Technical and Regulatory Guidance for the Triad Approach: A

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New Paradigm for Environmental Project Management

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Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council

2004

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . iii

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Evolution of the Current Investigation Paradigm1

1.2 Why Change the Paradigm? 1

2.0 THE TRIAD APPROACH .2

2.1 Overview of the Triad Approach.2

2.2 Resource Savings and Investigation Quality.5

2.3 Applicability.5

2.4 Triad Approach Perspective 6

2.5 Systematic Project Planning17

2.6 Dynamic Work Strategies .19

2.7 Real-Time Measurement Technologies.23

2.8 Other Triad Approach Considerations 28

2.9 Summary .30

3.0 RELATIONSHIPS TO EXISTING GUIDANCE31

3.1 The Triad Approach and the DQO Process.32

3.2 The Triad Approach and PBMS33

3.3 The Triad Approach and the Dynamic Field Activities Guidance34

3.4 The Triad Approach and MARSSIM 34

3.5 The Triad Approach versus the “Sediment Quality Triad” 35

3.6 The Triad Approach and the Technical Project Planning Approach.35

3.7 The Triad Approach and Early ITRC Guidance .35

4.0 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.36

4.1 Advantages 36

4.2 Disadvantages37

5.0 REGULATORY AND OTHER BARRIERS.38

5.1 Organizational Barriers .38

5.2 Concerns with Real-Time Measurement Technologies 42

5.3 Conflicts with State Law, Policy, or Guidance .48

5.4 Lack of Guidance for State Regulators .48

5.5 Defining Action Levels During Systematic Project Planning.49

5.6 Associating Uncertainty to Specific Decisions .50

5.7 Recommendations for Overcoming Barriers.51

6.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF TRIAD IN A STATE REGULATORY AGENCY.52

6.1 New Jersey Policy Statement Supporting the Triad Approach .52

6.2 New Jersey Triad Approach Training .52

6.3 New Jersey Regulations Pertinent to the Triad Approach 53

7.0 STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS.55

8.0 HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS.56

9.0 CASE STUDY SUMMARIES .57

9.1 Fernald Uranium Processing Facility 57

9.2 Varsity Cleaners 57

9.3 Wanatchee Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center Test Plot57

9.4 Assunpink Creek Brownfields.58

9.5 McGuire Air Force Base C-17 Hangar Site 58

9.6 Pine Street Barge Canal.58

10.0 REFERENCES .58

11.0 ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION62

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A. Acronyms

APPENDIX B. Case Studies

APPENDIX C. Response to Comments

APPENDIX D. ITRC Contacts, Fact Sheet, and Product List