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(VCCEP) Tier 1 Pilot Submission for BENZENE - Tera

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Table 7.10 (cont.)<br />

Study Location and Date<br />

Gordon et al.,<br />

1999<br />

Hodgson et<br />

al., 2000<br />

Kinney et al.,<br />

2002<br />

Phillips et al.,<br />

2004<br />

Van Winkle<br />

and Scheff,<br />

2001<br />

Arizona<br />

1995 - 1998<br />

East and Southeast<br />

US<br />

November 19, 1997<br />

and May 1, 1998<br />

New York City, NY<br />

1999<br />

Oklahoma City, OK;<br />

Tulsa, OK; Ponca<br />

City, OK; Stillwater,<br />

OK<br />

2000 - 2001<br />

Chicago, IL<br />

1994 - 1995<br />

Weisel, 2005 Los Angeles, CA;<br />

Houston, TX and<br />

Elizabeth, NJ<br />

Summer 1999<br />

through Spring 2000<br />

Benzene <strong>VCCEP</strong> <strong>Submission</strong><br />

March 2006<br />

Indoor<br />

Concentration<br />

(µg/m 3 )<br />

1.3 (median)<br />

4.0 (75 th percentile)<br />

9.5 (90 th percentile)<br />

90 (maximum)<br />

110<br />

Notes<br />

This is a report of the National Human Exposure<br />

Assessment Survey (NHEXAS) Phase I<br />

conducted in Arizona. 185 households were<br />

included in the study including those with<br />

attached garages.<br />

1.6 – 4.8 Measured values in 11 newly constructed<br />

homes prior to occupancy. Both manufactured<br />

and site-built homes included<br />

5.97; 1.75(winter<br />

and summer means,<br />

ranges not reported)<br />

0.62 (median, day)<br />

1.2 (median, night)<br />

14 (max day)<br />

110 (max night)<br />

1.3 – 34<br />

2.9 (median)<br />

3.5 (mean)<br />

0.48 (5 th percentile)<br />

2.19 (50 th percentile)<br />

10 (95 th percentile)<br />

Study of 8 homes to characterize personal<br />

exposures to urban air toxics in inner city<br />

neighborhoods.<br />

Study of 37 U.S. homes in urban and rural<br />

Oklahoma to characterize indoor, outdoor and<br />

personal air concentrations of various VOCs.<br />

Presence of refinery was a primary factor<br />

investigated.<br />

Study of 10 homes where simultaneous indoor<br />

and outdoor samples were collected.<br />

Studies were conducted in three urban centers<br />

and measured benzene among 16 VOCs to<br />

evaluate the relationship between outdoor,<br />

indoor and personal air. For all three cities<br />

combined, 554 indoor air samples <strong>for</strong> benzene<br />

were collected.<br />

The average of the medians, 2.5 µg/m 3 was used as the exposure point concentration <strong>for</strong> the<br />

typical indoor air concentration.<br />

As indicated in Table 7.10, indoor air concentrations will vary greatly from home to home<br />

depending on the presence of various sources. High-end indoor air concentrations of benzene<br />

were estimated by evaluating source specific contributions to the indoor air. Unlike toluene and

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