HAPs Testing Services
Service Description
Gossman Consulting, Inc. provides hazardous
air
pollutants (HAPs) testing services. HAP emissions testing is the
determination
of the concentration and mass output of specific hazardous air
pollutants
(HAPs) emitted from a source. This source may be a process vent, such
as an inert
gas purge, but is most likely to be the chemically complex emissions
from a
combustion device. To properly investigate these emissions requires not
only an
understanding of the process but also of the regulations and how they
apply to
the source as well as the theory and practice of source sampling and
analysis.
Our experienced team of professionals have determined the regulatory
requirements, written the appropriate test plans, participated and
overseen the
execution of these plans and monitored and evaluated the quality of the
data
for a number of devices under a variety of conditions. GCI's experience
executing all these functions in source sampling and analysis provides
our team
with a detailed knowledge of emissions testing. This experience is
invaluable
to the client in acquiring the appropriate and realistic quality data
needed
for submittal to industry lobbying groups, state or federal agencies or
for
internal decision making.
Experience
David Gossman
- Acted as QA/QC manager for one of the
first comprehensive RCRA Trial Burns at a cement plant.
- Performed a comprehensive review of a
proposed update to SW-846.
- Performed a detailed QA/QC review of
mercury emission data used by EPA to develop/justify MACT controls on
cement kilns.
- Performed a detailed QA/QC review of
dioxin examination data from cement plants not utilizing hazardous
waste fuels.
- Acted as QA/QC manager for 1995 update
ROC tests at multiple cement plants.
- Performed a detailed QA/QC review of
dioxin emission data compromising over 20 tests at a single cement
plant, both under baseline conditions and while burning hazardous waste.
- Assisted with the preparation of Trial
Burn Plans for a number of cement kilns using hazardous waste. Plans
incorporated latest EPA guidance on data required for multi-pathway
risk assessments.
- Managed and wrote the reports for BIF
compliance tests/trial burns at four cement plants.
- Developed and managed the
implementation of stack testing plans for cement manufacturers using or
planning on the use of hazardous waste fuel. Tests were performed to
satisfy state air permit authorities as well as provide data to be used
for future EPA requirements.
- Performed the first comprehensive,
published study on the fate of trace metals in the cement manufacturing
process. The study provided special insight on how recirculating loads,
as well as the point of introduction, can effect the fate of metals in
cement kilns.
Existing SOLUTIONS
GCI has prepared a number of papers relevant to HAPs testing. (If a
link to
a paper title is not yet available please e-mail with your fax number
for a
copy.)
"2,3,7,8-TCDD Equivalent Emissions from Cement Kilns Burning
Hazardous
Waste"
"Continental Cement Trial Burn Strategy"
"Quality Control Review of Mercury and
PCDD/PCDF Emissions
Data From Cement Kilns Used for MACT Evaluations”
"Continental Cement Trial Burn Strategy
Follow-up"
"A Model Waste Analysis Plan for Commercial
BIF
Facilities"
"The Design of A Custom Database System for
Storing and Accessing Point Source Emission Test Data and Associated
Process
Conditions"
GCI Tech Notes "Should You Test for HAP
Emissions?”, Sep-96
GCI Tech Notes "A Caution in the Use of
Analytical
Data in Calculating TEQ Values for Dioxin Reporting”, Dec-95
GCI Tech Notes "Appropriate Sampling Frequency
for
Cement Process Samples During Stack Testing”, July-95
HWF Notes "Clean Air Act Hazardous Air
Pollutant
List”, Oct-94
HWF Notes "Review of Guidance on Trial Burns”,
Aug-94