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Impact Assessment for Ethylene Emissions at a Petrochemical Site

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Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASHT,volume 34))

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NOVA Chemicals Ltd. is a major producer of ethylene and polyethylene in North America. While significant programs for reducing emissions are in place at all production facilities, ethylene releases do occur at certain sites. At the Moore petrochemical facility in Ontario, Canada, ethylene emissions have been traditionally assessed against a guideline established by the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy (OMEE). This guideline is intended to protect local vegetation from the effects of ethylene emissions and states a ground level concentration for ethylene below which vegetation impact is not anticipated. The current guideline is 120 micrograms ethylene/m3 (6 hour average).

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  1. NOVA Research & Technology Corp., 2928 16 St NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    T. R. Jack & R. K. McBrien

  2. Ecological Services for Planning Ltd., Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    B. Dowsley

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  1. Institute of Viticulture Vegetable Crops & Floriculture, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    A. K. Kanellis

  2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology — Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    A. K. Kanellis

  3. Department of Plant Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    C. Chang

  4. MSU-DOE, Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    H. Kende

  5. BBSRC Research Group in Plant Gene Regulation, Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK

    D. Grierson

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Jack, T.R., McBrien, R.K., Dowsley, B. (1997). Impact Assessment for Ethylene Emissions at a Petrochemical Site. In: Kanellis, A.K., Chang, C., Kende, H., Grierson, D. (eds) Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene. NATO ASI Series, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5546-5_35

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