Radon Reporter March 2022

THE RADON REPORTER | 3 UPDATES FROMTHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANSI/ISO 17024 Accreditation Update The NRPP’s final application for ANSI/ISO 17024 Accreditation for Personnel Certification Bodies, including all the support documentation, has been submitted and reviewed by ANSI for completeness. Within a few weeks, ANSI will assign two assessors to review our documentation in detail. The review process takes 4-6 weeks and may include questions from the assessors. Following the detailed review, the assessors will schedule a 2-day virtual site visit with the NRPP staff. Afterward, there will be a closing meeting during which the assessors will issue any non-conformities; we will have 90 days to complete any corrective actions. While the entire process for closing any citations may take as long as six months, our objective is to have as few non-conformities as possible and have them corrected in short order. Once any corrective actions have been completed, the assessors will meet with the Evaluation Task Group (ETG), a subcommittee of the Personnel Certification Accreditation Committee (PCAC). Based on the recommendation from the ETG, the PCAC will vote on whether to award our accreditation. The next two PCAC meetings are scheduled for April 12th and June 21st. While it is ambitious to think our hoop- jumping will be completed in time for an April approval, we look forward to accreditation by no later than June 21st. Vapor Intrusion Inclusion The AARST Bylaws have been updated to include a Vapor Intrusion Council, consisting of AARST Board-appointed Vapor Intrusion professionals committed to advancing the growth, development, and sustainability of the chemical vapor intrusion inside AARST. Council members must be members in good standing with the AARST national organization and will elect two Council Directors to serve on the AARST Board with full voting privileges. The NRPP Certification Council has assembled a workgroup of experienced VI mitigation professionals to perform a Job Task Analysis for an eventual VI Mitigation certification exam and credential. The committee chair is Chris Lutes, a principal technologist with Jacobs and a nationally recognized expert in the study of the intrusion of contaminated vapors into buildings. SGM-Compliance Inspector Certification The new NRPP Soil Gas Mitigation Compliance Inspector (SGM-CI) Exam and Certification is targeted at those who want to inspect ASD systems to verify if the installation complies with the ANSI-AARST Soil-Gas Mitigation Standard. Certified SGM Compliance Inspectors have free access to the AARST SGM Inspection App used to perform a visual assessment and generate an attractive mitigation inspection report PDF. If you perform radon measurements for real estate transactions, you know that the seller is usually tasked with hiring a mitigator if the result is at or above the Action Level. We all know sellers are only interested in the cheapest proposal. As the buyer’s advocate, let your client know it’s important for you to return after the installation to perform the post-mitigation clearance test and inspect the system to ensure it complies with the ANSI-AARST Mitigation Standard. If you find any non-compliant items, the buyer now has leverage to require corrections before closing. Certified inspectors may also contract with AARST to perform compliance inspections for state radon programs. The Kansas State University Radon Training Center regularly offers the SGM-Compliance Inspector Exam-Prep Course. We expect other providers to submit courses for approval as the year progresses. Dallas Jones, AARST-NRPP Executive Director