From Name
Peter Hendrick

Outreach
for Public Discussion on Radon Protocols & Standards Posted on The Radon
Leaders Saving Lives web portal.
National
Radon Chamber & Calibration Protocols/Standards
Specific
Comments Sought on Chambers and Device Calibration
Go to    http://www.radonleaders.org/standards
 
This outreach effort is intended
as an informal and public discussion group only.
 
It is not connected
with any work currently ongoing within the three accredited standards
organizations (ASTM, ANSI or AARST) currently working on radon standards in the
United States.
 
COMMENT PERIOD is 60
DAYS –CLOSES JUNE 28, 2009
 
The State of Pennsylvania
Radon Program has recently been developing a potential chamber policy that
could be useful not only for their state’s own regulated program but also
for non-regulatory states, tribes and other jurisdictions. Leaders in
accredited standards organizations, as well as within the radon community and
many state radon programs are seeking public discussion and feedback from the
radon professional community on the proposed PA Chamber Policy (as a national
discussion topic only), including:
Initial
conceptual comments on need and scope and priority of a national chamber
standard
Initial
technical suggestions on such a draft policy
Whether the
policy is a basis for a working group or a standards to create a national
interim protocol that would lead eventually to a consensus standard
What stakeholder
groups should be involved in the creation of such a chamber standard
Expression of
interest by stakeholder groups and individuals to work on
A interim
national chamber protocol
Consensus
standards committees and workgroups
Important Notice:
This is neither a regulatory nor an official standards process but an initial
discussion with the radon professional community on the scope and need for such
policies and standards. It is not associated with an accredited standards
program or any state or federal regulatory program. Read the
Draft Pennsylvania Policy For Discussion and Comment »  Please post
your comments on the discussion the Radon Leaders Saving Lives Portal
Discussion Group over the next 60 days – and no later than June 28, 2009.
  You comments may assist in the development of a national standard and
recognized protocols for chambers and device calibration.
 
 
Peter Hendrick
Executive Director, AARST
603-756-9259
director@aarst.org
 
 
AARST MISSION: AARST is a nonprofit,
professional organization of members who are dedicated to the highest standard
of excellence and ethical performance of radon measurement, radon mitigation
and transfer of radon information for the benefit of members, consumers and the
public at large.
 
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