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AP 42, Fifth Edition, Volume I Chapter 13: Miscellaneous Sources

AP 42, Fifth Edition, Volume I, Chapter 13: Miscellaneous Sources

13.0 Introduction to Miscellaneous Sources

13.1 Wildfires and Prescribed Burning

13.2 Introduction to Fugitive Dust Sources

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF)

13.2.1 Paved Roads

13.2.2 Unpaved Roads

Final Section - November 2006 (PDF) (20 pp, 361 K)
Background Document for Revisions to Fine Fraction Ratios Used for AP-42 Fugitive Dust Emission Factors - November 2006 (PDF)(54 pp, 1 MB)
Background Documentation - September 1998 (PDF) (138 pp, 463 K)
Related Information

13.2.3 Heavy Construction Operations

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF) (7 pp, 61 K)
Errata - Section corrected February 2010 - References to a "Material Handling Factor in section 13.2.2" in Table 13.2.3-1 were updated to say "Material handling emission factor equation in Section 13.2.4." The reference to section to 13.2.2 was an error.

13.2.4 Aggregate Handling and Storage Piles

Final Section - November 2006 (PDF) (6 pp, 50 K)
Background Document for Revisions to Fine Fraction Ratios Used for AP-42 Fugitive Dust Emission Factors - November 2006 (PDF) (15 pp, 146 K)
Related Information

13.2.5 Industrial Wind Erosion

Final Section - November 2006 (PDF) (15 pp, 185 K)
Background Document for Revisions to Fine Fraction Ratios Used for AP-42 Fugitive Dust Emission Factors - November 2006 (PDF)(15 pp, 146 K)
Related Information

13.2.6 Abrasive Blasting

Final Section - Supplement D, October 1997 (PDF) (4 pp, 55 K)
Background Document (PDF) (38 pp, 274 K)

13.3 Explosives Detonation

Final Section - February 1980 (PDF) (5 pp, 68 K)

13.4 Wet Cooling Towers

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF) (6 pp, 118 K)

13.5 Industrial Flares

Final Section - February 2018 (PDF) (13 pp, 150 K)
Background Documentation - February 2018 (ZIP) (zip) (142 pp, 3 MB)
Related Information - Update April 2015
- Update February 2018

Flare Efficiency Study, EPA 600/2-83-052 - July 1983 (PDF) (142 pp, 3 MB) - Primary reference for the section.