The Triad Approach: A New
Paradigm For Environmental
Project Management
This flyer announces a technical/regulatory Triad precepts about managing decision un-
guidance document prepared by the Inter-
state Technology & Regulatory Council
(ITRC) Sampling, Characteriza-
tion and Monitoring (SCM)
Team released early in
2004. It introduces the „
_ . . . Systematic
Triad approach as an Project
integrated package of Planning
concepts leading to
modernized practices for
how contaminated site work
is conducted.
Real-time Measurement
Technologies
Environmental restoration remains a
lengthy and expensive process. The Triad
approach draws on technological, scientific,
and process advances to improve project
certainty, heterogeneity, and streamlined
real-time decision-making are not brand
new to the environmental commu-
nity, combining them into a
fully integrated, logical ap-
proach for managing
cleanup projects is new
to many. The U.S. En-
vironmental Protection
Agency (EPA) com-
bined the best elements
from prior initiatives and called
the resulting synthesis the "Triad
Dynamic
Work
Strategies
approach." This ITRC document explains the
advantages offered by the Triad approach
to show how these improvements can ben-
efit government regulators, the regulated
quality and save resources. Although core community) and the public.
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This ITRC document should stimulate un-
derstanding and discussion of the Triad ap-
proach. It explains the relationship of the
Triad to existing guidance such as the data
quality objectives process. The document
notes regulatory and organizational barri-
ers that may present obstacles. Although the
Triad approach itself is not a regulatory pro-
gram, regulatory agencies may chose to
adapt their programs to facilitate Triad
projects. The state of New Jersey has re-
cently implemented a formal program to
adopt the Triad approach, and a section is
devoted to explaining those efforts. Stake-
holder issues are an important consideration
for adoption of any technology or approach,
and this document has a section dedicated
to that end. Case studies revealing the ad-
vantages and potential success of using the
Triad approach are summarized in the text
and detailed in Appendix B.
Cheaper, rapid analytical
methods (screening? more
rigorous? done in lab? field?)
High Density Sampling
Manages CSM
& sampling
uncertainty
Costlier rigorous
analytical methods
1
Low DL + analyte specificity
Manages analytical
uncertainty
The ITRC Triad document can be accessed through
the ITRC website (wwwjtrcweb,o_rg) or directly
through this URL: http://www.itrcweb.org/SCM-1 pdf.
United States
Environmental Protection
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5102G)
EPA542-F-04-015
April 2004
www.clu-in.or
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