Saturday – October 16, 2010

Pre-Symposium Meetings

7:00 – 4:30            Committee Meeting Space Available                         (Grant)
7:00 – 6:00            Committee Meeting Space Available                       (Harding)
5:00                         AARST Staff Meeting and Walk Through             (Nationwide II)

Sunday – October 17, 2010

Pre-Symposium Continuing Education Courses, Meetings, and Other Events

 2010 Theme:  Local Chapters Deliver

8:00                        Morning C.E. Courses Start – See Details in C.E. below
8:00             Symposium  Staff and Volunteers Meet for Briefing with Staff (Nationwide II )
9:00 – 4:00            Exhibition Hall                                                          ( Hayes)
Set-Up for Exhibitors/Poster Presentations

10:00 – 5:00     Symposium Registration Desk Open                         (Nationwide II)
10:00            MEETING TIME OPEN                                                 (Garfield)
1:00 PM            Afternoon C.E. Courses Start – See Details in C.E. below
1:00 PM            AARST National Board Meeting                                    (Garfield)
3:00 PM            NEHA-NRPP Policy Advisory Board MeetinG            (Garfield)
5:30  PM            AARST Election Supervisors Meeting                         (Garfield)
6:30 – 8:30      Joint Reception with CRCPD                                      (McKinley)

Category I Continuing Education Training – Pre-Symposium
Sunday C.E. Courses Require Pre-registration
by October 10, 2010

Additional mini-courses of 1 to 2 hours providing Category I credit (NEHA-NRPP) are available without charge during the Symposium’s Tuesday and Wednesday concurrent sessions. For the Tuesday and Wednesday C.E. “Plenary” sessions, please check with your state or accrediting organization to see if C.E. has been approved.  The Plenary sessions are approved for Category II NEHA-NRPP continuing education credits.

Continuing Education Courses – Sunday, October 17, 2010 – 4, 8, and 16 CE Credits
Pre-registration required - Registration as indicated with each course

 

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM                                                                                                    (Harrison)
Inspecting Radon Mitigation Systems - 8 NRPP CE Credits
Heartland Chapter of AARST in Conjunction with Spruce Environmental
Fee: $150.

This course is designed to train the radon professional and inspectors to identify observable aspects of a residential radon system that may impact its proper operation. The course especially focuses on those defects that may increase a health risk from radon-induced lung cancer or cause structural damage or fungal growth from improper moisture management.

The mitigation system information is organized to flow into a residential inspection process so that it follows a logical inspection pattern. The afternoon session will be a guided field trip to view a mitigation system and the process that went into its design. The course is based on the ASTM E2121 guidelines with reference to EPA’s past Radon Mitigation Standards and comparisons to ASHI’s checklist.

Order online at www.aarst.org/ce.shtml

8:00 AM to Noon                                                                                                   (Grant)
Proper Use and QA/QC Procedures for Continuous Radon Monitors (CRMs) and Activated Charcoal (AC) Devices -
4 NRPP CE Credits 
AirChek and Femotech
Fee: $90.    

Order online at www.aarst.org/ce.shtml

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM                                                                                              (Harding)
Radon: Train the Speaker - 16 NRPP CE Credits:
Center for Environmental Research & Technology Inc. (CERTI)
Fee: $265

Includes Home Study course and classroom session

Radon: Train the Speaker provides you with technical expertise for giving radon presentations, along with a demonstration of presentation techniques that will enhance your public speaking skills. The course includes a PowerPoint Presentation that you can adapt for use in your own presentations. There is a full technical review for each slide to provide you with answers to typical questions and concerns from audiences. Students completing this course are eligible to be listed on the Radon Speakers Bureau on the NEHA-NRPP and CERTI websites.

Home Study Course Section
Students complete the home study course (12 CE) prior to the classroom session. Course materials are shipped to you and include:

·       audio CDs and video DVDs
·       course manual
·       online quizzes

Classroom Session – 10:00AM – 2:00 PM – October 17, 2010
Brief review of the home study course followed by student presentations with feedback and coaching on techniques.

