For our second Q&A article, Radonleaders.org contacted Catherine Rosfjord & Mike Lunsford from the North Carolina Radon program. Catherine and Mike presented a state program update at the last Region 4 Radon Meeting. After a busy NRAM month, they agreed to share their updates with the Radonleaders.org community and talk about some of the great work that has been going on in the state of North Carolina.

Please feel free to post your comment and questions at the bottom of each Q&A articles for further information.

Becoming a Regulatory State:

1. As a non-regulatory state trying to get some rules and regulation in place can you talk a little a bit about the development over the past year to change this and model states you have looked into to give you some sort of direction?

We at Radonleaders.org are excited to present our new Blog feature Q&A with Radon state officials. This Q&A will allow states to provide updates with the RL.org community, so as to share the great work that is going on around the nation. In addition, this will assist in providing programs with different approaches in their area and ways to incorporate even greater results with additional efforts. We have developed four topic areas which we want to explore during our Q&A: Rules and Regulations, Partnership, Outreach and Region Meetings.

Patricia W. Smith of the Alabama State Radon Program gave a great project overview at the last Region 4 Radon meeting. She took time out of her endless work schedule to inform us about some of the great work that has been going on in here state. Also, attached you will find her presentation from the meeting.

Partnership:

CRCPD has awarded six mini-grants for the 2011 Radon Mini Grant Program. Congratulations to the following state programs and their respective community partners:

• Illinois Emergency Management Agency and American Lung Association in Illinois
• Nebraska DHHS Radon Program and Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department
• Ohio Department of Health, Indoor Radon Program and Erie County Health Department
• Maine DHHS Radiation Control Program and the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council
• Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Southern Illinois Hospital Services
• Nebraska DHHS Radon Program and Panhandle Public Health District