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Reference Index:

• Company Information

• ERAtech Publications

• HWF Notes

• GCI Tech Notes

• GCI Publications

• Other Publications

Company Information

• Company History and Capabilities

• Corporate Business Ethics Policy

• Mission Statement

• Safety, Health and the Environment (SHE) Policy

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ERAtech Publications

English Publications

• The Use of Wastes as Fuel or Raw Materials in the Manufacture of Cement

• Tire Derived Fuels - Cradle to Grave � Sustainable Development Option

•   CDM: Big Opportunity for Industry

•   Best Practical Environmental Option for Managing Waste from the Aluminum Industry

• Disposal Options For Spent Potliner

•   Typical Emissions Investigation

• Questions and Answers Pertaining to the Use of Recycled Liquid Fuels in Cement Kilns

• Waste-Derived Fuel Use in Cement Kilns
  

• Alternate Inputs Of Waste Materials And Cement Manufacturing
  

• Fresh Thinking
  

•   Summary of Regulations Affecting Cement Kilns Using Hazardous Waste-Derived Fuels in the United States
  

•   Volatility And Recirculation Of Metals In Chlorine In Cement Kilns

•   Bedford Protocol "Substitute Fuels Protocol for use on Cement and Lime Processes"

• Waste Materials That Can Be Utilised As A Fuel Source For Cement Kilns

• NEW INTERNATIONAL WASTE-DERIVED-FUELS COMPANY ANNOUNCED

Spanish Publications

•   Preguntas Y Respuestas Relativas Al Uso De Combustibles Procedentes De Residuos Líquidos Para Su Valorización En Hornos De Cementeras

Chinese/English Publications

•   The ERAtech Group, LLC

•   Cement Resource Recovery in China

•   Fresh Thinking

•   Learning Lessons from the Cement Kiln Saga

•   Waste Materials That Can Be Utilised As A Fuel Source For Cement Kilns

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HWF Notes

1994

• Dec-94, Municipal Waste Combustion and MACT

• Nov-94, Review of EPA�s Sham Recycling �Policy�

• Oct-94, Clean Air Act Hazardous Air Pollutant List

• Sep-94, A Review of Dioxin Emissions and Cement Kilns

• Aug-94, Review of Guidance on Trial Burns

• July-94, Comments on the New EPA Waste Analysis Plan Guidance Manual

• June-94, Submittal of Data in Lieu of Trial Burns

• May-94, A&WMA Waste Combustion in Boilers & Industrial Furnaces-Kansas City, Missouri, 1994

• Apr-94, Review of EPA-454/R-93-032 Entitled National Air Pollutant Emission Trends

• Mar-94, Technical Regulatory Issues of Concern

• Feb-94, CKD Report to Congress Comments

• Jan-94, Standard Practice for the Microwave Digestion of Industrial Furnace Feedstreams

1993

• Dec-93, Testing for Pentachlorophenol as a Screening Procedure to exclude PCDD�s and PCDF�s from Hazardous Waste Fuel

• Nov-93, Review of EPA Draft 'Implementation of Exposure Assessment Guidance for RCRA Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities'

• Oct-93, Justification to Delete Barium and Silver From BIF Compliance Testing Requirements

• Sep-93, Guidance for the Elements of a Waste Minimization Plan

• Aug-93, May 22, 1993 Science News Response

• July-93, �Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals� and "Comments On Draft Revisions To The Waste Analysis Plan Guidance Manual"

• June-93, The Clean Air Act and Cement Kiln NOx Emissions

• May-93, TCLP (SW-846 Method 1311 Revision O, Nov. 1990) Questions and Answers

• Apr-93, Rational for the Use of XRF as a Screening Method for Controlling and Monitoring BIF Metal Concentrations in Cement Kiln Process Feeds

• Mar-93, ISO-9000

• Feb-93, GC Solvents-Safety and Health

• Jan-93, Dot Hazmat Training

1992

• Dec-92, The Relative Accuracy of Compliance Options for BIF Regulations Required Monitoring of Metal Input Rates

• Nov-92, The BIF Audit

• Oct-92, PCB Rejection Specification and Policies at Hazardous Waste Fuel Facilities

• Aug-92, EPA CKD Sampling Methodology

• July-92, The EPA Proposed Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (Potential Impact on Cement Kiln Dust)

• June-92, Metal Compound Selection for BIF Compliance Tests and Trial Burns

• May-92, Examining a Number of Topics Important to BIF Implementation and the Maintenance of Maximum Operating Flexibility under BIF

• Apr-92, Method for Screening Radioactivity in Waste

• Mar-92, �Summary� A&WMA BIF Conference - Orlando, Fl.