Order online at www.aarst.org/ce.shtml

Radon Train the Speaker classroom session only – 4 NRPP CE Credits:
(Harding)
Classroom Session indicated above is also available for 4 CE credits as a separate course for students that have previously taken the CERTI Home Study Radon: Train the Speaker (NRPP 1A)

Fee:  $90

Order online at www.certi.us, or phone 1-800-513-8332.

 

Breakfast On You Own – No Continental Breakfast This Year

 

Spouses Day Out  - Tentative Schedule  (More Details to Follow)

8:30 a.m. -  Meet at the bus at the hotel
9:30 a.m. -  Anthony Thomas Chocolate Factory www.anthony-thomas.com
11:30 a.m. - Lunch at Schmidt's Sausage Haus in Old Town www.schmidthaus.com
1:00 p.m. -  Franklin Park Conservatory www.fpconservatory.org
5:00 p.m. -  Back to Hotel.

Monday – October 18, 2010

 

Joint Meeting Day
with CRCPD’s National Radon Training Meeting
Union Room
Bill Bell, Moderator, CRCPD Radon Committee Chair

8:00 – 8:15            Welcome
                                 Ohio Welcome – Dr. Jackson , Ohio Department of Health
                                 Ohio Association Radon Professionals – Alexia Work
                                 Logistics – Marybeth Rich

8:15 – 9:00           Keynote
                                Ray Johnson
                                 Risk Communication – Creating an Actionable Message

9:00 – 9:20            Mike Flynn, Director of USEPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air

9:20 – 9:45            Set up for Quality session – Why quality matters
                                 Bill Bell, CRCPD, and Carolyn Allen, AARST President

9:45 – 10:15          Break / Exhibits – Hayes Room

10:15 – 11:00       Quality is never an accident
QA/QC Measurement and Laboratory Services
Industry Perspective – Phil Jenkins
EPA  – Janie Palmer
Quality Mitigation
Practitioner Perspective – John Mallon (Peter)
State Perspective – Marybeth 

 11:00 – 12:00       Joint Leadership Updates
                                 AARST -  Bill Angell
                                 EPA -  Bill Long
                                 CRCPD –  Mike Gilley

12:00 – 1:30           Luncheon in Franklin Room
                                 Moderator Bill Bell

                      Award presentations by Mike Gilley and William Angell

                       

Radon Resistant New Construction
Moderator – Carolyn Allen, Incoming AARST President

 1:30 – 1:50            Radon In Green Buildings and Other Health Housing Initiatives
                                 Dave Jacobs, National Center for Healthy Homes

1:50 – 2:10             Builders perspective of RRNC
                                 Ed Hudson, NAHB Research Center

 2:10 – 2:30            AARST Radon Reducing Features in New Construction Model Building Code Development
                                 Dave Kapturowski, Committee Chair

 2:30 – 2:45            Questions and Answers with Note Cards

2:45 – 3:15            Break / Exhibits – Hayes Room

3:15 – 3:35            Policy Development for RRNC
                                 Pat Daniels, Governors Task Force for RRNC Illinois

Raising the Public’s Awareness

3:35 – 4:00            Lead - the Heavy Metal.   NOT Music to Your Ears!
                                 Matt Young, ODH

4:00 – 5:00            Getting radon into other cancer efforts
                                 Radon Tee World Trek 2010, Kyle Hoylman
                                 ACS Relay for Life, Angel Price
                                 Georgia Cancer Coalition, Southface
                                 Southern Illinois Lung Cancer Initiative, Matt from ALA-Ill.

5:00                        Adjourn

Tuesday – October 19, 2010

 Local Chapters Deliver!

