Annual Guide 2021 I SOURCE TESTING ASSOCIATION


Chairman’s introduction to the 2021 STA Annual Guide


Welcome to the STA’s 2021 Annual Guide. I hope you fi nd the guide a useful reference document. Most importantly, I hope that all of you, your families, friends and colleagues are safe and well during these unusual times.


2020 has proved to be an unprecedented year. Many new words have entered the lexicon: pandemic, social distancing, lockdown and furlough. The STA, the stack testing community and operators have all inevitably been affected by these events to some degree. I am truly heartened by the resilience shown by the STA and its members in their determination to get through this and face a brighter future together. We have adapted to the new normal and it was wonderful to see so many of you attend the online General Meeting in June. We will continue to hold online meetings for the foreseeable future and I look forward to the time when we can once more squeeze into a room in Hitchin and talk to one another face-to-face over a sandwich and a kit-kat.


CONTENTS


2 The Best Available Techniques Review Process – An Operator’s View from the UK


6 Developments in Process Gas Analysers and their impact on


our air quality


10 Source Testing Association sub groups – A collaborative


Stewart Davies, Head of Technical Compliance, Viridor


The STA exists to serve the interests of its diverse membership. We have, over the past 20+ years, played a crucial role in the evolution of emissions monitoring in the UK by bringing together operators, regulators, test houses, equipment suppliers, consultants, and certifi cation bodies. EU Directives, Best Available Techniques and CEN standards continue to provide the foundations for our industry. As Brexit enters its fi nal stages, whatever form it fi nally takes, the UK will continue to adopt the strictest standards for environmental compliance, emissions monitoring, and environmental testing. Brexit will therefore almost certainly bring forward as many opportunities as well as challenges in the long-term. The STA will be important in supporting the technical and regulatory future of emissions monitoring and management in the UK and beyond.


If you are a member of the STA, I would like to thank you for your continued support. Any assistance you are able to offer in helping us navigate the next 12 months would be welcomed, whether that is by contributing to technical debates, volunteering for roles, recommending the STA to peers or attending meetings and training.


If you are not currently a member of the STA, I would encourage you to join. For a very modest annual fee, your organisation will have the benefi ts of: discounted specialist training; access to a wide ranging support network including free telephone advice; and participating in the development of standards and regulatory guidance documents.


I would like to offer our Past Chair, Mark Elliott, my heartfelt thanks for his unstinting efforts in steering the STA over the last 2 years. Thanks are due too to Samantha Harvey, Andy Curtis and Simon Medhurst for their resilience in maintaining STA’s support to its members though trying times.


Best wishes to all of you. Stewart Davies Chair STA Chair Stewart Davies, Viridor


Chair Elect Alison Sampson,


IRIS Emissions Services Ltd


Quality and Technical Offi cer Richard Harvey, NPL


Health & Safety Offi cer Stuart Rowbotham, ENVEA and Kathryn Goldacre, Viridor


Small Business Offi cer Roger Brown, Oakwood Environmental Services


Equipment Suppliers Offi cer Mike Smith, Enviro Technology Services


The Source Testing Association is committed to the advancement of the science and practice of emission monitoring and to develop and maintain a high quality of service to customers. The Association was formed in 1995 and has a membership of more than 200 companies. Every two years, the membership elects offi cers who become the governing body and directors of the Association. The Association is a non-profi t-making organisation and all proceeds are used to enhance membership services. The Association's headquarters are in Hitchin, Hertfordshire with meeting rooms, library and administration offi ces.


Process Operators Paul Firth, Tarmac


Publicity Marcus Pattison, Environmental Technology Publications


Past Chairman


Mark Elliott, Element Materials Technology Environmental UK Ltd


Contact details Source Testing Association, Unit 9, Knowl Piece Business Centre, Knowl Piece, Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 OTY. Tel: +44 (0)1462 457535 Fax: +44 (0)1462 457157 Email: admin@s-t-a.org Web: www.s-t-a.org


The STA Guide is published on behalf of the STA by:


Environmental Technology Publications Ltd, Oak Court, St. Albans, Herts, AL3 6PH. Telephone: +44 (0)1727 858840 Fax: +44 (0)1727 840310 Email: info@iet-pub.com Web: www.envirotech-online.com


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effort between regulators, accredited test laboratories, process operators and instrument suppliers.


14 STA Training 20 STA Guidance Notes


22 Standards and Methods for Environmental monitoring in the UK


27 STA Members A-Z listings


35 Emissions testing 39 Analytical laboratories


40 Equipment Suppliers: source monitoring


42 Equipment Suppliers: Ambient monitoring


43 Specialist services 44 Ambient monitoring services 44 Training

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