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22-45 Traffic

Please provide the total estimated truck emissions that will be generated on an annual basis, by type and amount, for all of the trucks coming and going from the facility:

22-45 Please provide the total estimated truck emissions that will be generated on an annual basis, by type and amount, for all of the trucks coming and going from the facility:

  1. During the construction period.
  2. During the operating period.

Please explain what impact these emissions will have on the people who live in Burrillville and the wildlife near the plant.

 

RESPONSE 22-45

Exhibit 4 provides a summary of the total estimated truck emissions that will be generated on an annual basis, by type and amount, for all of the trucks coming and going from the Facility during the construction period and during the operating period.

Any ambient air quality impacts resulting from truck emissions both during the project construction and operating periods would be temporary and transient in nature.  Because truck emissions are released at a relatively low velocity and elevation, they do not disperse far from their source.  Thus, the areas primarily impacted will be along the roadways themselves and in those areas closest to the roadways to be used.  Any people or wildlife who do spend extended time in those areas are already experiencing temporary air quality impacts from existing vehicular traffic on those roadways and may experience only minor increases in those impacts for very short periods of time as a result of the truck traffic associated with the Project.