Present Day
ITRC continues to be focused on our founding purpose – developing tools and strategies to reduce interstate barriers to the deployment of innovative environment technologies.
To date, ITRC has published over 150 guidance documents and provided online and in-person training and education to over 200,000 participants. ITRC continues to be focused on its founding purpose – developing tools and strategies to reduce interstate barriers to the deployment of innovative environment technologies.
2024
ITRC celebrates providing training to over 200,000 participants. The partnership with U.S. EPA’s CLU-IN, and support from DOD, DOE, IAP Members, and other partners are instrumental in making ITRC a trusted source in providing online and in-person training and education sessions for federal and state personnel, consulting engineers, technology developers, remediation contractors, and other stakeholders.
2015
ITRC trains over 100,000 participants since beginning its trainings in 1995!
2012
ITRC publishes its 100th document, Using Remediation Risk Management to Address Groundwater Cleanup Challenges at Complex Sites (RMM-2).
2011
ITRC creates its 50th internet based training course, Decision Framework for Applying Monitored Natural Attenuation Processes to Metals and Radionuclides in Groundwater.
2005
ITRC publishes its 50th document, Permeable Reactive Barriers: Lessons Learned/New Directions.
ITRC launches the Industry Affiliates Program (IAP), allowing private companies, industry associations, and other for-profit organizations to actively participate in ITRC Project and Training Teams.
ITRC grows its national reach, now including members from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
2002-2003
The ITRC Workgroup is renamed the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC). The relationship between ITRC and ERIS is formalized through the ERIS Bylaws, giving ITRC the status and benefits of a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
2000
ITRC releases its first Strategic Plan, the Five-Year Program Plan (FYPP), to align financial resources with the priorities of member states, industry partners, and federal agencies while ensuring inclusive decision-making.
ITRC publishes its 30th guidance document, Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs): Review of Emerging Characterization and Remediation Technologies, in response to growing state interest in DNAPL contamination.
1999
The ITRC Workgroup continues to expand, with states across the nation wanting to participate, and seeks a national host organization. The Environmental Research Institute of the States (ERIS), a nonprofit research and education affiliate of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), begins managing the ITRC Workgroup.
1998
ITRC launches its first internet-based training course, Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater, through U.S. EPA’s CLU-IN, and trains 950 regulators from 46 states.
The State Engagement Program (SEP) is established with 25 participating states to enhance collaboration among state environmental agencies, ensuring the accessibility and use of ITRC resources.
1996
The DO-IT Committee is dissolved, but its final report includes a WGA recommendation for the ITRC Workgroup to become independent and permanent.
The ITRC Workgroup continues independently and publishes its first guidance document, Multi-State Evaluation of an Expedited Site Characterization Technology: Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System Laser-Induced Fluorescence (SCAPS-LIF), which focuses on accelerated site characterization.
The ITRC Workgroup’s MOU is revised to establish a process for reciprocal evaluation, acceptance, and approval of innovative environmental cleanup technologies. Funding for its independent operation is secured from the DOE Office of Environmental Management. ERIS is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation, with management jointly handled by WGA and the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB). Additionally, New York and Pennsylvania sign the MOU.
1995
The heads of the environmental agencies of California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), committing to share data, information, and standards for the use of innovative environmental cleanup technologies facilitated by the ITRC Workgroup.
The DO-IT Committee charges the ITRC Workgroup to seek ways to encourage state environmental regulatory agencies to work together on the permitting of innovative environmental cleanup technologies.
1994
As the DO-IT Committee is coming to an end, state environmental regulators Jim Allen (CA) and Nancy Worst (TX) propose a similar, but state-led effort, focusing on encouraging state environmental agencies to work together on permitting of innovative environmental clean up technologies. This effort is named the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation (ITRC) Workgroup and managed by Western Governors’ Association.
1992
The Develop Onsite Innovative Technology (DO-IT) Committee is formed to reduce regulatory barriers to the use of innovative environmental clean up technologies. The DO-IT Committee consists of the states (through the Western Governors’ Association) and the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Interior, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency.