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Volume 7 - Issue 01 Monthly Newsletter - February 2006
 
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IRAP-h View Version 3.0 Released on February 16, 2006!

Lakes Environmental is proud to announce the release of IRAP-h View Version 3.0 which is based on the 2005 Final U.S. EPA-OSW Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol (HHRAP-EPA530-R-05-006) and includes several new features from previous versions of the software.  The HHRAP is a US EPA protocol that describes how air toxics, multi-pathway, long term exposure risk assessments should be conducted.  Following the guidelines set out in the HHRAP can be very complex.  Note that IRAP-h View greatly facilitates your risk assessment project.

For an extensive list of the changes and new options available in IRAP-h View Version 3.0, please see the Release Notes.

More information on IRAP-h View and the Final US EPA-OSW HHRAP can be found by visiting our website or contacting us at info@weblakes.com.

AUSTAL View / ODOR View Version 4.0 Released!

AUSTAL View Version 4.0 was released on February 6, 2006.  AUSTAL View is a graphical user-interface for the official German Federal Environmental Agency air dispersion model - AUSTAL2000.  This Lagrangian particle model employs 3D wind fields and eliminates many of the limitations common to plume and puff models.

The latest release of AUSTAL View incorporates several new features such as wind field visualization (2D and 3D), Monitor Points reporting, new source type (Cooling Tower) and enhanced tools for variable emissions and parameter scenarios.  For more information about this package, please visit our website at:

https://www.weblakes.com/AUSTAL/AUSTAL.html

AUSTAL View / ODOR View Workshop in Kassel, Germany, May 30-31, 2006

Argusoft GmbH & Co KG, our partner in Germany, will conduct a workshop on AUSTAL View and ODOR View on May 30-31, 2006 in Kassel, Germany.  The latest features from Version 4.0, project modeling tips, meteorological, and terrain topics will be presented.  The workshop will be conducted in German.

To download the workshop information brochure, please visit the Argusoft website.

Korean Nuclear Electric Power Generator Acquires CAM-N View

A Korean nuclear electric power generator recently obtained two more CAM-N View licenses from Lakes Environmental Software.  The Compliance Assurance Model (CAM) for combustion or chemical processes (CAM View) and for nuclear stations (CAM-N View) is an information technology solution that uses up-to-date meteorological data and advanced dispersion modeling to:
  1. Ensure the facility remains compliant during normal operations.
  2. Anticipate atmospheric dispersion conditions during critical start up and transition operations.
  3. Avoid limitations commonly associated with hardware-based ambient air monitoring, such as:

    • Emission monitoring stations cannot indicate precisely what source is causing high concentrations of a pollutant.
    • Emissions monitoring is very expensive, especially when multiple stations are necessary.
    • A single emissions monitoring station cannot cover the 360 degrees surrounding the facility and is only a point in space.
    • Emissions monitoring can only track a small number of pollutants, usually CO, NOX, SO2, PM10, PM2.5, and Total Reduced Sulphur (TRS).
CAM View and CAM-N View can help resolve all the above limitations and also be used to plan production and start up scenarios based on weather forecasts.

For more information about CAM View please visit our website at:

https://www.weblakes.com/CAMView/index.html

Lakes Environmental Presents “The Need for Air Dispersion Modelling” at the Conference for Environmental Protection in India

Lakes Environmental participated in the International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Environmental Protection in Coimbatore, India, on January 7-9.  The paper “The Need for Air Dispersion Modelling”, authored by Dr. Jesse Thé and Mr. Gareth Davis, won an award for Best Paper Presentation.  To obtain a copy of the paper, please visit https://www.icstep2006.com/new/tech_table21.html.

The conference was an excellent multi-disciplinary gathering, where the future of the environment, both in India and globally, was discussed.
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Upcoming Courses

We’ve set a number of training dates for 2006, with additional courses to be announced.  Please contact us at training@weblakes.com for international or customized training needs.

AERMOD & ISCST3 Courses

Feb. 23-24, 2006 Houston, Texas
Apr. 10-11, 2006 Toronto, Ontario
May 4-5, 2006 Charlotte, North Carolina
June 5-6, 2006 Los Angeles, California
Sep. 14-15, 2006 Montreal, Québec
Sep. 21-22, 2006 Denver, Colorado
Oct. 12-13, 2006 Boston, Massachusetts
Nov. 16-17, 2006 Orlando, Florida

CALPUFF Courses

Jun. 7-9, 2006 Los Angeles, California

Customized Courses

Lakes Environmental offers a variety of on-site, customized courses for all of your air dispersion modeling needs.  For information on pricing and availability, please email us at training@weblakes.com.

