Updated December 21, 2011

What's New

Technical Assistance in Litigation Proceedings

GCI can provide technical assistance to legal counsel in litigation involving chemical and environmental forensics, hazardous waste materials, hazardous materials handling, regulatory compliance, fires and explosions at hazardous waste facilities and injury or chemical exposure claims due to hazardous materials or hazardous materials operations. 
David Gossman is an Associate Member of the American Bar Association - Section of Environment, Energy & Resources.


Check out the latest information on dioxin and metal emissions from cement kilns - "Emissions of metals and polychlorinated dibenzo(p)dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) from Portland cement manufacturing plants: inter-kiln variability and dependence on fuel-types.", Sci Total Environ. 2011 Sep 15;409(20):4198-205. Epub 2011 Aug 10.


Check out the latest information on alternatives to activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions from cement kilns - "Alternatives to ACI", International Cement Review, May 2011, pp 70-72, Tradeship Publications Ltd, UK  - Special Thanks to International Cement Review for providing copyright permission to use the paper at gcisolutions.com
"Alternate Fuels and Economic Downturns" by David Gossman is in the March 2009 issue of World Cement magazine. Special thanks to World Cement for providing copyright permission to use the paper at gcisolutions.com
Latest TechNotes:

GCI Tech Notes "Why Opposition to New Cement Plants Using Coal as Fuel Will Increase Emissions – The Law of Unintended Consequences" December 2011

GCI Tech Notes "Process Compatible SO2 Control In Cement Kilns" July 2011

GCI Tech Notes "Comparison of New MACT Limits for New Portland Cement Plants and New Portland Cement Plants Burning Solid Waste as Fuel" May 2011

GCI Tech Notes "Portland Cement 2010 NESHAP Final Rule - Particulate" March 2011

GCI Tech Notes "BACT for GHG (Green House Gas) from Cement Plants - A Critical Error in the EPA BACT Example" February 2011


GCI Tech Notes "Net Heating Value versus High Heating Value" January 2011
GCI Tech Notes "Relative Measurements of Temperature" October 2010
GCI Tech Notes "Portland Cement 2010 NESHAP Final Rule - Mercury" September 2010

GCI Tech Notes "Environmental Sustainability of the Sharps PELLA-DRX™ Product" July 2010

GCI Tech Notes "Cement Kiln Alternative Fuels - An Update" June 2010

GCI Tech Notes "The Negative Environmental Impact of Classifying Coal Combustion Products as Hazardous Waste" May 2010

GCI Tech Notes "HAZOP - Before You Start" April 2009

Selected TechNotes Now in Chinese (Mandarin)

Recent Power Point Presentations on the New PC MACT rule!


Also Visit

ChemRight Laboratories Inc.  is a soil, water and plant analytical testing laboratory in Maquoketa, Iowa, owned by David and Susan Gossman who operate a farm in Jackson County.

TreeFarmProducts.com  is a native hardwood supplier for woodworkers. TreeFarmProducts is now carrying a line of products for those planting and protecting trees - check out our new on line store at the website.

units converter We now have a direct link to the units converter created by mentorship
students at the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA)!