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Air Quality Impact Assessment.Pdf Perdaman Urea Project Cardno (WA) Pty Ltd Air Quality Impact Assessment Final | Revision 7 16 March 2020 Air Quality Impact Assessment Perdaman Urea Project Project No: IW213400 Document Title: Air Quality Impact Assessment Document No.: Final Revision: Revision 7 Date: 16 March 2020 Client Name: Cardno (WA) Pty Ltd Project Manager: Lisa Boulden Author: Matthew Pickett, Maria Murphy & Andrew Boyd File Name: Perdaman-AQ-Assessment-Rev7_issued Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited ABN 37 001 024 095 Level 6, 30 Flinders Street Adelaide SA 5000 Australia T +61 8 8113 5400 F +61 8 8113 5440 www.jacobs.com © Copyright 2020 Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of Jacobs. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part without the written permission of Jacobs constitutes an infringement of copyright. Limitation: This document has been prepared on behalf of, and for the exclusive use of Jacobs’ client, and is subject to, and issued in accordance with, the provisions of the contract between Jacobs and the client. Jacobs accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this document by any third party. Document history and status Revision Date Description By Review Approved A 12 Aug 2019 Preliminary draft M Pickett, M Murphy, A Boyd S Lakmaker, L Boulden L Boulden B 6 Sep 2019 Draft report M Pickett, M Murphy, A Boyd S Lakmaker, L Boulden D Malins 0 26 Sep 2019 Draft report M Pickett, M Murphy, A Boyd L Boulden D Malins 1, 2 4 Oct 2019 Responses peer review M Pickett, M Murphy, A Boyd D Malins D Malins 3 24 Oct 2019 Changes after EPA review M Pickett, M Murphy, A Boyd L Boulden L Boulden 4 13 Nov 2019 Added CO re: EPA request M Pickett, M Murphy, A Boyd M Pickett L Boulden 5 6 Mar 2020 New modelling / report update M Pickett, M Murphy S Lakmaker D Malins 6 12 Mar 2020 Response to review comments M Murphy, M Pickett L Boulden L Boulden 7 16 Mar 2020 Updated following client review M Pickett L Boulden L Boulden Final i Air Quality Impact Assessment Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................1 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................5 1.2 Scope ............................................................................................................................................5 1.3 Geographical Summary ..................................................................................................................6 1.4 Sensitive Receptors .......................................................................................................................7 2. Air Quality Standards ...................................................................................................................9 2.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................9 2.2 NEPM Standards for Criteria Pollutants ..........................................................................................9 2.3 Assessment Criteria for Ammonia, Formaldehyde and Methanol ....................................................9 2.4 Air Quality Standards for Hydrocarbons ........................................................................................ 10 2.5 Vegetation Protection Standards .................................................................................................. 10 2.6 Land Surface Protection Standards .............................................................................................. 11 3. Existing Air Quality .................................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Airborne Particulate Matter: PM10 and PM2.5 ................................................................................. 12 3.3 Ammonia ..................................................................................................................................... 13 3.4 Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone......................................................................................................... 14 3.5 Hydrocarbons............................................................................................................................... 19 3.6 Sulfur Dioxide............................................................................................................................... 19 3.7 Deposition Fluxes of Nitrogen and Sulfur ...................................................................................... 19 4. Emissions Sources and Estimates ............................................................................................ 22 4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 22 4.2 Risk Assessment.......................................................................................................................... 22 4.3 Model Scenarios .......................................................................................................................... 25 4.4 Existing Emission Sources ........................................................................................................... 26 4.5 Future Emission Sources ............................................................................................................. 32 5. Modelling Methodology ............................................................................................................. 37 5.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 37 5.2 Burrup Peninsula Modelling Applications ...................................................................................... 37 5.3 TAPM Model configuration ........................................................................................................... 38 5.4 Modelled Variable Background Particulate Matter ......................................................................... 45 5.5 Deposition of Gaseous Pollutants ................................................................................................. 46 5.6 Meteorological Modelling Performance ......................................................................................... 47 6. Results ........................................................................................................................................ 48 6.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 48 6.2 Particulate Matter as PM10 ............................................................................................................ 49 6.3 Particulate Matter as PM2.5 ........................................................................................................... 59 Final ii Air Quality Impact Assessment 6.4 Ammonia ..................................................................................................................................... 66 6.5 Nitrogen Dioxide .......................................................................................................................... 69 6.6 Ozone .......................................................................................................................................... 76 6.7 Other Air Pollutants ...................................................................................................................... 84 6.8 Potential Effects on Vegetation ..................................................................................................... 88 6.9 Deposition of Gaseous Pollutants ................................................................................................. 93 6.10 Particulate Urea Deposition ........................................................................................................ 102 6.11 Summary of Results ................................................................................................................... 104 7. Comparisons with Deposition Monitoring .............................................................................. 114 8. Comparisons with Air Pollutant Monitoring............................................................................ 117 9. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 120 Appendix A. Location Maps of Monitoring Stations........................................................................... 125 Appendix B. Local Meteorology .......................................................................................................... 127 Appendix C. Results – Meteorological Modelling ............................................................................... 142 Appendix D. Meteorological Modelling Performance ........................................................................
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