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Assessing Human Health PM2.5 and Ozone Impacts from U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Sector Emissions in 2025
Neal Fann
1 ,
Kirk R. Baker
1 ,
Elizabeth A. W. Chan
1 ,
Alison Eyth
1 ,
Alexander Macpherson
1 ,
Elizabeth Miller
1 ,
Jennifer Snyder
1
July 13 2018
July 13 2018
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Abstract
<p class="first" id="P1">Incomplete information regarding emissions from oil and natural
gas production has
historically made it challenging to characterize the air quality or air pollution-related
health impacts for this sector in the United States. Using an emissions inventory
for the oil and natural gas sector that reflects information regarding the level and
distribution of PM
<sub>2.5</sub> and ozone precursor emissions, we simulate annual mean PM
<sub>2.5</sub> and summer season average daily 8 h maximum ozone concentrations with
the Comprehensive
Air-Quality Model with extensions (CAMx). We quantify the incidence and economic value
of PM
<sub>2.5</sub> and ozone health related effects using the environmental Benefits Mapping
and Analysis
Program (BenMAP). We find that ambient concentrations of PM
<sub>2.5</sub> and ozone, and associated health impacts, are highest in a handful
of states including
Colorado, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia. On a per-ton basis, the benefits
of reducing PM
<sub>2.5</sub> precursor emissions from this sector vary by pollutant species, and
range from between
$6,300 and $320,000, while the value of reducing ozone precursors ranges from $500
to $8,200 in the year 2025 (2015$).
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