Estimation of catastrophic quantities of toxic chemicals by atmospheric dispersion modeling

Abstract

Abstract In response to the Bhopal disaster and several repeated chemical releases (even though of less dangerous magnitude) in New Jersey, the state of New Jersey passed a bill on January 8, 1986, which is aimed at the prevention of such catastrophic releases in the state. This bill is officially referred to as the Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act (TCPA). The TCPA identified eleven specific Extraordinarily Hazardous Substances (EHS). Table 1 lists these eleven EHS identified in the Act and their reportable quantities. The TCPA aims at the prevention of the release of these EHS into the environment. The Legislature did not provide the basis and background of the development of the reportable quantities of these eleven EHS. The TCPA mandates that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) shall expand the list of these EHS and shall “… correlate the substances with the quantities required to produce the potentially catastrophic circumstances.”

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