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Since the close of EPA's National Radon Proficiency Program (RPP) in 1998, there have been a number of requests that EPA offer some form of recognition of non-Federal radon proficiency programs. EPA has offered a one-time acknowledgment, based on meeting set recognition criteria, to any non-Federal radon proficiency program that lists or certifies radon measurement, mitigation service providers and/or analytical service providers. EPA believes that it is appropriate to develop recognition criteria that call for a non-Federal radon proficiency program to incorporate, at a minimum, program elements that comprised EPA's former voluntary RPP. EPA continues to encourage States, industry and consumers to work together to identify those elements that would improve non-Federal radon proficiency programs and go beyond EPA's former voluntary RPP. These improved elements should then be adopted as standards of practice.
The existing non-Federal national radon proficiency program (The National Radon Safety Board (NRSB) participated in the evaluation.
On March 30, 2001, EPA issued a letter to the organization stating the following:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed its review of the application submitted for EPA's evaluation of Non-federal National Radon Proficiency Programs. Based solely on its review of the materials submitted, EPA finds that the following categories (listed here by program) successfully satisfy EPA's minimum criteria for operation of a non-federal National Radon Proficiency Program (as established and implemented as described in the applications submitted to EPA on March 1, 2001).
| Former EPA RPP Program Name |
NRSB Equivalent Program Name |
| Analytical Service Provider |
Accredited Radon Laboratories |
| Residential Radon Measurement Provider |
Radon Measurement Specialist |
| Residential Radon Mitigation Provider |
Radon Mitigation Specialist |
Because of expected changes in the radon industry, this acknowledgment is only valid through December 31, 2002, at which time this determination will expire. There will be no extensions of this determination. This determination is not applicable if changes are made to the program(s) as submitted to EPA, or if it is not implemented as described to EPA. To avoid misleading the public, you may not make public reference to this EPA determination after December 31, 2002.
Any references to EPA's determination in advertisements should avoid misleading consumers in this regard. We recommend that you use the following description:
For NRSB: "EPA has reviewed NRSB's description of its Accredited Radon
Laboratory program; Radon Measurement Specialist; and, Radon Mitigation Specialist categories and has determined that they are
consistent with EPA's former program categories Analytical Service Provider; Residential Radon Measurement Provider; and, Residential
Radon Mitigation Provider, respectively. EPA has not reviewed the actual operations of NRSB's Board, operation of its day-to-day
operations, nor performed any audits of its quality assurance program, examinations, or device evaluation program."
For more information on how to contact the Non-federal National Radon Proficiency Program:
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