NRPP Earns ANSI Accreditation PRESS RELEASE
All Certifications Fulfill Quality, Competence, and Integrity Standards. The National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) has become accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) National Accreditation Board for fulfilling the International Organization...
Rn Biz July 2022
Vol. 8 No. 7 July 2022 News and Events For the Radon Professional Table of Contents NRPP Earns ANSI Accreditation2022 International SymposiumNRSB and ANSI/AARST StandardsARPC AdvertisersVI Transactional ConsiderationsShopping with AmazonChapter Updates NRPP Earns ANSI...
THE VAPOR INTRUSION PATHWAY MINI-SERIES Part1: Transactional Considerations
David R. Gillay, Barnes & Thornburg LLP1 This is the first in a series of three articles focusing on an unseen villain known as vapor intrusion to provide a look into key transactional considerations related to this environmental health hazard. Vapor intrusion...
Five Strategies to be Proactive in Inflationary Times
Robin Royals, President, RC Royals & Associates, LLC As a young commercial loan officer at Michigan National Bank of Detroit, I lived through a highly inflationary period during the Carter administration. The prime rate of interest was 11%. Prime rate is the...
2022 Member Appreciation
May is AARST Member Appreciation Month We are celebrating YOU all month long! Thank you for being part of our community! AARST Members are the core of everything we do,and that’s why we are devoting the entire month of May to show appreciation for our members.We are...
Mitigation Compliance Inspections – Perfect for Home Inspectors
Last October, the National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) implemented a new certification of special interest to home inspectors: Soil Gas Mitigation Compliance Inspector (SGM-CI). The role of this inspection is to verify whether an installed radon mitigation system...
Federal Appropriations: News from Capitol Hill
Congress reached an agreement to fund the federal government in March, a scant six months into the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Highlights: EPA’s State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) program will receive another $500,000 during FY 22 to bring the total to...
Legislative Victories
Legislative Victory: School Testing and Mitigation Required in Iowa The Gail Orcutt School Radon Safety Act passed the Iowa Senate unanimously this past Tuesday, and the Iowa House by an overwhelming majority on March 7. It awaits the signature of Iowa Governor Kim...
National Radon Action Plan 2021-25
(Excerpts from the The National Radon Action Plan 2021–2025 Document.)After 5 years in partnership, the NRAP Leadership Council continues to collaborate, sharing ideas about how best to move critical, life-saving radon action forward. This multisector group shares the...