FHWA Air quality & Noise programs

The objective of this Environmental Protection Agency-Federal Highway Administration (EPA-FHWA) collaboration covering the period of June 2020 through June 2023 is to assess whether the current dispersion models can be improved for predicting near road air quality and identify appropriate enhancements. The assessment of the various features and input specifications will ultimately promote any beneficial modifications to advance the state of the science in near road dispersion modeling. Specifically, the research activity will be used to address the following goals: First, advance the capability of the beta RLINE source type to make consistent with the requirements for inclusion as a regulatory model by additional evaluation of the URBAN option when used with RLINE through the conduct of source configuration testing, among others to advance the URBAN as a beta option for RLINE. Second, through research into the implications of barriers to improve near road air quality analysis.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $265000
• Contract Numbers:

  693JJ320N300057, HEPN210008PR

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Planning, Environment and Realty (HEP)
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Planning, Environment and Realty (HEP)
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Martinez, Victoria

• Performing Organizations:

  Environmental Protection Agency

  1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.
  Washington, DC  United States  20460
• Start Date: 20200914
• Expected Completion Date: 20230913
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Dispersions (Chemistry); Traffic noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01835206
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: 693JJ320N300057, HEPN210008PR
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 1 2022 12:06PM