Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-296 - STATIONARY SOURCES - EMISSION STANDARDS › Section 62-296.416 - Waste-to-Energy Facilities

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Applicability.
				The requirements of this rule apply to all waste-to-energy facilities with
				charging rates of 40 tons per day or more. For those facilities subject to this
				rule and paragraph  62-204.800(9)(b),
				F.A.C., the mercury emissions limiting standards in this rule shall apply in
				place of the less restrictive mercury emission limiting standard set forth at
				paragraph  62-204.800(9)(b),
				F.A.C. However, the mercury percent reduction standard (85 percent) in
				paragraph  62-204.800(9)(b),
				F.A.C., shall apply in place of the less restrictive mercury percent reduction
				standard (80 percent) set forth in this rule.
(2) Relationship to Best Available Control
				Technology. The emission limitations in this rule supersede any less stringent
				emission limitations including those based on a best available control
				technology (BACT) determination made pursuant to Rule
				 62-212.400, F.A.C., or
				40 C.F.R.
				52.21. The application of BACT shall not
				result in emissions of any air contaminant which exceeds the emission limits
				set forth in this rule.
(3) Mercury
				Emissions Limiting Standards. Waste-to-energy facilities subject to the
				requirements of this rule shall comply with the mercury emission limiting
				standards of paragraph
				 62-296.416(3)(a) or
				(b), F.A.C., depending on whether the
				facility chooses to control mercury emissions through the use of
				post-combustion control equipment designed to remove mercury from flue gases or
				mercury waste separation, respectively. Facilities choosing to control mercury
				emissions through the use of mercury control equipment must also comply with
				the flue gas temperature standard of subsection
				 62-296.416(4),
				F.A.C.
(a) Emissions Standard for Facilities
				Using Mercury Control Equipment.
1. Mercury
				emissions from facilities using post-combustion control equipment designed to
				remove mercury from flue gases shall not exceed 70 micrograms per dry standard
				cubic meter of flue gas, corrected to 7 percent
				0
2
, or 20 percent by weight of the mercury
				in the flue gas upstream of the mercury control device (80 percent reduction by
				weight), whichever occurs first.
2.
				Facilities with sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride control equipment in place
				or under construction as of July 1, 1993, and which choose to control mercury
				emissions through the use of mercury control equipment, shall comply with the
				mercury emissions limiting standard of subparagraph
				 62-296.416(3)(a) 
				1., F.A.C., by July 1, 1995. All other facilities choosing to control mercury
				emissions through the use of mercury control equipment shall comply with the
				mercury emissions limiting standard of subparagraph
				 62-296.416(3)(a) 
				1., F.A.C., by the date that the facility is required to demonstrate compliance
				with sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride emission limits, which limits are
				established at paragraph
				 62-204.800(9)(b),
				F.A.C.
3. Facilities subject to the
				mercury emissions limiting standard of subparagraph
				 62-296.416(3)(a) 
				1., F.A.C., shall demonstrate individual emissions unit compliance by the
				compliance date specified in subparagraph
				 62-296.416(3)(a) 
				2., F.A.C., and annually thereafter.