Illinois House Passes HB 141 Unanimously...On to Senate

Today the IL House of Representatives passed HB141 unanimously, so now it is going to the Senate. Thank you IL House Representative and Rep. Dan Reitz for being chief sponsor of the bill.

This bill amends the Radon Awareness Act to provide tenants some notification of elevated levels of radon in a dwelling. If a tenant conducts a radon test and the level is elevated and the tenant notifies the landlord in writing of the result, the landlord must reveal this to the next tenant unless a mitigation has been performed and a subsequent test shows otherwise.

This bill does not mandate radon testing in rental property, however.

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?GAID=11&GA=97&DocNum=141&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&LegID=54704&SpecSess=&Session=

2011 Chapter Meeting and Dues Payment

March 4 and 5, 2011 meeting fees as well as chapter and national AARST dues can be paid here.

2011 Dues and Conference Fees

2011 Individual Chapter Dues $65.00 2011 Corporate Chapter Dues $250.00 2011 National AARST Dues $140.00 Pre 2-24-11 Member Conference $295.00 Post 2-24-11 Member Conference $345.00 Member One Day $195.00 3-4-11 Dinner $40.00 Pre 2-24-11 Non Member Conference $370.00 Post 2-24-11 Non Member Conference $420.00 Non Member One Day $245.00

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Ruth Ann Lipic Recognized By Chapter

Ruth Ann Lipic was recognized at Illinois State University Radon Education Day on January 23, 2010 for her efforts in organizing Radon Education Days. Ruth Ann was presented with a plaque as well as a check for $100.00 payable to the Ecology Action Center in Normal by Calvin Murphy, AARST Midwest Chapter treasurer.

Saturday was the last Radon Education Day to be held at Illinois State University. Thank you Ruth Ann for your efforts in this area.

2010 Chapter Dues and Conference Payment

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2010 Dues and Conference Fees

2010 Individual Chapter Dues $65.00 2010 Corporate Chapter Dues $250.00 2010 National AARST Dues $140.00 Pre 2-24-10 Member Conference $295.00 Post 2-24-10 Member Conference $345.00 Member One Day $195.00 3-5-10 Dinner $40.00 Pre 2-24-10 Non Member Conference $370.00 Post 2-24-10 Non Member Conference $420.00 Non Member One Day $245.00

Midwest AARST Recognizes Two Organizations

Top - Paul Ybarra, Midwest AARST secretaty, presents an award to David Parkhill, President of the SIL Radon Awareness Task Force, Mt Vernon, IL www.silradon.org

Bottom - Paul Ybarra presents an award to Michael Brown, Executive Director of the Ecology Action Center, Normal, IL www.ecologyactioncenter.org.

The awards were presented November 13, 2009 at the Chateau in Bloomington, IL. The awards were to recognoze the efforts that the two organizations have expended in creating radon awareness in their respective areas.

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers claiming an estimated 21,000 lives annually in the United States. The only way to know the radon level in a house is to test the house for radon gas. A list of Illinois Emergency Management Agency licensed radon measurement personnel can be found at www.radon.illinois.gov.

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Proposed Illinois Administrative Code 422 Changes

Those Chapter members that attended the May 2009 meeting heard Patrick Daniels say that the IEMA website is now the means of communication with licensees.

Proposed rule changes have been posted on the website and can be found on the bottom of the licensee page and reads Informational Notice for Radon licensees - 32 Ill. Adm. Code 422 - Proposed Amendments began 1st Notice on 5/22/09. The link to the IEMA page with the information is http://www.radon.illinois.gov/licensees.htm.