Surface coating or painting operations are the processes of depositing a coating material on a target surface using certain application methodologies such as spray, roll, etc. Surface coating operations can be prime and topcoat or single coat operations.
Surface coating operations are eligible to operate in Florida under the terms of an air general permit (AGP) pursuant to the requirements of 62-210.310(4)(c), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has established an air general permit (AGP) under Rule 62-210.310(5)(k), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), for secondary aluminum sweat furnaces that are subject to the federal emission limiting standards and other requirements of Title 40 Part 63 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 63),
Reinforced polyester resin operations entail laying reinforcements such as glass fiber in a mold and saturating it with a polyester plastic resin. The resin hardens to form a rigid plastic part, reinforced with the fiberglass. The resin is mixed with a catalyst as it is applied that causes a cross-linking reaction between the resin molecules. The cross-linking reaction causes the resin to harden from a liquid to a solid. Fiberglass boats and fiberglass boat parts, bathtubs, pools and hot tubs are built using this process.
Reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE) combust fuel to run an engine. Internal combustion engines supply energy to run equipment such as emergency generators or pumps.
RICE are eligible to operate in Florida under the terms of an air general permit (AGP) pursuant to the requirements of 62-210.310(4)(b), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).
Printing operations involve the processes of transferring images or material onto a substrate. The industry is organized by type of printing process used: heatset offset and non-heatset offset lithography, rotogravure, flexography, screen, letterpress, digital, water-based - ultraviolet-cured- solvent based material flexographic or rotogravure.
Dry cleaners are facilities engaged in the cleaning of fabrics in a nonaqueous solvent by means of one or more washes in a solvent, extraction of excess solvent by spinning, and drying by tumbling in an airstream. Such facilities include dry to dry machines, filter and purification systems; emission control equipment; waste disposal systems; holding tanks; pumps and attendant piping and valves.
Nonmetallic mineral processing plants are commonly referred to as rock crushers. These plants use equipment to crush or grind any nonmetallic minerals wherever located, including lime plants, power plants, steel mills, asphalt concrete plants, Portland cement plants or any other facility processing nonmetallic minerals.
Volume reduction, mercury recovery, or mercury reclamation facilities use equipment to recapture mercury from mercury-containing devices and lamps for the purpose of recycling the mercury.
A human crematory is a facility containing one or more combustion units, known as cremators, used solely for the cremation of human bodies within appropriate containers. Cremators are usually made of high-grade steel plate and lined inside with heavy refractory tile or brick. Most cremators have a variety of automatic controls and use gas for heating the cremator.
Solvent degreasing (or solvent cleaning) is the physical process of using organic solvents to remove grease, fats, oils, wax or soil from various metal, glass or plastic items. The three basic types of solvent cleaning equipment used in degreasing operations are categorized as batch vapor cleaners, in-line cleaners and batch cold cleaners.
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