Breakfast On You Own – No Continental Breakfast This Year

Note: Symposium attendees may attend publicly scheduled National Radon Meeting sessions at no extra charge    Moderators: 

Symposium Plenary Session: Peer-Reviewed Research Papers – Taft C & D

8:00 – 8:20         AN ADVOCATES REAL STORY
A Cancer Survivor Against Radon Tells Her Story                       

8:30 – 10:00      Concurrent Sessions Internet - Marketing 101 – Dave Naggar, Spruce
1.5 Hr NRPP CE Credit,                         No Fee – Included in Registration Fee (Harrison)

This course is designed for radon professionals with little to no knowledge of internet marketing.  The course will briefly introduce the benefits of having a company website and cover the basics of establishing one. We will also review some of the most popular/common and effective techniques used in online marketing, including social media, blogs, pay-per-click advertising and email marketing. 

8:20 – 8:40       Experimental determination of the effectiveness OF RADON BARRIERS
                            Michael E. Kitto Ph.D., NY State Dept

8:40 – 9:00        Examination of Ohio Indoor Radon Data
                             Ashok Kumar, the University of Toledo, Ohio

9:00 – 9:20        SHOULD ONLY ACTIVE RADON RESISTANT NEW CONSTRUCTION BE REQUIRED IN ALL ZONE                              ONE COUNTIES? James L. McNees, CHP Office of Radiation Control,  Alabama Department of Public                              Health

9:20 – 10:00       Air Pipescape’ program, an aid to optimize radon mitigations
                              Leo Moorman, Ph.D., Fort Collins, CO

10:00 – 10:30            Break, Exhibits, and Poster Sessions.                                              (Hayes)

 Poster Sessions at 10: 00 AM

COMPARISON OF TWO DAY CONSECUTIVE RADON MEASUREMENT RESULTS TO 90 DAY AVERAGE MEASUREMENT RESULTS, USING THE DATA FROM CONTINUOUS RADON MONITOR IN A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN MD, USA  (Poster Session Presentation)  Fredrick Stieff, Payasada (Paul) Kotrappa Rad Elec Inc.

RADON`S EMISSION IN ORNAMENTAL ROCKS
(Poster Session Presentation)
Gavioli, Y. S.¹, ¹Centro de Tecnologia Mineral -CETEM-RJ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

11 – 12:00        Concurrent Session:  Continuing Education                                     (Harrison)                                        Introduce Some Magic into Your Radon Business
                            Dave Hill, Spruce Environmental Technologies
                            1.5 Hr NRPP CE Credit, No Fee – Included in Registration Fee

How do successful businesses continue to thrive despite economic instability, bad weather patterns, tough competition or a resistant marketplace? Maybe the answer is that you need to add some magic into your routine. This course will show you magic tricks that can help you to liven up your radon business and add to your bottom line.                

10:30 – 10:50     Radon-related lung cancer deaths and mitigation cost effectiveness in a radon prone region, 
                              Daniel J. Steck
                              Physics Department, St. John’s University

10:50 – 11:10    Design and Performance of an Aerated Floor System for Radon Mitigation Projects
                              Bill Morris, Enviro Group Limited

11:10 – 11:30    The Distribution of Indoor Radon Concentrations
                              Willard E. Hobbs, Jr., Radon Reduction & Research

 11:30 – 12:00    Nation-wide ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn atlas for India
                              L.A.Sathish, Department of Physics, Government Science College, Bangalore

Noon – 1:30 AARST Annual Meeting and Luncheon – (location TBD)

1:30 – 3:00          Concurrent Session                         Pending                                    (Harding)

1:30 – 2:10          Increasing radon testing and mitigation: A test your home and win contest,  Mason Kercsmar

2:10 – 2:30          NATIONAL RADON ACTION MONTH (NRAM) Outreach Initiative
                              Gina Bowler, USEPA Radon Program

2:30 – 3:00          Break, Exhibits, and Poster Sessions                                         (Hayes)

Poster Sessions at 2:30 PM Break

Should Radon Mitigation System Installations Be Permitted? Jack Hughes,  Southern Region Radon Training Center

The spatial and volumetric variations of radon in Bangalore city, India

LA Sathish, Department of Physics, Government Science College, Bangalore

3:00 – 4:00    The History of Basement Health  Steve Andras, President of Pioneer Basement
                         (A special presentation; not part of the formal Symposium Proceedings)

4:00 – 5:00     Local Chapter’s Delivery – AARST Leadership & Staff
                          AARST Chapters – Stand and Deliver! 
                           Breakout Sessions

5:00            Adjourn

 6:30 – 10:00   Night Out Event
                           JOIN US FOR LOTS OF FUN At A Brew Pub in the Heart of the Entertainment District.

