Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0051-2019
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2009-05-06T04:00Z

From: Bernicke, Maja [mailto:maja.bernicke@uba.de] 
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:24 AM
To: Weiguo.Wu@gov.ab.ca
Cc: Linero, Alvaro; Ebertsch, Gerald; Plickert, Sebastian; Hummel,
Hans-Joachim
Subject: AW: Cement Hg-CEMS

Dear Mr. Wu,
please find enclosed the German contribution concerning the use of Hg-CEMs 
in
the cement industry for the BREF revision. It should answer your questions 
in
the main. We hope, this information will be integrated in the final draft 
of
the BREF.
If there are further questions, do not hesitate to contact me again or our
expert for monitoring issues Mr. Hans-Joachim Hummel (mailto:
hans-joachim.hummel@uba.de).
Kind regards
Maja Bernicke

__________________________________________________

Federal Environment Agency
Section III 2.2 "Minerals and Metal Industry"
Maja Bernicke
Wörlitzer Platz 1
D-06844 Dessau-Roßlau

phone: +49 (0340) 2103-3691
fax : +49 (0340) 2104-3691

e-mail  : maja.bernicke@uba.de
homepage: www.umweltbundesamt.de

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Linero, Alvaro [mailto:Alvaro.Linero@dep.state.fl.us]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. Februar 2009 23:04
An: Weiguo Wu
Cc: Bernicke, Maja; Plickert, Sebastian; Gerald.Ebertsch@lfu.bayern.de
Betreff: RE: Cement Hg-CEMS

O.k. Weiguo:

I think it is mandatory for cement plants that use waste to use Hg-CEMS.

And it does not have to be categorized as hazardous waste for the 
requirement
to apply.

See references to daily and 1/2 hourly Hg limits to cement in:

www.bmu.bund.de/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/17bimschv_eng.pdf

See discussion in the site of the German Cement Research Institute:

www.vdz-online.de/190.html?&lang=en#a4067

Almost all cement plants in German burn some kind of waste so most have
Hg-CEMS.

I would expect that some that don't burn waste might also monitor due to
local requirements.

For purposes of this hemisphere, I think just using fly ash from a power
plant that is not usable for making concrete constitutes waste use.

Given that the requirement has been in the German rules since 2003, they
certainly believe there are accurate Hg-CEMS.

Maybe you can ask Dr. Maja Bernicke of the German Umweltbundesamt or her
colleagues if they can recommend someone to write you about this.

(note:  Weiguo works for the Province of Alberta, Canada and is reviewing
possibility of Hg-CEMS for a cement plant).

In this country I have not seen them.

I may have been the first person to require Hg-CEMS at a cement plant and
also at a waste-to-energy plant.

The nature of Hg emissions (non uniformity) is good reason for requiring
Hg-CEMS or sorbent traps or very accurate material and fuel testing.

I did not do an extensive survey about all this.  I found enough technical
justification to require Hg-CEMS (at least for new plants) and proceeded on
that basis.

Of course, my own eyes saw the one at Solnhofer cement.

Best regards.

Al Linero.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection.