STATEWIDE
New
Jersey Statewide Average 2014 NATA Modeled Air Concentrations
Compared to Health Benchmarks |
Pollutant |
Modeled
Air Concentration (ug/m3) |
Health
Benchmark (ug/m3) |
Risk
Ratio |
%
Contribution by Source Category |
Point Sources |
Nonpoint Sources |
Onroad
Mobile |
Nonroad
Mobile |
Background& Secondary |
1,3-Butadiene |
0.044 |
0.033 |
1.3 |
<1% |
17% |
61% |
19% |
2% |
Acetaldehyde |
0.93 |
0.45 |
2 |
<1% |
4% |
9% |
3% |
84%* |
Benzene |
0.53 |
0.13 |
4 |
2% |
25% |
52% |
19% |
2% |
Carbon tetrachloride |
0.55 |
0.17 |
3.2 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
100% |
Chromium (hexavalent form) |
0.000027 |
0.000083 |
0.3 |
47% |
27% |
1% |
25% |
0% |
Diesel Particulate Matter |
0.58 |
0.0033 |
175 |
0% |
0% |
59% |
41% |
0% |
Ethylene oxide |
0.00029 |
0.00043 |
0.6 |
82% |
18% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Formaldehyde |
1.21 |
0.077 |
15.7 |
1% |
5% |
7% |
5% |
82%* |
Hydrazine |
0.0000064 |
0.0002 |
0.03 |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Naphthalene |
0.04 |
0.029 |
1.3 |
3% |
36% |
40% |
13% |
8% |
Nickel Compounds |
0.00065 |
0.0021 |
0.3 |
32% |
19% |
5% |
44% |
0% |
Nitrobenzene |
0.000064 |
0.025 |
0.002 |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Tetachloroethylene |
0.025 |
0.17 |
0.14 |
6% |
94% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Vinyl chloride |
0.0011 |
0.11 |
0.1 |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
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Chemicals with risk ratios greater than or equal to 1 are
in bold.
Risk Ratios based on noncarcinogenic effects are in italics.
The symbol ug/m3 is micrograms per cubic meter,
the amount (in micrograms) of a chemical in a cubic
meter of air. This is also known as a concentration.
For diesel particulate matter, onroad and nonroad
concentrations include a model-estimated background
concentration. *Acetaldehyde, acrolein and formaldehyde concentration estimates include secondary formation, which is the process by which chemicals in the air are transformed into other chemicals.
**PAH/POM is "polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons/polycyclic organic matter." These define a broad class of compounds. The chemicals making up this class were broken up into 8 groups based on toxicity, and each group was assigned a cancer-weighted toxicity estimate. 0.0072 ug/m3 is the health benchmark average across the 8 groups. |
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