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Florida Department of Environmental Protection . Workshop for Concrete Batching Plants. Air Resource Management Southwest District Office March 30, 2010. Introductions. Mara Nasca Air Program Administrator Danielle D. Henry Air Compliance Supervisor Cindy Falandysz

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  1. Florida Department of Environmental Protection Workshop for Concrete Batching Plants Air Resource Management Southwest District Office March 30, 2010

  2. Introductions Mara Nasca Air Program Administrator Danielle D. Henry Air Compliance Supervisor Cindy Falandysz Air Enforcement Supervisor Joe Panetta Air Program Environmental Specialist III

  3. Outline • Concrete Batch Plant (CBP) General Permit (GP) Requirements • Air General (AG) Permit under Rule 62-210.310(5) (b), Florida Administrative Code, (F.A.C.) for concrete batching plants • Registration Requirements in DEP Form No. 62-210.920(2)(b), F.A.C. - Effective January 10, 2007 • Operating another GP facility at Concrete Batch Plants

  4. Concrete Batch Plant (CBP) General Permit (GP) Requirements ** Additional Rules may be required by Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota Counties

  5. Southwest District has 137 Concrete Batch Plant Facilities that are registered for General Permit

  6. Definition of a CBP • Rule 62-296.414, F.A.C. • Concrete Batching Plants. The following requirements apply to new and existing emissions units producing concrete and concrete products by batching or mixing cement and other materials. This rule also applies to facilities processing cement and other materials for the purposes of producing concrete, and to equipment used to mix cement and soil for onsite soil augmentation or stabilization.

  7. CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT What is the Purpose of the Regulation? The Department of Environmental Protection has established an Air General (AG) permit under Rule 62-210.310(5)(b), F.A.C., for concrete batching plants.

  8. Concrete Batch Plant (CBP) • The use of an AG permit serves two purposes: • Provides notice to the Department that the facility is in operation and • Prescribes the requirements under which the facility is allowed to operate • (Rule 62-210.310(5)(b), F.A.C.)

  9. Concrete Batch Plant (CBP) • Eligible concrete batching plants owners are not required to use the AG permit, but instead may choose to obtain a regular Air Operating (AO) permit. • This workshop is intended to assist those who choose to seek entitlement to use the AG permit for their concrete batching plant. D.E.P. Concrete

  10. Who is Eligible to use the Concrete Batching Plant General Permit?

  11. Who is Eligible? • Eligible facilities mustnot be a major source as defined in Rule 62-210.200, F.A.C. • *************************************** • Eligible facilities must not emit 10 tons or more per year of any listed hazardous air pollutant (HAP), 25 tons per year of any combination of HAPs, or 100 tons per year or more of any other regulated air pollutant.

  12. Eligible Facilities That Collocate[Rule 62-210.310(5)(b)4, F.A.C.] • A facility using the Concrete Batching Plant AG permit may collocate with other facilities: • That have separate concrete batching air general permits • With facilities using the Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plant “crushers” AG permit, even if under the control of different persons.

  13. Collocate Requirements[Rule 62-210.310(5)(b)4.a., F.A.C.] • The facility must meet the following conditions: • The collocation site must not contain any emission units and pollutant-emitting activities other than concrete batching plants and nonmetallic processing plants using the general permit, and nonmetallic mineral processing plants or other emissions units and pollutant-emitting activities exempted from permitting. • F.A.C. 62-210.300(3) • Pg 40

  14. Collocate Requirements[Rule 62-210.310(5)(b)4.a.&b., F.A.C.] • The total fuel consumption by all emissions units at the collocation site shall not exceed 275,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year or • 23,000 gallons per year of gasoline or • 44 million standard cubic feet per year of natural gas, or 1.3 million gallons per year of propane, or an equivalent prorated amount if multiple fuels are used.

  15. Collocate Requirements[Rule 62-210.310(5)(b)5, F.A.C.] • Under the authority of an air general permit: • A relocatable CBP may perform a non-routine task • making concrete for a construction project, at a facility with authorization by individual air construction or non-Title V Air Operating Permit, without revision to the facility’s air permit. • Any such CBP shall remain at the individually permitted facility for no more than: • (6) months from the day it relocates to such facility. • The owner or operator of such concrete batching plant shall keep records to indicate how long the plant has been at the permitted facility.

