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
     ARE USED, IN COMBINATION WITH EXTENSIVE CONTACTS WITH DECISIONMAKING
     AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS AFFECTED BY AND CONCERNED WITH
     WESTERN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, TO IDENTIFY CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
     WHICH ARE THEN EXAMINED IN MORE DETAIL. A CRITICAL PART OF THIS
     FOLLOW-UP ANALYSIS IS TO IDENTIFY THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL
     CONTEXT IN WHICH THE IMPACTS ARE EVALUATED AND DEALT'"WITK, IN ORDER
     TO PINPOINT SITUATIONS WHERE THE PRESENT REGULATORY, INSTITUTIONAL,
     OR POLITICAL SYSTEM CANNOT PROPERLY DEAL WITH IMPACTS AND TO IDENTIFY
     APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS TO THESE SHORTCOMINGS.
     RESULTS: A PHASE i REPORT (ENERGY FROM THE WEST) DEALING PRINCIPALLY
     WITH IMPACT ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. THE REMAINING WORK WILL
     FOCUS ON POLICY ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, WITH SOME
     EFFORT AT EXPANDING THE TECHNOLOGIES EXAMINED AND COMPLETING SOME
     DETAILS OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  3/76, COMPLETION PUBLICATION OF WORK PUN
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR:
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
WASHINGTON
                      DC
     CONTRACTOR: ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION
        ADDRESS: 5390 CHEROKEE AVE.
        CITY/ST: ALEXANDRIA            VA
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. V. KROMREY
                                TELEPHONE:
                                TELEPHONE--
CONTRACT NUMBER: EP-78-C-02-4632
PROJECT TITLE--
                                  FUNDING:
0.0  FY 1978
                   TYPE:   FUELS
   DEVELOPMENT OF COATINGS FOR PROTECTION OF COAL DURING TRANSPORT AND
   STORAGE.

     DOE: 091228
     COAL IN STOCKPILES OR IN RAIL CARS IS SUBJECT TO ADVERSE EFFECTS
  •  FROM EXPOSURE TO WIND AND RAIN. DUST EMISSION AND LEACHATE FORMATION
     ARE THE MOST SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THIS EXPOSURE.
     THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO EVALUATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY
     AND ECONOMICS OF COATING COAL STORES TO PREVENT MOISTU2E PENETRATION
     AND AIR CIRCULATION. FORMULATIONS OF COATING MIXES ARE PREPARED AND
     PROMISING COMPOSITIONS ARE TESTED FOR RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, TENSILE
     AND COMFRESSIVE STRENGTH, THERMAL COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION, WATER
     PERMEABILITY AND GRINDABILITY. TEST PANELS ARE CONSTRUCTED FOR
     EVALUATION OF THE COATINSS ON A COAL SURFACE. AN APPLICATION DEVICE
     CAPABLE OF APPLYING ONE GALLON PER MINUTE OF COATING MATERIAL IS TO
     BE CONSTRUCTED. THIS UNIT WILL BE USED TO COAT LARGE PANELS FOR OUT-
     DOOR UEATHERINS TESTS AND LONGER TERM OBSERVATION. AN ECONOMIC
     ANALYSIS WILL DETERMINE THE COST OF APPLYING COATINGS TO RAIL CARS
     AND COAL STOCKPILES OF VARIOUS SIZES. A COST/BENEFIT STUDY WILL
     ESTABLISH THE RELATIVE MERITS OF VARIOUS COATING ALTERNATIVES TO
     PROVIDE THE DESIRED DEGREE OF PROTECTION AT THE LOWEST COST. EFFORTS
     PROPOSED FOR FY 79 INCLUDE FURTHER EVALUATION OF COATINGS ON TEST
     PANELS AND SMALL STOCKPILES. AN APPLICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF APPLY-
     INS 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE OF COATINS MIX WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. A FIELD
     TEST ON A STOCKPILE OF UP TO 50,000 TONS WILL BE CONDUCTED. A DETAIL-
     ED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BASED UPON DATA FROM. THE LARGER SCALE OPERATIONS
     KILL BE PERFORMED.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; TRANSPORT; STORAGE; STOCKPILES; WEATHERING; LEACHING;
     DUSTS; COATINGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; ECONOMICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;
     MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EVALUATION? RUNOFF; PARTICLES; RAIL TRANSPORT!
  HADE  H.  FONDER
  CCEA  FSOG3AM MANAGER
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     CONTROL.
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                          72

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PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      .  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 1663
        CITY/ST: LOS ALAMOS            NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. M. U'EWERKA
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-36

PROJECT TITLE:
                           TELEPHONE:



                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:
5.0  FY 197S
              TYPE:   FUELS
   TRACE ELEMENT CHARACTERIZATION AND REMOVAL/RECOVERY FROM COAL AND COAL
   WASTES.

     DOE: 064071
     THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES BOTH FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS TO
     ASSESS THE NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE TRACE CONTAMINANTS IN THE
     DRAINAGE FROM STORED COAL AND COAL WASTE DUMPS, TO IDENTIFY THE TRACE
     ELEMENTS AND ORGANIC COMPONENTS OF GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN,
     AND TO DEFINE SUITABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY WHERE NEEDED
     TO PREVENT OR REDUCE THESE FORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
     KEYWORDS: COAL PREPARATION; ELEMENTS; TRACE AMOUNTS; REMOVAL; COAL;
     CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ASHES; LEACHING; RUNOFF; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
     SULFATES; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MINERAL WASTES; POLLUTION
     CONTROL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATERS;
     STOCKPILES.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00857

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. M. COLE                      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       5.0  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:   FUELS

   PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL COAL CLEANING: GENERAL.

     DOE: 130103
     THE OBJECTIVES ARE: (1) TO FOLLOW RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMON-
     STRATION PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE REMOVAL- OF ASH AND/OR  SULFUR FROM
     COAL AND THE POTENTIAL SUBSEQUENT USE OF THE TREATED COAL AS BOILER
     FUEL; (2) TO ASSESS POTENTIAL APPLICATION TO THE TVA POWER GENERATION
     SYSTEM; AND (3) TO RECOMMEND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TVA PARTICIPATION IN
     RESEARCH ALT) DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY PROMISING
     TECHNOLOGIES. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
     RELATED TO THE ABOVE COAL CLEANING TECHNOLOGIES ARE EVALUATED AND THE
     TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING -THE CLEANED COALS IN
     THE TVA POWER SYSTEM IS ASSESSED. REVIEU AND EVALUATION OF COAL
     CLEANING PROCESSES ANT) THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF CLEANED FUELS TO
     THE TVA POWER SYSTEM ARE ON-GOING FUNCTIONS OF ENERGY RESEARCH. AS
     ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE WASHA3ILITY Or COALS SUPPLIED TO
     PARADISE STEAM PLANT. RESULTS INDICATE THESE COALS CAN BE WASHED TO
     MEET A 5.2 LB S02/MM BTU EMISSION STANDAP.D WITH APPROXIMATELY A 10X
     BTU LOSS. STATUS REPORTS WILL BE PREPARED AS APPROPRIATE. AN INTERNAL
     TVA REPORT ASSESSING WASHABILITY OF PARADISE COALS 1$ AVAILABLE FROM
     ENERGY RESEARCH UPON REQUEST.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; CLEANING; DEASHING; DESULFURIZATION; TECHNOLOGY
     ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICS; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; BOILER FUEL;
     WASHING; SULFUR; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00758

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:             •                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY. AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA; K. L. 03LE         TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       3.0  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:   FUELS

   MONTHLY TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSES OF COAL BURNED AT TVA FOSSIL PLANTS.

     DOE: 130083
     AM EFFLUENT CONTROL SUBPROGRAM IS REPORTED WHICH IS DESIGNED TO
     OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COAL  BURNED BY TVA
     FOSSIL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE TRACE ELEMENTS AND
     OTHER MAJOR ELEMENTS. SUCH INFORMATION WOULD BE VALUABLE IN TERMS OF
     ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF COAL COMPOSITION ON PRECIPITATOR PERFOR-
     MANCE, EFFECTS OF COAL COMPOSITION ON SLAGGING PROPERTIES, EFFECTS OF
     COAL COMPOSITION ON RELIABILITY, AND EFFECTS OF COAL COMPOSITION ON
     PLANT GAS EMISSIONS AND PLANT ASH FOND EFFLUENTS. ALSO, THESE DATA
     WOULD ALLOU TVA TO PICK THE MOST FEASIBLE SITE FOR A METAL RECOVERY
     PROCESS SHOULD SUCH AN EFFORT EVER BE UNDERTAKEN. THE SCOPE OF THE
     PROJECT CONSISTS OF COLLECTING COMPOSITE MONTHLY COAL SAMPLES FOR ONE
     YEAR FROM ALL TVA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND HAVING THESE SAMPLES
     ANALYZED FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 CHEMICAL SPECIES.
     KEYWORDS: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; COAL;
     CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; TRACE AMOUNTS; ELEMENTS; PERFORMANCE; FUELS;
     ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORSJ FLUE GAS5 LIQUID WASTES; PONDS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00670
PROJECT SPONSOR:
        ADDRESS:'
        CITY/ST: LOS ALAMOS
        MANAGER:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB


                      KM
     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB
PHYS. CHEM. & METALL
LOS ALAMOS            KM
E. M. WEWERKA
                                                 TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE;
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
PROJECT TITLE:
                                                   FUNDING:
                                                1.0   FY  FY77
                   TYPE:    FUELS
   TRACE ELEMENTS CHARACTERIZATION AND REMOVAL/RECOVERY FROM COAL AND COAL
   WASTES

     D0=: 084071
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS INVESTIGATION is TO
     ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FROM TRACE OR
     OR MINOR ELEMENTS WHICH ARE DISCHARGED OR EMITTED FROM STORED COALS
     OR COAL PROCESSING WASTES AND TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY SUITABLE
     ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MEASURES, SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED. IN ADDITION,
     EFFLUENTS FROM RAW AND CLEANED COALS WILL BE EXAMINED FOR EVIDENCE OF
     CONTAMINATION BY ORGANIC COMPONENTS.
     APPROACH: TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, BOTH LABORATORY AND
     FIELD INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEIN3 CONDUCTED. APPROPRIATE COALS, COAL
     WASTES, AND CLIMATIC AND STORAGE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED,
     AND REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM THE FIELD. THE
     TRACE ELEMENTS, MINERALS, AND ORGANIC MATTER OF THESE MATERIALS ARE
     BEING CHARACTERIZED, AND A PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF"THE
     COMPONENTS OF POTENTIAL CONCERN WILL BE MADE. IN ADDITION, THE
     EFFECTS OF WEATHERING AND AQUEOUS LEACHING ON THE TRACE ELEMENTS IN
     THE VARIOUS COALS AND COAL WASTES ARE NOW BEING INVESTIGATED IN THE
     FIELD AND UNDER SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE LABORATORY.
     RESULTS: THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO DELINEATE BOTH THE
     CHARACTER AND EXTENT OF SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FROM THE
     TRACE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH COALS AKD COAL PROCESSING WASTES.
     THE LATTER STAGES OF THE PROSSAM WILL BE DIRECTED TO IDENTIFYING
     METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OR PREVENTING CONTAMINATION FROM THE TRACE
     ELEMENTS AND ORGANIC MATTER IN COALS AND COAL WASTES. FINALLY,
     METHODS WILL BE EVALUATED FOR ECONOMICALLY RECOVERING USEFUL
     MINERALS OR TRACE ELEMENTS FROM COAL REFUSE MATERIALS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                          76

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         1.  FY 76-FY 76T, COAL TYPES, STORAGE CONDITIONS, AND ENVIRON-
             MENTAL PARAMETERS IDENTIFIED    .   '
         2.  FY 77, LABORATORY STUDIES OF WEATHERING AND LEACHING OF
             SELECTED COALS CONDUCTED AND FIELD STUDIES INITIATED
         3.  FY 78, FEASIBILITY STUDIES TO BE STARTED
     KEYWORDS: COAL; STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; POLLUTION CONTROL;
     TRACE AMOUNTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEATHER; LEACHING; OXIDATION;
     STORAGE; CLIMATES; MATERIALS RECOVERY; ZINC; PROCESS CONTROL;
     ECONOMICS; ALUMINIUM; IRON; COBALT; MANGANESE; WASTE MANAGEMENT
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00671

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:             '                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: BITUMINOUS COAL RESEARCH, INC.
        ADDRESS: 350 HCCKSERG ROAD
        CITY/ST: MONSOEVILLE           PA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. F. BOYERJ C. T. FORD         TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EE77SOE44Z7                       FUNDING:       0.0  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:   FUELS

   EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF COAL CLEANING OH FUGITIVE ELEMENTS

     DOE: 037810
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: BY VIRTUE OF ITS ORIGIN, COAL HAS BEEN FOUND TO
     CONTAIN NEARLY EVERY NATURALLY OCCURRING ELEMENT. DURING COAL MINING,
     PREPARATION, AND UTILIZATION THESE ELEMENTS MAY BE RELEASED TO THE
     ENVIRONMENT. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ASSESS THE
     EFFECT OF CONTROLLED COAL CLEANING ON FUGITIVE ELEMENTS PRESENT IN
     RUN-OF-MINE COAL. THE SECOND PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO PREPARE A
     COMPREHENSIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF COAL MINING,
     PREPARATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND UTILIZATION ON THE TRACE ELEMENTS
     FOUND IN COAL. THE THIRD OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF
     ACCURATE ANALYTICAL METHODS THAT CAN BE USED BY COAL INDUSTRY AKD
     COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF SELECTED
     TRACE ELEMENTS IN A VARIETY OF COALS.
     APPROACH: THE EFFECT OF COAL CLEANING ON FUGITIVE ELEMENTS HILL BE
     EVALUATED BY EXHAUSTIVELY STUDYING ZO SAMPLES OF ROM COAL OBTAINED
     FROM VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
     ALL ROM SAMPLES WILL BE SUBJECTED TO CONTROLLED COAL CLEANING AT THE
     BCR LABORATORY. EACH COAL WILL BE CRUSHED TO A 1-1/4-INCH TOPSIZE,
     SAMPLED, AND THEN SCREENED INTO 1-1/4 X 1/4-INCH, 1/4-INCH X 30-MESH,
     AND MINUS 30-MESH FRACTIONS WHICH ARE TYPICAL OF PRESENT CLEANING
     PLANT CIRCUITRY. THE 1-1/4 X 1/4-INCH AND THE 1/4-INCH X 30-MESH
     FRACTIONS WILL BE GRAVITY SEPARATED AT THE FOLLOWING GRAVITIES: 1.35,
     1.55, AW 1.80. THE MINUS 30-MESH MATERIAL WILL BE SEPARATED INTO
     FOUR DISTINCT FRACTIONS, USIHS A HYDRAULIC CLASSIFIER. EACH FRACTION
     PRODUCED BY THE COAL CLEANING TASK WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY GENERAL
     CHEMICAL AKD TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS PETROGRAPHIC
     ANALYSES WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND THE DATA WILL BE EVALUATED TO
     DETERMINE THE TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN THE VARIOUS CLEAN COAL
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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     AND REJECT FRACTIONS.
     RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAIN FROM THIS STUDY WILL CONCERN THE
     POTENTIAL FOR COAL CLEANING AS A STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLING  TRACE
     ELEMENTS THAT OTHERWISE MAY BECOME AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM DURING
     SUBSEQUENT UTILIZATION OF A PARTICULAR COAL.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  7/78, STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW •
         Z.  7/79, ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE REPORT
         3.  7/79, FINAL REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF COAL CLEANING  CN
             FUGITIVE ELEMENTS
     KEYWORDS: TRACE AMOUNTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS;  COAL PREPARATION;
     ELEMENTS; CLEANING; COAL MINING; TRANSPORT; BY-PRODUCTS; WASTE
     PRODUCT UTILIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; AIR POLLUTION
     ABATEMENT; COAL INDUSTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; TESTING
 HADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00391

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: J. s. NADER                     TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. ROLLINS                      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:       2.0  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   EVALUATION OF A SYSTEM FOR DIRECT OUTPUT OF POLLUTANT MASS EMISSION RATE
   DATA

     DOE: 071809
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO EVALUATE A
     COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MONITORING SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES SULFUR
     DIOXIDE MASS EMISSION RATE DATA AS A DIRECT OUTPUT.
     APPROACH: THE SYSTEM KILL BE OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY FOR  EXTENDED
     PERIODS AT A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT AND A SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION
     FACILITY. FIELD PERFORMANCE WILL BE VERIFIED BY COMPARING OUTPUT
     DATA WITH THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY EPA REFERENCE METHOD  TESTS.
     RESULTS: CURRENTLY, FIELD EVALUATION AT THE POWER PLANT HAS BEEN
     COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY MAJOR MALFUNCTIONS. THE SYSTEM'S  ACCURACY WAS
     FOUND TO BE ABOUT 17 PERCENT RELATIVE TO THE COMPLIANCE TESTS.
     EVALUATION OF THE SULFURIC ACID PLANT IS IN PROGRESS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  11/76, COMPLETE EVALUATION OF H2S04 PLANT
     KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS;
     COMMERCIALIZATION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; SULFURIC ACID;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; PARTICLES;
     MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS!  PERFORMANCE
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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.PROFILE  NUMBER:
 PROJECT SPONSOR:  EPA
         ADDRESS:
         CITY/ST:  RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
         MANAGER:  WILLIAM F.  HERGET
      CONTRACTOR: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS,  INC.
         ADDRESS-- P.O. BOX 2351
                  LA JOLLA              CA
                  J. R. YODER
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
 CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-02-1793
TELEPHONE:




TELEPHONE:

  FUNDING:      5.0  FY FY77
 PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:     SAMPLING AND  ANALYSIS

    DEVELOPMENT OF GFC INSTRUMENTS FOR GASEOUS POLLUTANT MEASUREMENTS

      DOE: 071828
      PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO DESIGN, FABRICATE,  FIELD TEST,  AND  REDUCE  THE
      DATA FOR TWO INFRARED GAS FILTER CORRELATION INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURE-
      MENT OF EXTENDED AREA STATIONARY SOURCE GASEOUS POLLUTANT EMISSIONS.
      ONE INSTRUMENT WILL OPERATE IN THE UP-LOOKING MODE (SINGLE-ENDED,
      PASSIVE) TO SENSE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SULFUR DIOXIDE  AGAINST THE COLD
      SKY BACKGROUND. THE SECOND WILL OPERATE IN THE OPEN-PATH MODE
      (DOUBLE-ENDED, ACTIVE) TO SENSE SULFUR DIOXIDE, HYDROGEN SULFIDE,  AND
      VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER AT GROUND LEVEL. THE DESIGN GOALS FOR EACM
      INSTRUMENT ARE: SENSITIVITY: 50 PFM-METERS (NOMINAL); DYNAMIC RANGE:
      TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE! AND TIME CONSTANT: VARIABLE  FROM 1 TO 60
      SECONDS.
      APPROACH: TO MEASURE THE INFRARED RADIATION EMITTED OR ABSORBED BY
      THE POLLUTANTS AND CORRELATING THIS RADIATION BY ALTERNATELY PASSING
      IT THROUGH A GAS CELL CONTAINING A SAMPLE OF THE SPECIFIC POLLUTANT
      TO BE DETECTED AND A REFERENCE CELL WHICH IS TRANSPARENT. THIS IS  THE
      GFC TECHNIQUE WHICH PROVIDES A HIGHLY SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT  IN THE
      PRESENCE OF INTERFERING SPECIES'. THE PASSIVE, UP-LOOKING INSTRUMENT
      WILL MEASURE S02 AT 4.0 M'J M. THE ACTIVE INSTRUMENT WILL MEASURE S02
      AT 8.6 MU M, H2S AT 7.9 MU M, AND VCM AT 10.9 MU M USING AN INFRARED
      SOURCE AND A RETRCSEFLECTOR.
      RESULTS: TO BUILD AND CALISRATE THE TWO INSTRUMENTS OVER THE NEXT  9
      MCI-TTHS AND THEN TO FIELD TEST THEM IN THE VICINITY OF A COAL-BURNING
      POWER PLANT.
      PROJECT MILESTONES:
          1.  9/77, FINAL REPORT
      KEYWORDS: STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;
      GASEOUS WASTES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDES; VINYL MONOMERS;
  WADE H. PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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     AIR POLLUTION MONITORS; DESIGN; FABRICATION
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00423

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:•
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: WILLIAM F. HERGET               TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK        NC
PRINCIPAL INVES:'W. F. HERGET                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       s.o  FY FY7?

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   CHARACTERIZATION OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES BY REMOTE
   SENSING

     DOE: 071930
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: USE GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING METHODS TO
     DETERMINE SPECIES IDENTITY AND CONCENTRATION OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS
     EMITTED BY POINT AND EXTENDED AREA STATIONARY SOURCES,  AND DETERMINE
     OPTIMUM SPECTRAL REGIONS FOP MONITORING SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS.
     APPROACH: LONGPATH HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY WILL BE USED
     IN ABSORPTION AND EMISSION TO DETERMINE THE SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS
     OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS EMITTED BY A VARIETY OF SOURCES.  LABORATORY
     SPECTRA OF VARIOUS SPECIES WILL BE OBTAINED TO ASSIST IN SPECIES
     IDENTIFICATION AND CONCENTRATION DETERMINATIONS. LONGPATH GAS-FILTER
     CORRELATION METHODS WILL ALSO BE USED.
     RESULTS; MEASUREMENT USING A GRATING SPECTROMETER HAVE BEEN MADE
     AT COAL-BURNINS FOXER PLANTS, INCINERATORS, GAS PURIFICATION PLANTS
     AND CARSON BLACK PLANTS. THE GRATING SPECTROMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED
     WITH A FOUSIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER TO GREATLY INCREASE SPECTRAL
     RESOLUTION AND SENSITIVITY. A VARIETY OF SOURCES WILL BE STUDIED IN
     FUTURE YEARS.                  '                     '
     KEYWORDS: ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; FINANCING; MOBILE POLLUTANT
     SOURCES; STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; AIR POLLUTION; GASES; CHEMICAL
     REACTION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS;
     DESIGN; FABRICATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; FLUID FLOW; SAMPLING;
     CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMSER: 0045Z

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: NEW YORK              KY
        MANAGER: J. R. HAUGH                     TELEPHONE:  c(30i)-353-*V905

     CONTRACTOR: ERDA/HSL
        ACDRESS: 376 HUDSON STREET
        CITY/ST: NEW YORK              NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. P. HARDY, JR.                TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HCUSE                          FUNDING:      46.5  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE BIOSPHERE

     DOE: 091021
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE is TO MEASURE AND EVALUATE TRACE
     METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
     WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON THE PATHWAYS TO MAN AND THE LEVELS IN DIET
     AND KUttAN TISSUE.
     APPROACH: HUMAN METABOLIC BALANCE EXPERIMENTS UTILIZING THE CADMIUM,
     COPPER, MANGANESE, NICKEL, LEAD AND ZINC NATURALLY PRESENT IN THE
     DIET ARE CARRIED OUT ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS WITH DR. HERTA SPENCER OF
     THE HINES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL NEAR CHICAGO. TRACE
     ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN VARIOUS TROPHIC LEVELS OF THE FOOD WEB
     LEADING TO MAN WILL BE DETERMINED IN AN AREA WHERE A COAL-FIRED
     FOSSIL-FUEL PLANT IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. SEDIMENT CORES FROM FOUR
     LAKES WILL BE CHRONOLOGICALLY SECTIONED AND ANALYZED FOR TRACE METALS
     TO OBTAIN A HISTORY OF ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION. THE CORES WILL BE
     TAKEN BY THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION AS PART OF A JOINT
     PROJECT.
     RESULTS: THE CONTROLLED INTAKE AND EXCRETION EXPERIMENTS ARE DESIGNED
     TO COMPARE TRACE ELEMENT BEHAVIOR UNDER VARIOUS INTAKE CONDITIONS
     WITH REGARD TO ABSORPTION AND RETENTION PATTERNS. IDENTIFICATION OF
     NATURAL PATHWAYS OF TRACE METALS IN AN AREA WHERE A COAL-FIRED PUNT
     WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WILL ALLOW ASSESSMENTS TO BE MADE OF THE IMPACT
     ON BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WHEN THE PLANT OR SIMILAR PLANTS ARE IN
     OPERATION. OBSERVED TIME TRENDS IN TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN
     HUMAN TISSUES WILL BE COMPARED WITH AIR AND DIET MEASUREMENTS TO
     ASSESS THE MORE IMPORTANT EXPOSURE ROUTE.
     KEYWORDS: BIOSPHERE; TRACE AMOUNTS; AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL FUELS;
     ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; MAN;
     METABOLISM; HEALTH HAZARDS; CADMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; LEAD;
 WADE H.
 CCEA FK03RAM MANAGER
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     ZINC; FOSSIL-FUEL POKER PLANTS; WATER POLLUTION; LAND POLLUTION;
     POLLUTION; FOOD; TISSUES
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: NEW YORK              NY
        MANAGER: JOHN H. HARLEY

     CONTRACTOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS: 376 HUDSON STREET
        CITY/ST: NEW YORK              NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. A. WELFORD                   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:       5.0   FY  FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND  ANALYSIS

   DOCUMENTATION OF NATURAL ACTIVITY LEVELS IN THE BIOSPHERE

     DOE: 091022
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO DOCUMENT THE
     NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDES IN MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT.
     APPROACH: MEASUREMENTS OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES INCLUDING RAoiuM-226,
     LEAD AND POLONIUM-210 IN WET, DRY, AND TOTAL FALLOUT  IN THE URBAN
     ENVIRONMENT WILL BE PERFORMED. ANALYSES WILL BE MADE  OF WORLD HEALTH
     ORGANIZATION HUMAN BONES FOR RADIUM-226 AND STABLE CALCIUM. MEASURE-
     MENT OF SAMPLES FROM AREAS AROUND COAL-FIRED POWER PUNTS TO DOCUMENT
     THEIR DISCHARGE OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED.
     RESULTS: THE EXPECTED DATA SHOULD ILLUSTRATE SEASONAL AND SPATIAL
     VARIATIONS OF NATURAL RADIOSUCLIDES. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
     BONE ANALYSES OFFER A RELATIVELY FAST AND INEXPENSIVE METHOD OF
     LOCATING AREAS OF HIGH NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY FOR DETAILED STUDY.
     KEYWORDS: BIOSPHERE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RADIATION
     MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM 226; LEAD; POLONIUM 210; CALCIUM;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; NATURAL OCCURRENCE;
     RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS;
     MAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; TISSUES                 f
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:             '                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: TEMFE                 AZ
PRINCIPAL INVES: P. R. BUSECK                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:            FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   QUANTITATIVE ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL AIRBORNE PART-
   ICLES.

     DOE: 110037
     THE GOALS OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE TO INVESTIGATE THE CHEMICAL
     COMPOSITION OF INDIVIDUAL SU3MICRON PARTICLES AND TO RELATE THIS
     COMPOSITION TO SOURCES, AND TO INVESTIGATE THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
     TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES THESE PARTICLES UNDERGO. THE RESEARCH
     PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO: (1) REFINE CORRECTION PROCEDURES DEVELOPED BY
     THIS RESEARCH GROUP, COUPLING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE-ENERGY
     DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS WITH ELECTRON MICROPRCBE ANALYSIS; m
     CHARACTERIZE THE MAJOR TYPES OF INORGANIC AIRBORNE PARTICLES IN A
     DESERT METROPOLITAN AREA (FKOENIX); (5) PINPOINT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
     VARIOUS AREA EMISSION SOURCES (COAL BURNING POKER PLANTS IN NORTHEAST
     ARIZONA) BY COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS FROM AMBIENT
     AND SOURCE SAMPLES; AND (4) INVESTIGATE THE NATURE AND EXTENT Or
     PARTICLE COATING AND AGGLOMERATION.
     KEYWORDS: ARIZONA; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; AIR
     POLLUTION; PARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON
     MICROPROSE ANALYSIS; AGGLOMERATION; AEROSOLS.       '
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01087

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:             •

     CONTRACTOR: MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: KANSAS CITY           no
PRINCIPAL INVES: T. A. MILNE; F. T. GREENE
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
                                    TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE:




                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDINS:

                       SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
                                                                      FY 1978
   DIRECT SAMPLING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GASEOUS SPECIES.

     DOE: 095199
     A RESEARCH PROGRAM IS REPORTED THAT IS DEVOTED TO IDENTIFYING THE
     GASEOUS ALKALI METAL SPECIES THAT KAY PLAY A ROLE IN FIRESIDE
     CORROSION, AND TO DEVELOPING DIRECT MASS SPECTROKETRIC PROBES FOR
     SAMPLING SUCH SPECIES FROM BOTH IDEALIZED LABORATORY FLAMES AND
     SMALL-SCALE COAL COM3USTORS. A KNOWLEDGE OF THE GASEOUS ALKALI METAL
     SPECIES AND THEIR BEHAVIOR DURING PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTION SHOULD
     HELP ELUCIDATE THE MECHANISM OF FIRESIDE CORROSION. A BETTER UNDER-
     STANDING OF THIS MECHANISM SHOULD ASSIST IN FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE
     FIRESIDE CORROSION, THEREBY PERMITTING IMPROVED GARHCT EFFICIENCIES
     AND GREATER BOILER AVAILABILITY. A MOLECULAR-BEAM MASS-SPECTROMETRIC
     SAMPLING SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF MINOR SPECIES IN COAL DUST-AIR
     FLAMES WAS DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, AND TESTED. INTERFERENCES CAUSED BY
     IONIZATION BY PARTICULATES AND METASTABLE SPECIES WERE ELIMINATED,
     AND THE SYSTEM CAPABILITY k'AS DEMONSTRATED BY SAMPLING ALKALI METAL
     ANO OTHER SPECIES AS PARTS PER MILLION LEVELS FROM COAL DUST-AIR
     FUMES. LIMITED ATTEMPTS KERE ALSO MADE TO IMPROVE LABORATORY COST-
     DUST FEEDER AND BURNER DESIGNES.                    '.
     KEYWORDS: COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; COAL; COMBUSTION PROPERTIES; ALKALI
     METALS; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; TRACE AMOUNTS; CCMBUSTORS; CORROSION;
     BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY.
  WADE  H.  PON'DER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00933

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                 DC
     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
        ADDRESS: ioa. CONNER LAB
        CITY/ST: BERKELEY              CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: T. L. HAYES
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-

PROJECT TITLE:

   FLY ASH PARTICLE CHEMISTRY.
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING:
                    0.0  FY 1978
              TYPE:
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
     DOE: 082007
     THE CHEMISTRY OF FLY ASH PARTICLES PRODUCED BY COAL BURNING POWER
     PLANTS HAS USUALLY BEEN CHARACTERIZED FROM DATA OBTAINED FROM MULTI-
     PARTICLE BULK ANALYSES. WHILE SUCH AVERAGED VALUES ARE VERY USEFUL IN
     DETERMINING QUANTITY AND OVERALL COMPOSITION, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
     CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AMONG INDIVIDUAL FLY ASH PARTICLES IS NOT REVEALED
     BY THESE BULK ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES ANT) CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED BY THE
     APPLICATION OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS METHODS. SCANNING
     ELECTRON MICROSCOPY WITH X-RAY ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS CAN PROVIDE THE
     REQUIRED LOCALIZATION AND PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION FOR DETERMINING
     INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE MATRIX CHEMISTRY. THE RESULTS TO DATE INDICATE
     SUBSTANTIAL SEGREGATION OF MATRIX ELEMENTS AMONG THE PARTICLES. THIS
     NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF MATRIX ELEMENTS CAN ALTER THE
     DISTRIBUTION OF MANY OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS FOUND IN FLY ASH SINCE IT
     HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT SC3PTIVE BEHAVIOR OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS IS
     ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC MATRIX COMPOSITION OF THE PARTICLES. TRACE
     ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS HILL BE ELEVATED IN THESE PART.ICLES ABOVE THAT
     ESTIMATED FROM MULTI-PARTICLE ANALYSIS. THE EXISTENCE OF HIGH CONCEN-
     TRATION PARTICLES PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
     FLY ASH EXPOSURE.
     KEYWORDS: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;
     PARTICLE SIZE; AEROSOLS; TOXICITY; AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL FOXER
     PLANTS; FLY ASH; TRACE AMOUNTS; DISTRIBUTION; CHEMISTRY; INHALATION.
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00739

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                 DC
     CONTRACTOR: NATL. BUREAU OF STANDARDS
        ADDRESS: OFFICE OF ENV. MEAS.
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. C. GRAVATT

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING:
6.0  FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

   ENERGY RELATED AIR POLLUTANT STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS.

