There is no substitute for experience when designing and managing strategic, effective and safe emissions testing programs. Most of the sampling/monitoring projects managed by Mr. Denomme are large, multi-source, multi-team efforts requiring significant pre-test preparation and discussion to achieve the desired data requirements for the facility. Every source is different, each having its own technical, reporting and safety considerations.

Mr. Denomme believes that stack sampling should be more than generating data for the sake of data. It is generating the right data to facilitate strategic facility decisions and to provide the most accurate representation of the source and/or facility. Working closely with the LEHDER (ISG) Industrial Services Group, Mr. Denomme provides a broad perspective on the value of quality emission data to a facility.

Samples of the technical projects managed/carried out by Mr. Denomme are described below.

Emissions Testing Projects

LEHDER conducts most of the compliance and process-related emissions testing programs for Owens Corning manufacturing facilities located "east of the Mississippi". Since 1995, Mr. Denomme has successfully managed over 100 stack sampling programs at Owens Corning manufacturing facilities located in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, New York, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. Many of the projects required multiple sampling crews and the development of customized or modified sampling methods. These projects were conducted to support process trials, emission credits, emission inventories and to comply with testing conditions described in facility air permits i.e. NSPS, Title V, MACT etc.

Mr. Denomme has designed and managed emissions testing programs at facilities from dozens of industrial sectors. Many of the larger projects are represented by: fiberglass manufacturing, uranium refining, petroleum/petrochemical plants, metals smelting, forest products industry and secondary steel manufacturing.

Training

Mr. Denomme conducts classroom and field training in stack sampling methods and techniques through the Centre for Advanced Process Technology (CAPT) at Lambton College in Sarnia and for Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. In 2004 and 2005, Mr. Denomme prepared and provided training programs for environmental professionals from the Central Pollution Control Board in India. These training programs involved in-class lectures and hands-on instruction at industrial facilities in Sarnia and Delhi India. Consequently, Mr. Denomme has provided input to India’s stack sampling code .

New Technologies and Methods

Mr. Denomme championed the development of extractive Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy at LEHDER representing the first company in Canada to offer this service. Extractive FTIR is a monitoring system capable of identifying and quantifying hundreds of different gases on a continuous "real-time" basis. LEHDER’s FTIR system has been used for several process monitoring projects at oil refineries, chemical plants, glass manufacturing facilities and automobile parts manufacturers. LEHDER is also the Canadian distributor of FTIR monitoring systems manufactured by IMACC of Round Rock, Texas.

Mr. Denomme has implemented the used of "paired" sampling trains to evaluate data quality and precision for several projects. These efforts have demonstrated that variable emission data are almost always due to process fluctuations and not random sampling error. They have also been used to assess the recovery of target compounds for projects where a higher level of QA/QC is required. For example this technique has been used to evaluate recovery of acrolein and acetaldehyde using a modified version of CARB 430. It was also instrumental in showing the biases associated with using filters upstream of impingers for "wet method" formaldehyde gas sampling methods.

Education and Professional Memberships Diploma Environmental Technology, Fanshawe College, London, Ontario Member - Ontario Association of Certified Technologists and Technicians Member - Source Evaluation Society Nominated - Fanshawe Distinguished Alumni Award ,1999, 2000 Board Member - Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce