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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