     DOE: 012004
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR THE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT
     OF SULFUR DIOXIDE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, CARSON MONOXIDE, PARTICULATES
     AND OTHER POLLUTANTS LIKELY TO RESULT FROM ENERGY PRODUCTION. THE
     METHODS EMPLOYED ARE TO: (1) DEVELOP STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS
     (SRMS) FOR USE IN THE VALIDATION OF POLLUTANT MEASUREMENT METHODS AND
     INSTRUMENTS; AND (2) DEVELOP SRMS CHARACTERISTIC OF RAW MATERIALS
     USED IN COMBUSTION PROCESSES IN ORDER TO VALIDATE MEASUREMENT
     METHODS USED TO ANALYZE FUEL PRIOR TO COt-rEUSTION. BY ASSESSING THE
     PERFORMANCE OF MEASUREMENT METHODS ON CERTIFIED SRMS WHOSE PROPERTIES
     ARE ACCURATELY KNOWN, SOURCES OF ERROR IN THE MEASUREMENT METHODS CAN
     BE IDENTIFIED AND THE EFFECTS OF ERROR CAN BE REDUCED. SEVERAL GAS
     CYLINDER SRMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR S02, N02 AND NO AT STATIONARY
     SOURCE CONCENTRATIONS. ADDITIONAL STATIONARY SOURCE SRMS WILL BE
     ISSUED IN THE FUTURE. THE FEASIBILITY CF DEVELOPING CYLINDER SRMS FOR
     AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF S02 AND NC2 IS BEIN3 INVESTIGATED.
     PARTICULATE SRMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE A WELL CHARACTERIZED URBAN
     PARTICULATE BULK SAMPLE, AEROSOL GENERATORS, FILM STANDARDS FOR X-RAY
     FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS, AND A GLASS FIBER FILTER STANDARD CONTAINING
     LEAD, SULFATE AND NITRATE. BOTH COAL CONVERSION AND OIL SHALE
     MATERIALS ARE BEING EVALUATED AS BULK SRhS.
     KEYWORDS: AIR POLLUTION; MONITORING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN
     DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; AEROSOLS; STANDARDS; MEASURING METHODS;
     MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ERRORS; NITRIC OXIDE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
     ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; FILTERS; COAL; OIL SHALES; EVALUATION.
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUTTER: 00741

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
DC
     CONTRACTOR: NATL. BUREAU OF STANDARDS
        ADDRESS: OFFICE OF ENV. MEAS.
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. C. GSAVATT
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
                                    TYPE:
          TELEPHONE:
          TELEPHONE:
            FUNDING:
      SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
                                                                      FY  1978
   ORGANIC FINE PARTICULATE STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR  ATMOSPHERIC
   MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.

     DOE: 012027
     OUR OVER-ALL OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AN ORGANIC FINE FARTICUUTE
     STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL (SRM) FOR AKBIEHT AIR POLLUTION
     MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THE  OBJECTIVE
     IS TO CHARACTERIZE THIS STANDARD WITH RESPECT TO ANTHROPOGENIC VS.
   .  NATURAL COMPONENTS. A RADIOCARBON MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE
     APPLIED TO FINE PARTICLES WILL BE DEVELOPED AND VALIDATED. IN
     COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH INST. AND/OR  EPA AT
     RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK ATMOSPHERIC FINE PARTICLES WILL BE  COLLECTED.
     CHEMICAL METHODS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SEPARATE THE INSOLUBLE
     CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL. A HOMOGENEOUS SAMPLE (CANDIDATE SRM) OF
     CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WILL BE CHARACTERIZED FOR CARBON-14. SELECTED
     ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES WILL BE RUN BY 14-C AND EC-MS TO ESTABLISH
     OR VALIDATE CARBONACEOUS POLLUTANT PARTICLE SOURCE DETECTION.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; PARTICLES; RADIOISOTOPES;
     EARTH ATMOSPHERE; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; STANDARDS; AIR POLLUTION;
     MONITORING; CARBON 14; GAS CHROMATCSSAFHY; MASS SPECTROSCOPY.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00045

PROJECT SPONSOR: EFA
      '  ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: j. H. WASSER                    TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: MASS. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
        ADDRESS; 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
        CITY/ST: CAMBRIDGE             MA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. B. HOWARD                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: R-803242                          FUNDING:
0.0  FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   COMBUSTION RESEARCH ON COAL NITROGEN AND PARTICULATE MATTER

     DOE: 071345
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  THIS WORK HAS TWO OBJECTIVES:  m CHARACTER-
     IZATION OF POM FROM DIFFUSION AND PREMIXED FLAMES.  (2) DETERMINATION
     OF KINETICS OF DEVOLATILIZATION OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS DURING THE HIGH
     TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS OF COAL.
     APPROACH:  TASK i:  THE RESEARCH is CONCERNED WITH THE QUALITATIVE
     AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC
     MATTER IN LABORATORY FLAMES.  THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO DETERMINE
     WITHIN THE FLAME AND IN THE EXHAUST GASES (1) THE SIZE
     DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATIONS OF SCOT PARTICLES, (2) THE IDENTITIES
     AND CONCENTRATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, (3) THE RELATIONSHIP BETKEEN
     SOOT AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS GENERATED IN THE FLAME.  EXPERIMENTAL
     METHODOLOGY USED INCLUDES PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND SIZE
     DISTRIBUTION BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, AND ANALYSIS OF FOLYCYCLIC
     AROMATIC HYDROCARBON BY GAS CHROMATCSRAPHIC MASS SPECTROMETRY AND
     HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY.  THE MAJOR EMPHASIS INVOLVES THE
     APPLICATION OF MOLECULAR BEAM SAMPLER AND ON-LINE MASS SFECTROMETRY
     FOR COMPLETE GAS PHASE ANALYSIS.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS
     OBTAINED BY SAMPLING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TURBULENT DIFFUSION FLAMES
     AND LAMINAR PREMIXED FLAMES BY WATER-INJECTED SAMPLING PROBES.  TASK
     II:  THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
     THE PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO THE EMISSION OF NOX FROM COAL-FIRED
     COMPLICATES DEVELOPMENT OF LQ'A NOX BURNERS BECAUSE THE NITROGEN IN
     CHAR MAY PERSIST INTO THE SECOND STAGE OF A STAGED CCKBUSTOR.
     RESULTS:  DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS LABORATORY FURNACES HAVE BEEN
     DEVELOPED FOR THE PYROLYSIS AND OXIDATION OF PULVERIZED COAL UNDER
     CONDITIONS SIMULATING UTILITY BOILERS.  RESULTS ON NITROGEN RETENTION
     IN CHAR HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR TWO COALS AS A FUNCTION OF
  HADE  H.  FONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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     TEMPERATURE AND TIME.  ALSO, THE CONVERSION OF THE  FUEL NITROGEN TO
     NOX HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS A FUNCTION OF FUEL/AIR RATIO FOR  ONE
     FURNANCE TEMPERATURE.  FIVE ADDITIONAL COALS WILL BE STUDIED OVER  A
     WIDER RANGE OF TEMPERATURES AND DATA KILL BE OBTAINED OS THE GAS
     PHASE CONSTITUENTS OF PYROLYSIS.  THE COALS CHARS WILL BE
     CHARACTERIZED TO DEVELOP MECHANISTIC MODELS FOR EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA
     TO OTHER CONDITIONS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         I.  8/75, COMPLETE EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS AND INITIAL TEST
         2.  8/76, COMPLETE STUDY OF SCOT AND PCAH FORMATION IN TURBULENT
             DIFFUSION FLAMES
         3.  8/76, COMPLETE EVALUATION OF COMPOUND N BEHAVIOR FOR TWO
             COMMON COALS
         4.  10/77, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS:  NITROGEN OXIDES; SOOT; COAL; PYROLYSIS;  CHEMICAL  REACTION
     KINETICS; COMBUSTION KINETICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;  FLAMES; AEROSOLS;
     EXHAUST GASES; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; FOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;
     QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: oiuo
PROJECT SPONSOR:
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INST.
PALO ALTO
                      CA
     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS; 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-41967A
PROJECT TITLE:
                                TELEPHONE:
                                TELEPHONE:
                                  FUNDING:
4.0  FY 1978
                   TYPE:
                                             EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM COAL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS.

     DOE: 130075
     PROGRAMS ARE REPORTED THAT ARE DESIGNED TO CHARACTERIZE AND EVALUATE
     FOSSIL-FUEL PLANT EFFLUENTS AND DEVELOP VARIOUS MECHANISMS TO TREAT
     THE EFFLUENTS TO MEET PROMULGATED OR PROPOSED LIMITATION'S EMPHASIZING
     EFFLUENT STREAMS FROM COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE
     PROJECT IS TO CHARACTERIZE EFFLUENT STREAMS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER
     PLANTS BY PERFORMING MANY DAYS OF SAMPLING. SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYZED
     BOTH QUALITATIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY. POWER PLANTS WITH DIFFERENT
     COAL SOURCES WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIQUID WASTES; WASTE PROCESSING;
     MONITORING; SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL.
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01149

PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. R. CROOKS
                           TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-41967A

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:       o.o  FY i9?a

EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM CAOL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS FOR EPA--
   ASSESSMENT OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT BOILERS TASK.

     DOE: 130040
     THE AIR RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS A TRACE ELEMENTS AND HAZARDOUS EMISSIONS
     TECHNOLOGY AND PASTICULATE TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM WHICH HAS  AS ITS
     OBJECTIVES THE TASK TO IDENTIFY THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTER-
     ISTICS CF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS LEAVING THE STACK OF A COAL-PIPED
     UTILITY BOILER, TO RELATE THE FORMATION OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS TO
     BOILER OPERATIONS, AND TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF A HIGHLY  EFFICIENT
     ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AND/OR A LIMESTONE SCRUBBER ON THE CONTROL
     OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS. THE SCOPE OF THE TASKS INCLUDES SAMPLING THE
     EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT BOILERS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTROSTATIC PRECIP-
     ITATORS OR LIMESTONE SCRUBBER AND CORRELATING THE FLY ASH PARTICLE
     SIZE, PARTICLE GEOMETRY AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PARTICUUTES
     AND VAPOR PHASE TRACE ELEMENTS TO BOILER OPERATION. A SAMPLING
     PROGRAM HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AT COLBERT AND KINGSTON. FINAL TESTING AT
     WIDOWS CREEK WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1978.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; COAL; COMBUSTION
     PRODUCTS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOSS; SCRUBBERS; SAMPLING; FLY ASH;
     PARTICLE SIZE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TRACE AMOUNTS; QUANTITATIVE
     CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BOILERS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01079

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS;
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: TUCSON                AZ
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. 0. L. WENDT                  TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:            FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   POLLUTANT CONTROL THROUGH STAGED COMBUSTION OF PULVERIZED COAL.

     DOE: 095161
     THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PULVERIZED COAL
     COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY WITH A VIEW TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF POLLUT-
     ANTS EMITTED. EMPHASIS IS ON NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS,  A SIGNIFICANT
     PORTION OF WHICH CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO OXIDATION OF CHEMICALLY  BOUND
     NITROGEN IN THE FUEL. STAGED COMBUSTION, IN WHICH A PORTION OF THE
     COMBUSTION AIR IS REMOVED FROM THE KORMAL BURNER AIR AND ADDED AT
     SOME DISTANCE DOWNSTREAM, APPEARS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE COMBUSTION
     MODIFICATION, YET THE MAXIMUM EXTENT THAT FUEL NOX CAN BE CONTROLLED
     BY THIS METHOD IS UNKNOWN. THE TWO SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ADDRESSED IN
     THIS CONTRACT ARE:  (1) TO-DETERMINE QUANTITATIVELY THOSE FACTORS THAT
     INFLUENCE NOX EMISSIONS FROM PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTION; AND (2) TO
     DEFINE THE OPTIMUM  STAGED COMBUSTION CONFIGURATION FOR LOW NOX
     EMISSIONS. SUCCESS  IN THIS RESEARCH WILL, THEREFORE, PROVIDE TECHNI-
     CAL GUIDELINES THAT ALLOW INCREASED UTILIZATION Or COAL THROUGH
     COMBUSTION WITHOUT  EXCESSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
     KEYWORDS: COAL FINES; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION PRODUCT?; NITROGEN
     OXIDES; COMEUSTORS; DESIGN; CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD; AIR POLLUTION
     ABATEMENT.
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                 DATE:01/16/ai
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01043

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER;

     CONTRACTOR; LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB
        ADDRESS; CMBS, MS 734
        CITY/ST-- LOS ALAMOS            NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. M. WEKERKA

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:           .           TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE--



                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:       5.0   FY  1978

                       EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS FROM COAL MINING  PRO-
   CESSING AND COMBUSTION.

     DOE: 091336
     THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK IS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND
     HEALTH HAZARDS THAT MAY RESULT FROM LOW-LEVEL RELEASES OF RADIOACTIVE
     SUBSTANCES DURING THE MINING, PROCESSING, AND COMBUSTION OF COAL AND
     TO DEFINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES WHERE APPROPRIATE.  •
     THERE ARE THREE BASIC PARTS TO THE RESEARCH REQUIRED IN OHDER TO
     ACHIEVE THE STATED TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES: (1) RESOLUTION Or THE
     DISTRIBUTIONS) OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE  COAL
     UTILIZATION CYCLE, (E) ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF
     RADIONUCLIDE RELEASES ASSOCIATED WITH COAL USE, AND (3) IDENTIFICA-
     TION OF CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES TO COUNTER ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM AREAS
     THAT ARE UNCOVERED, IF ANY.
     KEYWORDS: COAL MINING; COAL; PROCESSING; COMBUSTION; ASHES; WASTE
     DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; COAL LIQUEFACTION;
     ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; STORAGE; GROUND WATER; SURFACE
     WATERS; EVALUATION; COAL GASIFICATION.
 UADE H.  PONDER -
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE:01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01017

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR; MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECH.
        ADDRESS: ROOM Eis-666
        CITY/ST: CAMBRIDGE             MA
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. G. THILLY
CONTRACT NUMBER: EE-77-S-Oe-4267
PROJECT TITLE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING:
                                           9.0  FY 1978
              TYPE:
EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   HEALTH EFFECTS OF COMBUSTION-GENERATED SOOTS AND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HY-
   DROCARBONS.

     DOE: 087765
     THIS PROJECT HAS THE GOAL OF CHEMICALLY IDENTIFYING AND GENETICALLY
     CHARACTERIZING EACH OF THE ORGANIC COMBUSTION PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED
     WITH THE COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUEL, WITH EMPHASIS ON COAL AND COAL-
     DERIVED FUELS. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, SOME EIGHTY SEPARATE FOLYCYCLIC
     AROMATIC HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED IN KEROSENE SOOT (ABO'JT
     EIGHTY PERCENT Or THE POLYCYCLIC FRACTION) WERE CHARACTERIZED FOR
     THEIR ABILITY TO INDUCE FORWARD MUTATION TO DRUG RESISTANCE IN A
     BACTERIAL ASSAY. THE MUTAGENICITY OF THE MIXED POLYCYCLIC FRACTION
     COULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN TERMS OF STRICTLY ADDITIVE MUTAGENICITIES
     OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHEMICAL COMPONENTS. THIS DEMONSTRATION PROMISES TO
     SIMPLIFY THE TASK OF EVALUATING THESE COMPLEX MIXTURES AND TO PERMIT
     COMPARISON OF NOVEL COMBUSTION SYSTEMS ON THE BASIS OF CHEMICAL
     COMPOSITION OF EFFLUENTS. THE PROJECT CONTINUES WITH THE MORE TECH-
     NICALLY DEMANDING TASK OF EVALUATING OUR BACTERIAL MUTATION FINDINGS
     IN OUR HUMAN CELL MUTATION ASSAY. OUR GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE THE FIRST
     HUMAN CELL DATA BASE IN THE AREA OF FOSSIL-FUEL-RELAtED COMBUSTION
     PRODUCTS AND TO DEVELOP AN EVEN MORE RAPID AND RELIABLE MEANS TO USE
     DIPLOID HUMAN CELLS IN THE DETERMINATION OF GENETIC RISK TO HUMANS.
     KEYWORDS: COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; SOOT; MUTAGEN SCREENING; POLYCYCLIC
     AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HEALTH HAZARDSJ-TOXICITY; CARBON COMPOUNDS;
     COAL; CARCINOGENS; MUTAGENESIS; COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;
     HUMAN POPULATIONS; LYMPHOCYTES; COMBUSTORS; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; AIR
     POLLUTION; CELL CULTURES; GENETIC EFFECTS; FOSSIL FUELS; CHEMICAL
     ANALYSIS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                              DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00949

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 5507
        CITY/ST: LIVERMORE             CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. M. ONDOV
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-48

PROJECT TITLE--
             TELEPHONE:

               FUNDING:      5.0  FY 1973

TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   EMISSIONS FROM ADVANCED COMBUSTION AND ALTERNATIVE POLLUTION CONTROL
   SYSTEMS.

     DOE: 083019
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL AND
     CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ATMOSPHERIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF EMISSIONS FROM
     ADVANCED AND CONVENTIONAL COAL COMBUSTION SYSTEMS USED FOR ELECTRIC
     POWER GENERATION. POLLUTANTS STUDIED INCLUDE MINOR AND TRACE
     ELEMENTS, SULFUR SPECIES, RADIONUCLIDES AND TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
     ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND INHALATION—LUNG DEPOSITION MODELS ARE
     APPLIED TO THE EMPIRICAL DATA TO COMPARE DOSE IMPACTS OF COriEUSTION—
     CONTROL SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES. THE APPROACH IS TO CARRY OUT IN SITU
     PARTICLE—SIZING AND COLLECTION USING IN-STACK ANO AIRBORNE DOWNWIND
     CASCADE IMPACTORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH INSTRUMENTAL AEROSOL MEASURE-
     MENT SYSTEMS. GASES ARE COLLECTED USING IN-STACK AND AIRBORNE TRAPS.
     THE PARTICLES AND GASES ARE ANALYZED FOR BULK TRACE ELEMENT USING
     NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS, X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS, AND ATOMIC
     ABSORPTION. PARTICLE SIZES ARE DETERMINED BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.
     CHEMICAL SPECIATION OF SULFUR IS DONE BY ESCA AST) CHEMICAL TECH-
     NIQUES. ORGANIC ANALYSES ARE DONE BY GAS CHROMATOSRAPHY AND MASS
     SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUES.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL
     TRANSPORT; AEROSOLS; PARTICLE SIZE; GASEOUS HASTES; TRACE AMOUNTS;
     ELEMENTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR; AIR
     POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;
     RADIOISOTOPES.
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE i ABSTRACT  DATA
 DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00872

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:                  •               TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA                     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:
0.0  FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS FROM COAL PILE DRAINAGE.

     DOE: 130134
     THE WATER RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS AN EFFLUENT CONTROL SUBPROGRAM WHICH
     HAS, AMONG OTHERS, AN OBJECTIVE TO EVALUATE THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
     OF VARIOUS EFFLUENT DISCHARGES FROM A FOSSIL-FIRED POWER PLANT.  THE
     PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO OBTAIN DATA ON THE ORGANIC
     COMPOSITION OF COAL PILE DRAINAGE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE O'JS KNOWLEDGE
     OF THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF THESE CONSTITUENTS. THE
     SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDES COLLECTING RUNOFF SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL
     TVA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND HAVING THE SAMPLES ANALYZED BY
     SPECIFIED PROCEDURES. THE SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST WILL BE
     DELINEATED BY CONTACTING THE EEI-UTILITY WATER ACT GROUP, PRIORITY
     POLLUTANTS TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE INDUSTRY STANDS IN THEIR
     NEGOTIATIONS AND COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH EPA. AFTER THE COMPOUNDS OF
     INTEREST HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED RUNOFF SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED FOR
     ANALYSIS. A REVIEW HAS INDICATED THAT EPA IS EXAMINING THIS EFFLUENT
     STREAM WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SETTING STANDARDS ON PARTICULAR CHEMICAL
     COMPOUNDS IN THIS RUNOFF.
     KEYWORDS-. COAL; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMFOUOTS; WATER POLLUTION;
     CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SAMPLING; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; POLLUTION
     REGULATIONS.
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           102

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00686

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:'
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: JULIAN A. JONES  '               TELEPHONE:  F629-2915

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 1320 COMMERCE UNION
        CITY/ST:.CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: S. S. RAY                       TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU                         FUNDING:       o.o   FY FY/7

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   FLY ASH CHARACTERIZATION AND DISPOSAL

     DOE: 130035
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO CHARACTER-
     IZE ASHES AND THEIR WASTE EFFLUENTS, EXAMINE FLY ASH HANDLING SYSTEMS
     AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ASH HANDLING, AND DETERMINE PROMISING
     COST-EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS TO REDUCE DISPOSAL PROBLEMS.
     APPROACH: THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES SUMMARIZING AVAILABLE
     INFORMATION ON COAL AND ASHES, WET AND DRY HANDLING SYSTEMS,
     DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF FLY ASH, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR
     WATER REUSE; CHARACTERIZING COAL, ASHES, AND EFFLUENTS FROM TWO  OR
     MOSE TVA PLANTS; EVALUATIONS OF WET AND DRY HANDLING SYSTEMS; AND
     DETERMINATION OF PROMISING HANDLING SYSTEMS.
     RESULTS: PROVIDE INFORMATION ON COAL, ASHES, AND ASH EFFLUENTS FROM
     COAL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS HAVING DIFFERENT COAL SOURCES AND BOILER
     TYPES. PROVIDE EVALUATIONS OF HANDLING SYSTEMS AND STATE-Or-THE  ART
     METHODS OF DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/76, SUGARY OF DATA ON COAL AND ASH
         2.  2/79, CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL, ASH, AND ASH EFFLUENTS
         3.  12/77, STUDY ON DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF FLY ASH
         4.  13/76, SUMMARY OF METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR WATER REUSE
         5.  6/79, EVALUATION OF DRY AND WET FLYASH HANDLING SYSTEMS
         6.  12/79, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS:  FLY ASH; WASTE DISPOSAL; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; USES;
     ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; WATER POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS;
     RESOURCE CONSERVATION; MATERIALS RECOVERY; WATER; TRACE AMOUNTS;
     PUBLIC UTILITIES
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00683

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: ROBERT w. WOOD                  TELEPHONE:  F233-5355

     CONTRACTOR; AMES LABORATORY
        ADDRESS; IOWA STATE UNIV.
        CITY/ST: AMES                  IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. R. SHANKS                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: W-T^OS-ENG-SZ                     FUNDING:       6.0  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE--                      TYPE:    EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING

   ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SOLID WASTE AS A SUPPLEMENTAL FUEL

     DOE: 087549
     APPROACH: THE APPROACH IN THIS STUDY is TO MAKE USE OF STANDARD
     SAMPLING PROCEDURES (EPA RECOMMENDED METHODS) WHERE FEASIBLE AND TO
     DEVELOP NEW OR MODIFIED SAMPLING METHODS WHERE NEEDED TO MEASURE ALL
     EMISSIONS FROM THE BOILER UNITS.
     RESULTS-- IT is EXPECTED THAT IF THE STUDY SHOWS INSIGNIFICANT
     CHANGES IN POWER PLANT EMISSIONS WHEN WASTES ARE ADDED TO THE COAL
     THAT THE TECHNIQUE CAN BE RECOMMENDED AS A DESIRABLE METHOD FOR
     RESOURCE RECOVERY AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES. A SECOND RESULT
     EXPECTED IS A MORE COMPLETE EVALUATION Or COAL-FIRED PLANTS WITH
     PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE EMISSIONS OF HEAVY ORGANICS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  1/1/77, COMPLETE SAMPLING OF FIRST TRAVELING GRATE UNIT FOR
             ALL GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
         2.  2/1/77, RESULTS FOR COMPOSITION OF FUELS, ASH AND ALL
             EMISSIONS EXCEPT HEAVY ORGANICS AVAILABLE', START SAMPLING
             TANGENTIALLY FIRED BOILER UNIT
         3.  1/1/78, COMPLETE SAMPLING OF TANGENTIALLY FIR:ED BOILER UNIT
             FOR GASEOUS AKD PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RESULTS ON HEAVY
             OSGANICS FROM TRAVELING GRATE UNIT AVAILABLE
         4.  2/1/78, RESULTS OF MEASUREMENTS ON TANGENTIALLY FIRED BOILER
             AVAILABLE EXCEPT FOR HEAVY ORGANICS; PRELIMINARY EVALUATION
             OF RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TYPES OF BOILERS FOR
             BURNING SOLID WASTES WITH COAL; MEASUREMENTS STARTED ON LARGE
             TRAVELING GRATE UNIT WITH EMPHASIS ON EMISSION OF CARCINOGENS
             AND OTHER HEAVY ORGANICS
         5.  1/1/79, ALL CURRENTLY PLANNED MEASUREMENTS ON THE THREE
             UNITS WILL BE COMPLETED AND A COMPARISON OF DATA FROM THE
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           104

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             TWO TRAVELING GRATE UNITS, THE TANSENTIALLY FIRED UNIT AND
             THE ST. LOUIS FACILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE; A DECISION WILL BE
             MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL DATA CN
             CARCINOGENS'AND HEAVY ORGANICS FROM THE POWER PLANT AND IN
             THE SURROUNDING AMBIENT AIR
         6.  10/1/79, PROJECT COMPLETED AND PUBLICATION OF ALL RESULTS
             UNLESS THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CARCINOGEN AND HEAVY
             03GANICS MONITORING
     KEYWORDS: CARCINOGENS; COAL; BOILER FUEL; SOLID WASTES; INCINERATORS;
     COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SULFUR CONFOUNDS; ORGANIC
     ccMrO'jiras; POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH;
     CKEJIICAL COMPOSITION; GASEOUS WASTES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MONITORING;
     CARCINOGENS; HYDROCARBONS; DATA ACQUISITION
 HADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           105

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                                                                  DA It:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: oooio

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: J. H. TURNER

     CONTRACTOR: NONE
        ADDRESS: 2141 PATTERSON AVE
        CITY/ST: ROANOKE               VA
PRINCIPAL IN\'ES: J. MCKENNA

CONTRACT NUM3ER: 68 02 2143

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE:  629-2925
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING;
                                           0.0   FY  1977
                                             EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
   DEMONSTRATION OF HIGH EFFICIENCY, HIGH THROUGHPUT BAGHOUSE

     DOE:0713S2
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: EXAMINE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF  SMALL
     FULL SCALE, REVERSE AIR BAGKOUSE OPERATED AT FILTRATION VELOCITIES  UP
     TO 9FPM ON A STOKER FIRED INDUSTRIAL BOILER.
     APPROACH: u) OPERATE BAGKOUSE FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF 10 MONTHS
     USING NOMEX, GORE-TEX, TEFLON, Am DRALON T FABRICS. (B) DETERMINE
     FABRIC PERFORMANCE AKD LIFE (C) DETERMINE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COST
     (0) RECORD ALL PERTINENT BOILER AKD FILTER SYSTEM OPERATING
     PARAMETERS (E) CHARACTERIZE FIVE GAS STREAMS AND FLY ASH
     RESULTS: SYSTEM SCHEDULED TO START 12/76. OPTIONS INCLUDE
     TESTING ADDITIONAL FABRICS AND TESTING S02 REMOVAL CAPABILITIES.
     PROJECT MILESTONES: i. 3/76, CONTRACT AWARDED 2. 12/76, BAGHOUSE ON
     LINE 3. 12/77, REPORT ON FIRST YEAR'S OPERATION  4. 12/77, REPORT ON
     SECOND YEAR'S OPERATION
     KEYWORDS-- BOILERS; FLUE GAS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR'FILTERS;
     PERFORMANCE TESTING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; FILTRATION; REMOVAL
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                          106

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                              DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00074

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER: JULIAN w. JONES
   NC
             TELEPHONE:  F629-2489
     CONTRACTOR: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: 205 SAMFORD HALL
        CITY/ST: AUBURN                AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: A. R. TARRIER5 B. H. SHAH
             TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-80«31
PROJECT TITLE:
               FUNDING:
                    0.0   FY 1977
TYPE:
CONTROLS
   DEWATERING PRINCIPLES AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN STUDIES

     DOE: 071372
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DEVELOP MORE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE METHODS THAN
     THOSE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR CONTINUOUS TREATMENT OF FLUE GAS
     CLEANING (FGC) WASTES. INITIAL EFFORTS ARE TO BE CONCENTRATED ON
     APPLYING GRAVITY SEDIMENTATION TO RAPIDLY, INEXPENSIVELY DEWATER FGC
     WASTES.
     APPROACH: DEVELOP METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
     AND BEHAVIOR OF FGC WASTES. DEVELOP PROCEDURES BASED ON THE MODELS
     PRESENTED HEREIN TO ALLOW ACCURATE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF GRAVITY
     SEDIMENTATION UNITS USED IN TREATING FGC WASTES. PERFORM BENCH SCALE
     AND PILOT TESTS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING GRAVITY SEDIMEN-
     TATION UNITS FOR TREATING FGC WASTES. PERFORM DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES
     TO DETERMINE THE BEST DESIGN FOR CHANNEL PROMOTERS. BENCH SCALE AND
     CONTINUOUS PILOT TESTS ARE TO BE PERFORMED TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBIL-
     ITY OF SUCH DEVICES FOR IMPROVING DEWATERING EFFICIENCY-WHILE TREAT-
     ING FGC WASTES. ASSESS FILTERAEILITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FGC
     SLUDGES DEWATERED TO DIFFERENT DEGREES AND PUMPING REQUIREMENTS FOR
     THE DIFFERENT SLUDGES.                              '
     RESULTS: A GRAVITY SEDIMENTATION SYSTEM CAN NOW BE PROPOSED KHICH
     SHOULD ALLOW RAPID DEWATERING OF FGC WASTE TO HIGH CONCENTRATIONS
     (35 TO 50 PERCENT SOLIDS) WITHOUT THE NEED FOR CHEMICAL ADDITIVES
     (FLOCCULANTS). THIS SYSTEM SEPARATES THE CLARIFICATION AND THICKENING
     FUNCTIONS INTO TWO UNITS KHICH ARE MUCH SMALLER AND LESS EXPENSIVE
     THAN CONVENTIONAL DEWATERING EQUIPMENT. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
     CONCEPT IS UNDERWAY.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  8/78, ISSUE FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: FLUE GAS; PURIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; WASTE
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00074           - CONTINUED
     PROCESSING; SLUDGES; SEDIMENTATION; WATER REMOVAL;  HASTE  DISPOSAL;
     FLOCCULATION; SEPARATION PROCESSES; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;
     WATER POLLUTION CONTROL! DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                          109

