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Veolia ES Technical Solutions – Port Washington, WI facility
Located in Port Washington, Wisconsin, Veolia Environmental Services (VES) is a strategically focused recovery and waste management facility, which provides a variety of waste reduction and recycling services.
The site consists of 11.45 acres and there are 4 acres in use. There are no underground or above ground storage tanks on the site. The facility is exempt from regulation under certain portions of Chapter NR 600 Wis. Admin. Code because it meets the definition of “legitimate recovery” operations under NR 625.06 Wis. Admin. Code PCB accumulation is exempt from commercial PCB storage requirements under section 144.44 (9) Wis. Stats. There are no industrial wastewater discharges from the facility.
The Port Washington facility can handle the following types of waste: Mercury bearing lamps, mercury devices, mercury compounds, mercury debris, mercury soil, mercury contaminated phosphor, lamp ballasts, small PCB capacitors (<9lbs), All types of batteries, computers and electronics.
Benefits we can offer that would keep you in compliance with state and federal regulations:
- Veolia Environmental Services (VES) performs the complete process of recycling your lamps. A certificate of recycling will be issued to protect you from any financial liabilities.
- VES is RCRA Part B Permitted by the State of Wisconsin for Hazardous Waste Management.
- VES features $15 million in pollution liability coverage and $5 million in contractors operations & professional services coverage.
- State-of-the-art equipment separates your lamps into basic components of glass, aluminum, copper, phosphor powder and Mercury.
- Your lamps can be processed within 24 hours of receipt.
The lamps are conveyed into a chamber where a breaker performs an initial particle size reduction of the lamps. Broken lamp pieces are then crushed to achieve a greater particle size reduction and transferred to a primary separator to separate the larger components (aluminum end caps). The remaining components are then further separated generating three process streams, glass cullet, glass fines, and phosphor powder.
The Vapor Collection System is designed to control mercury vapor and dust emissions from the process. The system draws mercury vapor and dust from the process equipment into the bag house. The filter arrangement is designed to trap 99.99% of air-borne particles measuring 0.5 microns or larger. Dust accumulates in containers located underneath the bag house. The air stream leaving the bag house then passes through a sulfur-impregnated carbon vessel to further remove mercury vapors. Each stack is monitored using a real-time mercury vapor-monitoring instrument in accordance with facility’s specific operating permit/plan. A portable Jerome mercury vapor analyzer is used to monitor mercury vapor concentrations in the air throughout the workplace, on a daily basis.
VES de-manufactures these mercury-containing lamps, reclaiming the glass, metal, powder and mercury. VES also reclaims mercury from other devices such as thermometers, thermostats, barometers, etc.
Our Credentials:
| Name & Address: | Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C. 1275 Mineral Springs Drive, Port Washington, WI 53074 |
| RCRA Hazardous Waste Mgmt Part B Permit | |
| EPA ID Number: WID988566543 | |
| Pollution Insurance: PLS1364667 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES INS CO General Liability: GL 4177311 COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INS. CO. COPS Insurance: COPS 1956720 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES INS CO | |
| State DNR Contact: | Dolores R. Hayden Hazardous Waste Management Specialist Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 2300 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive PO Box 12436 Milwaukee, WI 53212-0436 (414) 263-8580 |
| Copies of all permits: | Air permit, letter of approval to operate a recycling facility. |
| Results of Most Recent Inspection: | Pass |
| Notices of Violations: | None |
| Summary of Consent Agreements: | NA |
