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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS This PDF is available at http://nap.edu/26050 SHARE Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft (2021) DETAILS 0 pages | 6 x 9 | PAPERBACK ISBN 978-0-309-25680-3 | DOI 10.17226/26050 CONTRIBUTORS GET THIS BOOK Policy Studies; Transportation Research Board; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine FIND RELATED TITLES SUGGESTED CITATION National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021. Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26050. 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The program is supported by state departments of transportation, federal agencies including the component administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation. Learn more about the Transportation Research Board at www.TRB.org. PREPUBLICATION COPY – Uncorrected Proofs iii Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft Consensus Study Reports published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine document the evidence-based consensus on the study’s statement of task by an authoring committee of experts. Reports typically include findings, conclusions, and recommendations based on information gathered by the committee and the committee’s deliberations. Each report has been subjected to a rigorous and independent peer-review process and it represents the position of the National Academies on the statement of task. Proceedings published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine chronicle the presentations and discussions at a workshop, symposium, or other event convened by the National Academies. The statements and opinions contained in proceedings are those of the participants and are not endorsed by other participants, the planning committee, or the National Academies. For information about other products and activities of the National Academies, please visit www.nationalacademies.org/about/whatwedo. PREPUBLICATION COPY – Uncorrected Proofs iv Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft COMMITTEE ON LEAD EMISSIONS FROM PISTON-POWERED GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT AMY R. PRITCHETT, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Chair BRIAN J. GERMAN, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta JACK D. GRIFFITH (NAS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill KIMBERLY A. KENVILLE, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks MARIE LYNN MIRANDA, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN ROBERT A. K. MITCHELL (NAE), Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (retired), Alpine, CA GLENN W. PASSAVANT, Ingevity Corporation (retired), Tecumseh, MI BERNARD I. ROBERTSON (NAE), Daimler Chrysler Corporation (retired), Bloomfield Hills, MI JAY R. TURNER, Washington University, St. Louis, MO ASCIATU J. WHITESIDE, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Arlington, TX Staff RAYMOND A. WASSEL, Scholar THOMAS R. MENZIES, JR., Director, Consensus and Advisory Studies MICAH HIMMEL, Senior Program Officer, Consensus and Advisory Studies CLAUDIA SAULS, Program Coordinator, Consensus and Advisory Studies PREPUBLICATION COPY – Uncorrected Proofs v Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft PREPUBLICATION COPY – Uncorrected Proofs vi Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft Preface In Section 177 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254), Congress called on the Secretary of Transportation to arrange for a study of aviation gasoline by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies). Congress indicated that the study should include assessment of: (1) Existing non-leaded fuel alternatives to the aviation gasoline used by piston-powered general aviation aircraft; (2) Ambient lead concentrations at and around airports where piston- powered general aviation aircraft are used; and (3) Mitigation measures to reduce ambient lead concentrations, including increasing the size of run-up areas, relocating run-up areas, imposing restrictions on aircraft using aviation gasoline, and increasing the use of motor gasoline in piston-powered general aviation aircraft. Chapter 1 of this report provides additional information about the committee’s Statement of Task. To carry out that congressional request, the National Academies formed a committee of 10 members providing expertise in air pollution modeling and monitoring, airport planning and operations, regulation of aviation fuels and emissions, exposure and health risk assessment, statistics, mechanical and aviation engineering, transportation systems analysis, aviation fuel performance,
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