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                                                                  DATE: 01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00073
PROJECT SPONSOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
EPA
RESEARCH TRIANSLE PK

JULIAN w. JONES
                                       NC
                                                 TELEPHONE:  F629-2489
     CONTRACTOR-- NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: 3511 UNIVERSITY STA.
        CITY/ST: GRAND FORKS           ND
PRINCIPAL INVES: O.E. MANZ; GROENEWOLD; YOUNG

CONTRACT NUMBER: R-805459
                                TELEPHONE:

                                  FUNDING:
                                                                 o.o  FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   DISPOSAL OF HIGH ALKALINE FLY ASH SLUDGE IN A DECOALED MINE SEAM

     DOE: 071373
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SLUDGE
     DISPOSAL FROM A LIGNITE FLY ASH S02 SCRUBBER (AT THE HILTON R. YOUNG
     POWER STATION, CENTER, NORTH DAKOTA) IN A DECOALED OPEN PIT MINE.
     MONITOR THE GROUNDWATER AND LEACHATE IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE BURIED
     SLUDGE, AS WELL AS AN EXPOSED SURFACE SLUDGE POND.
     INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTIES OF SLUDGE, ASH AND SOIL. ASSESS THE
     STABILITY OF MINE SPOIL DEPOSITED OVER THE SLUDSE.
     APPROACH: m STUDY AVAILABLE MINE, SLUDGE, AND SLUDGE DISPOSAL
     CHARACTERIZATION FROM A 3-YEAR MINING PLAN AND LABORATORY ANALYSES
     OF PILOT PLANT SLUDGE. (2) CONDUCT ADDITIONAL SLUDGE AND MINE CHARAC-
     TERIZATION. (3) CONDUCT EXTENSIVE SAMPLING AND TESTING PRIOR TO AND
     SUBSEQUENT TO: (A) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXPOSED SURFACE SLUDGE FOND,
     AND  (B) INSTALLATION OF SEVERAL GROUNDWATER AND LEACHATE WELLS IN
     PROXIMITY OF BURIED SLUDGE IN THE DECOALED MINE SEAM 'AND' SLUDGE POND,
     ANALYSES OF GROUNDWATER, LEACHATE, SUrERNANT, SLUDGE AND SOIL FOR
     15 MONTH PERIOD. (4) OBTAIN AND COMPILE COST INFORMATION FROM THE
     POWER PLANT FOR INCLUSION IN AN ECONOMIC STUDY BY ARTHUR D. LITTLE,
     INC. OF DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE IN DECOALED MINE SEAM. (5) ASSESS THE
     DATA AND PREPARE THE FINAL REPORT, TO BE INCORPORATED IN AN ARTHUR D.
     LITTLE REPORT FOR CONTRACT 68-03-233*.
     RESULTS: PROJECT JUST INITIATED.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
          1.  9/78, ISSUE INTERIM REPORT
          2.  9/79, ISSUE FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: .FLY ASH; SLUDGES; WASTE DISPOSAL; COAL MINES; PH VALUE;
     SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; LAND USE; ENVIRONMENTAL
     IMPACTS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL LIQUEFACTION; COAL GASIFICATION; SOIL
 KAOE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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     CHEMISTRY; LIGNITE; SCRUBBING; FLUE GAS;  FOSSIL-FUEL POWER  PLANTS;
     AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
 KADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00060

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: JOHN E. WILLIAMS
                      DC
                                                 TELEPHONE: F629-2915
     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
1320 COM U BK BLDG
CHATTANOOGA           TO
6. A. HOLLINDEN
                                                 TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
                                  FUNDING:
0.0  FY 1977
                                    TYPE:
                            CONTROLS
   LIME/LIMESTONE AND ADVANCED CONCEPTS; TVA'S 1-MW PILOT PLANT (COLBERT)

     DOE: 130017
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT is TO DEVELOP
     RELIABLE CLOSED LOOP MIST ELIMINATOR SYSTEMS FOR LIME/LIMESTONE
     SYSTEMS NOW IN OPERATION OR PLANNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE; ALSO, TO THE
     EXTENT POSSIBLE, DEVELOP LESS COSTLY ADVANCED HIGH VELOCITY
     SCRUBBERS.
     APPROACH: DETERMINE THE FACTOP.S ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE MECHANICAL
     AND PROCESS RELIABILITY OF MIST ELIMINATORS IN LIME/LIMESTONE WET
     SCRUBBING SYSTEMS.
     RESULTS: PREVIOUS PROJECTS WERE INITIATED TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL DESIGN
     INPUT FOR THE FULL-SCALE SCRUBBER INSTALLATION AT WIDOWS CREEK.
     RECENT TESTS ON NEW MIST ELIMINATOR OPERATING MODES HAVE BEEN
     PROMISING. THIS STUDY WILL EXPAND IN MORE DETAIL THE VIABILITY OF
     THESE RECENT TESTS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  FINAL REPORT ON VERTICAL MIST ELIMINATOR STUDY.
         2.  FINAL REPORT ON HIGH VELOCITY SCRUBBER AND MIST ELIMINATOR
             COMBINATION STUDY      '                     f
     KEYWORDS; MIST ELIMINATOR; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC
     POWER; POWER GENERATION; SCRUBBERS; RELIABILITY; LIMESTONE; SORPTIVE
     PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; DESIGN; POLLUTION
     CONTROL EQUIPMENT
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00059

PROJECT SPONSOR: ELECTRIC POKER RESEARCH INST
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: PALO ALTO             CA
        MANAGER: KURT YEAGER

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 1320 COM u BR BLDG
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: 6. A. HOLLINDEN
    TELEPHONE: c4i5-493-48oo
    TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-42660A
PROJECT TITLE:
      FUNDING:
0.0  FY 1977
                                    TYPE:
CONTROLS
   DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY

     DOE: 130018
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE
     MAKING HEAT BALANCES FOR SEVERAL REHEAT SCHEMES AUD EVALUATING
     MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION ALONG WITH SYSTEM OPERABILITY; TO EVALUATE
     A HORIZONTAL SCRUBBER SYSTEM AT THE 1-MW LEVEL; TO EVALUATE THE
     EROSION AND CORROSION OF VARIOUS MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION
     OF SCRUBBER SYSTEMS; TO DETERMINE THE RANGE OF VARIABILITY OF THE
     SOLIDS IN SLUDGES PRODUCED FROM SCRUBBERS OPERATED BY VARIOUS
     UTILITIES AND TO CORRELATE THE VARIABILITY WITH PLANT OPERATING
     CONDITIONS.
     APPROACH: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF EACH REHEAT SYSTEM,
     HORIZONTAL SCRUBBER, EROSION/CORROSION TEST LOOP. CONTACTING FULL-
     SCALE LIME AND LIMESTONE SCRUBBER INSTALLATIONS REQUESTING SLUDGES
     FOR CHEMICAL ANO INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS.
     RESULTS: THIS PROJECT is DIRECTED TO EXPANDING AN EXISTING DEVELOP-
     MENT AND PROCESS EVALUATING PROGRAM AT THE TVA COLBERT LIME/LIMESTONE
     SCRUBBING PILOT PUNT TO INCLUDE FOUR ADDITIONAL HIGH PRIORITY TASKS
     REQUIRED IN ACHIEVING A COMMERCIAL DESIGN BASE FOR LIME/LIMESTONE
     SCRUBBING ON HIGH-SULFUR COAL.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  FINAL REPORT ON EACH TASK
     KEYWORDS: REHEAT; SCRUBBING; CORROSION; SLURRIES; SCRUBBERS; DESIGN;
     CONSTRUCTION; OPERATION; LIMESTONE; PILOT PLANTS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL
     EFFECTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; FLUE GAS; EROSION
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PSOFILE  NUMBER: 00057
PROJECT SPONSOR:
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TVA
1330 COMM U BK BLDG
CHATTANOOGA
B. 6. MCKINNEY
TN
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
1320 COUM UNION BANK
CHATTANOOGA           TN
B. G. MCKINNEY
                                TELEPHONE:  F854-33S1
          TELEPHONE: F854-3381
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
PROJECT TITLE:
                                  FUNDING:
                          0.0  FY 1977
                   TYPE:
      CONTROLS
   WIDOWS CREEK UNIT 8, LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBER

     DOE: 130037
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: INSTALL A FULL-SCALE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION
     LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBER ON THE 550-MW WIDOWS CREEK STEAM PLANT
     UNIT 8.
     APPROACH: m DESIGN SYSTEMS, THEN m CONSTRUCT FACILITIES.
     RESULTS: REMOVAL OF BOTH FLY ASH AND soz FROM THE STACK GAS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES--
         1.  COMPLETION OF DESIGN
         2.  COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION
         3.  START-UP AKD COMMERCIALIZATION OF FACILITIES
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL FUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION
     CONTROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; FLY ASH; WIDOWS CREEK STEAM PLANT; SULFUR
     COMPOUNDS; SCRUBBERS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
     MENT;- DESULFURIZATION; DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; FLUE GAS
 VJADc H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           114

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00056

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            oc
        MANAGER: JOHN E. WILLIAMS                TELEPHONE:  F629-a9is

     CONTRACTOR: TVA DESIGN BRANCH
        ADDRESS; OFC AGR AND CHEM DEV
        CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS         AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. J. SCHULTZ                   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU                         FUNDING:       o.o  FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   DEVELOPMENT OF FLUE GAS DESULFU3IZATION TECHNOLOGY, SHAWNEE LIME/LIME-
   STONE SCRUBBING PROGRAM

     DOE: 130046
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE TEST FACILITY
     STUDIES ARE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND OPTIMIZE LIME AND LIMESTONE
     WET SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY AS IT PERTAINS TO TREATING POWER PLANT
     BOILER FLUE GAS. THE STUDIES ARE BEING PERFORMED IN INTERMEDIATE
     SIZE EQUIPMENT (GAS FLOW IS EQUIVALENT TO A POWER GENERATING CAPACITY
     OF ABOUT 10 MEGAWATTS) SO THAT DATA WILL MORE READILY TRANSFER TO
     COMMERCIAL SIZE UNITS.
     APPROACH: TWO WET SCRUBBING SYSTEMS (EACH EQUIVALENT TO 10 MEGAWATTS)
     ARE OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY TO TREAT A SIDE STREAM OF FLUE GAS FROM A
     COMMERCIAL SIZE POWER PLANT BOILER. LIME AND LIMESTONE ARE USED AS
     THE PRIMARY ABSORBENTS. ADDITIVES SUCH AS MAGNESIUM OXIDE CAN BE
     USED TO ALTER THE PROCESS CHEMISTRY. THE STUDIES ARE DESIGNED TO
     EVALUATE PROCESS VARIABLES, AND PLANT OPERATING AND DESIGN CONCEPTS
     THAT CAN BE USED TO GUIDE THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL
     SIZE SYSTEMS.
     RESULTS; CHEMICAL PROCESS, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATING PARAMETERS THAT
     ARE USEFUL TO THE INDUSTRY IH SELECTING, DESIGNING AND OPERATING FLUE
     GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  STUDY OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CALCIUM-BASED WET SCRUBBING OF
             BOILER FLUE GAS
         2.  IDENTIFY PRIMARY CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL LIMITATIONS OF THE
             FLUE GAS SCRUBBING PROCESS
         3.  OPTIMIZE CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, AND OPERATING THE COMPONENTS
             OF THE SCRUBBING PROCESS
         4.  DEVELOP AND/OR EVALUATE TECHNIQUES FOR ULTIMATE UTILIZATION
 MADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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             OF WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE SCRUBBING PROCESS TO REDUCE THE
             ENVIRONMENTAL ANT) ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE COMMERCIAL APPLI-
             CATION OF SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY
     KEYWORDS: FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COAL; AIR
     POLLUTION ABATEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SCRUBBING;  LIMESTONE;
     SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;  MATERIALS
     RECOVERY; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
     POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; SCRUBBERS; COMPUTER COOES
 HADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00053
                 EPA
                 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
PROJECT SPONSOR:
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:                       KC
        MANAGER: RON A.  VENEZIA,  JULIAN JONES
                                                 TELEPHONE:  919 541  2547
     CONTRACTOR; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: TVA 1320 COM BANK
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TO
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA II, B. G. HCKINNEY

CONTRACT NUMBER'- EAP I. D. 79BB
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING:
                                                                 0.0   FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM COAL FIRED UTILITY BOILERS

     DOE: 130040
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE is TO m CHARACTERIZE COAL PILE
     DRAINAGE, (2) ASSESS THE PH ADJUSTMENT ON ASH POND EFFLUENT,
     (3) ASSESS AND THEN DESIGN AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM FOR MONITORING ASH
     POND EFFLUENT, U) EVALUATE CHLORINATED WATER EFFLUENT QUALITY IN
     THE DISCHARGE CANAL, (5) ASSESS, CHARACTERIZE, AND QUANTIFY COAL ASH
     LEACHATE EFFECTS ON GROUND WATER, AUD (6) STUDY GASEOUS EMISSIONS
     FROM MANY TYPES OF BOILERS.
     APPROACH: THE PROJECT WILL COVER CD CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTI-
     FICATION OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF COAL PILE DRAINAGE,
     (2) ASSESSMENT AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
     NATURE OF ASH POND EFFLUENT AFTER FH OF THE ASH PONO HAS BEEN
     ADJUSTED TO MEET EXISTING STANDARDS, (3) EVALUATION OF AN ASH
     MONITORING PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THE SAMPLING NECESSARY TO OBTAIN
     RELIABLE, REPRESENTATIVE INFC3MATION, (4) ASSESSMENT AND CHARACTER-
     IZATION OF COAL ASH LEACHATE ON GROUND WATER QUALITY, (5) EVALUATION
     AND QUANTIFICATION OF CHLORINATED EFFLUENT IN THE DISCHARGE CAS'AL,
     AND (6) CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF GASEOUS EFFLUENTS
     FROM TANGENTIAL AND WALL-FIRED UNITS.
     RESULTS: FINAL RESULTS WILL HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION TO DESIGN TREAT-
     MENT SYSTEMS FOR EFFLUENT WATERS. ALSO, ONE TASK WILL ADDRESS THE
     EFFICACY OF PRESENTLY SPECIFIED MONITORING PROGRAMS. ANOTHER TASK
     WILL PRODUCE INFORMATION TO DEFINE METHODS TO REDUCE CHLORINE USAGE.
     ANOTHER WILL ASSESS THE INFLUENCE OF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS FROM THE
     ASH POND ON GROUND WATER QUALITY. FINNALLY, ONE TASK WILL PROVIDE
     INFORMATION TO CHARACTERIZE GASEOUS, VAPOR AND FINE PARTICULATE
     EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOILERS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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      .   1.  12/78, CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL PILE DRAINAGE
         2.  12/78, ASSESSMENT OF PH ADJUSTMENT ON ASH POtJD EFFLUENT
         3.  8/77, COMPLETE STUDY ON THE DESIGN OF AN EFFECTIVE MONITORING
             PROGRAM FOR ASH FOND EFFLUENT
         4.  6/78, EVALUATION OF CHLORIK'ATION OF ONCE-THROUGH CONDENSER
             SYSTEMS
         5.  6/78, COAL ASH LEACHATE EFFECT ON GROUND WATER QUALITY
         6.  12/79, ASSESSMENT OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT
             BOILERS
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; BOILERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
     AIR POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; PH VALUE; FLY ASH; MONITORING;
     DESIGN; CHLORINE; ONCE-THROUGH COOLING SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS;
     COAL; STORAGE; GROUND WATER; GASEOUS WASTES; WASTES DISPOSAL; ACID
     MINE DRAINAGE; SPOIL BANKS; SOILS
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE
               : 00037
PROJECT SPONSOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
EPA
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK

ROBERT H. BORGKARDT
     CONTRACTOR: VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHARLOTTESVILLE
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. L. HUNT

CONTRACT NUfGER: R-805227-010

PROJECT TITLE:
NC
                      VA
          TELEPHONE:
                                TELEPHONE:
                                  FUNDING:
                                                0.0  FY 1977
                   TYPE:
      CONTROLS
  ,. SULFUR DIOXIDE OXIDATION IN SCRUBBER SYSTEMS

     DOE: 071371
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF CONTROLLABLE SYSTEM
     PARAMETERS IN LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO SUGGEST
     METHODS OF LIMITING OXIDATION TO PERMIT UNSATURATED OPERATION. SYSTEM
     PARAMETERS INCLUDE THE CONCENTRATION ANT) TYPE OF INHIBITORS AND
     CATALYSTS AS WELL AS PHYSICAL FACTORS WHICH CONTROL MASS TRANSFER. TO
     INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF OXIDATION
     IN A HOLD TANK WHEN OXIDATION IS FORCED BY AERATION. FACTORS
     IMPORTANT HERE ARE MASS TRANSFER (PARTICULARLY AS INFLUENCED BY AIR
     BUBBLE SIZE AND CONTACT TIME) AND THE KINETICS OF THE OXIDATION
     REACTION.
     APPROACH: CHEMICAL KINETICS AND MASS TRANSFER WILL BE STUDIED IN BOTH
     CLEAR SOLUTIONS AND SLURRIES USING STIRRED REACTORS AND FLOW REACTORS
     IN BENCH SCALE EQUIPMENT. THE RESULTS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO A
     MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO PRODUCE METHODS OF MINIMIZING OR MAXIMIZING
     OXIDATION IN SCRUBBERS.
     RESULTS; CONSTRUCT REACTOR AND ASSEMBLE APPARATUS. STUDY OXIDATION OF
     BISULFITE AT PH 4-6 IN FLOW REACTOR AND BATCH REACTOR WITH SINGLE AND
     MULTIPLE CATALYSTS. EVALUATE OXIDATION INHIBITORS. STUDY OXIDATION OF
     SULFITE WITH HIGH CATALYST CONCENTRATIONS. DEVELOP MODEL FOR OXIDA-
     TION IN SLURRIES INCLUDING MASS TRANSFER AND KINETICS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/77, CONSTRUCT REACTOR AND ASSEMBLE APPARATUS
         Z.  11/77, LOW LEVEL CATALYST STUDIES IN FLOW REACTOR
         3.  2/78, BISULFITE OXIDATION IN BATCH REACTOR
         4.  6/78, BISULFITE OXIDATION WITH MULTIPLE CATALYSTS
         5.  9/78, EFFECT OF OXIDATION INHIBITORS
         6.  9/78, DEVELOP MODEL FOR OXIDATION IN SLURRIES
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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         7.  10/78, CONCENTRATION EFFECTS
      '   8.  6/79, VERIFY MODEL
         9.  8/79, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; OXIDATION; COAL;  FOSSIL-FUEL POWER  PLANTS;
     SCRUBBERS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS;  MATHEMATICAL MODELS; FABRI-
     CATION; INHIBITION; SLURRIES; SCRUBBING;  AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
 WADE H. PONDER

 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  KUM3ER: 01085

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      •  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST; WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER;                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: EXXON RESEARCH AND ENG. co.
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: LINDEN                NJ
PRINCIPAL INVES:                            '     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:            FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   FORMATION OF NOX AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM CHEMICALLY BOUND NITROGEN.

     DOE: 095196
     RESEARCH IS REPORTED THAT IS DESIGNED TO SEPARATE THE PROCESS OF COAL
     PARTICLE COM3USTION INTO A SERIES Or SEQUENTIAL STAGES (PYROLYSIS,    .
     GAS PHASE COMBUSTION, AND CHAR BURKCUT), AND TO CARRY OUT BOTH
     THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE FORMATION OF NOX AND
     OTHER PRODUCTS FROM CHEMICALLY BOUND NITROGEN THAT OCCURS IN THESE
     STAGES. THE RESULTS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE
     FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF COAL COMBUSTION, AND THEY WILL BE USED TO
     CONSTRUCT USEFUL DIAGNOSTIC MODELS OF THE FORMATION OF NOX FROM
     CHEMICALLY BOUND NITROGEN IS COAL COMBUSTION. THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THE
     MODELS IS THE OPTIMIZATION OF COAL BURNER DESIGN AND OPERATION FOR
     NOX ABATEMENT. THIS PROGRAM IS IN THE STARTUP PHASE. DIAGNOSTIC
     EQUIPMENT USED IN STUDYING THE PYROLYSIS STAGE OF COAL PARTICLE COM-
     BUSTION IS BEING PUT INTO OPERATION. THEORETICAL WORK ON BOTH PYRCLY-
     SIS AND CHAR BURNOUT IS BEING INITIATED. THIS PROGRAM IS'A CONTINUA-
     TION OF WORK THAT WAS FUNDED UNDER NSF RANN GRANT NO. AER 75-03964.
     IN THAT WORK, THE TECHNIQUES USED IN THE PYROLYSIS STUDIES WERE
     DEVELOPED AS WAS AN EARLY FYROLYSIS MODEL. INITIAL RESULTS WERE
     OBTAINED ON THE DEVOLATILIZATION OF NITROGEN FROM FOUR COALS AND ONE
     OIL SHALE. QUANTITIES OF MAJOR GASEOUS SPECIES DEVOLATIZIED WERE ALSO
     MEASURED UNDER SIMULATED COMBUSTION PYROLYSIS CONDITIONS.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION KINETICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SYNTHESIS;
     CHEMICAL BONDS; PYROLYSIS; DEVOLATILIZATION; POLLUTION ABATEMENT;
     CHARS; NITROGEN; REMOVAL; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; DENITRIFICATION.
 HADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUM3ER: 01082

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                      DC
     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
BINGHAMTON
J. J. BISCH
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
NY
                                    TYPE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING;
                                                     FY  1978
                                             CONTROLS
   DESULFURIZATION WITH TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS.

     DOE: 095183
     THIS STUDY EVALUATES THE MECHANISM AND EFFICIENCY OF NOVEL,  HOMOGE-
     NEOUS, TRANSITION-METAL DESULFURIZING AGENTS FOR ORGANOSULFUR COM-
     POUNDS. BECAUSE THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURES PRESENT IN NATIVE COAL
     CONTAIN OR3ANOSULFUR SUBUNITS, EFFICIENT, HOMOGENEOUS DESULFURIZING
     AGENTS MAY BE USEFUL IN STUDIES OF THE STRUCTURE OF COAL ITSELF.
     MOREOVER, THESE SAME AGENTS, IF ACTIVE CATALYTICALLY, WOULD BE VALU-
     ABLE IN FREEING FUELS OR ORGANIC CHEMICALS OBTAINED BY COAL PYROLYSIS
     FROM THE CONTAMINATING ORGANOSULFUR COMPONENTS.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; NICKEL
     COMPLEXES; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; COAL LIQUIDS;
     ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTION
     KINETICS.
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUK3ER: 01078

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: LARAMIE               WY
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:          '

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
        ADDRESS: CHEMISTRY DEPT.
        CITY/ST: LARAMIE               KY
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. HOHATSON               '      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: ET-77-S-03-1761                   FUNDING:      5.0  FY 1978

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   UTILIZATION OF NAHCOLITE IN A DRY SOZ--NOX ABSORBER SYSTEM.

     DOE: 095133
     NAHCOLITE, THE MINERAL FORM OF SODIUM BICARBONATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
     OIL SHALES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF NORTHWESTERN COLORADO,  IS
     BEING ACTIVELY CONSIDERED BY THE PCU'ER PLANT INDUSTRY AS THE CHEMICAL
     COMPONENT OF A DRY S02--NOX ABSORBER SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
     OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO OBTAIN
     DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF SUCH AN ABSORBER
     SYSTEM. THE REACTIONS OF NAHCOLITE AND ITS THERMAL DECOMPOSITION
     PRODUCT SCDIUM CARBONATE WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDES ARE
     BEING INVESTIGATED OVER THE TEMPERATURE RANGE PROJECTED FOR POWER
     PLANT OPERATION. PRODUCTS FORMED ARE BEING CHARACTERIZED BY X-RAY
     DIFFRACTION, SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
     REACTIOM RATES ARE BEING MEASURED BY WEIGHT CHANGE AND CHEMICAL
     ANALYSIS. A BENCH SCALE APPARATUS HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED
     FOR STUDY OF THE ABSORPTION REACTIONS OVER A BROAD RANGE' OF CONDI-
     TIONS. THE INITIAL WORK HAS CONCENTRATED ON SULFUR DIOXIDE ABSORP-
     TION. AT FLUE GAS TEMPERATURES THE PRIMARY SOLID REACTANT IS THE VERY
     POROUS SODIUM CARBONATE PRODUCED BY THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF
     NAKCOLITE. EVIDENCE HAS BEEN OBTAINED THAT SODIUM PYROSULFITE AND
     SODIUM SULFITE CAN BE PRODUCED UNDER SOME CCNDISTIONS AS PRECURSORS
     TO THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT SODIUM SULFATE. CONTINUATION OF THE WORK IN
     PROGRESS WILL LEAD TO DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE RATES AND
     MECHANISMS OF THE ABSORPTION REACTIONS. THE RATE INFORMATION WILL BE
     USEFUL IN OPTIMIZING SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPERATION AND THE MECHANISM
     INFORMATION WILL BE USEFUL IN EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING
     SOLID PRODUCTS MORE VALUABLE THAN SCDIUM SULFATE.
     KEYWORDS: NAHCOLITE; SODIUM CARBONATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN
     OXIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; REACTION


 WADE H. FONDER
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     KINETICS; ADSORPTION; SCRPTIVE PROPERTIES;  OFF-GAS SYSTEMS;  AIR
     POLLUTION CONTROL; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS;- FLUE GAS.
 UADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01072

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: AMES LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: OEPT. OF CHEMICAL EN
        CITY/ST: AMES                  IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. BURNET
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
    TELEPHONE :




    TELEPHONE--

      FUNDING:

CONTROLS
                                           5.0   FY 1978
   RECOVERY OF METAL VALUES FROM FLY ASH.
     DOE: 094104
     THIS PROJECT IS CONCERNED WITH THE REMOVAL OF COAL FLY ASH FROM
     COMBUSTION OF COAL AND THE RECOVERY OF METAL VALUES SUCH AS ALUMINIUM
     AND IRON, UHICH ARE PROMINENT CONSTITUENTS. THE METHODS CHOSEN DEPEND
     ON THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE CHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR THE SEPARATION
     Or THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ASH. RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE
     RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY 90X OF THE ALUMINA BY AN ALKALINE LIME-
     SINTERING PROCESS.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; METALS; ALUMINIUM; IRON;
     MATERIALS RECOVERY.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER:
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                 DC
                           TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE-COLUMBUS LABORATORIES
        ADDRESS: sos KING AVE.
        CITY/ST: COLUMBUS              OH
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. F. FELDMANN                  TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUM3ER: W-7405-ENG-92
PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
      FUNDING:
CONTROLS
                                           8.0  FY 1978
   CONTROL Or EMISSIONS FROM 6ASIFIERS USINS COAL WITH A CHEMICALLY BOUND
   SULFUR SCAVENGER.

     DOE: 091231
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AKD
     ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF USINS COAL TREATED BY A PROPRIETARY PROCESS
     DEVELOPED BY BATTELLE AS ATI ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR
     COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL GASIFICATION SYSTEMS. THIS PROCESS
     INVOLVES CHEMICALLY INCORPORATING CA + + IONS INTO THE COAL BY CON-
     TACT WITH A CAO SLURRY IN AN AUTOCLAVE. THE USE OF BATTELLE TREATED
     COAL (ETC) AS A GASIFICATION FEEDSTOCK IS INTENDED TO CAPTURE SULFUR
     IN THE FEED COAL WITH THE CHEMICALLY INCORPORATED CALCIUM TO PRODUCE
     A LOW-SULFUR FUEL GAS. THE ENERGY MARKET OF PRIMARY INTEREST TO BTC
     APPLICATION IS THE INDUSTRIAL MARKET. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS USER
     IS CURRENTLY USING NATURAL GAS WHICH WILL BE CURTAILED. THE ECONOMIC
     EVALUATION WILL SHOW WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE
     TO INDUSTRIAL USERS OF NATURAL GAS ARE MOST VIABLE; (2)"COAL-FIRED
     BOILER WITH PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND FLUE-GAS DESULFURIZATION; (2)
     COAL GASIFIER AND GAS-FIRED BOILER WITH PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND
     FLUE-GAS DESULFURIZATION; m COAL GASIFIER WITH HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND
     PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND GAS-FIRED BOILER; AND (4) COAL GASIFIER
     USING BTC WITH PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND GAS-FIRED BOILER. THE
     TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION Of BTC UTILIZATION WILL BE
     CARRIED CUT THROUGH AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO COMPARE THE
     PERFORMANCE OF BTC AND UNTREATED COAL WITH RESPECT TO SULFUR CONTENT
     OF PRODUCT GAS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT Of SULFUR CAPTURED IN THE
     ASH. THE SCOPE OF THE PLANNED TECHNICAL EFFORT COVERS PREPARATION OF
     BTC'S UX3ER VARIOUS TREATMENT CONDITIONS AND LABORATORY-SCALE GASIFI-
     CATION STUDIES TO SIMULATE A FIXED-BED GASIFIER, A FLUIDIZED-BED
     GASIFIER, AND AN ENTRAINED-BED GASIFIER OPERATION. THUS, THE TECH-
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01042           - CONTINUED

     NICAL EFFORT IS BEING DIRECTED TO DEt'.ON'STRATE THE USEFULNESS OF ETC
     F03 WIDE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS.
     KEYWORDS: COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COAL
     PREPARATION; BATTELLE HYDROTKERMAL COAL PROCESS; FOSSIL-FUEL FOXER
     PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; PARTICLES; REMOVAL; FUEL GAS;
     HYBR03EN SULFIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; COMPARATIVE
     EVALUATIONS.
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA FP.OGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: oos76

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTAHOOSA           TN
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. L. WELLS
             TELEPHONE:
             TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
               FUNDING:
5.0  FY 1978
TYPE:
                                             CONTROLS
   TVA WIDOWS CREEK UNIT 8 WET LIMESTONE SCRUBBER RESEARCH PROJECT.

