Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 25. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
PART I. Department of Environmental Protection |
Subpart D. Environmental Health and Safety |
Article V. Radiological Health |
Chapter 240. Radon Certification |
SubChapter D. OPERATION REQUIREMENTS |
Section 240.303. Reporting of information
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(a) Within 45 days after testing, mitigation or other radon-related service is provided, the person providing the service shall submit to the Department in a format approved by the Department the results of testing, including screening measurements, follow-up measurements, premitigation measurements, postmitigation measurements and the method used to mitigate against radon contamination. If no testing, mitigation or radon-related service has been provided during this 45-day period, that person shall inform the Department of same in writing. Anyone required to provide this 45-day reporting who does not report within 90 days of the completion of the activity will be subject to the Late 45-Day Reporting Fee as set forth in Appendix A (relating to radon certification fee schedule). At a minimum, these results will be retained for 2 years. The information must include:
(1) The name of the person providing the service.
(2) The name and address of the owner or occupant of the building involved.
(3) The address and location of the building involved, including street and number, post office, full zip code and county.
(4) The date each measurement was taken, or the mitigation performed.
(5) The type of house or building, the types of measurements, location within the building of specific measurements, and the results in picocuries per liter or in working levels.
(6) The type and price of mitigation system installed.
(b) Within 45 days after testing, mitigation or other radon-related service is provided, the person providing radon-related services shall report in writing to the owner or occupier of the building the results in picocuries per liter and when appropriate in working levels of radon measurements taken in the building. If a person provides the service through a certified intermediary, it is the responsibility of the intermediary to report the results.
(c) For a person performing mitigation, each building shall be tested for radon levels before and after the mitigation is performed. Each test must be at least 48 hours in duration and follow EPA- or DEP-approved protocols. The postmitigation test shall be conducted no sooner than 24 hours after completion of the mitigation. The results of radon testing shall be reported in accordance with this section.
The provisions of this § 240.303 amended May 16, 2008, effective May 17, 2008, 38 Pa.B. 2243; amended November 14, 2008, effective January 1, 2009, 38 Pa.B. 6275. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (333968) to (333969).
Notation
The provisions of this § 240.303 amended under sections 301, 302 and 401 of the Radiation Protection Act (35 P. S. § § 7110.301 and 7110.302); section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20); and the Radon Certification Act (63 P. S. § § 20012014).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 240.2 (relating to scope).