EVALUATION OF SOURCES AND CONTROLS OF FUGITIVE DUST FROM AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS

摘要

Air pollution regulations are forcing many producers and processors of agricultural products to implement control practices for fugitive particulate matter (PM) emissions. Often the effectiveness of the required practices is unknown. USDA conservationprograms offer cost sharing opportunities for producers to implement environmental control practices. An accurate estimation of environmental benefits is needed for prioritization of conservation resources. There is a need to understand and quantify fugitive PM control methods and their effectiveness to ensure that environmental improvement resources yield maximum benefit. This paper evaluates the common sources and the most effective control methods based on available literature. This paper also identifies areas where data is missing and discusses the ramifications of regulating with scarce data.