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Collaboration for Successful Innovation. Joe Francis, NE Dept. of Environmental Quality ITRC Co-Chair. Overview. ITRC Organization (who we are) Approach (what we do) Successes (how we’re doing) Challenge for the future Visibility (getting to know each other)
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Collaboration forSuccessful Innovation Joe Francis, NE Dept. of Environmental Quality ITRC Co-Chair
Overview • ITRC • Organization (who we are) • Approach (what we do) • Successes (how we’re doing) • Challenge for the future • Visibility (getting to know each other) • Collaboration (working together)
ITRC Organization • 10 + Years of Reducing Barriers • Diverse, voluntary membership • State and Federal Regulators • Problem holders • (DoD, DOE, Private Sector) • Academia • Citizen Stakeholders • Technical Teams
ITRC Support • Federal Agencies (DoD, DOE, EPA) • Housed under ECOS/ERIS • Industry (Industry Affiliates Program) • In kind support from states • Time commitment from members
ITRC Approach • Technical Teams (14 teams in 2006) • Each composed of state and federal regulators, industry, and citizen stakeholders. • Working on documents and guidelines • Thousands trained on various technical topics • Over 60 guidance documents available
Alternative Landfill Technologies Arsenic in Groundwater Bioremediation of DNAPLs Brownfields Diffusion Samplers Enhanced Attenuation: Chlorinated Organics MTBE and Other Fuel Oxygenates Perchlorate Radionuclides Remediation Process Optimization Risk Assessment Sampling, Characterization and Monitoring Unexploded Ordnance Vapor Intrusion ITRC Technical Teams 2006
ITRC Success • The shovel is in the dirt • Sampling team example • Seeing ITRC being documented on permits
Other Successful Programs • Environmental Technology Verification Program • MA Environmental Results Program • Performance Track • UK Permit Program
Gaining Visibility • Learn about other organizations • What do they do that we don’t? • What do we do that they don’t? • What do we both do? • What is no one doing? • Determine what strengths each brings to the table.
Working Together • Channel / Manage Information • Build partnerships • Formal (MOU’s, joint conferences) • Informal (information sharing) • Change • Examine change models • Actively manage change