     DOE: 130141
     THE FOLLOWING SEVEN TASK FORCES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TVA WIDOWS  CREEK
     UNIT 3 WET LIMESTONE SCRUBBER RESEARCH PROJECT: (1) PROJECT
     MANAGEMENT; (2) REPORT ON SCRUBBER STARTING; (3) PROCESS EVALUATION;
     (4) PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION; (5) SLUDGE TREATMENT
     DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION; (6) E15 ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS;  AND
     (7) CHEMICAL DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS. RESULTS FROM THE COLBERT
     AND SHAWNEE SLUDGE DISPOSAL TEST IN REGARD TO THE WIDOWS CREEK
     PROJECT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND ARE AVAILABLE. THERE ARE DAILY>
     WEEKLY, AND MONTHLY REPORTS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE CHEMICAL DATA
     GATHERING AND ANALYSIS TASK FCRCE.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING
     PROCESSES; EVALUATION; OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGES; WASTE PROCESSING;
     ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SCRUBBERS; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION.
 WiDE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                 DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00875

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:
     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
470 COMMERCE UNION B
CHATTANOOGA           TN
R. F. ROBARDS; W. L. WELLS
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
   TVA COCURRENT SCRUBBER PROJECT.
    TELEPHONE:




    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:
                                                0.0  FY 1978
                   TYPE:
CONTROLS
     DOE: 130140
     THE AIR RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS AN SOX TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM WHICH HAS,
     AMONG OTHERS, AN OBJECTIVE TO DEVELOP, THROUGH RESEARCH, EMISSION
     CONTROL METHODS OR PROCESSES FOB USE ON FULL-SIZE ELECTRIC GENERATING
     FACILITIES TO MEET STANDARDS AND/OR REGULATIONS. THE PRIMARY
     OBJECTIVE OF THE LIME/LIMESTONE COCURRENT SCRUBBER PROJECT WHICH IS A
     PART OF THE SOX TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM IS TO FURTHER EVALUATE S02 AND
     PARTICULATE REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES AT THE 1 AND 10-MW LEVEL WHICH ARE
     LOGICAL STEPS LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT OF FULL SCALE SYSTEMS. A SECOND
     OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE ADVANTAGES OF THE LIME/LIME-
     STONE COCUSRENT SCRUBBER PROCESS SUCH AS ECONOMICS, PHYSICAL SIZE,
     EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION, ETC., MILE CONDUCTING THE 1-MW AND 10-MW
     TESTING. TVA'S 1-MW LIME/LIMESTONE PILOT PLANT AT THE COLBERT STEAM
     PLANT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO THE COCURRENT CONFIGURATION AS PART OF AN
     EPRI PROJECT. RESULTS OBTAINED FROM PREVIOUS 1-MW TESTING WERE VERY
     ENCOURAGING. THE RESULTS FROM THE PROPOSED 1-MW TESTING AND THE
     PREVIOUS 1-MW TESTING WILL BE USED IN DESIGNING AND OPERATING A 10-MU
     COCURRENT SCRUBBER AT THE SHAKNEE TEST FACILITY. THE''RESULTS FROM THE
     1- AND 10-MW TESTING WILL BE USED IN EVALUATING THE LIME/LIMESTONE
     COCUr.RENT SCRUBBER PROCESS AS AN ALTERNATE PROCESS FOR MEETING
     STANDARDS AND/OR REGULATIONS AT FULL-SCALE ELECTRIC GENERATING
     FACILITIES.
     KEYWORDS-- FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; SULFUR OXIDES; SCRUEBERS;
     REMOVAL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CONTROL; LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING
     PROCESSES.
  KADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           129

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PROFILE  NUM3ER: 00873

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        Cmr/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ACDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
                                                   FUNDING:
                    0.0  FY 1978
                                    TYPE:
CONTROLS
   CHEMICAL EQUIVALENCE OF BOILER CLEANING WASTE IN ASH POND EFFLUENT.

     D0=: 130135
     THE KATEP RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS AN EFFLUENT CONTROL SUBPROGRAM WHICH
     HAS AMOKS OTHERS AN OBJECTIVE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE CHEMICAL
     COMPOSITION OF EFFLUENT STREAMS FROM COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS AND TO
     DETEF.I-1IKE IF METHODS OF CONTROL ARE NECESSARY. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
     OF THIS TASK WILL BE TO PERFORM FIELD STUDIES TO VERIFY THAT VARIOUS
     CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF BOILER CLEANING WASTES WILL BE REMOVED IN AN
     ALKALINE OR ACID ASH FOND. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE
     SAMPLING THE DISCHARGES OF AN ALKALINE AND ACID ASH PONT) DURING THE
     RELEASE OF BOILER CLEANING WASTES TO THE POND. THESE SAMPLES WILL  BE
     ANALYZED FOR PRIORITY POLLUTANTS. LABORATORY WORK WAS PERFORMED BY
     TVA TO DEMONSTRATE THAT COPPER AND IRON COULD BE REMOVED BY ALKALINE
     AS;H PONDS AND BY NEUTRAL ASH PONDS AFTER THE WASTES HAVE BEEN TREATED
     (PRECIPITATION). EPA HAS REQUIRED THAT WE PERFOSM A FIELD DEMONSTRA-
     TION TO PROVE COPPER AND IRON ARE REMOVED. IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW
     PRIORITY POLLUTANT LEGISLATION WILL IMPACT THE USE OF THE ASH PCND AS
     A CHEMICAL TREATMENT POND. DATA ON PRIORITY POLLUTANTS IS NEEDED TO
     ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THIS TREATMENT SCHEME.         '
     KEYV~OS: FOSSIL-FUEL POKER PLANTS; BOILERS? CLEANING; WATER
     POLLUTION CONTROL; PONDS; SAMPLING; ASHES; COPPER; IRON; REMOVAL;
     POLLUTION REGULATIONS; COMPLIANCE; WATER TREATMENT.
 WADE H.  FON2ER
 CCEA K=OS=Att MANAGER
                                          130

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00869
PROJECT SPONSOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
ELECTRIC POKER RESEARCH INST.
PALO ALTO
                      CA
     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: ^70 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. L. CROWE; W. L. HELLS
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                TELEPHONE;
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-42660A
PROJECT TITLE:
                                  FUNDING:
                    2.0  FY 1978
                   TYPE:
CONTROLS
   DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBER TECHNOLOGY AT THE TVA
   COLBERT PILOT PLANT FOR EFRI: SLUDGE CHARACTERIZATION TASK.

     DOE: 130131
     THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO DETERMINE THE RANGE OF VARIABILITY
     OF THE SOLIDS IN SLUDGES PRODUCED FROM FULL-SCALE SCRUBBER INSTALLA-
     TIONS OPERATED BY VARIOUS ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND TO CORRELATE THE
     VARIABILITY WITH PLANT OPERATING CONDITIONS. THE APPROACH IS TO
     OBTAIN SAMPLES FROM SCRUBBERS OPERATED BY VARIOUS UTILITIES AND THE
     OPERATING CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THESE SAMPLES WERE PRODUCED. THESE
     SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYZED BY VASIC'JS INSTRUMENTAL AND CHEMICAL TECH-
     NIQUES AND THE RESULTS CORRELATED TO THE OPERATING CONDITIONS THAT
     PRODUCED THE SLUDGE. FIVE UTILITIES PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.
     CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES OF THE SLUDGE SAMPLES RECEIVED HAVE EEEN
     MADE AKD CORRELATION OF THESE CHARACTERIZATIONS TO SCRUBBER OPERATION
     HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. A FINAL REPCRT IS IN PREPARATION. MONTHLY
     PROGRESS REPORTS TO EPA BY TVA ARE AVAILABLE.        '  —
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING
     PROCESSES; SLUDGES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; SCRUBBERS; WASTE
     MANAGEMENT; FLUE GAS; DESULFUSIZATION.               '
  WADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00867

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. A. HOLLINDEN; R. L. ZIELKE   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA-IAG-IBVIB)                    FUNDING:       o.o   FY  i9?s

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   CONTROL OF NOX FORMATION IN RALL, COAL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS.

     DOE: 130127
     THIS STUDY WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN AN OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE MANUAL
     THAT WILL OUTLINE STEP-WISE PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION OF THE CONTROL
     TECHNOLOGY FOR MINIMIZING NOX AND RELATED EMISSIONS. THE MANUAL  WILL
     ADDITIONALLY PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN GUIDANCE AND DESCRIPTION Or
     THE EFFECTS THAT COMBUSTION MODIFICATIONS HAVE ON STEAM GENERATOR
     PERFORMANCE. A SECTION Or THIS MANUAL WILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTION OF THE
     NECESSARY EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATED COSTS FOR APPLYING
     THIS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. TVA WILL PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND  PERSONNEL
     TO STUDY THE EFFECTS THAT SPECIFIC COMBUSTION MODIFICATIONS  HAVE ON
     FORMATION OF NOX AND RELATED POLLUTANTS AND ASSESS THEIR EFFECTS ON
     CORROSION, FUME STABILITY, SLAGGING, AND GENERAL BOILER PERFORMANCE.
     THE EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT
     ARE COMPLETE AND THE FINAL REPORT IS BEING PREPARED.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DENITRIFICATION; AIR
     POLLUTION ABATEMENT; NITROGEN OXIDES; MANUALS; COMBUSTION CONTROL;
     STEAM GENERATORS; CORROSION; FLAMES; COST; EQUIPMENT; AIR POLLUTION
     CONTROL.         .                                   '
 HADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00865

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:
     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
470 COMMERCE UNION B
CHATTANOOGA           TN
W. L. WELLS
                                TELEPHONE:
    TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSO
PROJECT TITLE:
                                  FUNDING:
                    0.0  FY 1978
                   TYPE:
CONTROLS
   ECONOMIC STUDY OF NOX REMOVAL PROCESSES.
     DOE: 130134
     THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE: (1) TO REVIEW THE TECHNICAL
     STATUS OF NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSION CONTROL PROCESSES; (2) TO SELECT
     Af<3 RECOMMEND FOR FURTHER EVALUATION PROMISING CANDIDATE NOX ABATE-
     MENT PROCESSES APPLICABLE TO COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS; (3) TO PERFORM
     PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS OF THESE LATTER PROCESSES; (4) TO
     IDENTIFY FURTHER PROCESS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED FOR COM-
     MERCIAL APPLICATION; AND (5) TO SUGGEST SPECIFICATIONS FOR FUTURE
     DETAILED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF NOX ABATEMENT SYSTEMS. DURING PHASE
     I, THE NOX ABATEMENT PROCESSES FOR WHICH SUFFICIENT DATA CAN BE
     OBTAINED WILL BE EXAMINED FOR TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND COMMERCIAL
     POTENTIAL AS APPLICABLE TO COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT INSTALLATIONS.
     D'JRING PHASE II, A PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC EVALUATION WILL BE MADE OF
     THE PROCESSES WHICH SHOW PROMISING APPLICATION TO COAL-FIRED POWER
     PLANTS. THIS STUDY IS DIRECTED TO EVALUATING POTENTIALLY' ATTRACTIVE
     NOX CONTROL METHODS. PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT, FUNDED BY EPA, HAS BEEN
     COMPLETED. AN ECONOMIC STUDY CF DRY NOX REMOVAL PROCESSES WAS
     RECENTLY FUNDED BY EFRI.
     KEYWORDS: NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOVAL; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER
     PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DENITRIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT;
     TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00759

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN .
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     OSJTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. F. ROBARDSJ M. L. WELLS      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       0.0  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   SULF-X SIMULTANEOUS SOZ— NOX REMOVAL PROCESS.

     DOE: 130089
     THE SULF-X PROCESS IS A P.EGENERABLE PROCESS PRODUCING ELEMENTAL
     SULFUR USING MINE WASTE PRODUCTS CONTAINING IRON OXIDES AND COAL AS
     THE ABSORBENT (FED) WITH COAL FRCOUCING THE HEAT REQUIRED FOR REGEN-
     ERATION OF THE ABSORBENT AND EVOLUTION OF VAPORIZED SULFUR. ABSORP-
     TION OF NOX HAS ALSO BEEN CLAIMED TO OCCUR. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO
     EXTEND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROCESS BEYOSTD THAT OF THE INVENTORS,
     PENSYS (PITTSBURGH ENVIRONMENTAL AN3 ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.), SUCH THAT
     ITS APPLICABILITY TO UTILITY CONDITIONS CAN BE FULLY EVALUATED. DATA
     FROM PENSYS WILL BE EVALUATED AND TVA'S LABORATORY TESTING Or THE
     CHEMISTRY OF THE SULF-X PROCESS WILL BE PERFORMED TO ASSESS THE
     CLAIMS OF PENSYS AND ALSO EXPAND ON S02 AND NOX ABSORPTION CAPABILI-
     TIES. MODIFICATIONS OF THE COLBERT PILOT PLANT KILL BE MADE TO
     ACCOMMODATE THE SULF-X SYSTEM. PRELIMINARY PILOT PLANT TESTING WILL
     DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF VARIABLES (LIQUID RATE, GAS RATE',' SOLIDS
     CONTENT, STOICHIOMETRY, PH, AND NOZZLE PRESSURE DROP) ON S03 AND NOX
     REMOVAL. OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS CAN THEREFORE BE SELECTED AND A
     LONS-TERM RUN PERFORMED TO EVALUATE SYSTEM RELIABILITY, LOAD FOLLOW-
     ING, AKT) SIMULATED UPSET CONDITIONS.
     KEYWORDS: COAL MINING; COAL MINES; UASTE PROCESSING; MINERAL WASTES;
     DESULFURIZATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PILOT PLANTS; ADSORPTION; SULFUR
     DIOXIDE; REMOVAL.
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                                                                 DATE-.01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00757

PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS:'
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: <»7o COMMERCE UNION B
        CITY/ST:.CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL IHVES: F. G. PARKER; R. D. WILSON'
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:
                                                                 5.0   FY  1978
              TYPE:
CONTROLS
   STUDY OF MINERAL WOOL FABRICATION FROM WET BOTTOM ASH.

     DOE: 130087
     A PROGRAM IS REPORTED THAT IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP USES OF ASH  AND
     SLAG WHICH ARE BYPRODUCTS FROM LARGE COAL-FIRED ELECTRICAL GENERATING
     FACILITIES. THE PROJECT IS BEING CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THE MOLTEN
     SLAG PRODUCED IN TVA'S WET BOTTOM BOILERS IS SUITABLE FOR USE  IN THE
     MANUFACTURE OF MINERAL WOOL WHILE STILL MOLTEN; TO PERFORM ASSESS-
     MENTS, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC, DEFINING THE POTENTIAL OF LOCATING
     MINERAL WOOL PRODUCING PLANTS AT TVA POWER PLANTS WHICH HAVE WET
     BOTTOM BOILERS AND THE USE OF THE RESULTING MINERAL WOOL FOR HOME
     INSULATION; TO PREPARE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE FOR A
     PILOT PLANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROCESS IS PRACTICABLE AND
     OPERATIVE; AND TO ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION PLANT FOR  MINERAL
     WOOL AT BOTH THE PARADISE AND ALLEN PLANTS. THE APPROACH TO BE USED
     FOR THE PROJECT IS TO: (1) CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE EXISTING LITERA-
     TURE ON THE SUBJECT; m OBTAIN SAMPLES AT TVA PLANTS WHERE APPLI-
     CABLE AND CONTRACT WITH COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE  IF
     TVA'S SLAG CAN BE USED TO MAKE MINERAL WOOL; (3) CONDUCT AN ASSESS-
     MENT TO DEFINE THE POTENTIAL OF LOCATING MINERAL WOOL PRODUCING
     PLANTS AT TVA FACILITIES; (4) IF OTHER RESULTS ARE POSITIVE AND IF
     NECESSARY, DESIGN A PILOT PLANT TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROCESS; AND
     (5) IF THE ASSESSMENTS ARE POSITIVE, REACH COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS
     SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY PART OR ALL OF THE INSULATION REQUIRED BY THE
     TVA HOME INSULATION PROGRAM.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; RAW
     MATERIALS; ASHES; SLAGS; MINERAL WOOL; MANUFACTURING; FEASIBILITY
     STUDIES; BOILERS; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION.
 WADE H.  PONDER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: ROBERT E. HALL                  TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: KVB ENGINEERING CORP.
        ADDRESS: 17332 IRVINE BLVD.
        CITY/ST: TUSTIN                CA
PRINCIPAL INVcS: P.. E. THOMPSON            '      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-02-1074                        FUNDING:       o.o   FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   FIELD TESTING: APPLICATION OF COMBUSTION MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES TO
   CONTROL POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL BOILERS

     DOE: 071337
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK is TO DETERMINE THE
     EFFECTIVENESS OF KNOWN COMBUSTION MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL
     POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL BOILERS.  IN ADDITION,  THE EFFORT
     WILL ESTABLISH WHAT THE BOILER MANUFACTURERS AND USERS CAN DO TO
     CONTROL EMISSIONS WITH EXISTING STATE-OF-TKE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND  WHERE
     COMBUSTION RESEARCH ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED.
     APPROACH:  AN EXPERIMENTAL FIELD TEST PROGRAM WAS CARRIED our TO
     INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS CF OPERATING VARIABLES AND COMBUSTION
     MODIFICATION (E.G., EXCESS AIR LEVEL, LOAD, FLUE GAS RECIRCULATION,
     STAGED COMBUSTION, FUEL TEMPERATURE AND BURNER DESIGN)  ON AIR
     POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL BOILERS OF VARIOUS DESIGNS FIRED
     WITH COAL, OIL, GAS AND MIXED FUELS.  THE POLLUTANTS OF INTEREST IN
     THIS STU3Y WERE OXIDES OF NITROGEN, OXIDES OF SULFUR," HYDROCARBONS,
     CARBON MONOXIDE, SMOKE, COMBUSTIBLE AND NON-COMBUSTIBLE PARTICUUTE
     AND TRACE ELEMENTS.
     RESULTS:  FINAL REPORTS PROVIDING THE DATA AND CONCLUSIONS FROM  THE
     TESTIK'3 OF MORE THAN SIXTY INDUSTRIAL BOILERS UNDER A VARIETY OF
     CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.  AT PRESENT, AN INDUSTRIAL EOILER
     OPERATOR'S MANUAL AND A MANUFACTURER'S MANUAL ARE BEING PREPARED AND
     ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1977.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/73, CONTRACT START DATE
         2.  10/73, SUBMIT BOILER SURVEY
         3.  7/74, PHASE 1—50 SHORT-TERM BOILER FIELD TESTS COMPLETED
         4.  9/74, PHASE I—FINAL REPORT COMPLETED
         5.  10/74, PHASE II-KORK PLAN SUBMITTED


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         6.  8/75, PHASE 11—20 LOSS-TERM BOILER  FIELD TESTS COMPLETED
         7.  3/76, PHASE II-FINAL REPORT COMPLETED
         8.  12/76, INDUSTRIAL BOILER  OPERATOR  GUIDELINE COMPLETED
         9.  6/77, PHASES I AM) II—DATA SUPPLEMENT COMPLETED
        10.  8/77, INDUSTRIAL BOILER DESIGH GUIDELINE COMPLETED
     KEYWORDS--  BOILERS; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; COMEUSTCRS;  PERFORMANCE
     TESTING; MODIFICATIONS; SULFUR OXIDES; NITROGEN OXIDES; HYDROCARBONS;
     FLUE GAS
 WADE H. POS-DER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK
        CITY/ST:                       NC
        MANAGER: JOHN E. WILLIAMS                TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: BECHTEL CORPORATION
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 3965
        CITY/ST: SAN FRANCISCO         CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. N. HEAD                '      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: 68 02 1814                        FUNDING:       o.o  FY 1977

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    CONTROLS

   PROTOTYPE STUDY OF LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBERS FOR S02 AND DUST REMOVAL
   ADVANCED TESTING AND DATA EVALUATION

     DOE: 071370
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT OBJECTIVES OF THE
     CURRENT FR03RAM ARE TO IMPROVE (1) ALKALI UTILIZATION,  (2) SOZ
     REMOVAL, (3) SLUDGE DISPOSAL PROPERTIES, AND (4) SYSTEM RELIABILITY.
     SPECIFIC TASKS TO BE PERFORMED ARE: LIMESTONE/LIME ADVANCED TESTING,
     SLUDGE FIXATION STUDIES, AND ECONOMIC STUDIES.
     APPROACH: BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE PHASE in TEST PROGRAM UKDER
     PREDECESSOR CONTRACT PH 22-68-67, AND OTHER SUPPORTING PROGRAMS OF
     EPA, BECHTEL IS PERFORMING AN EXTENDED TESTING PROGRAM AT THE EPA
     ALKALI SCRUBBING TEST FACILITY, TVA SHAKNEE STEAM PLANT, PADUCAH,
     KENTUCKY, FOR THE REMOVAL OF S02 AND ASH PARTICULATE FROM COAL-FIRED
     FURNACE GAS. THE TEST FACILITY CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL SCRUBBER'
     SYSTEMS—A VENTURI FOLLOWED BY A SPRAY TCKER AND A TURBULENT CONTACT
     ABSORBER. EACH SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF TREATING APPROXIMATELY 10 MW
     EQUIVALENT (30,000 ACFM AT 300 DEC. F) OF FLUE GAS CONTAINING
     1SOO-4000 PPM SULFUR DIOXIDE AND 2 TO 5 GRAINS/SCF Or PARTICULATES.
     THE SCRUBBERS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE FLUE GAS EXHAUST DUCTWORK OF
     BOILER NO. 10.
     RESULTS: THE MAJOR GOALS OF THE OVERALL TEST PP.OSRAM ARE m TO
     CHARACTERIZE THE EFFECT OF IMPORTANT PROCESS VARIABLES ON SULFUR
     DIOXIDE AND PARTICULATE REMOVAL, (2) TO DEVELOP MATHEMATICAL MODELS
     FOR ECONOMIC SCALE-UP TO FULL-SIZE SCRUBBER FACILITIES, (3) TO
     DEMONSTRATE RELIABILITY, AND (4) TO DEMONSTRATE PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT
     VARIATIONS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS OF LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBING.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/75, PUBLISH FIRST PROGRESS REPORT
         2.  9/75, CONDUCT INDUSTRY BRIEFING CONFERENCE.


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         3.  9/76, PUBLISH SECOND PROGRESS REPORT
         4.  10/76, CONDUCT INDUSTRY BRIEFING CONFERENCE
         5.  9/77, PUBLISH THIRD PROGRESS REPORT
         6.  2/78, COMPLETE TESTING
         7.  5/78, CONDUCT INDUSTRY BRIEFING CONFERENCE
         8.  5/78, PUBLISH FINAL REPORT
         9.  6/78, COMPLETE DESIGN/ECONOMICS STUDY COMPUTER PROGRAM
     KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; SCRIBSERS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM; PERFOR-
     MANCE; TESTING; REMOVAL; DUSTS; FLUE GAS; PURIFICATION; SLUDGES;
     WASTE DISPOSAL; RELIABILITY; ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL;
     COMPUTER CODES; LIMESTONE
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:•
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: DAVID s. BALLANTINE             TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
        ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 999
        CITY/ST: RICHLAND              WA
PRINCIPAL INVES:'L. L. WENDELL              '     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EUS-D-ISSO                      FUNDING:       o.o   FY  FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   MAP3S MODELING STUDIES

     DOE: 086055
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PRINCIPLE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT is  TO
     DEVELOP A COMPUTER MODEL WHICH WILL SIMULATE THE ATMOSPHERIC TRANS-
     PORT, CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION, AND WET AND DRY REMOVAL OF THE
     POLLUTANTS PRODUCED FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THE MODEL IS TO BE
     USED IN THE EVALUATION Or THE HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF
     THESE POLLUTANTS OVER A MULTI-STATE REGION. THE INITIAL EMPHASIS WILL
     BE THE SULFATE PR03LEM IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES.
     APPROACH: THIS PROJECT is TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPING THE MODEL
     IN A SEGMENTED FASHION. IT IS TO BE COMPOSED OF -THE MOST TECHNICALLY
     AND ECONOMICALLY APPROPRIATE METHODS AVAILABLE FOR DESCRIBING THE
     RELEVANT PROCESSES. A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF TESTS WITH METEORO-
     LOGICAL DATA AS WELL AS SOURCE DATA WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE
     THE MODEL'S SENSITIVITY TO THE PARAMETERIZATIONS OF THE TRANSFORMA-
     TION AND REMOVAL PROCESSES. CONTINUING INTERACTION WITH'EXPERIMENTAL
     PP.OC-P.AMS WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION VALUABLE FOR THE PARAMETERIZATIONS.
     RESULTS; THE WORK ON THE QUASI-LAGRANSIAN SEGMENT MODEL EMPHASIZED:
     (1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE REALISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE MIXED
     LAYER BEHAVIOR AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DISPERSION OF THE EMITTED
     POLLUTANT, (Z) A REACTIVE PLUME MODEL CAPABLE OF MORE COMPLEX
     CHEMISTRY, (3) ADDITION OF A FEATURE WHICH ALLOWS CALCULATION OF H
     ICN CONCENTRATION IN PRECIPITATION, AND (4) EFFORTS TO DERIVE A
     REALISTIC  PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING ALGORITHM. A.MODEL VERIFICATION
     TEST SHOWED THAT USE OF TIME AVERAGED PRECIPITATION LED TO MQ3E  THAN
     TWICE THE  WET REMOVAL OF S02 THAN USE OF THE REAL TIME  PRECIPITATION
     DATA.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         MODEL  DEVELOPMENT TASK:
  HADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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         1.  1/1/77, IMPROVE THE FORMULATION OF MIXING DEPTH BEHAVIOR,
             PLUME CHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY IN THE PRECIPITATION
         2.  3/1/77, INCORPORATE MORE SOPHISTICATED FLOVJ REPRESENTATIONS
             WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS AND ISENTROPIC CONSIDERATIONS
         MODEL TESTING AND APPLICATION:
         1.  4/1/77, EXTENSIVE SENSITIVITY TESTING OF THE KODEL AND ITS
             COMPONENTS FOR THE VARIOUS TRANSPORT AND MIXING DEPTH
             FORMULATIONS AS WELL AS THE TRANSFORMATION AND REMOVAL
             PARAMETERIZATIONS
         Z.  5/1/77, A COMPARISON OF MODELED PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY
             RESULTS WITH THE MEASUREMENTS FROM THE PRECIPITATION
             CHEMISTRY NETWORK
         3.  INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT Or USING BULK VALUES IN PRECIPI-
             TATION; THIS EFFECT IS TO BE CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH WORK IN
             THIS SAME GENERAL AREA BY BKOOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
             (BNL) AND ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ANL)J C. M. SHEIH
             (AND ANO L. L. WENDELL .(FNL) WORKED AT ENL FOR APPROXI-
             MATELY ONE MONTH COLLABORATING WITH PERSONNEL FROM BNL; THIS
             COLLABORATION PROVED VERY FRUITFUL BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEMEN-
             TARY NATURE OF THE WORK AT THE ERDA LABORATORIES
     KEYWORDS: COAL; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;
     POLLUTION; REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SULFATES; ECONOMICS;
     METEOROLOGY; DATA; AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL
     TRANSPORT; PLUMES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; AEROSOL MONITORING; COMPUTER
     COOES; SULFUR DIOXIDE
 KAOE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: ROBERT w. BEADLE                TELEPHONE:  c(3oi)-353-3764

     CONTRACTOR: MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS; DEPT. OF ECOLOGY
        CITY/ST: ST PAUL               MN
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. GORHAM                  '     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: E77SOE43E7                        FUNDING:       l.o  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION IN MINNESOTA, WITH
   SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ROLE OF WINDBLOWN DUST IN NEUTRALIZING ACID FRE

     DOE: 087793
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY is TO DETERMINE THE
     DEPOSITION OF NUTRIENTS AND POLLUTANTS IN DUST, RAIN AND SNOW AT
     POLLUTED AND UNPOLLUTED SITES IN MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA.
     APPROACH: AUTOMATIC PRECIPITATION AND BULK DEPOSITION COLLECTORS WILL
     BE USED FOR SAMPLING DUST, RAIN AND SHOW AND ANALYSES HILL BE
     PERFORMED FOR MAJOR CATIONS AND AHIONS AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
     OF SAMPLES.
     RESULTS: THE RESULTS SHOULD HELP ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
     (1) WHAT IS THE PRESENT-DAY COMPOSITION OF WET AND DRY DEPOSITION IN
     POLLUTED AND NONPOLLUTED AREAS OF THE UPPER MID-WEST, (2) IS DUSTFALL
     A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR OF PHOSPHORUS AND NITR03EN TO SOILS AND
     LAKES, (3) IS THE GRADIENT IN PH OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA AND NORTH
     DAKOTA CAUSED BY CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER, AND (4)
     HILL THE DEVELOPMENT OF COAL-BURNING POWER PLANTS IN THE WESTERN
     U.S. CHANGE THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
     UPPER MID-WEST.
     KEYWORDS: MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; AIR POLLUTION; AEROSOLS; DUSTS;
     RAIN; SNOW; NUTRIENTS; PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING; SAMPLING; PHOSPHO-
     RUS; NITROGEN; FOSSIL-FUEL POKER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
     CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; GASEOUS WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; WATER
     POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
  MADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUCSER: 00555

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: JAY s. JACOBSON                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: 900 VETERAN AVENUE
        CITY/ST: LOS ANGELES           CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: F. B. TURNER              '      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EY7&co30oia                       FUNDING:       6.0   FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   DYNAMICS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS

     DOE: 090027
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY is TO  DETERMINE  THE
     ACCUMULATION, MOVEMENT, AND AVAILABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM COAL
     FLYASH IN THE SOIL, LITTER, PLANTS AND RODENTS OF A DESERT
     ENVIRONMENT.
     APPROACH: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES TAKEN AT DIFFERENT  DISTANCES
     FROM POWER PLANTS AND AFTER APPLICATION OF FLY ASH ARE  PERFORMED.
     MEASUREMENTS OF LITTER FALL AND DECOMPOSITION RATE ARE  BEING MADE.
     RESULTS: RESULTS HILL AID IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE FATE AND
     EFFECTS OF FLY ASH FROM COAL BURNING POWER PLANTS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
     UNITED STATES ON DESERT ENVIRONMENTS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  12/31/76, STUDY PLOTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL BE ESTABLISHED
         Z.  76, ASH APPLICATION WILL BEGIN AND BE CONTINUED, IN MONTHLY
             INCREMENTS, FOR TWO YEARS                    '  "-
         3.  9/30/77, COMPARISONS OF GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION BY TREATED
             AND UNTREATED PLANTS DURING THE GROWING SEASON CF  1977 WILL
             BE COMPLETED                                f
     KEYWORDS: DESERTS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS; PLANT GROWTH;
     REPRODUCTION; FLY ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SOILS; LEAVES; FOREST
     LITTER; RODENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; TRACE
     AMOUNTS; TOXICITY
 MADE H.  PONDER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00537

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: HEYWARD HAMILTON
                                       DC
                                                 TELEPHONE:  Fa33--U55
     CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: P.O. BOX x
        CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. W. ELKOOO

CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-26
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING:
                                                                 0.0   FY  FY77
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN COAL

