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ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT<br />

• the concentration in air (PEClocalair) is calculated as an average concentration at<br />

100 meters from the source. This distance is assumed to be representative <strong>for</strong> the average<br />

size of an industrial site. The concentration in air is used <strong>for</strong> exposure of humans,<br />

there<strong>for</strong>e, an annual average concentration is calculated. Deposition is calculated as an<br />

average <strong>for</strong> a circle around the source with a radius of 1000 m, which is supposed to<br />

represent the local agricultural area (Section 2.3.8.2). Deposition is used as input <strong>for</strong> the<br />

soil module, annual average deposition fluxes are used;<br />

• the regional st<strong>and</strong>ard environment is assumed to be highly industrialised, relatively small<br />

but densely populated; the size is 200 .200 km with 20 million inhabitants. It is assumed<br />

that 10% of the European production takes place within this area (Section 2.3.8.7).<br />

Emissions are assumed to be a continuous <strong>and</strong> diffuse flux into the environment.<br />

Further <strong>guidance</strong> on the estimation of releases during the service life of articles <strong>and</strong> the waste<br />

life stage is described in Sections 2.3.3.5 <strong>and</strong> 2.3.3.6/2.3.7.2 respectively. Other pathways than<br />

those described, like deposition from air to surface waters, could be of relevance. No <strong>guidance</strong><br />

<strong>for</strong> those pathways is currently available. Guidance on risk assessment of the marine<br />

environment is presented in Chapter 4.<br />

Figure 7 shows the relationship between the local emission routes <strong>and</strong> the subsequent<br />

distribution processes, which may be relevant <strong>for</strong> the different environmental compartments. For<br />

each compartment, specific fate <strong>and</strong> distribution models are applied.<br />

On the regional scale the region under consideration is viewed as a box, consisting of several,<br />

homogeneous compartments. All flows of the substance between the different compartments<br />

(<strong>and</strong> with the outside world) are quantified. More specific in<strong>for</strong>mation can be found in<br />

Section 2.3.8.7.<br />

70<br />

Local Emissions<br />

2.3.3<br />

Sewage<br />

Treatment Plant<br />

2.3.7<br />

volatilization<br />

AIR<br />

2.3.8.2<br />

sludge application<br />

dilution<br />

GRASSLAND<br />

2.3.8.5<br />

Figure 7 Local relevant emission <strong>and</strong> distribution routes<br />

deposition<br />

AGRICULTURAL SOIL<br />

2.3.8.5<br />

leaching<br />

GROUNDWATER<br />

2.3.8.6<br />

SURFACE WATER<br />

2.3.8.3<br />

sedimentation<br />

SEDIMENT<br />

2.3.8.4

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