For more information on these courses, such as registration information and course outlines, please visit our website: https://www.weblakes.com/courses.html.
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Monthly Modeling Tip

Modeling Mercury According to the Final U.S. EPA-OSW Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol (HHRAP-EPA520-R-05-006)

With the release of the Final US EPA-OSW HHRAP (2005), changes have been introduced to the way air modeling should be performed for risk assessment projects.  The most notable changes are the addition of gas dry deposition modeling and the use of a separate mercury vapor phase air modeling run.

If your risk assessment project includes the modeling of mercury, then two distinct vapor phase runs are necessary: one for mercury and one for the other compounds.  The gas dry deposition option in ISCST3 is a non-default modeling option which requires that you specify the parameter “TOXICS” under the MODELOPT keyword.  For the gas dry deposition option, you must include the gas dry deposition velocity parameter in the Control Pathway (GASDEPVD).

The HHRAP recommends the following deposition velocities:
  • Deposition velocity = 0.0290 m/s for mercury (GASDEPVD 0.0290)
  • Deposition velocity = 0.0050 m/s for organics, chlorine and HCl (GASDEPVD 0.0050)
See below an example of the parameters that should be included in the ISCST3 input file under the Control Pathway for the Mercury Vapor Phase run:

CO STARTING
   TITLEONE Air Modeling Run for Risk Assessment
   TITLETWO Mercury Vapor Phase
   MODELOPT CONC DEPOS DDEP WDEP DRYDPLT WETDPLT RURAL TOXICS
   GASDEPVD 0.0290
   AVERTIME 1 ANNUAL
   POLLUTID UNITY
   TERRHGTS ELEV
   RUNORNOT RUN
CO FINISHED


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This Month's Articles

Development May Spread Old Pesticides
Development of former farmland can disturb pesticides spread nearly a century ago and contaminate nearby water sources, according to a study by researchers at Dartmouth College.
https://enn.com/today.html?id=9915
Ontario Government Criticizes U.S. Plans to Ease Air Pollution Rules
The Ontario government filed a complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, criticizing proposals they believe will lead to more pollution on the Canadian side of the border from coal-burning power plants in Midwestern U.S. states.
https://enn.com/today.html?id=9914
Greenland Ice Cap Melting Accelerates
Greenland's ice cap is breaking up and melting at an accelerated rate, the results of a satellite study released today reveal, suggesting current sea level rise predictions are too low.
https://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=11102&channel=0
Do Environmental Regulations Make U.S. Infrastructure More Vulnerable?
Critical U.S. economic, health, and security infrastructure may be at increasing risk for potentially devastating, long-term effects from natural or anthropogenic causes, according to a Congressional Research Service report released in December.  Vulnerability of Concentrated Critical Infrastructure: Background and Policy Options [128 KB PDF] finds that environmental regulations can exacerbate some of these risks, which are mainly due to the fact that so much of the nation’s critical infrastructure is concentrated along its coasts.
https://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/feb/policy/
cs_infrastructure.html
Pigeon Bloggers Will Monitor Pollution
A flock of Californian pigeons, each bird equipped with a scaled down monitoring array, are to get its own website to report pollution in the skies above San Jose.
https://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=11043&channel=0
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Conferences & Tradeshows

Here are a few Conferences and Tradeshows coming up in the next few months:
Feb 27-28, 2006 Upwind Downwind: Cities, Air and Health
https://www.mcmaster.ca/mieh/events/special.htm
Hamilton, ON
Mar 7-9, 2006 Visit us at:
Planning for the Future: Climate Change,
Greenhouse Gas Inventories & Clean Energy
Linkages
https://www.awma.org/events/confs/GLOBAL/
default.asp
San Francisco, CA
Mar 15-18, 2006 SEP 2006 International Eco Technologies Exhibition
https://www.sepeurope.org/index-eng.htm
Padua, Italy
Mar 29-31, 2006 GLOBE 2006
https://www.globe2006.com/
Vancouver, BC
Apr 26-28, 2006 Guideline on Air Quality Models: Applications and
FLAG Developments
https://www.awma.org/events/confs/AQMODELS05/
default.asp
Denver, CO
May 1-2, 2006 CANECT 2006
https://www.esemag.com/conferen/compliance.html
Toronto, ON
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About This Newsletter

This newsletter contains information gleaned from various sources on the web, with complete links to the sources cited.  Organizations cited are in no way affiliated with Lakes Environmental Software.

Lakes Environmental Software is a leading environmental IT company which offers a complete line of air dispersion modeling, risk assessment, emissions inventory, and emergency release software as well as training and custom software services.  With satisfied users located around the globe, Lakes Environmental Software will continue to revolutionize the environmental software field.

For more information please visit our website at: www.WebLakes.com.  You may also contact us by phone at (519) 746-5995 or by fax at (519) 746-0793.

All comments and suggestions are welcome.  You can e-mail the editor at: newsletter@weblakes.com
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