Developing Health-Based Pre-Planning Clearance Goals for Airport Remediation Following Chemical Terrorist Attack: Introduction and Key Assessment Considerations

In the event of a chemical terrorist attack on a transportation hub, post-event remediation and restoration activities necessary to attain unrestricted facility reuse and re-entry could require hours to multiple days. While restoration timeframes are dependent on numerous variables, a primary controlling factor is the level of pre-planning and decision-making completed prior to chemical terrorist release. What follows is the first of a two-part analysis identifying key considerations, critical information, and decision criteria to facilitate post-attack and post-decontamination consequence management activities. A conceptual site model and human health-based exposure guidelines are developed and reported as an aid to site-specific pre-planning in the current absence of U.S. state or Federal values designated as compound-specific remediation or re-entry concentrations, and to safely expedite facility recovery to full operational status. Chemicals of concern include chemical warfare nerve and vesicant agents and the toxic industrial compounds phosgene, hydrogen cyanide, and cyanogen chloride. This work has been performed as a national case study conducted in partnership with the Los Angeles International Airport and The Bradley International Terminal. All recommended guidelines have been selected for consistency with airport scenario release parameters of a one-time, short-duration, finite airborne release from a single source followed by compound-specific decontamination

BONDING IN CYCLOSILANES - EFFECT OF ORBITAL NONHYBRIDIZATION

Schoeller W, DABISCH T. BONDING IN CYCLOSILANES - EFFECT OF ORBITAL NONHYBRIDIZATION. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 1987;26(7):1081-1086

SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON THE BONDING PROPERTIES IN CYCLOTRIPHOSPHANES AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS - POLARIZATION OF HUCKEL VERSUS MOBIUS ORBITALS

Schoeller W, DABISCH T. SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON THE BONDING PROPERTIES IN CYCLOTRIPHOSPHANES AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS - POLARIZATION OF HUCKEL VERSUS MOBIUS ORBITALS. JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS. 1983;(11):2411-2413

ANOMALY IN THE RING STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF CYCLOPROPANE, CYCLOBUTANE, AND CYCLOPENTANE, COMPARED WITH THEIR SILICON ANALOGS - A THEORETICAL-STUDY

Schoeller W, DABISCH T. ANOMALY IN THE RING STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF CYCLOPROPANE, CYCLOBUTANE, AND CYCLOPENTANE, COMPARED WITH THEIR SILICON ANALOGS - A THEORETICAL-STUDY. JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. 1985;(23):1706-1707

UNUSUAL BONDING IN BICYCLOTETRASILANE VS BICYCLOBUTANE - A THEORETICAL-STUDY

DABISCH T, Schoeller W. UNUSUAL BONDING IN BICYCLOTETRASILANE VS BICYCLOBUTANE - A THEORETICAL-STUDY. JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. 1986;(12):896-898

BOND STRETCH ISOMERISM IN THE SILICON ANALOGS OF BICYCLO[1.1.0]BUTANE AND OF [1.1.1]PROPELLANE - CONSEQUENCE OF ORBITAL NONHYBRIDIZATION

Schoeller W, DABISCH T, BUSCH T. BOND STRETCH ISOMERISM IN THE SILICON ANALOGS OF BICYCLO[1.1.0]BUTANE AND OF [1.1.1]PROPELLANE - CONSEQUENCE OF ORBITAL NONHYBRIDIZATION. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 1987;26(26):4383-4389

ON THE REDOX PROPERTIES OF CYCLOTETRAPHOSPHANES - A NOVEL DICATION REARRANGEMENT

SCHAFER HG, Schoeller W, NIEMANN J, HAUG W, DABISCH T, NIECKE E. ON THE REDOX PROPERTIES OF CYCLOTETRAPHOSPHANES - A NOVEL DICATION REARRANGEMENT. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 1986;108(24):7481-7484