Wednesday,  October 20, 2010

Breakfast On You Own – No Continental Breakfast This Year

Note: Symposium attendees may attend publically scheduled National Radon Meeting sessions at no extra charge.   Morning Session Moderators:                       

8:15 - 10:15    Concurrent Continuing C.E.  2 Credits Advanced Mitigation   (Harrison)
                          The Dreaded Crawlspace - 2 Hours  Instructors
                          Panel Moderator Dave Hill
                          NRPP CE Credit, No Fee – Included in Registration Fee

It can’t be avoided: sooner or later you will come across a difficult crawlspace – too tight to fit into, too wet to work in, or sometimes just too nasty. How do your colleagues work with, and in, tough crawlspaces? Our panel of experts will discuss – and demonstrate through photos and video – some tough crawlspaces they have encountered and how to properly deal with them. Bring your own photos and diagrams to discuss with the panelists and attendees.

Symposium Plenary Session: Peer-Reviewed Research Papers – Taft C & D

8:00- 8:10         Housekeeping/Announcements

8:10 - 8:30        Improving indoor air quality by reducing radon and vapor intrusion through the use of ethylene vinyl                             alcohol (EVOH)
                             Armstrong, R., Kuraray America, Inc.

8:30 –8:50        The Minnesota State Radon Program Program Effectiveness as Related to the Implementation of a                              Regulatory Policy: A White Paper, Andrew Gilbert, Minnesota Department of Health Indoor Air Unit

8:50 – 9:10        National State Legislation Summit Project
                              THE STATE LEGISLATION RADON EDUCATION PROJECT

9:10 – 9-40        Radon Guidelines for Low-income Weatherization,
                              William Angell, University of Minnesota

9:40 – 10:00      Could a lung cancer death be the legal responsibility of the radon tester or mitigator?
                              Grammer, David R.A. Data

10:00-10:30      Break, Exhibits, and Posters

Poster Sessions:
Pre-assembled Do-It-Yourself Mitigation Kits
Thomas E. Shaeffer, Radon Solutions

The 5 Ws of a Radon Website Michael E. Kitto, NY State Dept. of Health

10:30 –12:00      Concurrent Session –  Business Solutions   (Harrison)
                              Insurance, Customer Service Agreements, Limiting Liability
                              No Credits but Priceless Advice
                              No Fee – This Is Included in Your Registration Fee

Symposium Plenary Session: Peer-Reviewed Research Papers – Taft C & D

10:30 – 10:50     Interaction of radon exposure and smoking among Czech uranium miners
                              Ladislav Tomasek, National Radiation Protection Institute, Czech Republic

10:50 – 11:10     DESIGNING EFFICIENT SUB SLAB VENTING AND VAPOR BARRIER SYSTEMS FOR SCHOOLS AND                               LARGE BUILDINGS, Thomas E, Hatton Clean Vapor, LLC

11:10 – 11:40     Pending - Presentation on New Lead Rules

11:40 – 12:00    ANNUAL AARST REPORT

12:00  Noon       AARST National Board Meeting (Garfield)

12:00 – 1:30       Lunch on your own

1:15– 3:00          AARST members and Symposium attendees are invited to rejoin CRCPD’s National Radon Training                                         Meeting for EPA Roundtable Discussions.

1:15 – 3:20         Action Planning / Open Spaces - Jeggan Cole, CRCPD & Katrin Kral, EPA
                              RRNC Notecards
                              State Programs at Risk Notecards