     DOE: 065117
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO DEVELOP INFORMATION on THE MECHANISMS AND
     RATES OF ENRICHMENT OF CD, NI, AND CR IN DETRITUS FOOD CHAINS IN
     WALKER BRANCH WATERSHED STREAMS AND TO DETERMINE THE BIOLOGICAL
     AVAILABILITY OF THESE THREE ELEMENTS TO AQUATIC BIOTA IN A STREAM
     AKO QUARRY USED AS A DISPOSAL SITE FOR FLY ASH FROM A COAL-FIRED
     ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT.
     APPROACH: BASELINE MEASUREMENTS OF CD, NI, AND CR CONCENTRATIONS IN
     DETRITUS FOOD CHAINS IN A SMALL STREAM WILL BE DETERMINED,
     INCLUDING CONCENTRATIONS IN LEAF DETRITUS AS A FUNCTION Or STAGE
     OF DECOMPOSITION. CONTRIBUTION OF SURFACE MICROFLORA (BACTERIA,
     FUNGI, ALGAE) TO THE ACCUMULATION OF CD, NI AND CR IN LEAF DETRITUS
     WILL BE DETERMINED IN BOTH FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES. MECHANISMS
     OF ENRICHMENT WILL FIRST BE DETERMINED IN THE LABORATORY BY STERIL-
     IZING LEAF DETRITUS AND KILLING ALGAE WITH RADIATION 'AND- DETERMINING
     DIFFERENCES IN ENRICHMENT OF RADIOTRACERS OF THESE THREE ELEMENTS.
     AVAILABILITY AND TURNOVER OF CD, NI AND CR TO DETRITIVORES WILL ALSO
     BE DETERMINED USINS RADIOACTIVE TRACERS IN LABORATORY STUDIES.
     RESULTS: RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WILL DEFINE THE MECHANISMS OF ENRICH-
     MENT OF CD, NI AND CR IN DETRITUS-BASED FOOD CHAINS IN FRESHWATER
     ENVIRONMENTS AND THE TURNOVER AND BIOACCUMULATION OF THESE THREE
     ELEMENTS IN AQUATIC BIOTA. IN ADDITION, THE BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY
     OF CO, NI AND CR TO AQUATIC BIOTA IN A STREAM-QUARRY-RESERVOIR SYSTEM
     USED FOR FLY ASH DISPOSAL WILL BE DETERMINED. THIS INFORMATION WILL
     PROVIDE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF POND
     DISPOSAL OF FLY ASH FROM COAL COttSUSTION AND/OR OTHER COAL
     TECHNOLOGIES.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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         1.  COMPLETE BASELINE EXPERIMENTS ON THE ANALYSES FOR  CD,  HI,
             AND CR IN THE DETRITUS FOOD CHAIN IN THE WALKER BRANCH
             WATERSHED STREAM
     KEYWORDS: CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAINS;
     AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; TRACER TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION;
     AQUATIC ORGANISMS; FLY ASH; WASTE DISPOSAL;  ENVIRONMENTAL  EFFECTS;
     WATER
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00536

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: DAVID s. BALLANTINE
                                                 TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: P.O. EOX x
        CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL IMVES: R. I. VAN HOOK                  TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
                             FUNDING:
0.0  FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE-.                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION PLANTS

     DOE: 085116
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: m EVALUATE THE ROLE OF A FORESTED LANDSCAPE
     IN THE REMOVAL OF AIRBORNE TRACE CONTAMINANTS. (2) TO DETERMINE THE
     PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOURCE EMISSIONS AND ATMOSPHERE
     INPUTS OF SELECTED TRACE CONTAMINANTS TO A TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE.
     (3) TO OPTIMIZE THE USE OF AN ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL TO COMPUTER
     INPUTS OF TRACE CONTAMINANTS TO THE TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE FROM
     SELECTED POINT SOURCES. (4) TO DETERMINE IF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION AMD
     LANDSCAPE DEPOSITION OF TRACE CONTAMINANTS DERIVED FROM COAL-FIRED
     POKER PLANTS RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT NET ANNUAL AND/OR LONG-TERM
     ACCUMULATION OF THESE CONTAMINANTS ON A REPRESENTATIVE EAST TENNESSEE
     WATERSHED.
     APPROACH: THE TECHNICAL APPROACH INVOLVES USE OF AN INTENSIVELY '
     INSTRUMENTED AND WELL-CHARACTERIZED FORESTED CATCHMENT (LOCATED
     WITHIN 15 KM OF TWO LARGE COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS) ON KHICH MEASURE-
     MENTS .OF SELECTED TRACE CONTAMINANTS IN AIR, RAIN, ON LEAF SURFACES
     AND IN STREAM WATER ARE MADE ON A BASIS DESIGNED TO ELUCIDATE
     TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION AND CYCLING OF THESE CONTAMINANTS ON A
     LANDSCAPE SCALE.
     RESULTS: SUCCESSFUL ATTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES WILL PROVIDE
     (1) AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFLUENCE CF FOREST VEGETATION
     ON AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY OF COAL-FIRED FOMER PLANTS, (2) AN
     IMPROVED STATE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE FHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTER-
     IZATION OF COAL-DERIVED AEROSOLS WHICH HAS IMPLICATIONS TO BOTH
     ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS CONSIDERATIONS, (3) AN
     IMPROVED ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL FOR PREDICTING AMSIENT AIR
     CONCENTRATIONS AND DEPOSITION OF COAL-DERIVED AEROSOLS, AND (4) AN
     EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATION OF COAL-FIRED POWER
 WADE H.  FOOTER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00536           - CONTINUED

     PLANT EMISSIONS DEPOSITED ON THE LANDSCAPE.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:  •
         1.  6/76, COMPLETION OF METEOROL03ICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION
         a.  INITIATION OF FULL-SCALE AEROSOL-CANOPY INTERACTIONS STUDY
         3.  INITIATION OF PLUME SAMPLING FOR SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION
         4.  MATERIAL BALANCE OF SELECTED CONTAMINANTS FOR WALKER BRANCH
             WATERSHED
     KEYWORDS: FATE; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; LAND
     POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MONITORING; AIR QUALITY;
     CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; AEROSOLS; AIR; ELEMENTS; TRACE AMOUNTS
  WADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           148

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PROFILE  NUMBER: oosos

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: WILLIAM E. WILSON               TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: DEPT. OF MECH. ENG.
        CITY/ST: MINNEAPOLIS           MN
PRINCIPAL INVES: K. T. WHITBY                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: RSOSSSI-OS                        FUNDING:       5.0  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE    TRANSPORT AND FATE

   FORMATION OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS

     DOE: 071763
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN MEASURED IN
     THE ST. LOUIS AREA AS" PART OF EPA'S PROJECT MISTT USING AIRCRAFT AND
     GROUND-BASED SELF-CONTAINED MOBILE LABORATORIES. THESE MEASUREMENTS
     WERE MADE WITH A GROUP OF COLLABORATORS SUCH THAT A COMPLETE ARRAY OF
     CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS WERE OBTAINED ON A
     COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT PLUME. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S PORTION
     OF THE PROJECT INCLUDED AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT AND
     THE OPERATION Or A MOBILE VAN ON THE GROUND UNDER THE PLUMES.
     APPROACH: MUCH OF THE WORK DURING THE NEXT PROJECT YEAR WILL BE
     ANALYSIS AND REPORTING OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA OBTAINED DURING
     THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. ANALYSIS IS BEING DIRECTED TOWARD OBTAINING
     AEROSOL GROWTH RATES IN THE PLUMES, AEROSOL NUCLEATICN RATES IN 'THE
     PLUMES AND SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE, AND TOWARD BETTER DESCRIPTIONS OF
     THE AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS. LABORATORY WORK TOWARD THE DEVELOP-
     MENT OF A CONTINUOUS INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF AEROSOL SULFUR
     IS ALSO BEING PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY THIS PROJECT.
     RESULTS: THIS MOBILE VAN WAS ALSO OPERATED ON FREEWAYS IN THE LOS
     ANGELES AREA DURING OCTOBER 1976 AS PART OF AN EPA-SFONSORED PROJECT
     TO STUDY SULFUR AEROSOLS ON ROADWAYS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/76, FINAL REPORT
         2.  12/77, FINAL REPORT
         3.  9/7fl, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS-- AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; PLUMES; ENVIRONMENTAL
     TRANSPORT; MISSOURI; URBAN AREAS; AERIAL MONITORING; AEROSOLS;
     METEOROLOGY; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;
     FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           149

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                                                                  DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01129

PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: TVA AIR QUALITY RESEARCH SEC.
        ADDRESS: E AND D BUILDING
        CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS         AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. F. MEAGHER
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING:
                                           9.0  FY 1978
              TYPE
TRANSPORT AND FATE
   ATMOSPHERIC TRANSFORMATION OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS:
   (A) FULL-SCALE FIELD STUDIES.

     D0£: 130001
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY THE MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEMICAL
     TRANSFORMATIONS IN COAL-FIRED PONER PLANT PLUMES. EMPHASIS WILL BE
     PLACED ON THE S02-SULFATE AND NO-N02-NITRATE CONVERSION. CROSSWIND
     PROFILES AND AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS OF THE VARIOUS PLUME CONSTITUENTS
     ARE OBTAINED BY TRAVERSING THE PLUME WITH AN INSTRUMENTED AIRCRAFT.
     MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES FOR EACH OF SEVERAL
     LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF A PO^ER PLANT. ADDITIONAL GASEOUS AND PARTICU-
     LATE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED AND RETURNED TO THE LABORATORY FOR
     DETAILED ANALYSIS. DATA WILL BE COLLECTED UNDER VARIOUS METEOROLOGI-
     CAL CONDITIONS. THE DATA OBTAINED WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE CONVER-
     SION RATES FOR PRIMARY EFFLUENTS. THESE RATES WILL BE CORRELATED WITH
     CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, SOLAR INTENSITY, AND PLUME
     CONSTITUENT CONCENTRATIONS. A MECHANISM WILL BE POSULATED TO EXPLAIN
     THE OBSERVATIONS.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; FJELD TESTS;
     PLUMES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;
     NITRATES; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS.
  KADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           150

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                                                                  DATE;oi/16/si
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00997

PROJECT SFCS'SOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                 DC
     CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 999
        CITY/ST: RICHLAND              WA
PRINCIPAL INVES: D. R. KALKWARF
CONTRACT NUMBER: EY-76-C-06-1830
PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING:
TRANSPORT AND FATE
                                           5.0  FY 1973
   POLLUTANT TRANSFORMATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

     DOE: 086140
     THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO MEASURE TRANSFORMATION RATES OF
     POLYKUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDRCCAR3CNS AND OTHER POTENTIALLY TOXIC OR
     CARCINOGENIC SPECIES EMITTED BY COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AS THESE
     COMPOUNDS ARE TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. TRANSFORMATION
     RATES WILL BE MEASURED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THROUGH
     RATES WILL BE MEASURED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THROUGH
     IN-FIELD STUDIES AT COLSTRIP, MONTANA, AND AT THE HANFORD SITE,
     RICHLAND, WASHINGTON, POWER PLANT STACK EMISSIONS WILL BE SAMPLED
     BETWEEN THE POINT OF RELEASE TO SEVERAL KILOMETERS AWAY. IN BOTH
     FIELD ANO LABORATORY STUDIES THE EFFECTS Or TEMPERATURE, LIGHT
     INTENSITY, HUMIDITY, AND OTHER POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS HILL BE
     EVALUATED.
     KEYWORDS: EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; AROMATICS;
     HYDROCARBONS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION;
     MOJJTANA; WASHINGTON; FLUE GAS; PLUMES.
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           151

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                                                                  DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00959

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        AD3SESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: P.O. BOX Y
        CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: S. E. LINDBERG; R. R. TURNER
CCRJTRACT NUGER: W-7405-ENG-36
PROJECT TITLE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING:
                                           0.0  FY 1973
              TYPE
TRANSPORT AND FATE
   ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION PLANTS.

     DOE: 035116
     THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ADDRESS TWO ISSUES RELATED TO TRACE
     EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION PLANTS: THE FATE OF DISPERSED
     EMISSION'S, E.G., AEROSOLS AND GASES WHICH EXIT THE STACKS, AND THE
     FATE OF CONCENTRATED EMISSIONS, E.G., FRECIPITATOR ASH, BOTTOM ASH
     Af.-D SO/SU3 2/ SCRUBBER SLUDGE. THE KEY OBJECTIVES ARE: (1) THE
     QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF THE ROLE OF A FORESTED LANDSCAPE IN THE
     SCAVENGING OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES FROM THE AMBIENT AIR AND THE
     SUBSEQUENT AVAILABILITY OF ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED KITH THESE PARTICLES
     FOS ENTRY INTO BIOGECCHEMICAL CYCLES; (2) THE EVALUATION OF THE
     ABILITY OF A TERRESTRIAL-AQUATIC SYSTEM TO ACCUMULATE TRACE
     CQSTAMINANTS ENTERING VIA THE ATMOSPHERE; AND (3) THE IDENTIFICATION
     OF COAL COre'JSTION RESIDUAL DISPOSAL PRACTICES WHICH MINIMIZE OR
     MAXIMIZE MOBILIZATION OF TRACE CONTAMINANTS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
     INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THESE OBJECTIVES IS VITAL TO (V) UNDERSTAND-
     ING AND PREDICTING RESPONSES OF BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECO-
     SYSTEMS TO INCREASED LOADINGS OF CONTAMINANTS; (2) FIELD VALIDATION
     OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS WHICH SEEK TO DESCRIBE THE MOVEMENT OF CONTAM-
     INANTS IN AIR, SOIL, AND WATER; (3) IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL
     PATK'^AYS FOR EXPOSURE TO MAN; AND (4) IDENTIFICATION AND APPRAISAL Or
     AMELIORATIVE STRATEGIES.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL
     TRANSPORT; MONITORING; AEROSOLS; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; ASHES; UPTAKE;
     DESULFUSIZATION; SOLID WASTES; SLUDGES; FORESTS; AIR POLLUTION;
     ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINATION.
 MADE H. FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           152

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                              DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00569

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:'
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: CLINTON w. HALL
   DC
                                                 TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: AIR QUALITY RES. SEC
        CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS         AL
PRINCIPAL INVES:'J. F. MEAGHER
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE

PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE
     TELEPHONE:

       FUNDING:

TRANSPORT AND FATE
                             3.0   FY FY77
   ATMOSPHERIC TRANSFORMATION OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER  PLANTS:
   FULL-SCALE FIELD STUDIES

     DOE: 130001
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO IDENTIFY THE MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE  FOR
     CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN COAL-FIRED POWER PUNT PLUMES. EMPHASIS
     WILL BE PLACED ON THE S02-SULFATE AND NO-N02-NITRATE CONVERSIONS.
     APPROACH: CROSSWIND PROFILES AND AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS OF THE
     VARIOUS PLUME CONSTITUENTS ARE OBTAINED BY TRAVERSING THE PLUME  WITH
     AN INSTRUMENTED AIRCRAFT. MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE AT DIFFERENT
     ALTITUDES FOR EACH OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF A POWER  PLANT.
     ADDITIONAL GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED AND RETURNED
     TO THE LABORATORY FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS. DATA WILL BE COLLECTED  UNDER
     VARIOUS METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
     RESULTS: THE DATA OBTAINED WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE CONVERSION
     RATES FOR PRIMARY EFFLUENTS. THESE RATES WILL BE CORRELATED  WITH
     CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, SOLAR INTENSITY,  AND  PLUME
     CONSTITUENT CONCENTRATES. A MECHANISM WILL BE POSTULATED TO  EXPLAIN
     THE OBSERVATIONS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:                                 '
         1.  10/76, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON S02 OXIDATION RATES
         2.  10/77, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS ON  502
             OXIDATION
         3.  11/78, MILESTONE REPORT ON PLUME CHEMISTRY
         <».  6/81, FINAL REPORT
         5.  1/77, COMPLETE TESTING OF CHAMBER
         6.  10/77, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON S02 OXIDATION
         7.  MILESTONE REPORT ON S02 OXIDATION
         8.  6/79, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON STACK GAS STUDY
         9.  3/61, FINAL REPORT
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           153

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00569           - CONTINUED

     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;  ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; COAL;
     AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION;  TRALLOCATION;  PLUMES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;
     SULFATES; NITROSEN OXIDES? NITRATES;  CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS;
     OXIDATION; METEOROLOGY;  DATA; AEROSOL MONITORING;
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                          154

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                                                                 DATE;01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: OC566

PROJECT SPONSOR: NATL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
       ' ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER;

     CONTRACTOR; WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: csoi HEALTH sci. BLD
        CITY/ST: SEATTLE               HA
PRINCIPAL INVES: P. HC3BSJ L. F. RADKE
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE
     TELEPHONE:



     TELEPHONE:

       FUNDING:

TRANSPORT AND FATE
                                          90.7  FY  FY77
   INADVERTENT WEATWER MODIFICATION BY EFFLUENTS FROM COAL-FIRED  ELECTRIC
   POKER PLANTS

     DOE: 110020
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY is TO DETERMINE  THE
     EFFECTS ON VISIBILITY, CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION OF THE EFFLUENTS
     (PARTICLES, GASES, HEAT AND KATER VAPOR) FROM MODERN COAL-POWER
     PLANTS.
     APPROACH; MEASUREMENTS WILL BE MADE FROM A RESEARCH AIRCRAFT WHICH is
     EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTATION FOR MEASURING
     PARTICLES, GASES AND THE STRUCTURE AST) MICROPHYSICS OF CLOUOS.
     PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE EFFLUENTS FROM THE  PUNTS
     AND THEIR EFFECTS ON DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS, ICE PARTICLES  AND  THE
     PRODUCTION OF PRECIPITATION IN CLOUDS LOCATED DCHHKIND FROM  THE
     POWER PLANTS.
     RESULTS: THE DATA OBTAINED WILL BE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THE
     DIFFERENCE IN CLOUD PROCESSES AND PRECIPITATION OF AMBIENT VS.
     PREVAILING CONDITIONS AS A RESULTS OF THE PLUME CONTAMINANTS. RESULTS
     FROM THIS PROJECT SHOULD AID IN THE EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
     EFFECTS OF POWER PLANTS AND HELP IN THE SITING OF NEW POWER  PUNTS.
     KEYWORDS: WEATHER; MODIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FOSSIL-FUEL
     POWER PUNTS; AIR POLLUTION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS;
     COAL; PLUMES; SITE SELECTION
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                          155

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE201/15/ai
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00091

PROJECT SPONSOR: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
      •  ADDRESS--
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                  •               TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: NIOSH-APPALACHIAN LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: 944 CHESTNUT RIDGE R
        CITY/ST: MORGANTOHN            wv
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. ORTHEYER                     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS-THRU                     FUNDING:       6.0  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   MORTALITY STUDY OF TVA HIGH RISK WORKERS

     DOE: 033013
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PULMONARY DISEASE PROBLEMS,  PARTICULARLY
     PNEUMOCCNIOSES AND AIRWAY OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASES, COULD ARISE FROM
     EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANT GAS EMISSIONS SUCH AS SQ2 AND N03 FROM COAL
     BURNED AS FUEL FOR STEAM-POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANTS.
     PNEUMOCONIOSES COULD DEVELOP FROM YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO  COAL DUSTS
     IN COAL-LOADING AREAS OR TO ASBESTOS FIBERS IN LININGS  OF STEAM
     PIPES. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO MEASURE  SPECIFIED
     EFFECTS (DECREASED LONGEVITY, "PREMATURE" DEATHS FROM PULMONARY
     DISEASES, AND EARLY RETIREMENT DUE TO DISABILITY ATTRIBUTED TO
     SUCH DISEASES) CN HIGH RISK WORKERS IN COAL-FIRED STEAM ELECTRICITY
     GENERATING PLANTS WHO HAVE HAD EXPOSURES TO THESE POLLUTANTS THAT
     VARIED IN DURATION AND INTENSITY. IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING INFOR-
     MATION OH EARLY DISABILITY AND ON MORTALITY OF EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO
     THESE AIR POLLUTANTS, DATA WILL ALSO BE OBTAINED ON NEOPLASMS OF THE
     RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ON DISEASES OF THE HEART. THIS EVIDENCE CAN
     BE ANALYZED IN RELATION TO SOME HYPOTHESES ABOUT CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS
     OF POLLUTANTS AND EFFECTS ON THE HEART OP. LUNG IMPAIRMENTS.
     KEYWORDS: HIGH-RISK WORKERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROSEN DIOXIDE;
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PERSONNEL; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; INHALATION;
     RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES; MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY
     SYSTEM; NEOPLASMS
  WADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           157

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PROFILE  NUMBER: oooss

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: M. SCHUUIAN
                 DC
                           TELEPHONE:  ci301)353-3683
     CONTRACTOR: w. VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
        ADDRESS: w. VIRGINIA u.
        CITY/ST: MORGANTOWN            wv
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. A. THOMAS                    TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
      FUNDING:

HEALTH EFFECTS
                                           0.0  FY 1977
   MORGANTOWN ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER—WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COAL
   TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM

     DOE: 089031
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ERDA-DBER AND THE MORGANTOWN ENERGY RESEARCH
     CENTER ARE JOINTLY MANAGING A PROGRAM AT THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
     SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WHICH WILL DEVELOP AND/OR USE BIOASSAYS TO DETER-
     MINE THE PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL OF POSSIBLE FUGITIVE EMISSIONS OR
     EFFLUENTS OF PRESSURIZED LOW BTU COAL GASIFICATION AND COMBUSTION
     AND OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE FLUIDIZEO BED COMBUSTION PROCESSES
     AND AFFILIATED FEED PREPARATION AND DOWN-STREAM CONTROL AND CLEAN-UP
     TECHNOLOGIES.
     APPROACH: THE MERC IN-HOUSE PROJECTS ON COAL GAS/COMBUSTION EFFLUENTS
     ASSAYS AND TOXIC COAL PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION WILL PROVIDE REPRESEN-
     TATIVE EMISSION MATERIALS AND SUPPORTING CHARACTERIZATION RESEARCH
     FOR THE PROGRAM. BIOASSAYS INCLUDE RABBIT PULMONARY MACROPHAGE
     MORPHOLOGY VIABILITY AND ACTIVITY TESTS, HORMONAL CHANGES AND
     TERATCGENIC EFFECTS IN MICE OR RATS, ASSAYS AND IMMUNE SYSTEM EFFECTS
     IN MICE AND RATS, RAT DIGESTIVE TRACT AND RABBIT LUNG MORPHOLOGY
     STUDIES, CARCINOGEN AND COCARCINCGEN METABOLISM AND MICROSOMAL
     INTERACTIONS, BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN THE RAT, LOBSTER SYNAPSE TESTS,
     MOLLUSK CILIARY MOTION TESTS, AND OTHERS. THESE STUDIES WILL BE
     COORDINATED WITH THOSE OF LOVELACE ITRI AND OTHER PARTICIPATING
     ERDA-SPONSORED INSTITUTIONS.
     RESULTS: ACQUIRED INFORMATION WILL DIRECT THE DEVELOPMENT AND TEST
     THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLEAN-UP TECHNOLOGIES TO MAKE THE GASIFICATION
     AND COMBUSTION PROCESSES ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE.
     KEYWORDS: COAL GASIFICATION; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; COAL GAS; LOW BTU
     GAS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; BIOASSAY; RABBITS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RATS;
     AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AIR POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; AEROSOLS;
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           158

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00088           - CONTINUED
     CARCINOGENS; SILVER;'LEAD; STRONTIUM; CADMIUM; ALUMINUM;  SILICON;
     IRON; VANADIUM; GASEOUS WASTES; HYDROCARBONS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM
  WADE  H.  PON3ER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE;01/16/ai
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00078

PSOJECT SPONSOR: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: BENJAMIN BRUCKNER

     CONTRACTOR: NATL INST OCCUP SAFETY AND
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST-- ROCKVILLE             MD
PRINCIPAL INVES: B. BRUCKNER
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS-THRU

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE:
    TELEPHONE;

      FUNDING:

HEALTH EFFECTS
                                           0.0  FY 1977
   RELATIONSHIP OF METABOLISM, FATE AND TOXICOLOGY OF PARTICULATES AND
   ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

     DOE:  032012
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITHIN THIS AREA UILL BE
     FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANT MECHANISM.  THESE PROJECTS WILL BE
     DESIGNED TO EXPLAIN, INTERPRET, AND PREDICT THE OCCUPATIONAL
     HEALTH EFFECTS OF PARTICULATES AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH
     THE VARIOUS COAL TECHNOLOSIES AS HELL AS OTHER PRIMARY ENERGY SEARCH
     AND UTILIZATION PROPOSALS BEING DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE NATION'S
     EFFORT TOWARD ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
     KEYWORDS:  AEROSOLS; HEALTH HAZARDS; FOSSIL FUELS; ORGANIC
     COMPOUNDS; COAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TOXICITY;
     METABOLISM; PARTICLES
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01127

PROJECT SPONSOR: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIOM
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                  •               TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: NATL. CTR. FOR ATMOSPHERIC RES
        ADDRESS;
        CITY/ST: BOULDER               co
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. A. MARTELL                   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       o.O  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   RADIOACTIVE AERSOLS AND EFFECTS.

     DOE: 110087
     THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
     ATMOSPHERIC AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY FROM
     NATURAL AND POLLUTANT SOURCES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE
     EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND PROPERTIES OF
     RADON DAUGHTERS AND ALPHA EMITTING PARTICLES IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THEIR
     ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS AND APPLICATION IN THE ASSESSMENT OF AEROSOL
     RESIDENCE TIME, THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN THE BIOSPHERE, AND THEIR
     MUTAGENIC AND CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS. MULTISTAGE IMPACT03S AND AIR
     FILTER SYSTEMS ARE EMPLOYED FOR AEROSOL COLLECTION. LABORATORY
     ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES INCLUDE LOW-LEVEL ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY, B/SUP -/
     COUNTING AND RADON GAS COUNTING. THE WARM PARTICLE HYPOTHESIS OF
     ALPHA RADIATION INDUCED CANCER IS BEING TESTED BY MEASUREMENT OF
     LEAD-210 AND POLONIUM-210 IN AUTOPSY TISSUE SPECIMENS PROVIDED BY
     THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER.
     THE MUTAGENIC EFFECTS OF NATURAL ALPHA EMITTERS ARE BEING INVESTIGAT-
     ED BY STANDARD TESTS OF SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE LETHAL MUTATIONS INDUCED
     IN DROSOPHILA EXPOSED TO NATURAL AND ELEVATED LEVELS''OF ALPHA RADIO-
     ACTIVITY IN THE CULTURE MEDIA. THE RESULTS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN
     ASSESSMENT OF THE CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO VARIOUS
     NATURAL AND POLLUTANT SOURCES OF AIREOSNE ALPHA RADIOACTIVITY. ENERGY
     RELATED SOURCES INCLUDE COAL BURNING POWER PLANTS AND THE NUCLEAR
     FUEL CYCLE.
     KEYWORDS: RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADON; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; HEALTH
     HAZARDS; LEAD 210; POLONIUM 210; MORTALITY; ALPHA PARTICLES;
     DROSOFHILA; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOXUCLIDE KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS;
     CARCINOGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOINDUCTION.
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA            DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01101

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                 '                TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: LOVELACE INHALATION TOXICOLOGY
        ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 5890
        CITY/ST: ALBUQUERQUE           NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. L. MAUDERLY                  TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: EY-76-c-o4-ioi3                   FINDING:       o.o   FY  1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   CARDIOPULMONARY INJURY AND REPAIR AFTER INHALING SULFATE  AEROSOLS.

     DOE: 098054
     BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND FLUIDIZED BED COAL COMBUSTION RESULT IN THE
     RELEASE OF PARTICULATE SULFATES WHICH ARE THOUGHT TO POSE  A HEALTH
     HAZARD VIA INHALATION. ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF INHALED  SULFATES
     HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY BASED ON DATA ON THE EFFECTS OF ACUTE  EXPOSURES
     ON GUINEA PIG RESPIRATORY FUNCTION. SINCE IT IS NOW RECOGNIZED THAT
     THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN INTERPRETING THESE PREVIOUS DATA, ONE GOAL  OF
     THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION USING CURRENT METH-
     ODOLOGY. LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON EFFECTS OF  CHRONIC
     INHALATION OF SULFATES. A SECOND GOAL KILL BE TO STUDY  FUNCTIONAL AND
     MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INTERMEDIATE TO LONS-TEKM EXPOSURES OF RATS
     AND DOGS. ONE HOUR EXPOSURES OF GUINEA PIGS TO 1 TO 15  MG  0.9 MU
     MMO HESOVCUBIC M ELICITED BRONCKCCCNSTRICTIVE RESPONSES IN ONLY  6X
     OF THE SUBJECTS. THESE DATA AND RESULTS OF LC50 STUDIES INDICATE  A
     LOWER SENSITIVITY TO H2S04 THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. FUNCTIONAL A!O
     LC50 RESPONSES OF GUINEA PIGS TO SULFATES WILL BE FURTHER  CHARACTER-
     IZED. RESPONSES OF GUINEA PIGS, DOGS AND RATS WILL BE COMPARED. DOGS
     AND RATS WILL BE EXPOSED CHRONICALLY TO H2S04 ANO FUNCTIONAL AND
     MORPHOLOGICAL ENOFOINTS WILL BE EVALUATED.
     KEYWORDS: AEROSOLS; SULFATES; INHALATION; HEALTH HAZARDS;  FLUIDIZED-
     BED COMBUSTION; COAL; RATS; DOGS; GUINEA PIGS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES;
     RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SULFURIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL REPAIR; COMBUSTION;
     COAL.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                          162

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01071

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST? WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER--                  '               TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
        ADDRESS;
        CITY/ST: ROCHESTER             NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: COLEMAN                         TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       o.o  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   TRANSPORT OF TOXIC ELEMENTS.

     DOE: 091884
     THE TOXIC METALS RELEASED BY COAL USAGE ARE EXPECTED TO REACH HUMANS
     IN FOOD AS WELL AS IN AIRBORNE FORMS. WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN
     RESEARCH ON THE ABSORPTION OF AN ESSENTIAL HEAVY METAL, CALCIUM,  BY
     THE INTESTINE AND HAVE DEVELOPED METHODS AND TECHNIQUES WHICH PERMIT
     US TO ANALYZE THE OPERATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL INTESTINAL CELLS
     INVOLVED IN THE ABSORPTIVE PROCESS. OUR MAJOR GOAL IS TO ELUCIDATE
     THE PATHWAYS FOLLOWED BY THIS ESSENTIAL DIVALENT METALLIC ION, DURING
     THE NORMAL ABSORPTION PROCESS, AND TO ELUCIDATE THE MECHANISMS WHICH
     CONTROL THE ABSORPTION PROCESS. WE PROPOSE TO EXTEND THIS WORK TO
     EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC METALS RELEASED BY COAL USAGE ON THE
     NORMAL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION OF INTESTINE. WE INTEND  TO ELUCIDATE
     THE PATHWAYS BY WHICH THESE TOXIC ELEMENTS PASS THE EPITHELIAL
     BARRIER OF THE INTESTINE AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INTESTINE PLAYS
     A ROLE IN THE EXCRETION OF THESE MATERIALS.
     KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; FOSSIL-FUEL POX'ER PLANTS;
     METALS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; CALCIUM; CATIONS; METABOLISM;
     EXCRETION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01066

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
      '  ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: NEW YORK              NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: N. GEACINTO
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE:
                           TELEPHONE;
                             FUNDING:
HEALTH EFFECTS
                    0.0  FY 1978
   INTERACTION OF POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC CARCINOGENS WITH DMA.

