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Environmental Compliance Permitting


Our capabilities include:

    Air Permitting

  • New Source Plan Approval Application
  • Existing Source Minor Changes (RFD Applications)
  • Existing Source Major Modigications (Plan Approval Applications

    Stormwater Permiting

  • NPDES for Stormwater
  • Residual Waste

  • Form U Renewal of Landfill Approval Application

Air

Regardless of operation, each business must comply with certain requirements of federal & state regulations. For instance, if within your process you are generating air emission, then you must comply with air regulations and you must possess some type of permission from a regulatory agency to continue operation. Even any minor/major changes to the existing air emission sources must be approved prior to modification of the source.

Certain materials will contribute to a greater extent than others to impacts on air quality. Some compounds may affect VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds), HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutant), NOx (Nitrous Oxides) emissions, and a variety of other air pollutants.

At MATCO, we wil analyze your process and determine what type of application procedure you may need in order to be in compliance with air regulations.

Stormwater

Runoff from any industrial activity must comply with stormwater regulations. Industrial activities must have a stormwater permit that comes with certain sampling, analyses, and reporting requirements.

Residual Waste

If you are generating waste commonly known as regular trash and having that disposed at a landfill, you are required to have an approval from the landfill and your permit needs to be updated and renewed every year. At MATCO we will make sure you will meet the requirements.




Why Choose Matco Associates?

As one of the premier testing and inspection facilities featuring state of the art equipment, Matco Associates is able to provide a unique and diverse blend of services. Virtually thousands of investigations have been performed at Matco Associates, which range from jet engines and boiler tubes, to computer components and implants. Projects are not only conducted from initiation to completion with competent and experienced personnel, but conducted in a discrete manner that ensures confidentiality as well.

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Main Office Address:
MATCO Associates, Inc.
4640 Campbells Run Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15205

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Materials Forum

MATCO CLIENTS IN THE PUBLIC EYE, MATCO BEHIND THE SCENES

Although Matco's work is vital to its clients, it is rarely seen by the public. Here are some examples of recent jobs in which Matco provided the timely, competent, customer-oriented engineering analysis that made the difference.

Failure Analysis:
Metallurgical support for a major commercial airline fleet that includes failure analysis investigations, corrosion investigations, and quality control testing.

Corrosion Engineering:

Cathodic protection system design and installation for a submerged ocean tunnel for the off-loading facility of the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) process facility in the United States.

Paint Analysis:
On-site and laboratory investigation of paint delamination failures (flaking and peeling) on galvanized structural members of several major stadiums in the United States.

Enviromental Testing:

Comparative testing of the resistance of pharmaceutical labels to environmental stresses (MFG, Humidity, and QUV testing) for a major drug company to determine what labels held up the best.

Fire Investigation:
Same-day analysis of the effects of a truck fire on the superstructure of a major highway bridge to determine whether or not the highway could remain open.

Explosion Invesgitagtion:

Failure analysis of a gas main explosion that caused casualities.

Power Plants:
Failure analysis and remaining life determination of boiler componets in the power industry.

New Materials:
Electrochemical corrosion evaluation of implant materials such as hips, knees, stents, etc. to improve products and performance.

R&D:
Research & Development of coatings and sensors for the construction industry.