AARST is Hiring
AARST is Hiring Executive Director The Search Committee has been working with JDG Associates, a DC-area executive search firm, to identify AARST’s next Executive Director. JDG has posted the announcement. Persons wishing to be considered for the position should apply...
2022 AARST Board Elections
AARST Board Election for 2022 Voting Dates For AARST BOD Elections Current AARST members will receive an electronic eBallot link at 12:00 AM ET Friday, October 14, and will have ten days to vote ending 12:00 Noon Eastern, October 24, 2022. Two candidates are running...
PAC Silent Auction
The AARST Radon PAC is sponsoring a silent auction in conjunction with the Symposium. The PAC needs prizes from AARST members! Please consider contributing something attractive and fun to the effort. Here’s a list of suggestions: Golf outing, fishing trip, whitewater...
Radon Licensure Required in CO
Radon professional licensure now required in Colorado DENVER - Consumers building or buying homes should be aware that any associated radon measurement or radon mitigation services must now be performed by a licensed professional in Colorado. This requirement took...
THE VAPOR INTRUSION PATHWAY MINI-SERIES Part 2: Regulatory Closure Challenges
David R. Gillay, Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1 This is the second in a series of articles focusing on an unseen villain known as vapor intrusion.This article discusses some of the challenges and new tools to secure and maintain regulatory closureof contaminated sites...
Device-Specific Training
Christina Johnson, NRPP Credentialing Coordinator Are you an NRPP measurement certified professional using analytical testing devices? Depending on the type of deviceyou are operating, you may be able to skip the device performance test for your certification...
HUD Awards $4 MILLION to Public Housing Agencies to Protect Families from Potential Exposures to Radon in Rockford IL; Fort Wayne IN; Rockville MD; Inkster MI; Independence MO; Albany NY; Cleveland, OH; Lebanon PA; and Rock Hill SC.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes has awarded $4 million to nine public housing agencies (PHAs) to conduct radon testing and, as needed, radon mitigation in approximately 1,000 housing units....
NJDEP Has New Rules for Testers and Mitigators Effective Dec. 6, 2022
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Commission on Radiation Protection have repealed the existing radon certification program and adopted new rules applicable to individuals and businesses that test for or mitigate radon. The new provisions...
NRPP’s Radon Certification Program Earns ANSI Accreditation for Meeting the ISO/IEC 17024 Standard for Personnel Certification Bodies
The National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) was accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) National Accreditation Board for fulfilling the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17024 standard for certification bodies in June....