Using the triad approach to expedite the acquisition of an Abbott district school site

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Abstract

The Triad Approach was field-tested to determine if characterization objectives could be met for a brownfields property that had been identified as a future elementary school site. The new school is in response to a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling (the Abbott decision) that directed the state of New Jersey to fund school construction in poorer districts to expand physical facilities to relieve overcrowding. The Triad Approach is promoted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a process that has the potential to improve the timeliness and efficiency of site characterization, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) recently issued a policy statement supporting its potential. Aggressive school construction deadlines are contingent on property acquisitions that are relatively faster than the traditional investigatory process. In addition, given the future sensitive population, the investigations must be thorough. This case study is among the first studies to document the use of the Triad Approach for a future school site. The Triad Approach was used to define site conditions for six areas of concern in a two-month time frame (from the start of the planning process to completed investigation). © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Identifier

84994636204 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Remediation

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.20003

e-ISSN

15206831

ISSN

10515658

First Page

85

Last Page

105

Issue

2

Volume

14

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