     DOE: 091802
     COAL WILL CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF ENERGY IN THE COMING
     DECADES. THE INCREASED USE OF COAL WILL GIVE RISE TO AN INCREASING
     POLLUTION OF URBAN ATMOSPHERES. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC CARCINOGENS
     CONSTITUTE AN IMPORTANT CLASS OF POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE PRESENT IN SOOT
     PARTICLES DERIVED FROM COAL COMBUSTION. THE LONG TERM BIOLOGICAL
     EFFECTS OF THESE COMPOUNDS CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT HEALTH HAZARD AND
     IT IS PROPOSED TO STUDY THE INTERACTION OF THESE COMPOUNDS WITH DNA
     IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS. THE USE OF THE EXCITED STATES OF THE AROMATIC
     CARCINOGENS AS PROBES OF THEIR MICROENVIRONMENT IN DNA COMPLEXES
     (BOTH COVALENT AND NON-COVALENT ADDUCTS) IS PROPOSED. OF PARTICULAR
     INTEREST IS THE STRUCTURE OF THESE FOLYCYCLIC CARCINOGEN-DNA ADDUCTS
     AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEIC ACID.
     KEYWORDS: POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY; COAL; AIR
     POLLUTION; SOOT; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; DNA; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS;
     BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COAL INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARDS.
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ASSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01031

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS;
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: DAVIS                 CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: FISHER                          TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       o.o  FY I9?s

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH FOSSIL FUEL EFFLUENTS.

     DOE: 090043
     ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENERGY PROBLEMS NOW FACIN3 THE NATION IS
     THE CRITICAL QUESTION OF THE RELATIVE COST TO HUMAN HEALTH OF THE
     MAJOR, VIABLE, ELECTRICAL POWER PRODUCING TECHNIQUE, COAL COMBUSTION.
     THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR A STUDY ON THE BIOLOGIC EFFECTS (INJURY AND
     REPAIR) OF EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE AND GASEOUS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED
     WITH COAL COMBUSTION IN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION. IN OUR INITIAL
     STUDIES, WE WILL EVALUATE THE BIOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION AND KINETICS
     OF DEPOSITED PARTICULATES IN VIVO AND IN VITRO, USING BOTH CHEMICAL
     AND NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES. THESE INITIAL STUDIES ARE DIRECTED TOWARD
     THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENSITIVE BIOLOGIC INDICATORS OF PARTICULATE
     EXPOSURE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE EFFECTS Or EXPOSURE ON THE IMMUNE
     SYSTEM, WITH DETAILED STUDY OF PULMONARY MACROPHAGES, MACROPHAGE' PRO-
     GENITORS,  LYMPHOCYTES AS WELL AS THEIR INTERACTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN
     SUBSEQUENT PATHOGENESIS. WE ALSO WILL STUDY POSSIBLE TOXIC AND CAR-
     CINOGENIC  EFFECTS ON MAMMALIAN CELL SYSTEMS AND MUTAGENESIS IN THE
     AMES SALMONELLA TEST SYSTEM. THESE STUDIES HILL PROVIDE INFORMATION
     NECESSARY  FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LATE EFFECTS (2 TO 3''YEARS FOST-
     EXFOS'JSE)  OF PARTICULATE INHALATION IN RODENTS. IN THE INITIAL PHASE
     OF THIS STUDY WE HILL (1) EVALUATE THE DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS OF
     SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE PARTICULATES IN RODENTS AND NON-HUMAN PRIMATES
     USING RADIOTRACER-LABELED MATERIALS, (2) OBTAIN AND CHARACTERIZE FLY
     ASH FOR ANIMAL EXPOSURES, (3) IDENTIFY RELEVANT BIOLOGIC MECHANISMS
     OF DAMAGE  ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICULATE EXPOSURE, AND (4) STUDY POTEN-
     TIAL TOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS OF PARTICULATE EXPOSURE IN CELL
     CULTURES.  THE EXPERTISE AND INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE STUDY WILL
     ALLOW US TO EFFECTIVELY STUDY THE BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURE
     TO DOGS, NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AND RODENTS USING FLY ASK AEROSOLS (ALONE


 WADE  H. PCNDER
 CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           165

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     AND IN COMBINATION WITH OXIDES OF NITROGEN AND  SULFUR) OF WELL-
     DEFINED PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES SIMILAR  TO THOSE RELEASED
     FROM THE STACKS OF COAL-FIRED ELECTRICAL PUNTS.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;  HEALTH HAZARDS; ELECTRIC POWER;
     COMBUSTION; AEROSOLS; PARTICLES;  POWER GENERATION; BOILER FUEL; FLY
     ASH; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; DOGS; MAN; RODENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; FLUE
     GAS; SULFUR OXIDES; COAL; PETROLEUM.
  KADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                          166

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                              DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00769

PROJECT SPONSOR: NIEHS
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: NATL. INST. ENV. HEALTH sci.
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX izzss
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. JURGELSKI, JR.
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
             TELEPHONE:
             TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING:
                             3.0  FY 1978
TYPE:
HEALTH EFFECTS
   IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS:  CHEMICALS
   AND CHEMICAL CARCINOGENS.

     DOE: 033353
     AN EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF- INCREASED COAL PRODUCTION
     ON CANCER INCIDENCE IN COAL MINERS AND OF INCREASED COAL COMBUSTION
     ON CANCER INCIDENCE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION WAS COMPLETED IN
     RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE.
     KEYWORDS: CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; CARCINOGENS;  COAL
     INDUSTRY; NEOPLASMS; COAL MINERS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;
     AIR POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION.
 MADE H. PONDER

 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           167

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                                                                  DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER-- 00765
PROJECT SPONSOR: NIOSH
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: MORGANTOWN
        MANAGER:
                 wv
     CONTRACTOR: TVA, DIV. OF MED. & ENV. SERV.
        ADDRESS: 4o& EDNEY BLDG.
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. S. SIMON; D. TRAVER
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
                                    TYPE:
                                                 TELEPHONE;
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING:
                       HEALTH EFFECTS
                                           2.0  FY 1973
   MORTALITY/INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE STUDY OF WORKERS IN COAL-FIRED POWER
   PLANTS, TVA.

     DOE: 032037
     THE PURPOSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PORTION OF THE STUDY IS TO
     IDENTIFY ANO MEASURE CONTAMINANTS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
     OF EMPLOYEES AT TVA COAL FIRED POWER PUNTS. DETAILED CROSS-SECTIOHAL
     INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE STUDIES WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WORKERS IN
     APPROXIMATELY 10 SELECTED OCCUPATIONS WITHIN THE POWER PLANT. TVA
     WILL ALSO REVIEW SELECTED EXISTING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DATA
     AVAILABLE ON PAST EXPOSURES OF THE SELECTED OCCUPATIONS ALONG WITH
     ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON CONTROL PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS USED,
     AND WILL ATTEMPT TO RETROSPECTIVELY ESTIMATE EXPOSURES. THE PURPOSE
     OF THE MORTALITY STUDY IS TO MEASURE HOW MUCH IF ANY INCREASES IN
     DEATH RATES AND FRE-RETIREMENT AGE DISABILITY DUE TO CHRONIC PULMO-
     NARY IMPAIRMENTS ARE CORRELATED WITH LONG-TERM EXPOSURES OF COAL
     DUST, COAL COMBUSTION GASES AND FLY ASH, ASBESTOS FIBERS''AND OTHER
     AIRBORNE RESPIRATORY HAZARDS IN TVA WORK ENVIRONMENTS. ALL REGULAR
     MALE EMPLOYEES OF THE TVA EMPLOYED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1 JANUARY 1955
     ANT) 31 DECEMBER 1972 WILL BE INCLUDED, PROVIDED THEY'HAVE TOTAL WORK-
     HISTORIES AT THE TVA OF 5+ YEARS (N APPROXIMATELY 25,000).
     EMPLOYEES NOT EXPOSED TO AIRBORNE HAZARDS WILL BE USED AS CONTROLS.
     WORK-HISTORIES AND NEEDED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WILL BE ASSEMBLED FROM
     TVA PERSONNEL RECORDS. THE NIOSH WILL SEARCH FOR DEATHS AMONG
     EMPLOYEES WHO RESIGNED FROM THE TVA RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHILE LIVING.
     FROM THE ENTIRE EMPLOYEE COHORT SPECIFIED CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES
     KITH LCNS-TERM EXPOSURES TO CONTAMINANTS POTENTIALLY LINKED TO
     MALIGNANCIES OR DISABLING RESPIRATORY DISEASES WILL BE SELECTED,
     WITH MATCHED NOT-EXPOSED CONTROLS, FOR DETAILED FOLLOW-UP REGARDING
     NON-OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES, NON-TVA WORK EXPOSURES AND DEVELOPMENT
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER
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     OF MALIGNANCIES AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;  MORTALITY;  PERSONNEL;  HEALTH
     HAZARDS; FLY ASH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES;  NEOPLASMS;  DUSTS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                          169

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                                                                  DATE .-01/16/61
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00735

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
        ADDRESS:
        cm/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: USD                             TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: SCH. VETERINARY MED.
        CITY/ST: AMES                  IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. B. BUCK                      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:
                                                FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    HEALTH EFFECTS

   BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF COAL CONVERSION FP.ODUCTS.

     DOE: OOOZOO
     INCREASED EMPHASIS ON COAL BURNING AND ENERGY GENERATION IMPLIES A
     MARKED INCREASE IN COAL STACK EMISSIONS. THESE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT
     QUANTITIES OF HEAVY METALS. IT IS DESIRED TO DETERMINE EFFECTS OF
     INCREASED EXPOSURE OF PRIMATES TO COAL CONVERSION PRODUCTS.  A
     COMPUTER-ASSISTED TRANSMITTED TV MONITORING SYSTEM IS BEING
     DEVELOPED. IT WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN MONKEYS
     EXPOSED TO VARYING CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY METALS SUCH AS MERCURY AND
     LEAD CONTAINED IN COAL STACK EMISSIONS.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; EMISSION; FLUE GAS; MERCURY;
     LEAD; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MONKEYS; BEHAVIOR; RESPONSE MODIFYING
     FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HEALTH HAZARDS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           170

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00315

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CORVALLIS             OR
        MANAGER: ERIC PRESTON                    TELEPHONE:  c(503)757-9636

     CONTRACTOR: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: BIOLOGY DEPT
        CITY/ST-- BOZEMAN               MT
PRINCIPAL INVES: S. EVERSMAN                     TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: R-805367-01                       FUNDING:       4.0  FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   USE OF LICHENS AS PREDICTORS AND INDICATORS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM A
   COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT

     DOE: 072721
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TWO LICHEN SPECIES NATIVE TO SOUTHEAST MONTANA
     SHCXED REDUCED RESPIRATION RATES AND ALGAL CELL PLASMOLYSIS AND
     BLEACHING WHEN EXPOSED TO 0.02, 0.04, AND 0.07 PPM S02 (GEOMETRIC
     MEANS) ON A FIELD FUMIGATION SITE. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE CURRENT
     PROJECT IS TO COLLECT THESE SAME TWO LICHEH SPECIES TO BE OBSERVED
     AS BIOLOGICAL MONITORS OF S02 EMISSIONS FROM TWO COAL-FIRED POWER
     PLANTS IN COLSTRIP, MONTANA.
     APPROACH: LICHEN COMMUNITY INFORMATION is ALSO BEING COLLECTED IN
     ORDER TO DETECT ANY CHANC-ES IN EPIPHYTIC AND SOIL LICHEN COMMUNITIES
     AS COAL BURNING PROCEEDS IN THIS AREA.
     RESULTS: ALL THE LICHEN INFORMATION WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH PLANT
     COMMUNITY DATA GATHERED BY OTHER RESEARCHERS IN THE AREA IN ORDER TO
     DETERMINE EFFECTS OF S02 EMISSIONS (AND OTHER COAL-BURNING
     POLLUTANTS) ON PONDEROSA PINE-GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  7/eO, FINAL REPORT                          '
     KEYWORDS: AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER
     PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; FLUE GAS; MONITORING; FORECASTING;
     ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; LICHENS; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;
     EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROCARBONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRA-
     TION
 WADE  H.  PONDER
 CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           172

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                                                 DATE:oi/16/si
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00317

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CORVALLIS
        MANAGER: ERIC PRESTON
     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS;
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPT OF SOIL SCIENCE
CORVALLIS             OR
E. R. LANOA
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-803948-OZ
                                TELEPHONE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                  FUNDING:
3.0  FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE-'                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   EFFECTS OF NONGASEOUS AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS

     DOE: 072719
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: INVESTIGATE SELECTED EFFECTS OF STACK EMISSIONS
     ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-BURNING ON PLANT GROliTH AND METABOLISM.
     KEYWORDS: NONGASEOUS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; FLY
     ASH; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; COAL; STACK DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL
     IMPACTS; PLANTS; METABOLISM; HYDROCARBONS; PLANT GROWTH; SOLID WASTES
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS: P. o. BOX 1502?
        CITY/ST: LAS VEGAS             NV
        MAJJAGER: G. B. WIERSMA                  TELEPHONE: cc7021736-2969

     CONTRACTOR: EPA-EMSL
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 15027
        CITY/ST: us VEGAS             NV
PRINCIPAL INVES: A. B. CROCKETT                 TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:     55.5  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   DEVELOP AND APPLY BIOLOGICAL MONITORING METHODS

     DOE'- 072321
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PUNTS, ANIMALS, AND VARIOUS INDICES WILL BE
     EVALUATED AS TO THEIR VALUE AS BIOLOGICAL MONITORS AND POTENTIAL FOR
     INCORPORATION INTO OPERATIONAL MONITORING NETWORKS.
     APPROACH: SOIL, VEGETATION, AND SMALL MAMMALS  WILL BE COLLECTED
     AROUND A COAL-FIRED POWER PUNT AND IN A HIGHLY URBANIZED AREA.
     AFTER A POTENTIAL MONITOR HAS BEEM IDENTIFIED,  FACTORS AFFECTING THE
     RECEPTOR WILL BE STUDIED TO DETERMINE ITS RESPONSE AND USEFULNESS.
     DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED. PLANT COMMUNITIES'WILL BE
     STUDIED TO DETERMINE IF EXISTING SPECIES DIVERSITY INDICES HAVE VALUE
     AS INDICATORS OF POLLUTANT IMPACT. MICROORGANISMS WILL BE EVALUATED
     TO DETERMINE USEFULNESS AS INDICATORS OF POLLUTANT BIOAVAIUBILITY IN
     SOIL SYSTEMS.
     RESULTS: COMPLETE SAMPLING AT FOUR CORNERS POWER PUNT FOR SOIL AND
     VEGETATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT AND ANALYSES OF SOIL CONDUCTED FOR
     MERCURY, LEAD, CADMIUM, ZINC, SELENIUM, AND COPPER.  PLANT COMMUNITIES
     HAVE BEEN SAMPLED FOR INDICES EVALUATION AND RATES COLLECTED IN
     LOS ANGELES FOR  LEAD.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  5/77, MERCURY DISTRIBUTION IN SOIL AROUND A  URGE COAL-FIRED
             POWER PUNT; EPA-600/3-77-063
         2.  9/77, TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AROUND A COAL-FIRED POWER
             PUNT
         3.  9/77, ANNUAL REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL INDICES
         4.  9/77, ANNUAL REPORT ON USEFULNESS OF RATS AS BIOLOGICAL
             MONITORS
         5.  9/78, FINAL REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL IK-DICES
         6.  9/79, REPORT ON TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN  DOMESTIC
 HADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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             ANIMALS
         7.  10/50, REPORT ON MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF  POLLUTANT
             TOXICITY
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS;  AIR
     POLLUTION; ANIMALS; PLANTS; SOILS;  MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;  BIOLOGICAL
     INDICATORS; URBAN AREAS; MERCURY;  LEAD; CADMIUM;  ZINC;  SELENIUM;
     COPPER
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00330

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CORVALLIS             OR
        MANAGER; ERIC M. PRESTON

     CONTRACTOR: OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
        ADDRESS: DEPT. OF BIOLOGY
        CITY/ST: LOS ANGELES           CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. L. MORTON

CONTRACT NUMBER: RSOSSSl-Ol

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE;  ct503)757-4636




                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:       7.0   FY  FY77

                       ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
   SEASONAL CYCLES IN BODY COMPOSITION, ORGAN SYSTEM FUNCTION,  AND
   ENERGETICS OF GRASSLAND BIRDS NEAR COLSTRIP, MONTANA

     DOE: 07E703
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: IN 1974 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY
     (EPA) BEGAN A LONG-TERM STUDY OF AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS ON  THE GRASS-
     LAUD ECOSYSTEM NEAR COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AT COLSTRIP, MONTANA.
     THIS STUDY IS BROAD IN SCOPE BUT ONE PARTICULAR ASPECT, OF CONCERN
     HERE, HAS BEEN ON THE POTENTIAL OF BIRDS AS BIOINDICATORS  Or
     POLLUTION.
     APPROACH: IN THE THREE YEAR PERIOD, 1974-76, MANY AVIAN SPECIMENS
     WERE COLLECTED IN THE COLSTRIP AREA BY EPA PERSONNEL AND LARGE
     QUANTITIES OF DATA WERE GATHERED ON SEASONAL CYCLES IN BCDY COMPOSI-
     TION, ORGAN SYSTEM FUNCTION, AND BIOENERGETICS. SINCE THE  POWER
     PLANTS DID NOT BECOME FUNCTIONAL UNTIL 1975 AND 1976, THESE DATA HAVE
     THE POTENTIAL OF PROVIDING A SCLID BASE OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE
     USED TO QUANTIFY POLLUTION EFFECTS WHICH MAY ACCRUE IN THE FUTURE. AT
     THIS TIME, HOWEVER, MANY OF THE COLLECTED BIRD SPECIMENS HAVE NOT
     UNDERGONE LABORATORY PROCESSING NOR HAS EXISTING DATA BEEN PULLED
     TOGETHER IN USEFUL FORM.                            f
     RESULTS; IT is THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY PROPOSED HEREIN TO COMPLETE
     THE NECESSARY LABORATORY PROCEDURES ON STORED SPECIMENS, MAKE ADDI-
     TICNAL COLLECTIONS, OF NECESSARY, TO FILL INFORMATION GAPS, COMPILE
     AND EVALUATE ALL PERTINENT DATA, AND CONSTRUCT A FINAL REPORT OF
     SUFFICIENT SCOPE AND DETAIL THAT WILL CONSTITUTE AN EFFECTIVE
     DOCUMENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN GRASSLAND BIRDS OF THE  '
     COLSTRIP AREA.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/78, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; PLANTS; BIRDS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;
 KADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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     MONTANA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;  COAL GASIFICATION;  PHOTOCHEMICAL
     OXIDAUTS; PHYSIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;  GASEOUS WASTES
  WADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00343

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST-- WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: CHARLES L. OSTERBERG            TELEPHONE:  FTs/233-42oa

     CON-TRACTOR: BATTELLE-PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 999
        CITY/ST: RICHUND              WA
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. E. CUSHING                   TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: E(45-i)-i&3o                      FUNDING:       7.0  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   EFFECTS OF BEHAVIOR OF FOSSIL FUEL EFFLUENTS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

     DOE: 066024
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH IN NUMBERS OF COAL-FIRED
     STEAM PLANTS WITH COOLING LAKES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COAL
     TECHNOLOGY (SRC) WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RELEASE OF EFFLUENTS
     INTO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS. TRACE METALS AND OTHER POLLUTANTS ARE
     KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THESE EFFLUENTS AND CAN BE PASSED THROUGH AND
     CONCENTRATED IN THE AQUATIC FOOD WEB LEADING TO MAN. THESE EFFLUENTS
     MAY IMPACT ON THE BIOTA OF NATURAL RECEIVING WATERS OR LIMIT THE
     INTENDED MULTIPLE USE OF THE COOLINS LAKES FOR RECREATION,
     IRRIGATION, OR AQUACULTURE. THIS PRC3RAM IS DESIGNED TO STUDY THE
     BEHAVIOR AND EFFECTS OF THESE EFFLUENT COMPONENTS IN FRESHWATER
     ECOSYSTEMS.
     APPROACH; RESEARCH WILL BE CON-DUCTED AT OPERATING FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS
     AtlD IN THE LABORATORY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR FUTURE STUDIES IN
     CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTAL ECOSYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS
     CONCERNED WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EFFLUENTS, THEIR EFFECT ON
     AQUATIC PRODUCTIVITY, THEIR FATE IN FRESHWATER SYSTEMS AND THEIR
     EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY SU3LETHAL, ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS.
     RESULTS: THE EVENTUAL OUTPUT OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT
     OF PREDICTIVE INFORMATION ON TRANSFER RATES OF COAL COMBUSTION
     EFFLUENT COMPONENTS IN FRESHWATER FOOD WEBS, ESPECIALLY LARGE,
     MULTIPLE-USE COOLINS LAKES AND RECEIVING WATERS OF SOLVENT REFINED
  .   COAL PLANT EFFLUENTS. IN ADDITION, DATA ON CHRONIC AND ACUTE
     SU3LETHAL EFFECTS ON ORGANISMS OF THE FOOD WEB WILL PROVIDE INPUT FOR
     THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  3/78, ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART--SITE SURVEYS OF
             WESTERN COAL-FIRED ELECTRICAL GENERATING PLANTS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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         2.  9/78, BIOASSAYS OF SELECTED EFFLUENT CONSTITUENTS
         3.  9/79, STUDIES OF DEVELOPING COAL TECHNOL03IES—DETERMINATION
             OF SUBLETHAL EFFECTS CF EFFLUENTS ON AQUATIC  ORGANISMS
         4.  9/80, DETERMINATION OF TRANSFER RATES Am  MEDIATORS OF THE
             AFFECTS OF SELECTED EFFLUENT CONSTITUENTS
     KEYWORDS: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; COAL; STEAM GENERATORS;  COOLING PONDS;
     THERMAL EFFLUENTS; METALS; POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL  POWER  PLANTS;
     ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL  TRANSPORT;
     SITE SELECTION; TRACE AMOUNTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
 WADE H. FONDER
 CCEA PSOCRAH MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 003^6

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: JAY s. JACOBSON                 TELEPHONE:  ct301)353-3664

     CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ACDRESS:.ENV. SCI. DIV.
        CITY/ST-. OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. B. MCLAUGHLIN, JR.           TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:       o.o  FY FYV?

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COAL COMBUSTION, RESPONSE OF VEGETATION TO S02,
   OZONE AND ACID PRECIPITATION

     DOE: 085119
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COAL COMBUSTION-- RESPONSE
     OF VEGETATION TO SOZ, 03, AND ACID PRECIPITATION WILL EXAMINE PHYSIO-
     LOGICAL RESPONSES OF PLANTS AS INDICATORS OF ACUTE AND SUB-ACUTE
     RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO AIR POLLUTION STRESS. PRIMARY EMPHASIS WILL BE
     PLACED ON DETERMINING THE PHYSIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OF
     POLLUTANT DOSES.
     APPROACH: WITH GASEOUS POLLUTANTS (soa AND 03) CONCENTRATION PEAKS,
     DURATION AND FREQUENCY WILL BE VARIED WHILE THE FREQUENCY, PH,
     INTENSITY AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ACIDIFIED RAINFALL WILL BE
     EXAMINED AND RELATED TO PLANT RESPONSE. RESPONSE PARAMETERS TO BE
     MEASURED INCLUDE PHOTOSYNTHESIS, RESPIRATION, TRANSPIRATION, AND'
     CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM, AND GROWTH. BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND COM3INEO
     POLLUTANT REGIMES WILL BE STUDIED TO DEVELOP A PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS
     FOR EVALUATING PROBABLE EFFECTS OF POLLUTANT STRESS UNDER FIELD
     CONDITIONS.
     RESULTS: THIS PROJECT is DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTAND-
     ING CF THE RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO POLLUTANT STRESS, BUT TO PROVIDE A
     MEANS OF CHARACTERIZING POLLUTANT DOSE IN BIOLOGICALLY MEANINGFUL
     TERMS. WHILE THE INITIAL PHASES RELY HEAVILY ON CONTROLLED LABORATORY
     EXPOSURES, INCREASED EMPHASIS HILL BE PLACED ON EVALUATION OF
     POLLUTANT STRESS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS AS THE PROJECT PROCEEDS.
         1.  DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED DOSAGE
             KINETICS OF S02 ANO 03 ON PHYSIOLOGY OF KIDNEY BEAN
         2.  DETERMINE INFLUENCE OF TREATMENT DURATION AND ACIDITY LEVEL,
             AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ACID RAINFALL ON PLANT PHYSIO-
             LOGICAL PROCESSES
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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         3.  EXAMINED COMBINED EFFECTS OF S02, 03,  AND ACID PRECIPITATION
             ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH
     KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; PLANTS;  SULFUR
     DIOXIDE; OZONE; INORGANIC ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION;  ACID RAIN;  PHOTO-
     SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA FSOGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 0031*

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CORVALLIS             OR
        MANAGER: ERIC PRESTON                    TELEPHONE:  a503)757-4636

     CONTRACTOR: KCOSTER COLLEGE
        ADDRESS: BIOLOGY DEPT
        CITY/ST: WOOSTER               OH
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. D. KERN                      TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: R-so5370-oi                       FUNDING:       7.0   FY  FY77

PROJECT TITLE;                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT EMISSION ON
   TISSUE STRUCTURE OF SELECTED BIRD SPECIES: BIRDS AS INDICATORS

     DOE: 073723
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT is TO IDENTIFY
     SPECIES OF GRASSLAND BIRDS AND/OR THEIR ORGAN-SYSTEMS WHICH ARE
     PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO THE EMISSION'S OF COAL-FIRED POWER PUNTS
     AND CAN BE USED TO MONITOR AND INDICATE AIR QUALITY AND PREDICT  THE
     IMPACT OF CHRONIC, LOW-LEVEL, NONLETHAL STACK EMISSION ON THE
     SURROUNDING ECOSYSTEM.
     APPROACH: THE STUDY SITE is A GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM IN CCLSTRIP,
     MONTANA, IN WHICH TWO COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS OPERATE.  REPRESENTA-
     TIVE GRASSLAND BIRDS SELECTED FOR STUDY AT THE SITE ARE THE WESTERN
     MEADCWURK (STURNELLA NEGLECTA), MOURNING DOVE CZENAIDURA MACROURA),
     LARK BUNTING (CALAMOSPIZA MELANQCORYS), VESPER SPARROW (FCOECETES
     GRAMINEUS), AND LARK SPARROW (CnGNDESTES GRAMMACUS). IN EACH CASE,
     THE HISTOLOGY OF THE FOLLOWING TISSUES IS EXAMINED BEFORE (1975-1976)
     AND AFTER (1976-1979) THE POWER PLANTS HAVE GONE ON-LINE: (1) TISSUES
     WHICH ARE STRESS INDICATORS: THE ADRENAL AND THYROID GLANDS; (2)
     TISSUES WHICH BELONG TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: THE BURSA'OF FABR-ICIUS,
     THYMUS, AND SPLEEN; (3) DETOXIFYING TISSUES: THE LIVER, KIDNEY,  AND
     LUNG; AND w REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES: THE TESTIS, OVARY,  AND OVIDUCT.
     RESULTS: THIS HISTOLOGICAL INFORMATION WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH m
     MEASURES OF CARCASS AND TISSUE COMPOSITION AND OTHER GROSS MEASURE-
     MENTS MADE ON THE SAME BIRDS, AND (3) INFORMATION ON THE AIR QUALITY,
     WEATHER, AND OTHER ORGANISMS IN THE SAME IMPACTED ECOSYSTEM, IN ORDER
     TO IDENTIFY RELATIONSHIPS WHICH ARE USEFUL FOR (1) PREDICTING THE
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF GIVEN RATES OF POLLUTION CHALLENGE, AND iZ)
     SITING COAL-FIRED POWER PUNTS IN THE GREAT PUINS REGION.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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         1.  7/80, FINAL REPORT
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;  AIR
     POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; BIRDS;  PHYSIOLOGY;  PLANTS;  BIO-
     CHEMISTRY; BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY; AIR QUALITY;  CHP.OHIC  INTAKE;  STACK
     DISPOSAL; MONTANA; BIOLOGICAL STRESS;  ADRENAL GLANDS; THYROID;
     THYMUS; SPLEEN; LIVER; KIDNEYS; LUNGS; TESTES; OVARIES;  BIOLOGICAL
     EFFECTS; SITE SELECTION
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: OOZ98

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: DULUTH
        MANAGER: G. GLASS
MN
                                                 TELEPHONE:  NA
     CONTRACTOR: WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY-CTR BIO s
        ADDRESS: 750 UNIVERSITY AVE
        CITY/ST: MADISON               wi
PRINCIPAL INVES: 0. L. LOUCKS

CONTRACT NUMBER: R-803971-0<*
          TELEPHONE:
                                                   FWJDING:
                        339.9  FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   THE IMPACT OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS ON THE ENVIROMENT

     DOE: 074101
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS SUPPORT TO CONTINUE
     INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AND
     OPERATION OF A COAL-FIRED POWER.GENERATING STATION, TWO UNITS (527
     MEGAWATTS EACH).
     APPROACH: THE APPROACH is INTER-DISCIPLINASY, WITH DISCRETE SECTIONS
     FOCUSED ON: AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, FISH, HYDRCGEOLCGY, WATER USE
     ANALYSIS, WETLANDS ECOLOGY, REMOTE SENSINS, A5UATIC CHEMISTRY,
     HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IN FISH, ASSESSMENT OF A COOLING SYSTEM, PLUME
     CHEMISTRY, VISUAL CHANGES, MASS FLOW AND BALANCE OF HATER, AIR,
     AND CHEMICALS. DATA ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COLUMBIA DATA BANK,
     IES, MADISON.
     RESULTS: ORIGINALLY RESEARCH COMMENCED IN 1971 UNDER A GRANT FROM
     THREE WISCONSIN POWER COMPANIES. THE THIRD YEAR OF THE CURRENT PHASE
     OF THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN JULY 1978. THE SITE "IS ON THE
     FLOODPLAIN OF THE WISCONSIN RIVER NEAR PORTAGE, WISCONSIN. PRIMARY
     ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE IMPACT ON THE AQUATIC ENVIROflMENT. A
     PORTION OF THE STUDY IS DEVELOPING, IN CONCERT WITH THE WISCONSIN
     PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
     RESOURCES, AND THREE WISCONSIN PU3LIC UTILITIES, CRITERIA FOR SITING
     OF GENERATING FACILITIES.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  74, COMPLETE BASE LINE DATA GATHERINE-AIR, WATER, PLANTS AND
             ANIMALS
         2.  3/76, COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS OF POWER PLANT AND
             CCOLIN3 LAKE
         3.  12/77, COMPLETE DATA GATHERING ON SHORT-TERM IMPACTS OF
             OPERATION
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           184

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         it.  7/78, COMPLETE DRAFT SITING CRITERIA DOCUMENT
         5.  7/78, COMPLETE MAJOR REPORTS ON ALL IMPACTS ON UNIT 1
         6.  7/79, COMPLETE DATA GATHERING ON SHORT-TERM IMPACTS OF UNIT 2
         7.  7/60, COMPLETE MAJOR REPORTS ON ALL IMPACTS Or UNITS 1 AND  2
         8.  12/80, COMPLETE INTEGRATIVE ANT) EVALUATION STUDIES OF IMPACT
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS'; AQUATIC
     ECOSYSTEMS; WATER REQUIREMENTS; CONSUMPTION RATES; WATER;  COOLING
     SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION;
     MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUNTS; METEOROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT;
     WATER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; CONSTRUCTION; OPERATION; WATER-
     SHEDS; SITE SELECTION; DATA ACQUISITION
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA Fr.OGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMSER: 00391