  16. Collocate Requirements[Rule 62-210.310(5)(b)4.a.,b.&c., F.A.C.] • If multiple fuels are used, the equivalent prorated amount of each fuel burned shall not exceed the total amount of such fuel allowed to be burned, multiplied by a fuel percentage. • Fuel Percentage = Amount of the fuel burned at the facility Total amount of fuel allowed to be burned by the facility • **The sum of the fuel percentages for all fuels burned by the facility shall not exceed 100%.

  17. What are the General Conditions [Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.]? • The duration of the Concrete Batching Plant AG permit is five (5) years. The owner /operator or authorized representative must submitthe proper registrationformand processing fee of $100.00 at least thirty (30)dayspriortotheexpirationofthefacility’sexistingAGpermit

  18. General Conditions[Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.] • The owner/operator or authorized representative shall submit a new registration form and fee to the Department prior to a: • change of ownership • physical change in location • any proposed new construction or • modification or other equipment changes

  19. General Conditions[Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.] • Definition of modification or other equipment changes : • Involving the installation of new process or air pollution equipment • Alteration of existing process or control equipment • Installation of control equipment substantially different in terms of capacity, method of operation, material processed, or intended use.

  20. General Conditions [Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.] • The owner/operator or authorized representative shall notify the Department inwritingprior to: • any sale, permanent shutdown of the facility • change in the name, telephone number of the facility or owner/operator or authorized representative when it is not a change in ownership.

  21. General Conditions [Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.] The AG permit is not transferableand doesnotfollowachangeinownership of the facility. The new owner/operator or authorized representative shall submit a new registration form and processing fee of $100 at least thirty (30) days prior to the transfer of ownership of the facility to the new owner.

  22. General Conditions [Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.] • The AG permit is valid only for the specific activity indicated (i.e. Concrete Batch Plant). Any deviation from the specified activity and the conditions for undertaking that activity shall constitute a violation of the permit. • The facility mustnot emit objectionable odors.

  23. General Conditions [Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.] If, for any reason, the owner or operator of any facility or emissions unit operating under an AG permit does not comply with or will be unable to comply with any condition or limitation of the permit, the owner or operator shall immediately provide the Department with:

  24. General Conditions [Rule 62-210.310(3), F.A.C.] • A description of and cause of noncompliance; and, • The period of noncompliance, including dates and times; or, if not corrected, the anticipated time the noncompliance is expected to continue, and steps being taken to reduce, eliminate, and prevent recurrence of the noncompliance. The permittee shall be responsible for any and all damages which may result.

  25. General Conditions [Rule 62-210.310(3)n, F.A.C.] Use of the AG permit does not eliminate or relieve the necessity for the owner/operator or authorized representative to obtain any other federal, state, or local permits that may be required.

  26. THE PERMIT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE: • ASBESTOS REMOVAL FROM DEMOLITION OR RENOVATION- [Rule 62-257, F.A.C., or 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, National Emission Standard for Asbestos] • SWD Asbestos Contacts: • http://www.dep.state.fl.us/southwest/contacts/ • 813-632-7600 • OPEN BURNING • [Rules 62-256.300 and 62-256.700, F.A.C.] • BYPASSING A CONTROL DEVICE (CIRCUMVENTION)

  27. Control Technology

  28. What are the Control Technology requirements Rule 62-296.414(1),F.A.C.? • 1. Stack Emissions-Emissions from silos, • weigh hoppers (batchers), and other enclosed storage and conveying equipment shall be controlled to the extent necessary to limit visible emissions to 5 percent opacity.

  29. Control Technology Baghouse

  30. What are the Control Technology requirements Rule 62-296.414(2),F.A.C.? • Unconfined Emissions-The owner or operator shall take reasonable precautions • to control unconfined emissions from • hoppers, storage and conveying equip, conveyor drop points, truck loading and unloading, roads, parking areas, stock piles, and yards by doing the following:

  31. Control Technology –Unconfined EmissionsRule 62-296.414(2),F.A.C. a) Management of roads, parking areas, stock piles, and yards, which shall include one or more of the following:

  32. Control Technology-Unconfined Emissions Rule 62-296.414(2),F.A.C. • 1. Paving and maintenance of roads, parking areas, and yards. • 2. Application of water or environmentally safe dust-suppressant chemicals when necessary to control emissions. • 3. Removal of particulate matter from roads and other paved areas under control of the owner or operator to mitigate reentrainment, from building or work areas to reduce airborne particulate matter from stock piles. • 4. Reduction of stock pile height or installation of wind breaks to mitigate wind entrainment of particulate matter from stock piles.