• Jan-92, The Use of HWF in Cement Kilns-An Industry Profile

1991

• Dec-91, Trial Burn POHC Selection and the Use of SF6�

• Nov-91, THE MSHA Hazard Communication Standard

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GCI Tech Notes

1999

• Nov-99, Regulatory Alert - CKD Testing Requirements

• Oct-99, Hazardous Waste Combustor Specialty Conference (formerly referred to as the BIF Conference) Air and Waste Management Association Dallas, TX; September 22-24, 1999

• Aug-99, HWC MACT: Part 1 - Commentary on the Preamble

• July-99, Risk Assessments and Process Upsets

• June-99, Dioxin and PCB Contamination of Food in Europe

• May-99, The New MACT Rule for Cement Kilns That Do Not Use Hazardous Waste Fuel

• Apr-99, Liquid Hazardous Waste Fuel Particulate Size Reduction

• Mar-99, Restricting Highly Toxic Wastes at Hazardous Waste Fuel Facilities

• Feb-99, MACT Testing - Do You Measure Up

• Jan-99, MACT The Knife

1998

• Dec-98, Turbulent Flow in Pipes

• Nov-98, Review and comment of EPA530-D-98-002 Guidance on Collection of Emissions Data to Support Site-Specific Risk Assessments at Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities

• Oct-98, Guide For Performing a Trace Metals Mass Balance on a Combustion Device

• Sept-98, Primary Aluminum Production Wastes Spent Aluminum Potliner, K088

• Aug-98, HAZOP REVIEWS

• July-98, Hazardous Waste Fuel/Solvent Recycling Gaskets and Seals

• June-98, Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards and NSPS for Industrial Waste Combustors

• May-98, 1998 A&WMA BIF Conference

• Apr-98, Analytical Laboratory Design and Development

• Mar-98, Minimum Calorific Value for Energy Recovery in Cement Kilns

• Feb-98, Cement Kiln Dust Testing for Organics

• Jan-98, Global Warming - Potential Impacts on the Cement Industry

1997

• Dec-97, Liquid Alternate Fuel Combustion Burner Design

• Nov-97, Quantitation Limits and Stack Testing

• Oct-97, Comments on the 5/2/97 Draft Guidance on Structuring RCRA Trial Burns for Collection of Risk Assessment Data

• Sept-97, Tire Derived Fuel Use in Cement Kilns

• Aug-97, Revised Technical Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities NODA Comments

• July-97, The Millennium Bug

• June-97, Why All Cement Kilns Should Test Their CKD

• May-97, Air & Waste ManagementAssociation Boiler and Industrial Furnace Conference

• Apr-97, Liquid Hazardous Waste Handling Systems - Pump Basics

• Mar-97, Hazardous Waste Combustor Review - Chapter 4 Feedstream Analysis

• Feb-97, Determining Organic Compound Destruction Efficiency

• Jan-97, Hazardous Waste Combustor Review - Chapter 3 Alternative to CO/HC Monitoring for Maintenance of Good Combustion Conditions in Cement Kilns

1996

• Dec-96, Working together in Plant Operations

• Nov-96, Hazardous Waste Combustor Review - Chapter 2 Negative Health and Safety Impacts of the 1996 HWC Regulations

• Oct-96, Hazardous Waste Combustor Review - Chapter 1 Applicability of the HWC Regulation to Cement Kilns

• Sep-96, Should You Test for HAP Emissions?

• Aug-96, The Impact of CKD Recycling on �HCl� Emissions from the Wet Process Cement Kiln

• July-96, The Clean Air Engineering/Gossman Consulting, Inc. Invitation Only Hazardous Waste Combustor Regulations Panel Discussion held in conjunction with Air & Waste Management Association 89th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Summary

• June-96, Continuous Monitoring Requirements BIF Versus HWC

• May-96, Dioxins - Primer & Commentary

• Apr-96, Air & Waste Management Association Boiler and Industrial Furnace Conference

• Mar-96, Radioactive Waste Rejection Action Plan

• Feb-96, Cement Kiln Metal Emissions - Where�s the Risk?

