This project ended in 2005 and is no longer active. NEWMOA developed brochures and conducted workshops focused on improving the quality of site investigations performed by consultants.

Outreach Materials:

Site Investigation Matters - state specific brochures developed for responsible parties and their representatives emphasizing the importance of site investigation to a project's bottom line and hiring a good consultant who will do quality work.

• Maine - June 2005
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• Massachusetts - June 2005
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• New Hampshire - May 2005
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• New Jersey - June 2005
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• Rhode Island - April 2005
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• Vermont - May 2005
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Improving Site Investigation - Details the four C's of successful site investigations: comprehensive planning, collection of sufficient data, clear reporting, and compliance with state requirements. (December 2005)
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Workshops:

• What Regulators Want: Improved Quality of Site Characterization Through Effective Communication and the Conceptual Site Model Approach - June 2004


• Northeast States' Improving the Quality of Site Characterization Conference - June 2002 - Sponsored by NEWMOA, EPA Region 1, and EPA's Technology Innovation Program

Results of Participant Survey on Barriers to Increased Use of Flexible Workplans and Field Analytical Methods [PDF]
2002. 15pp.
NEWMOA distributed a survey at the Improving the Quality of Site Characterization conferences in June 2002 to obtain attendee perspectives on the barriers to the use of flexible work plans and field-based analytics and their recommendations. This publication summarizes the responses.

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