Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-737.860 - Additional Permitting Requirements for Mercury Reclamation Facilities
(1) Mercury reclamation facilities shall
conform to the general facility requirements as specified in Rule
62-737.800. In addition, these
facilities shall meet the requirements of this section.
(2) These facilities shall not store
quantities of unprocessed materials that exceed the storage limits specified in
its operating permit.
(3) These
facilities shall only accept for processing spent lamps, devices, powder,
ampoules, commodity grade mercury, residuals or material that is only hazardous
due to its mercury content and from which the mercury can be reclaimed as
specified in subsection (4), below.
(4) Facilities shall maintain quality control
and testing records based on statistically significant and updated laboratory
analyses that use an EPA-approved methodology for analyzing total mercury
content, as specified in the facility's operating permit issued under this
chapter, and that demonstrate at least semi-annually an effective reclamation
rate of 99 percent of the mercury introduced into the process, or a resulting
total mercury concentration below the method detection limit.
(5) Facilities shall ensure that recyclable
materials that are generated from its operation are of commercial grade and are
suitable and safe for their intended end use and shall bear the burden of
responsibility for the safety of these recyclable materials sold or delivered
from the operation. Facilities shall notify in writing receiving sources of the
processed materials, except for commodity grade mercury, of the potential or
actual content of any hazardous substances present in these
materials.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.7186 FS. Law Implemented 403.7186 FS.
New 5-10-95, Amended 5-20-98.
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