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Modeling variability in air pollution-related health damages from individual airport emissions Stefani L. Penna,⁎, Scott T. Booneb, Brian C. Harveyc, Wendy Heiger-Bernaysa, Yorghos Tripodisd, Sarav Arunachalamb, Jonathan I. Levya a Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, 715 Albany St 4W Boston, MA 02118, United States b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Institute for the Environment, 100 Europa Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27517, United States c Boston University College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 44 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, United States d Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, 801 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02118, United States A R T I C L E I N F O Keywords: Aviation emissions CMAQ modeling Regression modeling Air pollution A B S T R A C T In this study, we modeled concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) attributable to precursor emissions from individual airports in the United States, developing airport-specific health damage functions (deaths per 1000 t of precursor emissions) and physically-interpretable regression models to explain variability in these functions. We applied the Community Multiscale Air Quality model using the Decoupled Direct Method to isolate PM2.5- or O3-related contributions from precursor pollutants emitted by 66 individual airports. We linked airport- and pollutant-specific concentrations with population data and literature-based concentration-response functions to create health damage functions. Deaths per 1000 t of primary PM2.5 emissions ranged from 3 to 160 across airports, with variability explained by population patterns within 500…

21630 11th Avenue South- Des Moines 98198 :45P- 6:30R 1. Approve minutes of 9-18-2014 meeting 2. Tree Ordinance Staff will provide a discussion of the Substitute Draft Ordinance~ and address questions resulting from the public hearing~ including the following general topics: • Critical Areas • Views • Potential Amendments • Fee~s Attachments 1} City Attorney Memos to Councilmembers 2} Staff PowerPoint Presentation 3} Coppicing Information 4} Relevant City Goals~ Policies~ and Strategies 5} Substitute Draft Ordinance 14-043-A 6} Potential Amendments 7} Fee Table showing range of potential fees Draft MINUTES- ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL COMMITIEE MEETING 9.18.2014 The meeting was called to order @ 5:59 PM, Thursday, September 18, 2014, in the North Conference Room @ 21630 11th Avenue South, Des Moines with the following in attendance: Council Members Dave Kaplan, Chair Melissa Musser Vic Pennington Citizens: Nadya Curtis Jill Tinker Bud Bohlor AGENDA: 1. Approve minutes of 8.21.2014 meeting 2. Project Updates 3. SWM Capital Improvement Budget 4. Budget Discussions City Staff Michael Matthias, Assistant City Manager Dan Brewer, Planning, Building & PW Director Loren Reinhold, SWM Utility Manager Denise Lathrop, Comm Dev Manager Nikole Coleman-Porter, Planner II Peggy Volin, Admin Asst II 5. City Camp Plan Update- Conservation Element 6. Review Final Draft Tree Trim Ordinance MEETING: 1. Approve minutes of the August 21, 2014 meeting: Unanimously passed. 2. Project Updates: Loren Reinhold, SWM Utility Manager, gave a brief overview of all the SWM projects that have been completed so far in 2014 which included the pond fencing, 216th Place…

The Port of Seattle has begun an important journey that will be continuous. The goals of that journey are to be a national leader in environmental and sustainability programs, and to make our green initiative a substan- tial thread that runs through everything we do. Our employees have embraced these goals fully, including everything from turning off lights at their work stations to writing federal grant proposals for multi-million dollar energy-saving projects. Our employees bring passion and energy to our environmental work just as they did for the 10-year capital investment program that brought you the new Central Terminal, third runway and Concourse A at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, renewed facilities at Fishermen’s Terminal and Shilshole Bay Marina, and upgraded container cargo terminals that compete successfully in the global marketplace. Admittedly, passion and energy alone cannot solve all of our challenges. We face some highly complex issues that touch many stakeholders and many lives. We don’t have all the answers. We know we need partners with like goals, and we need the appropriate funding for major projects that pay off in the long run but can be quite costly to initiate. The Port of Seattle’s primary function is to create and support the 194,000 jobs in this region that depend upon Port related businesses. But we can’t sustain those businesses without sustaining the environment in which we work. A LETTER FROM TAY YOSHITANI, CEO Scope of Report: This report covers data and activities for the year 2009. It does not identify…