  33. Control Technology-Unconfined Emissions Rule 62-296.414(2),F.A.C. b)Use of spray bar, chute, or partial enclosure to mitigate emissions at the drop point to the truck.

  34. Control Technology Joe’s Concrete

  35. Visible Emission Testing EPA Method 9,40 CFR 60, Appendix A

  36. What are the Test Methods and Procedures Rule 62-296.414(3), F.A.C.? • All emissions tests performed pursuant to the requirements of this subsection shall comply with the following requirements. • The reference test method for visible emissions is EPA Method 9, 40 CFR 60 Appendix A • Test procedures that shall be followed are specified in Rule 62-297.310, F.A.C. and shall be reported to the Department. (15 day prior notice, list EU’s/within 45 days submitted)

  37. Test Methods and Procedures Rule 62-296.414(3), F.A.C. • c) Visible emissions test of silo dust collector exhaust points shall be conducted: • while loading the silo at a rate that represents the normal silo loading rate. The minimum loading rate shall be 25 tons per hour unless such a rate is unachievable in practice. • If emissions from the weigh hopper (batcher) operation are also controlled by the silo dust collector, the batching operation shall be in operation during batching rate and duration. • Each test report shall state the actual silo loading rate during emissions testing and, if applicable, whether or not batching occurred during emissions testing.

  38. Test Methods and Procedures Rule 62-296.414(3), F.A.C. d) If emissions from the weigh hopper (batcher) operation are controlled by a dust collector which is separate from the silo dust collector, visible emissions tests of the weigh hopper (batcher) dust collector exhaust point shall be conducted while batching at a rate that is representative of the normal batching rate and duration. Each test report shall state the actual batching rate during emissions testing.

  39. Test Methods and Procedures Rule 62-296.414(4), F.A.C. • The owner or operator of any concrete batching plant using the AG permit shall have a performance test conducted for visible emissions for each dust collector exhaust point no later than 30 days after commencing operation and once every calendar year thereafter.

  40. Test Methods and Procedures Rule 62-296.414(4), F.A.C. • Test Frequency • Performance tests for visible emissions must be conducted annually. (The rule revision effective January 10, 2007 requires annual testing.) • Annually is considered once each calendar year (January 1-December 31). • DEP guidance memo DARM-OGG-18: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/air/rules/guidance/ogg18.pdf

  41. What are the Reporting & Recordkeeping Requirements?

  42. Reporting & Record-Keeping Relocation Requirements Rule 62-210.310(5)(b)3.b., F.A.C. The owner or operator of equipment used to mix cement and soil for augmentation or stabilization proposing to change location shall notify the appropriate Department of Environmental Protection district office or local air pollution control program by phone, e-mail, fax, or written communication at least one business day prior to changing location and transmit a Facility Relocation Notification Form (DEP Form No. 62-210.900(6)) to the Department no later than five business day following relocation. You may obtain a copy of the form at Facility Relocation Notification http://www.floridadep.org/air/rules/forms/relocation.htm , or by contacting the Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (1-800-722-7457).

  43. Reporting & Record-Keeping Relocation Requirements Rule 62-210.310(5)(b)3.b., F.A.C. Any other relocatable concrete batching plant proposing to change location shall transmit a Facility Relocation Notification Form (DEP Form No. 62-210.900(6), F.A.C.) to the appropriate Department of Environmental Protection district or local air pollution control program office at least five (5) business days prior to relocation. The form and a statewide list of fax numbers are provided at the web link below for your convenience. • http://www.floridadep.org/air/rules/forms/relocation.htm

  44. What if I Change or Modify Equipment Rule 62-210.310(2)(e), F.A.C.? • If the facility installs new process or air pollution control equipment, alters existing process or control equipment without replacement, or replaces existing process or control equipment with equipment substantially different thanthat noted on the most recent registration form, the owner or operator shall submit a new and complete AG permit registration form with the appropriate AG permit processing fee of $100.00 to one of the Tallahassee addresses listed later in the presentation.

  45. What if I Change or Modify Equipment Rule 62-210.310(2)(e), F.A.C.? • Submitting your Registration Form or Need Additional Information? • Please send your check for $100.00 made out to FDEP and send the completed registration application to one of the following addresses depending on your choice of delivery methods:

  46. What if I Change or Modify Equipment Rule 62-210.310(2)(e), F.A.C.? • Submitting your Registration Form or Need Additional Information? • for OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: (FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) • FDEP • 3800 COMMONWEALTH BLVD, MS-77 • TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA  32399

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