Guidelines for Conducting a Mercury Balance

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000126488
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Guidelines for Conducting a Mercury Balance
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Protection Agency, B. E. (n.d.). Guidelines for Conducting a Mercury Balance. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Excerpt: Prior to conducting a mercury balance, the facility needs to understand what is required to make the undertaking successful. While there can be a variety of approaches to the balance, we believe there are three key ingredients that lead to any successful approach. These are commitment, time, and resources.

Table of Contents
Table Of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 PURPOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 RESPONSIB LE CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.4 APPROVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.5 REVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.6 REPRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. MERCURY BALANCE PHILOSOPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. DIFFERENT APPROACHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7. MERCURY BALANCE COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7.1 INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7.2 USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7.3 ACCOUNTABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7.4 CALCULATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8. DATA COLLECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8.1 ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8.2 DATA COLLECTION POINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9. APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9.1 COMMUNICATOI NS BLUEPRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9.2 ESTABLNISGH I MERCURY INVENTORIES AT CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9.3 MERCURY BALANCE FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 9.4 DEFINITIONS, AND WORKSHEETS FOR THE MERCURY BALANCE FORM . . . . . . . . . . 23 9.5 SOLIDS CHECKLIST FOR THE MERCURY BALANCE FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 9.6 INVENTORY WORKSHEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 9.7 ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30