| EPA has issued three technical guides to assist environmental professionals in scoping, data management and strategic sampling activities at hazardous waste sites. EPA intends for the guides to strengthen Superfund site characterization activities to facilitate stronger site remedy decisions and improved remedy performance, among other objectives. The purpose of this technical guide is to assist environmental professionals in identifying where strategic sampling approaches may benefit data collection activities at their project or site and what sampling approach may be most effective given site conditions. Two additional companion technical guides should be used in conjunction with this strategic sampling approaches technical guide: Smart Scoping for Environmental Investigations and Best Practices for Data Management. |