ACRP First Look: Understanding Impacts of Tire Anti-degradants 6PPD and 6PPD-Quinone at Airports

6PPD and its formation product 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-q) have gained recent attention since being attributed to the mortality of select fish species in North American streams.  6PPD is an anti-degradant added to tires to extent their useful life. However, through the life of the tire, friction causes tire wear particles to be released into the environment, including into the atmosphere and roadways, where they enter bodies of water through surface runoff. While the initial focus has been on impacts from roadways, attention is now turning to airports. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing a testing method for 6PPD-q, and regulations are anticipated in the near term, which could impact management of stormwater and other media at airports. The implications to airports have yet to be fully explored. The objective of this research is to prepare an Aircraft Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) First Look publication that focuses on defining the issue, describes how and why it affects airports, provides regulatory and legal context, frames how the airport industry should be thinking about the topic, and identifies possible next research steps.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5801
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Programmed
• Funding: $50000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 11-09, Topic 02

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Navarrete, Joseph

• Start Date: 20240813
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Environmental impacts; Inhibitors (Chemistry); Tires; Water pollution
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Materials; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01926494
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 11-09, Topic 02
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 5 2024 8:03PM