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首页> 外文会议>1999 SWANA/NAHMMA Hazardous Materials Management Conference on Household, Small Business and Universal Waste Nov 14-19, 1999 Tucson, AZ >REPLACING MERCURY MANOMETERS ON WISCONSIN'S DAIRY FARMS
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REPLACING MERCURY MANOMETERS ON WISCONSIN'S DAIRY FARMS

机译：更换威斯康星乳制品的汞操纵

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Dairy cow milking systems require a vacuum pump and pipeline to remove and transport milk from the cow's udder to a bulk tank. This system includes a vacuum gauge so that the farmer can monitor line pressure and assure that the system is operating correctly to optimize milking conditions and line sanitation. Mercury manometers have proven to be accurate and reliable and it is estimated that 10% of the 22,000 dairy farms in Wisconsin have a manometer holding 12 ounces of mercury. This amounts to approximately 1650 pounds of mercury on dairy farms that Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency would like to remove from service. There is now an acceptable nonmercury vacuum gauge with a digital readout available and we have found that, although there is no direct immediate benefit to the dairy farmer, a $200.00 rebate is an effective incentive to change to a non mercury gauge. The project was initiated with a $40,000 grant from EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO). The Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Drainage basins, which include about 1/3 of Wisconsin, were selected as the focus area and dairy equipment service providers were solicited to participate. Currently 28 service providers are participating and each dealer has been provided a mercury collection kit and instructions for handling the mercury. The kit contains storage bottles with labels, a bottle holder, transfer pan and a mercury spill kit. Each of these dairy service providers have several numbered certificates that must be completed and signed to verify that they replaced a mercury manometer with a nonmercury gauge and they are then paid $200.00 from the grant. In some situations, such as a farmer going out of the milking business, a manometer is abandoned and a replacement gauge is not needed. For these situations the dealer completes a removal certificate and is reimbursed $100.00. The dealer transports and stores the mercury manometer at their place of business until a licensed hazardous waste hauler picks them up and the mercury is extracted for recycle. Brochures have been printed that explain the manometer replacement program to the dairy farmer and how they can participate. These brochures are in the hands of county extension agents for outreach and the Department of Agriculture's dairy farm sanitation inspectors to be left at each farm where they spot a mercury manometer. The brochures were also distributed to the 28 participating dairy equipment dealers to introduce the program to their regular service customers. The program has received good publicity in the agriculture press and has been a success for the farmer, the dealer and the environment. In the first year, 156 manometers were collected with an estimated 117 pounds of mercury.
机译：奶牛挤奶系统需要真空泵和管道，以将牛奶从牛的乳房中除去并运输到大罐中。该系统包括一个真空计，以便农场主可以监视管路压力并确保系统正常运行以优化挤奶条件和管路卫生。汞压力计已被证明是准确和可靠的，据估计，威斯康星州22,000个奶牛场中有10％的压力计含有12盎司汞。威斯康星州自然资源部和美国环境保护署希望停止使用的奶牛场中的汞含量约为1650磅。现在有一个可接受的无汞真空计，带有数字读出功能，我们发现，尽管奶农没有直接的直接收益，但200美元的回扣是一种有效的诱因，促使人们改用无汞计。该项目由EPA大湖国家计划办公室（GLNPO）拨款40,000美元启动。密歇根湖流域和苏必利尔湖流域，其中包括威斯康星州约1/3的流域，被选为重点领域，乳品设备服务提供商也被邀请参加。目前有28家服务提供商参与其中，并且为每个经销商提供了汞收集工具包和处理汞的说明。该套件包含带有标签的储物瓶，一个瓶架，转移盘和一个水银泄漏套件。这些乳制品服务提供者中的每一个都有若干编号的证书，必须完成该证书并签名，以验证他们用非汞规替换了汞压力计，然后从补助金中获得了200美元。在某些情况下，例如农民退出挤奶行业，将放弃压力计，不需要更换压力表。在这种情况下，交易商会完成清除证书，并退还$ 100.00。经销商将汞压力计运输并存储在他们的营业地点，直到获得许可的危险废物运输车将其捡起并提取汞进行回收。已印制了小册子，向奶农介绍了压力计更换计划以及他们如何参加。这些手册由县政府推广代理人进行推广，而农业部的奶牛场卫生检查员则留在每个发现汞压力计的农场。手册还分发给了28家参与计划的乳品设备经销商，以向其常规服务客户介绍该计划。该计划在农业媒体上得到了很好的宣传，并且对农民，商人和环境都取得了成功。在第一年，收集了156个压力计，估计含117磅汞。

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