PROJECT SPONSOR: COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SER
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: USD                             TELEPHONE:  NSD

     CONTRACTOR: WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS:.H6 AGRICULTURE HALL
        CITY/ST: MADISON               wi
PRINCIPAL INVES: T. W. TIBBITTS                  TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:            FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                    '  TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   AIR POLLUTION INTERACTIONS ON CROP PUNTS

     DOE: 000038
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DETERMINE SENSITIVITY OF SELECTED  CROP CULTIVARS
     TO OZONE, SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE ALONE AND IN COMBINA-
     TION. EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMOLOGY AND EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO THESE CROPS
     AROUND A COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
     APPROACH: CONTROLLED FUMIGATIONS KILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE BIOTRON
     UNDER OPTIMUM GROWTH CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE MINIMUM THRESHOLD
     DOSAGES FOR FUMIGATIONS OF 1 TO 8 KRS FOR CARROTS, MINT, PEAS, TURF-
     GRASS, AND ALFALFA. THE THRESHOLD LEVELS FOR OZONE, SULFUR DIOXIDE
     AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE AS SEPARATE POLLUTANTS AND AS MIXED POLLUTANTS
     WILL BE DETERMINED. STUDY OF STOMATAL RESPONSE OF THE SEPARATE
     CULTIVARS DURING FUMIGATIONS WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH POROMETER MEASURE-
     MENTS AhO SILICONS RUBBER IMPRESSIONS. CROP INJURY AROUND A NEW COAL-
     FIRED POWER PLANT WILL BE FOLLOWED BOTH THROUGH A SERIES OF 16
     ALFALFA PLANTINGS LOCATED IN A UNIFORM MANNER AROUND THE' PLANT AND
     THROUGH CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS.
     RESULTS-- ALFALFA FIELDS HAVE BEEN SAMPLED AT REGULAR INTERVALS IN
     1972, 1973, 197* TO ESTABLISH THE NORMAL  LEVEL OF ALFALFA YIELDS AND
     TYPES OF INJURY BEFORE THE GENERATING PLANT BEGAN OPERATIONS AKD
     SAMPLED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1975 AS PARTIAL OPERATION WAS INITIATED.
     NO EVIDENCE OF AIR POLLUTION INJURY WAS FOUND IN ANY SEASON. FUMI-
     GATIONS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS WITH 302 AND 03 UPCN THE AL SWEET
     CULTIVAR OF PEAS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT 2100 UG/M(3) OF S02 AND 400
     UG/M(3) OF 0 ARE MINIMUM CRITICAL LEVELS AND THAT A COMBINATION OF
     THESE POLLUTANTS IS DAMAGING AT 520 UG/HC3) S02 AND 260 U3/M(3) 0.
     PROCEDURES ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO UTILIZE THE LEVEL OF CHLOROPHYLL IN
     THE  LEAF TISSUE AS THE BASIS FOR DETERMINING ACCURATELY THE DEGREE OF
     POLLUTION  INJURY TO THE LEAVES. A STUDY OF SOIL AND FOLIAR APPLI-
  WADE  H.  FONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           186

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00291           - CONTINUED

     CATIONS WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPOUND, DPX 4891,  FROM E.I.  DU PONT DE
     NEMCURS AND CO. WAS UNDERTAKEN AT HANCOCK, HI FCR PROTECTION OF
     NORLAND POTATOES FROM OXIDANT INJURY.  NO SIGNIFICANT RESULTS WERE
     OBTAINED BECAUSE NO EVIDENCE OF POLLUTION INJURY  WAS OBSERVED IN THE
     CONTROL TREATMENTS. OXIDANT DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND  ANALYZED
     DURIN3 THE PAST SEASON FROM THESE INSTRUMENTS;  ONE LOCATED  NEAR  THE
     PORTAGE GENERATING STATION, ONE AT MADISON, AND ONE AT HANCOCK.
     SIMILAR CXIDANT LEVELS WERE RECORDED AT ALL SITES WITH LEVELS
     SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER THAN DURING THE SUMMER PERIODS OF  1973-74.
     KEYWORDS: PLANTS; CROPS; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; TOXICITY; SYNERGISM; AIR POLLUTION;  ROOT
     ABSORPTION; FOLIAR UPTAKE; PLANT GROWTH; GENETIC  VARIABLILITY
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           187

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 01132

PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: TVA AIR QUALITY RESEARCH SEC.
        ADDRESS: E AND D BUILDING
        CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS         AL
PRINCIPAL IN\'ES: J. C. NOGGLE                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       o.o  FY i?78

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   DETEP.MIME DOSE-RESPONSE KINETICS FOR EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS
   FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS ON SOYBEANS AND OTHER CROP AND FOREST SPECI

     DOE: 130004
     VEGETATION OF 502, N02, AND 03 EXPOSURES AT CONCENTRATIONS,  DOSAGE
     THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DETERMINE THE INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED EFFECTS ON
     RATES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TYPICALLY OCCURRING DURING
     SURFACE EXPOSURES IN THE VICINITY OF LARGE COAL-FIRED POWER  PLANTS.
     BY USING A FUMIGATION CHAMBER WITHIN A GROWTH CHAMBER AND A  POLLUTANT
     INJECTION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DUPLICATING ACTUAL FIELD FUMIGATIONS,
     CROP SPECIES WILL BE EXPOSED TO POKER PLANT EMISSIONS AND OTHER
     ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTS ON FIELD AND PLANT
     SENSITIVITY. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLLUTION DOSE, FOLIAR INJURY,
     AlO YIELD FOR STAGE OF GROWTH OF CROPS MOST SENSITIVE TO ATMOSPHERIC
     POLLUTANTS WILL BE DETERMINED FOR THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT.
     KEYWORDS: DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL
     POWER PLANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;  PLANT GROWTH;
     PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; CROPS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SOYBEANS;
     GLYCINE HISPIDA.
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA FSOGSAM  MANAGER
                                           188

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PROFILE  KU13ER: 01131

PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:

     CONTRACTOR: T\'A AIR QUALITY RESEARCH SEC.
        ADDRESS; E AND D BUILDING
        CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS         AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. C. N03GLE                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD                               FUNDING:       5.0  FY 1976

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   FIELD AND FILTERED/UNFILTERED EXPOSURE CHAMBER STUDIES OF EFFECTS OF
   COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT EMISSIONS ON CROP AND FOREST SPECIES OF ECONOMIC

     DOE: 130003
     THE 03JECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY THE IMPACT OF COAL-FIRED
     POWER PLANT EMISSIONS ON CROP SPECIES OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO THE
     SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE APPROACH IS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT
     ON YIELD AND CROP APPEARANCE THROUGH THE USE OF FIELD (POLLUTED) AIR
     EXCLUSION SYSTEM AND CHARCOAL-FILTERED AIR GREENHOUSES. THE AIR
     EXCLUSION PLOTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO ENABLE ISOLATION OF THE
     EFFECTS CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO S02 FRCM THE POKER PLANT FROM THOSE
     CAUSED BY AMBIENT LEVELS OF OZCNE AST) TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOZ/OZ
     SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OCCUR IN THE AM3IENT ENVIRONMENT. RELATIONSHIP
     BETWEEN CROP APPEARANCE AND YIELD WILL BE DETERMINED. RELATIONSHIP
     BETWEEN EXPOSURE DOSE Am YIELD UILL BE DETERMINED. EFFECTS OF OTHER
     ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS ON MODIFYING PLANT RESPONSE TO S02 AND 03
     WILL BE DETERMINED.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; CROPS;
     SULFUR DIOXIDE; OZONE; YIELDS; SYNERGISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATION-
     SHIPS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; AIR POLLUTION;
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
 MADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           189

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                                                                  DATE:ci/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01039
PROJECT SPONSOR:
        ADORESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERSY
WASHINGTON
                      DC
                                                 TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR; BOYCE THOMPSON INST. FOR PLANT
        ADDRESS: loss N. BROADWAY
        CITY/ST: YONKERS               NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: L. H. KEINSTEIH                 TELEPHONE:

CCKJTRACT NUMBER: EE-77-8-OE-4363                   FUNDING:      2.0  FY 1973

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   EFFECTS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE ON VEGETATION.

     DOE: 091196
     THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH ARE TO PROVIDE DATA ON THE DIRECT
     AND IN-DIRECT EFFECT OF SO/SUB Z/ IN IMPORTANT CROP ANO FOREST SPECIES
     OF PLANTS ANT) HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED BY NO/SU3 2/. THIS KIND OF
     INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE ANO
     FORESTRY OF COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS AND OTHER LARGE USERS OF COAL OR
     OTHER FCSSIL FUELS, INCLUDING:  (1) THE MODE OF ACTION AND METABOLIC
     TRANSFORMATIONS OF SO/SUB Z/ IN PLANTS; (2) THE EFFECT OF SO/SU3 ZS
     ON THE PLANT AS IT AFFECTS ITS SUITABILITY AS A HOST FOR PLANT
     PATKCC-EKS; (3) THE EFFECTS OF SO/SUB Z/ ON THE SUITABILITY OF PLANTS
     TO COLONIZATION BY THE MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE AND ON THE PRODUCTION OF
     VOLATILE TERPEN'OIDS AND THEIR RELATION TO SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CONIFERS
     TO INVASION BY SPRUCE BUDWCRM;  (4) THE EFFECT OF N'O/SUB 2/ ON THE
     PHYTOTOXICITY OF SO/SUB 2/ WITH RESPECT TO FOLIAR LESIONS, YIELD,
     ANO QUALITY; AND (5) THE EFFECTS OF SO/SUB z/ ALONE AND-IN COMBINA-
     TION WITH N'O/SUB Z/ ON ROOT PHYSIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT. THE GREAT
     MAJORITY OF EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT WITH WHEAT, CORN AND SOY-
     BEANS. ECONOMICALLY, THEY REPRESENT THE MOST IMPORTANT GRAIN' CROPS
     GROWN IN NORTH AMERICA. BIOCHEMICALLY, THEY REPRESENT THE TWO MAJOR
     FHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS, C-3 AMD C-4. EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED
     WITH POTTED PLANTS UNDER CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS TO DETER-
     MINE THAT CERTAIN PHENOMENA CAM OCCUR. WHETHER THEY ARE OF IMPORTANCE
     WILL BE DETERMINED IN SUBSEQUENT TESTS IN THE FIELD UNDER AMBIENT
     CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE, LIGHT, RAINFALL, ETC.
     KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PLANTS; METABOLISM; AIR
     POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
  WADE  H.  FONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           190

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                                                                 DATE:01/16/31
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01028

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT Or ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
                      DC
     CONTRACTOR:
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
900 VETERAN AVENUE
LOS ANGELES           CA
F. B. TURNER
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
                                TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
                                  FUNDING:
                7.0  FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

   DYNAMICS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS.

     DOE: 090027
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DETERMINE THE ACCUMULATION,
     MOVEMENT, AND AVAILABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM COAL FLY ASH IN THE
     SOIL, LITTER, PLANTS AND RODENTS OF A DESERT ENVIRONMENT.  CHEMICAL
     ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES TAKEN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM PCHER PUNTS
     AND AFTER APPLICATION OF FLY ASH IS PERFORMED. MEASUREMENTS OF LITTER
     FALL AND DECOMPOSITION RATE ARE BEING MADE.
     KEYWORDS: ARID LANDS; PLANTS; PLANT GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;  FLY  ASH;
     ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; COAL INDUSTRY; PO'^ER PLANTS.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           191

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA
                              DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00733

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER;

     CONTRACTOR: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS; AGRI. EXP. STA.
        CITY/ST: CORVALLIS             OR
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. R. LANOA
CONTRACT NUMBER: USD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
             TELEPHONE:
             TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDINS:
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
                                  FY 1973
   EFFECTS OF NON-GASEOUS AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS FROM COAL-FIREO POWER PLANTS
   ON PLANT GROWTH AND METABOLISM ADJUSTMENT.

     DOE: 000164
     THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO INVESTIGATE SELECTED EFFECTS OF STACK EMISSIONS
     ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-BURNING OH PLANT GROWTH AND METABOLISM. THE
     APPROACH IS TO STUDY UPTAKE OF METALLIC MERCURY FROM THE VAPOR PHASE
     BY PLANTS AND ITS SUBSEQUENT BIOTRANSFORMATIONS! STUDY UPTAKE BY
     PLANTS AND BEHAVIOR IN SOILS OF INORGANIC DIVALENT MERCURY; AND
     STUDY EFFECTS OF STACK EMISSIONS UPON PRIMARY ASPECTS OF
     PHOTOSYNTHESIS MID FHOTOSYNTHETICALLY-LIKKED NITROGEN FIXATION.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; PLANT GROWTH;
     MERCURY; UPTAKE; METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; SOILS; PLANTS;
     FLUE GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CONTAMINATION.
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           192

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                                                                  DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00665

PROJECT SPONSOR: NATL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: SOUTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: VERMILLION            so
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. R. HOFFMAN
CONTRACT NUMBER:
PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE'-
    TELEPHONE:




    TELEPHONE:

      FUSSING:

ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
                                                                 5.0  FY FY77
   EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON EPIPHYTIC CRYPTOGAMS

     DOE: 110028
     APPROACH: NATURALLY OCCURRING CRYPTOGAMS CAN BE USEFUL AS NATURAL
     MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR LEVELS'OF AIR POLLUTION. THIS STUOY WILL MAKE
     USE OF CRYPTOGAMS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES TO MONITOR SULFUR
     DIOXIDE POLLUTION FROM COAL-FIRED POKER GENERATORS. QUANTITATIVE
     STUDIES WILL SHOW THE DEMISE OF SENSITIVE SPECIES FROM THE VICINITIES
     OF THE GENERATORS AND MAPS HILL BE DEVELOPED TO CORRELATE CRYPTOGAM
     SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS WITH LEVELS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE POLLUTION.
     KEYWORDS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;
     MONITORING; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS;  PLANTS;
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; SULFUS DIOXIDE
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           193

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                              DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00605

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: CLINTON w. HALL
   oc
     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: AIR QUALITY RES SECT
        CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS         AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. M. KELLY
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                 TELEPHONE:
                                                   FUNDING;
                                             ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
                             7.0   FY FY77
   FATE AKD EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS FROM COOLING SYSTEMS ON
   TERRESTRIAL HABITATS

     DOE: 130007
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: EVALUATE IMPACT OF MOISTURE,  SALTS,  AND TOXIC
     TRACE METALS RELEASED FROM NATURAL DRAFT AND MECHANICAL DRAFT COOLING
     TOWERS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT.
     APPROACH: STUDY PLOTS LOCATED IN AREAS OF MAXIMUM  AND MINIMUM DEPOSI-
     TION WILL BE UTILIZED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF INCREASED MOISTURE
     LEVELS, SALT DEPOSITION, AND TOXIC HEAVY METALS ON PUNT GRCXTH AND
     VIGOR OF SELECTED SPECIES; ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS ON AND IN
     VEGETATION, AS WELL AS NUTRIENT LOSS AND ACCUMULATION IN THE SOIL.
     RESULTS: ESTIMATES OF PLANT UPTAKE AND/OR FOLIAR CONTAMINATION WILL
     BE OBTAINED. CHANGES IN SOIL NUTRIENT STATUS WILL  BE MONITORED AS
     WILL ICE DAMAGE AND INCREASED INCIDENCE OF PLANT PATHOGENS AND
     INSECTS. DEPOSITION INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO VERIFY DEPOSITION
     MODELS FOR AREAS WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE SOURCE.       '  ~
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  FY77, ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDY PLOTS AND COMPLETION OF INITIAL
             SURVEY OF LOCAL FLORA                       '
         a.  FY80, COMPLETION OF EVALUATION UNTIER OPERATING CONDITIONS
     KEYWORDS: HEAVY METALS; MICROCLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL  ECOSYSTEMS; COOLING
     SYSTEMS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; MECHANICAL DRAFT
     COOLING TOWERS; NATURAL DRAFT COOLING TOWERS; HUMIDITY; METALS;
     DEPOSITION; SALTS; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; LAND POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL
     EFFECTS; PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; HABITAT
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           194

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                                                                  DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00593

PROJECT SPONSOR: EfiDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: ROBERT L. WAITERS
   DC
     CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE-PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
        ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 599
        CITY/ST: RICHLAND              OR
PRINCIPAL INVES: D. R. ANDERSON
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS THRU

PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:




TELEPHONE:

  FUNDING:
                             o.o  FY FY??
TYPE:
                                             ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
   THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF EFFLUENTS FROM COAL UTILIZATION ON THE
   BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY OF FRESHWATER BIOTA

     DOE: 09811Z
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
     DATA FOR ESTABLISHING WATER DUALITY CRITERIA FOR THE PROTECTION OF
     FRESHWATER RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS, AND TO EVALUATE WAYS TO MINIMIZE
     THE EFFECTS Or POLLUTANTS ARISING FROM COAL UTILIZATION.  THE PROPOSED
     PROGRAM WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE IMMEDIATE BEHAVIORAL OR PHYSIOLOGICAL
     EFFECTS ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS OF THERMAL AND CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
     REACHING FRESHWATER SYSTEMS VIA RELEASES TO THE ATMOSPHERE,  SURFACE
     WATERS AND GROUND WATERS DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION AND
     UTILIZATION.
     APPROACH: A STATE-OF-THE-ART LITERATURE REVIEW WILL BE MADE  TO ASSESS
     THE MOST EFFICIENT MODE OF ACTION TOWARD NEW AREAS CF RESEARCH USING
     THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES EMPLOYING BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL
     DETECTION THRESHOLDS. BEHAVIORAL STUDIES EMPLOYING PARAMETERS SUCH AS
     HEART RATE, COUGH RESPONSE, AVOIDANCE-ATTRACTION RESPONSE, SOCIAL
     HIERARCHY CHANGES, AND ALTERATIONS IN LEARNED RESPONSES IN FISHES
     WILL BE MONITORED USING A POLYGRAPH AND CLOSED-CIRCUIT VIDEOTAPE
     INSTRUMENTATION FOR RECORDING OBSERVATION AND ELECTROSSAPHIC INFORMA-
     TION. THESE SU3LETHAL MEASURES, COUPLED WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING
     THE 96 HOUR LC-50, WILL PERMIT DETERMINATION OF DETECTION THRESHOLDS
     FOR TOXICANTS WHICH MAY BE WELL BELOW THE LETHAL LEVELS OF THE
     TOXICANTS.
     RESULTS: A LITERATURE REVIEW WILL BE COMPLETED TO DETERMINE THE
     CHEMISTRY OF A VARIETY OF COMPOUNDS AND ELEMENTS ORGINATIN3 FROM
     COAL COMBUSTION, LIQUEFACTION, GASIFICATION, THE TOXICITY OF THESE
     MATERIALS, CURRENT KNOWLEDGE IN REGARD TO AQUATIC ORGANISM BEHAVIORAL
     AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES AND UP-TO-DATE TECHNIQUES TO MONITOR
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           195

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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00598           - CONTINUED

     THESE RESPONSES. THE RESULTS OF THIS LITERATURE SURVEY AND INFORMA-
     TION FROM OTHER ONGOING PROGRAMS FROM THE KINS REPORT ARE BEING USED
     AS THE BASIS FOR DESIGNING A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  1/30/76, COMPLETE BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PORTION OF THE
             LITERATURE REVIEW                                •  .
         2.  4/1/76, DESIGN AND INITIATE CONSTRUCTION OF TESTING APPARATUS
             FOR BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF SEVERAL
             SPECIES OF FISH
         3.  6/30/76, COMPLETION OF FINAL PORTION OF LITERATURE REVIEW;
             SELECTION OF TOXICANTS TO BE TESTED AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
             AND APPROACH FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH
     KEYWORDS: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; AQUATIC ORGANISMS;
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COAL GASIFICATION; COAL LIQUEFACTION; CHEMICAL
     EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; CADMIUM;
     NICKEL; ZINC; COPPER; MANGANESE; FISHES; HEART; HYDROCARBONS;  -
     NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TOXINS; WATER
  WADE H.  PONDER
  CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
                                           196

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                   197

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                              DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 01090

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER:
   DC
     CONTRACTOR: ICF, INCORPORATED
        ADDRESS: isso K STREET NW
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. STAUFFER; C. LAMANTIA
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
    TELEPHONE:



    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:       5.0   FY 1973

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
   ECONOMIC AND ENERGY IMPACTS OF REVISED NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
   FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES.

     DOE: 097103
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ESTIMATE THE ECONOMIC,  ENERGY,
     AND EMISSIONS IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE REVISION'S TO NEW SOURCE
     PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC POWER PUNTS. A LINEAR-
     PROGRAMMING MACRO-MODEL OF THE COAL AND ELECTRIC UTILITIES  INDUSTRIES
     WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE COAL PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IMPACTS,
     OIL CONSUMPTION IMPACTS, ELECTRICITY COST IMPACTS, AND SULFUR-DIOXIDE
     EMISSIONS IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS OF EMISSIONS FOR S02.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;  ECONOMIC
     IMPACT; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COST; SULFUR
     DIOXIDE.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                           198

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                                                                  DATE;oi/16/ai
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00923

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: 9700 SOUTH CASS AVE.
        CITY/ST: ARGONNE               IL
PRINCIPAL INVES: N. F. SATHER
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-31-109-ENG-38

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
    TELEPHONE:




    TELEPHONE:

      FUKDINS:       0.0  FY 1978

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
   ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IMPLICATIONS OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER FROM
   COAL.

     DOE: 080073
     THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE CURRENT IN-DEPTH EVALUA-
     TIONS OF TECHNICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF COAL-BASED
     ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS AND COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE
     SYSTEMS UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS. SYSTEMS BEINS EVALUATED INCLUDE:
     CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTION WITH FLUE GAS CLEANUP, COAL CLEANING/COMBUS-
     TION, FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION, PRODUCTION/COMBUSTION OF COAL-DERIVED
     FUELS, AND GASIFICATICN/COM3INED-CYCLE POWER GENERATION. THE TECHNOL-
     OGIES ARE CHARACTERIZED AS COMPLETELY AS AVAILABLE INFORMATION
     PERMITS AND CORRELATIONS ARE DEVELOPED FOR COMPUTING INPUTS, RESIDU-
     ALS AND COSTS IN SUCCESSIVE UNIT OPERATIONS OF A COAL-TO-ELECTRICITY
     SEQUENCE AS A FUNCTION OF COAL PROPERTIES, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
     AND SITE-SPECIFIC FACTORS. SUBCONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS WITH
     PERTINENT EXPERTISE ARE EMPLOYED TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT. REPORTS
     PROVIDING INITIAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGIES LISTED ABOVE HAVE
     BEEN ISSUED. A COMPUTERIZED DATA BANK INTEGRATING DATA ON COAL WASH-
     ABILITIES AND RESERVES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. OPTIONAL STRATEGIES IN
     CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTION HAVE BEEN COMPARED. THE DEVELOPMENT AND
     REFINEMENT OF PROCESS SIMULATION MODELS IS CONTINUING.
     KEYWORDS-- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; COAL; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER
     PLANTS; FLUE GAS; CLEANING; COAL PREPARATION; WASHING; FLUIDIZED-BED
     COMBUSTION; FUEL GAS; COAL LIQUIDS; PRODUCTION; COMBINED-CYCLE POKER
     PLANTS; REGULATIONS; COAL RESERVES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SIMULATION;
     EMISSION; FLY ASH; DESULFURIZATICN; SCRUBBERS; NITROGEN OXIDES;
     SULFUR OXIDES; PARTICLES; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER GENERATION.
 WADE H.  PONDER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00614

PROJECT SPONSOR: EROA
        ADDRESS:'
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: WALT BELTER                     TELEPHONE:  pa3

     CONTRACTOR: ARGON-NE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: 9700 SOUTH CASS AVE
        CITY/ST: ARGONNE               IL
PRINCIPAL INVES:'J. L. HOOVER                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:       o.o  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS

   ENERGY-RELATED REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM

     DOE'- 060031
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE
     INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE HEALTH, ENVIRONMEN-
     TAL, SOCIOECONOMIC AND RESOURCE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED KITH ALTERNATIVE
     ENERGY SYSTEMS. THE NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT (NCA) WILL EVALUATE THE
     CONSEQUENCES OF INCREASED NATIONAL LEVELS OF COAL UTILIZATION. THE
     FRAMEWORK  FOR COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS WILL ENABLE THE BRINGING TOGET-
     HER OF THE RESULTS OF FUEL CYCLE ASSESSMENTS BEIMS CONDUCTED BY AES.
     APPROACH;  KAJOR EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE CONDUCT OF THE NCA IN
     CONCERT WITH THE OTHER EROA LABORATORIES. THE NCA WILL FOCUS ON THE
     DEPLOYMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ENTIRE COAL FUEL CYCLE AND THE
     FACTOPS UHICH MAY LIMIT COAL UTILIZATION. THE NCA WILL EVALUATE
     IMPACTS ON A LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SCALE. BOTH QUANTI-
     TATIVE AM) QUALITATIVE ANALYSES WILL BE PREPARED AND EXISTING MODELS
     AND DATA WILL BE ADAPTED AND USED. THE COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK DEVELOP-
     MENT WILL  LEAD TO A MECHANISM FOR CONSISTENT AND COMPREHENSIVE
     COMPARISONS OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL CYCLES AND ENERGY SYSTEMS.
     RESULTS: THE NCA WILL GENERATE OUTPUTS THAT CAN BE USED BY ERDA AND
     OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, CONGRESS, AND THE STATES. A SET OF SOURCE
     DOCUMENTS  WILL BE PREPARED TO AID OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS THAT ARE
     CONDUCTING ANALYSES. A SERIES OF REPORTS ANT) INTERIM ASSESSMENTS WILL
     BE DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM'S TWO YEAR DURATION SO THAT THE
     NCA CAN PROVIDE INPUT INTO KEY DECISIONS THAT MUST BE MADE DURING
     THIS PERIOD. THE FRAMEWORK FOR ENERGY SYSTEM COMPARISONS HILL BE
     DIRECTED TO AES AS AN AID IN PROGRAM PLANNING A(O TECHNOLOGY
     OVERVIEW.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/76, INITIATE MULTI-LABORATORY NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT
  WADE  H.  PONDER
  CCEA  PROGRAM MANAGER
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         Z.  10/77, INTERIM NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
         3.  10/77, COMPLETE COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
         4.  10/78, COMPLETE NATIONAL CODE ASSESSMENT
         5.  10/78, COMPLETE EXAMPLE INTERFUEL COMPARISON
     KEYWORDS: COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FUEL CYCLE;  ECONOMICS;  PUBLIC
     HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY SOURCES; REGIONAL ANALYSIS;
     ANL; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC FUELS; MAN;  COAL
     INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARDS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00616

PROJECT SPOS'SCR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: RAYMOND D. COOPER               TELEPHONE:  F233-3631

     CONTRACTOR: BROCKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: UPTON                 NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: MEIER; PALMEDO; MANOWITZ        TELEPHONE:

CONTF.ACT NUMBER: E(30-l)-16                        FUNDING:       5.0   FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS

   REGIONAL STUDIES

     DOE: 081048
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM is THE DEVELOP-
     MENT, TESTING AKD APPLICATION OF DATA, MODELS AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS
     FOR REGIONAL ENERGY PLANNING. IT IS PART OF AN INTEGRATED MULTI-
     LAE33ATORY EFFORT AIMED AT CRITICAL ENERGY PLANNING PROBLEMS REQUIR-
     INS ANALYSIS AT THE REGIONAL (MULTI-STATE SCALE). THREE BASIC
     PRC3RAMMATIC THEMES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED: (1) THE SITING OF ENERGY
     RELATED FACILITIES, (2) THE INCREASED USE OF COAL, AND (3) THE
     INCREASED DEVELOPMENT OF DOMESTIC OIL.
     APPROACH: THE BROCKHAVEN PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE-NORTHEASTERN u.s.
     EIGHT TASKS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PRCSSAM, SOME OF WHICH RELATE
     TO DATA AND MODELS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION; OTHERS CONCENTRATE ON
     SPECIFIC KEY PROBLEMS OF THE REGION; EACH IS RELATED TO OKE OR MORE
     OF THE BASIC PROGRAMMATIC THEMES. IN ALL CASES THE APPLICABILITY  TO
     OTHER REGIONS AND TO A NATIONAL PICTURE ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS.
     THE TASKS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM ARE: (1) THE ANALYSIS  OF
     CURRENT ENERGY PLANNING ACTIVITIES IU THE REGION, INTERACTION WITH
     REGIONAL USERS AND ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE REGIONAL ENERGY
     PLANNING INSTITUTIONS; (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL ENERGY/ENVI-
     P.OKMESTAL AND ECONOMIC DATA, MODELS AND SCENARIOS; (3) THE ANALYSIS
     OF REGIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; (4) INVESTIGATIONS OF
     ENERGY FACILITY SITING ISSUES, PARTICULARLY POKER PARKS AND SITE
     ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; (5) URBAN ENERGY SUPPLY OPTIONS, EMPHASIZ-
     INS THE PREDICTION OF HEALTH IMPACTS; (6) A STUDY OF THE POTENTIAL
     FOR, AKD THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF, THE INCREASED USE Of  COAL
     IN THE REGION; (?) STUDIES OF OFFSKCSE AND RELATED DEVELOPMENT,
     INCLUDING OFFSHORE NUCLEAR PLANT SITING, ARTIFICIAL MULTI-PURPOSE
     ISLANDS AND OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT; AND (8) SUPPORT TO OTHER


 KADE H. PCXDER
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     LABORATORIES IN THE PROGRAM IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH IMPACTS AND
     CHARACTERIZATION OF EMISSIONS.
     RESULTS: THE PRIMARY OUTPUTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE A SERIES OF POLICY
     ANALYSES ANT) A SET OF EVALUATION TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED BY STATE,
     LOCAL AND REGIONAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS UTILITIES AND INDUSTRIAL
     GROUPS WITH INTERESTS IN ENERGY-RELATED PLANNING. THE INTERLABORATORY
     COLLABORATION ALSO AIMS AT THE INTEGRATION OF THE SEPARATE REGIONAL
     STUDIES INTO NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY ANALYSES.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  6/76, COMPLETION OF NORTHEASTERN ENERGY PERSPECTIVES STUDY
         2.  7/76, COMPLETION OF NEW JERSEY NUCLEAR CENTER ASSESSMENT
         3.  7/76, START OF COAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
         4.  9/76, PUBLISH ANNUAL REPORT FOR FY76
     KEYWORDS-. REGIONAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY; PLANNING; ENERGY MODELS;
     TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA ACQUISITION; COAL;
     PETROLEUM; SITE SELECTION; ENERGY POLICY; HEALTH HAZARDS; COST
     BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
 MADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                 DATE=01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00621
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST:
        MANAGER:
WASHINGTON
RAYMOND D. COOPER
DC
                                                 TELEPHONE: F233-3631
     CONTRACTOR: CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS-- P.O. BOX soa
        CITY/ST: LIVERMORE             CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: D. LAYTON

CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENS-48
                                TELEPHONE:
                                  FUNDING:
                          3.0  FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS

   REGIONAL SCALE ASSESSMENTS OF ENERGY IMPACTS

     DOE: 083024
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DEFINITION OF PRIORITY REGIONAL PROBLEMS CREATED
     BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ENERGY. DEVELOPMENT OF MODELING AND
     ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE REGIONAL-SCALE
     HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FUTURE GROWTH OF ENERGY-RESO'JHCc
     DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED REGIONAL DATA BASES WHICH CAN
     BE INTERFACED AMONG DIFFERENT REGIONS OR AMONG DIFFERENT USES WITHIN
     A REGION. ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL ENERGY-RELATED PROBLEMS. AID IN THE
     TRANSFER OF ASSESSMENT DATA AND RESULTS TO FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL
     AND  LOCAL USER.
     APPROACH: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT UPON THE ENVIRONMENTAL,
     HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECTORS. THIS WILL REQUIRE LITERATURE
     REVIEW, DATA COORDINATION ANT) IDENTIFICATION OF INFORMATION AND '
     RESEARCH NEEDS AND INFORMATION TRANSFER TO USER GROUPS.
     RESULTS: IMPACT OF INCREASED COAL UTILIZATION IN CALIFORNIA:
     (1)  RELATED TO ERDA NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT; (2) WILL BE USED BY
     CALIFORNIA STATE  ENERGY COMMISSION. RELATIONSHIP OF ENERGY/WATER IN
     CALIFORNIA; THIS  is A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR ANY ENERGY RESOURCE' DEVELOP-
     MENT IN CALIFORNIA AND THE FAR WEST IN GENERAL. WILL BE USED IN ERDA
     NATIONAL SCOPE ENERGY SUPPLY/DEMAND SCENARIO. WILL BE USED BY
     CALIFORNIA STATE  ENERGY COMMISSION.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
          1.  FY77 OP. FY73 (DEPENDING UPCN INITIATION OF FUNDING),
             PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS AND IDENTIFICATIONS OF SPECIFIC
             PROBLEM AREAS WILL BE IDENTIFIED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF
             FUTJDING;  EVALUATION OF THESE SPECIFIC TOPICS WILL BEGIN
             WITHIN A  FRAMEWORK OF INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT TO EVALUATE THE
             ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS ASSOCIATED
 KADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                          204

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             WITH INCREASED COAL UTILIZATION  AND  ENERGY/WATER RELATION-
             SHIPS IN CALIFORNIA
     KEYWORDS: ENERGY SOURCES;  ENVIRONMENTAL  EFFECTS;  DATA ACQUISITION;
     HEALTH HAZARDS; ECONOMICS; COAL;  WATER;  SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; COAL
     DOUSTRY; REGIONAL ANALYSIS
 KADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                 DATE:ci/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00623

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: SUZANNE M. WELLBORN
                 DC
                           TELEPHONE:  F233-3«o
     CONTRACTOR; CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: LAWRENCE BERKELEY LA
        CITY/ST: BERKELEY              CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: P. CRAIG
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-
                           TELEPHONE:
                             FUNDING:
8.0  FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS

   OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LAWRENCE LIVERKORE LABORATORY

     DOE: 083047
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PROVIDE ERDA WITH ANALYSES OF THE RELATIONSHIPS
     AMONG TECHNICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL FACTORS
     AS THEY AFFECT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RD
     AND D POLICY OR THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF DEVELOPED ENERGY SYSTEMS.
     APPROACH: CONDUCT SPECIFIC STUDIES TO EXAMINE SOCIAL COSTS ANO
     POTENTIAL INEQUITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE SCALE COAL
     CONVERSION, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL OBSTACLES TO MEETING
     FUTURE GAS DEMAND BY COAL GASIFICATION IN CALIFORNIA, AND NATIONAL
     AND REGIONAL FUTURE ENERGY SYSTEMS EMPLOYING SMALL SCALE DISPERSED
     ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.
     RESULTS: PERIODIC TOPICAL REPORTS AND MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  FALL 1977, PRELIMINARY REPORTS
         Z.  FALL 1978, FINAL REPORTS                     "  ""
     KEYWORDS: DISPERSED ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY SOURCES; LAND USE;
     ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS? SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;
     DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                         206

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT  DATA             DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00633

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:'
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: FRED E. WITHER                  TELEPHONE:  F233-5517

     CONTRACTOR-. MONSANTO RESEARCH CORPORATION
        ADDRESS; P.O. BOX 32
        CITY/ST: MIAMISBUEG            OH
PRINCIPAL INVES:'C. E. STYROM                    TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IAG-D5-E681                       FUNDING:       0.0   FY FY77

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS

   ASSESSMENT OF THE RADIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF WESTERN COAL UTILIZATION

     DOE: 087036
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS STUDY is DESIGNED TO PROVIDE  AN INDICATION
     OF THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RADICNUCLIDES  MOBILIZED  FROM
     COMBUSTION OF WESTERN COAL IN ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS. SPECIFIC
     OBJECTIVES INVOLVE (1) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RADIONUCLIDES U-234 AND
     U-23S, FO-210, PB-210, RA-226, AND TH-230 IN SAMPLES OF COAL FROM
     MAJOR WESTERN MINES AS WELL AS COAL, ASH, STACK EFFLUENTS, AIR, SOIL,
     AND VEGETATION ASSOCIATED HITH A POWER PLANT USING WESTERN COAL;  (2)
     AN EVALUATION OF RADIATION DOSES TO POPULATIONS; AND (3) A DETER-
     MINATION OF THE HEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.
     APPROACH: IN THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY, THE SAMPLES DESCRIBED ABOVE  ARE
     PREPARED FOR AND ANALYZED BY ALPHA PULSE HEIGHT SFECTROGRAPHY. THE
     DATA WILL BE USED TO CLOSE THE RADIONUCLIOE BALANCE FC3 A POKER  PLANT
     AND IN MODELING RADIATION DOSE TO THE POPULATION ADJACENT TO THE
     POWER PLANT. THE PREDICTED POPULATION DOSE, PROJECTED FUTURE USE  OF
     WESTERN COAL, AND PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED AS SIGNIFICANT BUT NOT FULLY
     ADDRESSED IN THE PRELIMINARY STUDY WILL BE USED IN EVALUATING THE
     NEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.                          '
     RESULTS: DATA WILL BE OBTAINED ON CONCENTRATIONS OF u-234 AND u-238,
     PO-210, PB-210, RA-226 AND TH-230 IN COAL FROM MAJOR WESTERN MINES;
     MOBILIZATION OF THESE RADIONUCLIDES DURING COMBUSTION;  DEPOSITION ON
     SURROUNDING TERRAIN; AND PARTITIONING TO ASH RESIDUES.  ESTIMATES WILL
     BE MADE OF RADIATION DOSE TO PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE AREA AND/OR  FEED-
     ING ON CROPS FROM THE AREA. AN EVALUATION WILL BE MADE OF THE NEED
     FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.
     PROJECT MILESTONES;
         1.  MODIFYING ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND DEVELOPING QUALITY
             CONTROL FOR ANALYSIS OF U-234 AND U-233, FO-210, P3-210,  AND


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 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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             TH-230 IN COAL, BOTTOM ASH, FLY ASH, AIR (FILTERS),  SOIL AKD
             VEGETATIOM
         2.  ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM MAJOR WESTERN MINES Af3 ONE POWER
             PLANT FOR SPECIFIED RADIONUCLIDES
         3.  CLOSE RADIONUCLIDE BALANCE FOR POWER FLAffT
         ft.  EVALUATION OF POPULATION DOSE ESTIMATES
         5.  SYNTHESIS OF INFORMATION AND GENERATION OF REPORT
     KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACTS;
     COMBUSTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; COAL MINES; GASEOUS WASTES;  SOILS;
     AIR POLLUTION; PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RADIATION
     DOSES; DATA ANALYSIS; URANIUM 234, URANIUM 23s; POLONIUM 210; LEAD
     210; RADIUM 2265 THORIUM 230
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER'- 00&36

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: JAY s. JACOSSON                 TELEPHONE;  CC30D-353-3664

     CONTRACTOR: AMES LABORATORY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: AMES                  IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. J. O'TOOLE                   TELEPHONE:

CONTP.ACT NUMBER: W-V^OS-ENG-SZ                     FUNDING:       o.o  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    INTEGRATED  ASSESSMENTS

   TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF COAL-FIRED  POWER  PLANTS IN
   THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS

     DOE: 098136
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS- STUDY is TO DETERMINE THE
     EFFECTS OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS PERFORMING UNDER NEW SOURCE
     PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON THE ATMOSPHERIC, TERRESTRIAL  AND  AQUATIC
     ENVIRONMENTS.
     APPROACH: THROUGH THE USE OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS,
     THE DISTRIBUTION AND EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS AND GASEOUS AIR POLLUT-
     ANTS ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS WILL BE DETERMINED. THE  COMPOSITION OF
     FLYASH, SCRUBBER SOLUTION AND STACK EFFLUENTS AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES
     DOWNWIND ALSO WILL BE MEASURED.
     RESULTS: RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WILL PRODUCE INFORMATION RELATING TO
     THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE  COLSTRIP, MONTANA,
     POWER PUNTS ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN TERRESTRIAL AND  AQUATIC ECO-
     SYSTEMS OF THE FORT UNION BASIN; WHAT ARE THE GASEOUS  AKD  PARTICULATE
     POLLUTANTS EMITTING FROM THESE POWER PLANTS ANO DEPOSITED  ON PLANTS,
     SOILS AND WATERS.
     KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AIR
     POLLUTION; LAND POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;
     CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; GASEOUS WASTES; LIQUID WASTES;  METALS; PLANTS;
     BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; FLY ASK; STACK DISPOSAL; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00613

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER: RAYMOND D. COOPER               TELEPHONE:  F233-3&31

     CONTRACTOR: ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: 9700 SOUTH CASS AVE
        CITY/ST: ARGONNE               IL
PRINCIPAL INVES: GUSTAFSONJ MCGREGOR             TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE                          FUNDING:       o.o  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS

   ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES IN RELATION TO
   POWER PRODUCTION

     DOE: 030030
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED
     TO POWER PRODUCTION ARE TO: (1) DEVELOP, SYNTHESIZE AND INTEGRATE
     INFORMATION FOR BASELINE CHARACTERIZATION OF REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
     RESOURCES WITHIN EACH OF THE GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS; (2) ASSESS THE
     CURRENT AND PROJECTED IMPACTS OF REGIONAL PC'.iER DEVELOPMENTS ON
     THESE RESOURCES; AND <3) EVALUATE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE
     MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING ADVERSE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH
     POWER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS IN EACH REGION.
     APPROACH: SOURCES OF POKER RELATED EFFLUENTS, AND PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL
     AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT INFLUENCE THE TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS
     ARE ASSESSED IN THE FIRST STAGE CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
     RESOURCES WHEREAS SECOND STAGE EFFORTS FOCUS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF
     REGIONAL IMPACTS OF POWER PRODUCTION. DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS OF
     ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ON MAJOR BIOTIC COMMUNITIES AND PHYSICAL
     NATURAL RESOURCES ARE EVALUATED AND CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
     OF REGIONAL POKER GENERATION ARE COMPARED WITH OTHER''HUMAN-INDUCED OR
     NATURAL INFLUENCES IN EACH STUDY REGION.
     RESULTS: CURRENT STUDIES ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN WATERSHED ARE STRONGLY
     MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND INTERINSTITUTICNAL IN SCOPE AND WILL RESULT IN
     APPROXIMATELY 20 PUBLISHED REPORTS TREATING THE REGIONS ENVIRONMENTAL
     RESOURCES, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
     CONSTRAINTS TO POWER DEVELOPMENT AND MEANS TO REDUCE ADVERSE CONSE-
     QUENCES OF POWER PRODUCTION.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  9/30/76, BASELINE CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
             FOR THE LAKE MICHIGAN REGION ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS CF THE LAKE


 WADE H. PCNDER
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             MICHIGAN REGION, VOLUMES 1-19
         2.  6/30/77, REGIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
             ASSOCIATED WITH POWER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF  CONTROL
             TECHNOLOGY, DRAFT DOCUMENT
     KEYWORDS: GREAT LAKES; ENERGY SOURCES; WATERSHEDS;  THERMAL EFFLUENTS;
     CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; POLLUTION; ELECTRIC POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
     COMMUNITIES; FCKER GENERATION; BASELINE ECOLOGY;  EARTH ATMOSPHERE;
     ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;  SOILS; HATER;  POWER
     PLANTS; SITE SELECTION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; POLLUTION CONTROL
     EQUIPMENT
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: C0612

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER: R. HAUSEN                       TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: MENLO PARK            CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. M. DICKERSON
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
             TELEPHONE:

               FUNDING:       0.0   FY  FY77

TYPE:    INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
   INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF COAL BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY-PROJECT  DEFINITION
   PHASE

     DOE: 071404
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE OF  THIS  STUDY
     CONSISTS OF EFFORTS TO EXPLICITLY SCOPE THE SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT
     WORK; ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO SELECT THE MOST RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES;
     IDENTIFY AND ASSEMBLE RELEVANT LITERATURE AND DATA; DELINEATE
     METHODOLOGIES TO UNCOVER AND ANALYZE BOTH THE DIRECT  AND INDIRECT
     ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, AND LEGAL  IMPACTS OF
     DEPLOYING THESE TECHNOLOGIES; DEFINE METHODOLOGIES FOR COMPARING THE
     IMPACTS OF THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; AND DEVELOP POLICY ALTERNATIVES
     FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGIES. A PLAN TO  PACKAGE THE
     RESULTS IN A FORM THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO ENVIRONMENTAL AX3 ENERGY
     POLICY DECISIONMAXERS WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED. THE PRODUCT  OF THE'
     PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE WILL, IN EFFECT, BE A DETAILED PROPOSAL FOR
     THE CONDUCT OF THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT ITSELF WHICH WOULD'BE DONE  IN
     THE SUBSEQUENT INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT PHASE.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  1/77, CONTRACT AWARD—COMPETITIVE
         Z.  7/77, PHASE I (WORK PLAN AND PROPOSAL FOR PHASE ID--
             COMPLETED
     KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL
     IMPACTS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SOCIAL IMPACT;
     ECONOMIC IMPACT; LEGAL ASPECTS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00611

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK  NC
        MANAGER: R. HANSEN

     CONTRACTOR: RADIAN CORP.
        ADDRESS: TEXAS UNIVERSITY
        CITY/ST: AUSTIN                TX
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. D. STUART
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
                           TELEPHONE:
    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:       o.o   FY FY??

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
   INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF COAL-BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT
   DEFINITION PHASE

     DOE: 071403
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DEVELOP METHODOLOGY AND FORMULATE A WORK PLAN
     FOR A TWO AND ONE HALF YEAR PROGRAM; (1) TO COLLECT AND INTEGRATE  THE
     RESULTS OF (A) EPA'S ON-GOING EFFORTS AT ASSESSING THE ENVIRON-
     MENTAL, ENERGY, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT CF CONVENTIONAL COALBASED
     SYSTEMS, (B) THE RECENTLY INITIATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF
     EMERGING COAL-BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES SPONSORED BY EPA, AND (C)
     OTHER STUDIES BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (OTHER THAN EPA) ON RELATED
     TOPICS; (2) TO IDENTIFY, DESCRIBE, AM) QUANTIFY 'THE RANGE AND
     MAGNITUDE OF BIOPHYSICAL, SOCIOECCNOMIC AND ENERGY IMPACTS ASSOCIATED
     WITH EACH COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGY; (3) TO IDENTIFY, DESCRIBE, COMPARE,
     AND QUANTIFY WHERE POSSIBLE THE RANGE AND MAGNITUDE OF BIOPHYSICAL,
     SCCIOECCNOMIC, AND ENERGY IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE MIXES, RATES,
     LEVELS, AND TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF"COALBASED
     ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, SUPPLY SYSTEMS, AND END USES; (4) TO IDENTIFY
     AND COMPARATIVELY ANALYZE TECHNOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL METHODS  OF
     AVOIDING OR MITIGATING UNDESIRABLE IMPACTS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL
     BE GIVEN TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
     AGENCY AS SPECIFIED BY RELEVANT LAWS, DIRECTIONS, ORDERS, ETC.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
         1.  1/77, CONTRACT AWARD—COMPETITIVE
         Z.  7/77, PHASE I (WORK PLAN AND PROPOSAL FOR PHASE ID--
             COMPLETED
     KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
     MENT; TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY
     SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; PLANNING; POLLUTION REGULA-
     TIONS; FINANCING; us EPA; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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     ENERGY POLICY
 HADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00610

PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
        ADDRESS:•
        CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK  NC
        MANAGER-. R. HANSEN
                                                 TELEPHONE;
     CONTRACTOR: EATTELLE COLUMBUS LABORATORIES
        ADDRESS; BOB KING AVENUE
        CITY/ST: COLUMBUS              OH
PRINCIPAL IHVES:'R. S. DAVIDSON                  TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
              TYPE:
      FUNDING:       o.o  FY FY??

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
   PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE STUDY FOR AN INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF
   COAL-BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

     DOE: 071402
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROJECT, PHASE- I—DEFINITION PHASE,  WILL
     INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: (DA METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATING
     THE RESULTS OF COMPLETED ANT) ONGOING EPA/IERL "ENVIRONMENTAL
     ASSESSMENTS" OF COAL-BASED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL
     TECHNOLOGIES; (2) A METHODOLOGY FOR CONDUCTING A COMPARATIVE ASSESS-
     MENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENERGY IMPACTS OF
     COAL BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, SUPPLY SYSTEMS, AND END USES;  (3)  A
     METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING NATIONAL IMPACTS FOR ALL COMPONENTS OF COAL
     ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEMS, EXTRACTION, FUEL STOCK TRANSPORTATION,
     PROCESSING, CONVERSION, ENERGY PRODUCT TRANSPORTATION, AND END USE;
     (<*) APPROACHES TO IDENTIFYING, ANALYZING, AND COMPARING TECHNOLOGICAL
     AND INSTITUTIONAL METHODS OF AVOIDING, OR MITIGATING UNDESIRABLE CON-
     SEQUENCES OF COAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; (5) PROPOSE WAYS OF IDENTIFYING
     AND COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL
     POLICIES AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
     APPROACH: BATTELLE-S COLUMBUS LABORATORIES WILL PREPARE A WORKPLAN
     FOR CONDUCTING A FULL SCALE ASSESSMENT OF COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGY AND
     DEVELOP A COST PROPOSAL. THE SUBJECT AREA OF THE UOSKPLAN WILL HAVE
     AS ITS SCOPE: COAL PRODUCTION, PREPARATION, TRANSPORTATION, CONVER-
     SION, AND UTILIZATION. THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE FULL ASSESSMENT ARE  TO
     BE CHOSEN IN THE PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE. FORECASTING OF THE TOTAL
     COAL DEMAND AS WELL AS THE DEMAND FOR OTHER FUELS WILL BE INCLUDED IN
     THE ANALYSIS. FOR ANY LEVEL OF COAL DEMAND IMPACTS WILL SE FORECAST,
     AND TRADEOFFS BETWEEN DIFFERENT COAL UTILIZATION SYSTEMS WILL BE
     COVERED.
     PROJECT MILESTONES:
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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         1.  1/77 > CONTRACT AWARD—COMPETITIVE
         2.  7/77, PHASE I (WORK PLAN AND  PROPOSAL  FOR PHASE ID--
             COMPLETED
     KEYWORDS-- COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
     MENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL IMPACT;  ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY MODELS;
     SOCIO-ECCNCMIC FACTORS; ENVIROliMENTAL POLICY;  IMPLEMENTATION;
     DECISION MAKING; ENERGY DEMAND;  FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00947

PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:

     CONTRACTOR: LAURENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
        ADDRESS: i CYCLOTRON ROAD
        CITY/ST: BERKELEY              CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. SIRI

CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-48

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:

   NATIONAL COAL UTILIZATION ASSESSMENT.
    TELEPHONE:




    TELEPHONE;

      FUNDING:
5.0  FY 1973
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
     DOE: 082064
     THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC,  SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
     IMPACTS ON WATER, LAND AND AIR RESOURCES OF COAL SUPPLY AND USE  IN
     CALIFORNIA, AND TO ESTIMATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF COAL SUPPLY RATIO-
     NALLY. THE NATIONAL ENERGY SUPPLY SCENARIO WAS DISAGGREGATED TO
     CALIFORNIA. BASED ON SUPPLY SCENARIOS TO THE YEAR 1990 WE REVIEWED
     THE IMPACTS ON REGIONAL RESOURCES. WE ARE ALSO ESTIMATING THE CAPITAL
     AND MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS AND SECONDARY ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NATIONAL
     ENERGY SUPPLY TO THE YEAR ZOOO.
     KEYWORDS: ECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIAL IMPACT; CALIFORNIA; AIR QUALITY;
     WATER RESOURCES; COAL; LAND REQUIREMENTS; MANPOWER;  COAL INDUSTRY.
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
                                         218

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PROFILE  NUJ13ER: 00667

PROJECT SPONSOR: TVA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
        MANAGER: D. H. HALTERS                   TELEPHONE:  c(6i5)-755-E38i

     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS: 216 POWER BLDG.
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: B. EVANS                        TELEPHONE:

CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU                         FUNDING:       o.o  FY FY??

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:    SOCIO-ECONOMIC  FACTORS

   ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND EXPANSION ENVIRONMENTAL RESIDUAL
   MODEL

     DOE: 130064
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION-- OUTPUT WILL CONSIST OF REPORTS, COMPUTER
     PROGRAMS WITH DOCUMENTATION, A DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROGRAM, AND
     CONSULTATICN AS REQUIRED. THE MODEL HILL BE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION
     WITH AND PARALLEL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TVA POWER SYSTEM
     INTEGRATED PLANNING MODEL. THE MODEL MILL INCLUDE THE CAPABILITY TO
     PREDICT THE RESIDUAL OUTPUT OF A POWER SYSTEM ON A PLANT BY PLANT
     BASIS. IT KILL PROVIDE INPUTS FOR DETAILED DISPERSION MODELS FOR
     EVALUATING EXPANSION POLICIES OF A POWER SYSTEM. THE MODEL MAY ALSO
     BE USED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TVA POKER SYSTEM INTEGRATED PLANNING
     MODEL.
     APPROACH: THE MODEL WILL BE USED on A POWER SYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL
     DEVELOPED BY TVA.
     RESULTS: A PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE MODEL HAS BEEN
     COMPLETED AND INTERFACED WITH THE OVERALL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT
     OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY POXER PROGRAM INTEGRATED PLANNING
     MODEL. IMMEDIATE PLANS ARE TO MODIFY AN EXISTING POW^R SYSTEM OPER-
     ATION MODEL TO OUTPUT ENVIRONMENTAL RESIDUALS.
     KEYWORDS: ELECTRIC POWER; ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY MODELS; COAL; FISSION
     PRODUCTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NUCLEAR ENERGY; COAL INDUSTRY;
     ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; COMPUTER CODES! .PLANNING; TENNESSEE VALLEY
     AUTHORITY; POWER PLANTS; POWER DEMAND; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
 WADE H.  FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM  MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE  tfJKEER: 00668

PROJECT SPONSOR: TVA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA
        MANAGER: H. R. HICKEY
                 TN
     CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
        ADDRESS; ze>7 401 BUILDING
        CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA           TN
PRINCIPAL IKVES: M. C. BABB
CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
                           TELEPHONE:




                           TELEPHONE--

                             FUNDING:
                    4.0  FY FY77
              TYPE:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
   DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER GRAPHIC TO SITE-
   SPECIFIC AND REGIONAL INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MIXED NUCLE

     DOE: 130065
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OUTPUTS ARE DEMONSTRATION OF AND REPORTS ON
     THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS TO ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF
     SINGLE A)JD COMBINED NUCLEAR, FOSSIL, AND HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY
     SYSTEMS. THIS WILL INCLUDE OPERATION WITH LARGE DATA BASES COVERING
     A BROAD RAK3E OF PLANNING VARIABLES: LIMITED-AREA SPATIAL DATA BASES
     WITH TOPOGRAPHY, LAND COVER, OWNERSHIP, CONSTRAINED AREAS (ENDANGERED
     SPECIES, KARST GEOLOGY, ETC.), BIOLOGICAL DATA, AND AIR AND WATER
     QUALITY DATA. MULTI-MEDIA RESIDUAL IMPACT MODELS AND CONTROL
     TECHNOLOGY COST MODELS WILL BE "DRIVEN BY" A MULTIPLANT ELECTRIC
     POWER SYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL, WHICH IS IN TURN DRIVEN BY A
     SOCIO-ECONOMIC (INCLUDING DEMAND FORECASTING) MCOEL, TO PROVIDE '
     RAPID INTELLIGENCE FOR PLANNING, SITING, AND OPERATING A REGIONAL
     ENERGY SYSTEM.                                       	
     KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER;
     TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS;
     ENERGY MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SOCIO-ECO.IJCMIC'FACTORS;
     BIOLOGICAL MODELS; AIR QUALITY; WATER QUALITY; TERRESTRIAL
     ECOSYSTEMS; COST; ELECTRIC POWER; COMPUTER GRAPHICS
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MAMAGER
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PROFILE  NUMBER: 00637

PROJECT SPONSORS COOPERATIVE STATE P.ESEARCH SER
        ADDRESS--
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON            DC
        MANAGER:                                 TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
        ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY PARK
        CITY/ST: LAS CRUCES            NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: RANDALL; CARRUTHERSJ  EASTMAN
CONTRACT K-JMBER: NSD

PROJECT TITLE:
                                    TYPE:
    TELEPHONE:

      FUNDING:

SOCIO-ECONOMIC  FACTORS
                                                                      FY FY77
   SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
   DEGRADATION—FOUR CORNERS AREA

     DOE: 00003*
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: CALCULATE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND
     COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
     APPROACH: METHODOLOGY KILL BE DEVELOPED FOR MEASUREMENT OF SOCIAL AND
     ECONOMIC COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, DEMAND CURVES WILL BE
     FITTED TO THE SUPPLY CURVE FOR ABATEMENT, AND A REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT
     MODEL WILL EE DEVELOPED TO EVALUATE EFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME.
     RESULTS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY UPON THE MAGNI-
     TUDE AND TIMING OF COAL AND OIL SKALE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
     THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT RECLAMATION REQUIREMENTS ARE AN IMPORTANT
     DETERMINANT OF DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY AND THAT PROPOSED ALTERATIONS
     IN FEDERAL LEASE TERMS MAY TEND TO REDUCE THE RATE OF ENERGY RESOURCE
     DEVELOPMENT. AN ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION MGOEL WAS UTILIZED TO ESTIMATE
     THE CONCENTRATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF POLLUTANTS EMITTED
     FROM THE FOUR CORNERS POKER PLANT. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE
     HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS OCCUR EAST AND WEST OF THE PLANT
     IN THE REGION'S MAJOR CENTERS OF POPULATION AND AGRICULTURAL-
     PRODUCTION. CONCENTRATIONS ARE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE ODOR A.l!D TASTE,
     ON OCCASION, AS FAR AWAY AS FORTY KILOMETERS FROM THE FACILITY. A
     SirOILATION STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS UPON CROPS
     INDICATES THAT THE CURRENT CONCENTRATION IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE
     YIELDS. HOWEVER, A COMPARISON OF THE FULL SOCIAL BENEFITS OF
     INCREASED POLLUTION CONTROL TO THE COST OF CONTROL PROVIDES EVIDENCE
     THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
     ARE ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED. ALTERNATIVE PROJECTIONS OF THE DEMAND FOR
     ELECTRICITY IH THE SOUTHWEST REGION HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. IT IS
     CONCLUDED THAT CURRENT PLANNING PROCEDURES MAY RESULT IN AN OVER-
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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     INVESTMENT IN GENERATING CAPACITY ATO THAT INTERNALIZATION OF
     ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS MAY RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF THE GROWTH RATE  IN
     DEMAND.
     KEYWORDS: NEW MEXICO; COAL INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE INDUSTRY;  ENVIRON-
     MENTAL EFFECTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT;
     WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT! COST;  LAND RECLAMATION;  LAND USE; DECISION
     MAKING; AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER  PLANTS;
     CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; GASEOUS WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
 WADE H.  PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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                                                                  DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE  NUMBER: 00658

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS;
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER: w. FULKERSON
                 DC
     CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. PEELLE

CONTRACT NUMBER:

PROJECT TITLE:                      TYPE:

   SOCIAL IMPACTS OF COAL AND NUCLEAR
                           TELEPHONE:




                           TELEPHONE:

                             FUNDING:       o.o  FY FY??

                       SOCIO-ECONOMIC  FACTORS
     DOE: 097023
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: m ATTITUDE SURVEY: WHAT ARE THE CORRELATES OF
     SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION TO POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. (2)
     ECONOMIC/DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS: WHAT CHANGES IN MAJOR POPULATION
     CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE GENERATING FACILITY.  (3)
     INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: HAVE THERE BEEN ANY UNIQUE INTER-  CR
     INTRA-GOVERN-MENTAL COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS DESIGNED TO SOLVE
     PROBLEMS OR FACILITATE ADMINISTRATION OF PROBLEMS SPECIFIC TO  THE
     FACILITY SITES. (4) LABOR FORCE/HCUSING/SERVICES: HOW HAVE LABOR
     FORCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION BEEN MET. (5)
     LICENSING PERMITS-- K-HAT ARE THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSES OR PERMITS
     WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. (6) MITIGATION:
     WHAT IS THE NATURE AND SCOPE Or IMPACT MITIGATION PROGRAMS; HOW DO
     THESE PROGRAMS ORIGINATE; AND HOW LASTING IS THEIR EFFECT UFCN THE
     COMMUNITY.                                           "  "'
     KEYWORDS: PUBLIC OPINION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLASTS; NUCLEAR POWER
     PLANTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PLANNING; ECONOMIC
     IMPACT; LAND USE; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; LICENSING; SAF'ETY; COAL
     INDUSTRY
 WADE H. PONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE  NUrSER: 00659

PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
        MANAGER;
                 DC
                           TELEPHONE:
     CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB
        ADDRESS:
        CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE             TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: BJORNSTAD; KERLEY5 RICE; VOST   TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER:
PROJECT TITLE:
   ECONOMIC AND ENERGY PATTERNS
                             FUNDING:
                    0.0  FY FY77
              TYPE:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
     DOE: 0970E4
     PROJECT DESCRIPTION: CONCERN WITH THE EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE
     STRATEGIES FOR INCREASED COAL UTILIZATION ON REGIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC
     AND ENERGY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN THE SOUTH.  WORK IS PART  OF THE
     DBER-SUPFORTED NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT AND COVERS:  (1) NATIONAL/
     CENSUS REGION ENERGY AND ECONOMIC SCENARIOS AND  (2)  TECHNOLOGY
     CHARACTERIZATIONS.
     KEYWORDS: ENERGY; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY-, SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS;
     TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION; USA; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
     MENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY.SOURCE DEVELOPMENT;
     CONSUMPTION RATES
 WADE H. FONDER
 CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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