Stack Testing Services

Pinchin Environmental Ltd. offers a wide range of emission sampling services to clients in support of environmental audits, Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) Certificate of Approval (Air) permits, compliance test programs, and abatement performance certification.

Our sampling team has conducted hundreds of sampling programs following U.S. EPA, MOE, California Air Resources Board (CARB), and Environment Canada reference method protocols. Cost effective screening programs can also be developed where reference method testing is not required.

Sampling capabilities exist for the following general classes of contaminants:

• Particulate Matter (PM, PM 10 , PM 2.5 )
• Metals
• Chromium (Cr and Cr +6 )
• Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) including PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs
• Odours
• In-house Odour Panel Evaluation
• Acid Gases
• Nitrogen Oxides
• Sulphur Dioxide
• Carbon Monoxide
• Carbon Dioxide
• Oxygen
• Total Hydrocarbons

Some of the industrial sectors served include:

• Hazardous and biomedical waste incineration
• Chemical
• Metal coating
• Meat and Poultry
• Cement production
• Abrasive grinding products
• Foundries and mills
• Primary and secondary plastics / resins
• Ink and paint production and use
• Thermal and nuclear power generation
• Automotive parts manufacturing and assembly
• Forging and Stamping
• Furniture and Appliance Manufacturing