Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-296 - STATIONARY SOURCES - EMISSION STANDARDS › Section 62-296.417 - Volume Reduction, Mercury Recovery and Mercury Reclamation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The terms "mercury recovery process" and "mercury reclamation
				  process" are intended to have the same meanings as "mercury recovery facility"
				  and "mercury reclamation facility, " respectively, as defined in Rule
				   62-737.200, F.A.C. The term
				  "volume reduction process" means a facility where operations or processes are
				  performed or equipment is used to receive and process spent mercury-containing
				  lamps or devices in a manner such as crushing, grinding, compacting, or
				  physically altering the state of the lamps or devices and which does not
				  produce separation of the residuals, and is used for the size or volume
				  reduction of lamps or mercury-containing devices. The term "facility" as used
				  in this rule is intended to have the meaning as defined in Rule
				   62-210.200, F.A.C. The following
				  standards apply to all volume reduction, mercury recovery and mercury
				  reclamation processes except those exempted in paragraph
				   62-210.300(3)(a),
				  F.A.C.
(1) Operating Requirements.
				Facilities subject to this rule shall meet all operating requirements set forth
				herein, except that a facility may choose to control mercury emissions through
				the use of dual air handling systems or a single air handling system with
				redundant mercury controls, pursuant to either paragraph
				 62-296.417(1)(c) or
				(d), F.A.C., respectively.
(a) Permissible Exposure Limit. The United
				States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) permissible
				exposure limit for mercury vapor, set forth in
				29 C.F.R.
				1910.1000, is hereby adopted and incorporated
				by reference.
(b) Negative Pressure
				Requirement for Processing Area. The area in which the processing equipment is
				located shall be fully enclosed and kept under negative pressure while
				processing mercury-containing lamps or devices. The term processing equipment
				is intended to have the meaning as defined in Rule
				 62-737.200, F.A.C.
(c) Facilities with Dual Air Handling
				Systems.
1. The owner or operator shall
				install a primary air handling system with air pollution control equipment in
				order to reduce the mercury content of the air collected during the volume
				reduction and mercury recovery and reclamation processes.
2. The air collected by the primary system
				shall be vented within a fully enclosed area of the facility after the air is
				filtered through the air pollution control equipment.
3. Once each day the facility processes any
				mercury-containing lamps or devices and while mercury-containing lamps or
				devices are being processed, a sample of air shall be collected within the
				fully enclosed area of the facility in which the air collected by the primary
				air handling system is vented. The mercury content of the sample shall be
				determined for comparison with the OSHA permissible exposure limit. The terms
				mercury-containing lamps and mercury-containing devices are intended to have
				the meanings as defined in Rule
				 62-737.200, F.A.C.
4. The owner or operator shall operate,
				monitor and maintain the primary system air pollution control equipment in such
				a manner as not to exceed the OSHA permissible exposure limit for mercury vapor
				within the fully enclosed area of the facility in which the air collected by
				the primary air handling system is vented.
5. The owner or operator shall install a
				secondary air handling system in order to maintain negative pressure in the
				fully enclosed area of the facility in which the air collected by the primary
				system is vented.
6. The owner or
				operator shall install, operate, monitor and maintain air pollution control
				equipment in order to reduce the mercury content of the air collected by the
				secondary air handling system.
7.
				The primary system with air pollution controls shall be independent and
				separate from the secondary system with air pollution controls. The primary and
				secondary system air pollution controls shall incorporate carbon filters or
				equivalent technology.
(d) Facilities Using a Single Air Handling
				System with Redundant Mercury Controls.
1. The
				owner or operator shall operate, monitor and maintain an air handling system
				with redundant air pollution control equipment in order to reduce the mercury
				content of the air collected during the volume reduction and mercury recovery
				and reclamation processes.
2.
				Redundant air pollution control equipment shall incorporate at least two carbon
				filters or equivalent technology arranged in series so that the air passes
				through both filters before being released. Each filter shall be designed as to
				ensure compliance with the OSHA permissible exposure limit for mercury vapor at
				the emission point in the event of a single filter failure.
3. Once each day the facility processes any
				mercury-containing lamps or devices and while mercury-containing lamps or
				devices are being processed, a sample of air shall be collected downstream of
				the first carbon filter (or equivalent technology) and upstream of the second.
				The mercury content of the sample shall be determined for comparison with the
				OSHA permissible exposure limit.
4.
				The owner or operator shall operate, monitor and maintain the air pollution
				control equipment in such a manner as not to exceed the OSHA permissible
				exposure limit for mercury vapor downstream of the first carbon filter (or
				equivalent technology) and upstream of the
				second.