Hazardous Waste Incinerator Emissions
Service Description
Gossman Consulting, Inc. provides clients
with the
full range of services necessary to determine incinerator emissions to
the
environment. An obvious source of emissions is the stack, however many
other
sources also exist. These can include fugitive emissions from the
facility
storage units, process equipment leakage and laboratory waste
management to
name a few. To properly investigate these emissions requires not only
an
understandingof the process but also 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 and partners
have
determined the regualtory requirements, written the appropriate test
plans,
participated in and overseen the execution of these plans, and
monitored and
evaluated the quality of the data for a large number of devices under a
variety
of conditions. GCI's experience executing the functions in source
sampling and
analysis provides our team with a unique background and knowledge of
emissions
from combustion units and their support facilities. This experience is
invaluable to our clients in aquiring the appropriate and realistic
quality
data needed for submittal to state or federal agencies, to the public,
to
industry lobbying groups, or simply 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.
- 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 combustion device
emissions.
HWF Notes "Clean Air Act Hazardous Air
Pollutant
List”, Oct-94
HWF Notes "Review of Guidance on Trial Burns”,
Aug-94
"The Design of A Custom Database System for
Storing and Accessing Point Source Emission Test Data and Associated
Process
Conditions"
GCI Tech Notes "A Caution in the Use of
Analytical
Data in Calculating TEQ Values for Dioxin Reporting”, Dec-95
"Continental Cement Trial Burn Strategy"
"Continental Cement Trial Burn Strategy
Follow-up"
HWF Notes "The Clean Air Act and Cement Kiln
NOx
Emissions”, June-93
"Quality Control Review of Mercury and
PCDD/PCDF
Emissions Data From Cement Kilns Used for MACT Evaluations”
"Comparison of Metal Emissions from Cement
Kilns Utilizing Hazardous Waste Fuels with Commercial Waste
Incinerators"
"A Review of the Usefulness of Various ASTM
and
SW-846 Methods Which May Be Used by the Thermal Treatment Industry"
"An Analysis of Potential Changes to
Operations
and Waste Analysis Requirements for Commercial Facilities Regulated
Under EPA
Proposed Hazardous Waste Combustor Regulations”
HWF Notes "Municipal Waste Combustion and
MACT”,
Dec-94
HWF Notes "Review of Guidance on Trial Burns”,
Aug-94