• Jan-96, Comments on Draft SW-846

1995

• Dec-95, A Caution in the Use of Analytical Data in Calculating TEQ Values for Dioxin Reporting

• Nov-95, The �Best� Referenced Methods for Organic Hazardous Waste Analysis

• Oct-95, Subpart CC Voc Emission Controls

• Sept-95, The Potential for CKD Insufflation to Impact Metals Emissions from Cement Kilns

• Aug-95, Organic Vapor Control

• July-95, Appropriate Sampling Frequency for Cement Process Samples During Stack Testing

• June-95, Questions & Answers - International Waste Fuel Use in Cement Kilns

• May-95, 1995 A&WMA BIF Conference Summary

• Apr-95, Cement Kiln Dust and FO39 Limits

• Mar-95, Dioxin Health Assessment Document Review and Comment, (EPA/600/BP-92/001a,b & c)

• Feb-95, EPA Dioxin Exposure Assessment Comments

• Jan-95, Ambient SO2 5-Minute Peak Rule

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GCI Publications

• 2,3,7,8-TCDD Equivalent Emissions from Cement Kilns Burning Hazardous Waste

• The Added Risk to Health, Safety and the Environment Due to the BIF Regulation

• The Analysis of Flammable Industrial Wastes Using Ion Chromatography

• An Analysis of Selected NOD Issues Related to Waste Analysis Plans

• An Analysis of Potential Changes to Operations and Waste Analysis Requirements for Commercial Facilities Regulated Under EPA Proposed Hazardous Waste Combustor Regulations

• BIF Metal Spiking Safety Considerations & Training

• BIF Testing - Is There Anything Else To Learn?

• Burning Waste in Kilns in the United Kingdom A Comparison of Regulations in the United Kingdom versus the United States EPA Regulations

• Cement Kilns Sources of Chlorides Not HCl Emissions

• Changes Required in Hazardous Waste Incinerator Trial Burns and Waste Analysis Plan to Fully Implement �BIF� Requirements

• Community Relations via The World Wide Web

• Comparison of Metal Emissions from Cement Kilns Utilizing Hazardous Waste Fuels with Commercial Waste Incinerators

• Comparison of Metals Spiking Systems and Metal Compound Selection Among the Cement Kilns Conducting Compliance Tests

• A Comparison of Normal and Worst Case Cement Plant Emissions

• Continental Cement Trial Burn Strategy

• Continental Cement Trial Burn Strategy Follow-up

• The Design of A Custom Database System for Storing and Accessing Point Source Emission Test Data and Associated Process Conditions

• Data Processing as an Alternative to Extensive Sample Clean up in the Gas Chromatographic Determination of PCBs

• Data Quality Objectives at Resource and Recovery Act Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (DQOs at RCRA TSDFs)

• The Determination of Metals in Paint and Paint Wastes using Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy

• Development and Design of Hazardous Waste Fuel Blending Facilities in Developing Countries

• EPA Regional Variances in the Interpretation and Implementation of the BIF Regulations

• An Evaluation of a Cement Kiln's Emissions While Under Worst Case Operating Conditions

• AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SELECTED REGULAR POLYTOPES IN HYPER-SPACE AND THEIR REPRESENTATIONS IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS

• The Fate of Trace Metals In The Wet Process Cement Kiln

• Hazardous Waste Fuel and The Cement Kiln: The Incineration Alternative

• Metal Equilibration and Process Capture Efficiencies in Cement Kilns

• Metal Precompliance for Cement Kilns

• A Method for the Rapid Semi-Quantitative Identification of Hazardous Organic Constituents in Liquid Organic Hazardous Waste Streams

• A Model Waste Analysis Plan for Commercial BIF Facilities

• Observations and Comments on EPA/DOE Mercury CEMs Demonstration at Holnam's Holly Hill, SC Facility

• Petroleum and Petrochemical Waste Reuse in Cement Kilns

• Practical Quality Assurance/Quality Control in the Commercial Thermal Treatment Facility Laboratory

• Quality Control of Hazardous Waste Fuel

• Quality Control Review of Mercury and PCDD/PCDF Emissions Data From Cement Kilns Used for MACT Evaluations

• A QUANTITATIVE SYSTEM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INITIAL ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

• A Review of the Usefulness of Various ASTM and SW-846 Methods Which May Be Used by the Thermal Treatment Industry

• Risk Management Plan Update & Modification

• Sources of PCDDs/PCDFs in Cement Kiln Emissions

• Suitability of Hydrocarbon and Carbon Monoxide Measurement as Combustion Indicators in Cement Kilns

• Typical Metal Concentrations in RCRA Waste Burned in Cement Kilns

• The Use of Monochlorobenzene as a Principal Organic Hazardous Constituent for Destruction Efficiency Determinations in Cement Kilns

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Other Publications

• Environmental Justice / Environmental Racism

• USEPA BIF REGULATIONS SUMMARY FOR COMPLIANCE

• GCI Fifth International Congress on Toxic Combustion Byproducts held at the University of Dayton in Dayton Ohio June 22nd thru June 25th 1997

• USEPA Dioxin Workshop November,1996 - Summary

• Learning Lessons from the Cement Kilns Saga

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