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7 LONG TITLE
8 Committee Note:
9 The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
10 recommended this bill.
11 Legislative Vote: 10 voting for 6 voting against 2 absent
12 General Description:
13 This bill addresses issues related to radon gas.
14 Highlighted Provisions:
15 This bill:
16 ▸ defines terms;
17 ▸ directs the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control to develop an
18 online radon gas test data collection mechanism and map;
19 ▸ addresses testing and mitigation in public buildings, including reporting; and
20 ▸ repeals the study requirement that has been completed.
21 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
22 None
23 Other Special Clauses:
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25 Utah Code Sections Affected:
26 ENACTS:
27 19-1-208, Utah Code Annotated 1953
28 REPEALS:
29 79-2-405, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 87
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31 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
32 Section 1. Section 19-1-208 is enacted to read:
33 19-1-208. Radon -- Public buildings -- Reports -- Assistance.
34 (1) As used in this section:
35 (a) "Division" means the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control.
36 (b) "Federal indoor radon gas action limit" means a level of radon gas greater than or
37 equal to 4.0 pCi/L.
38 (2) (a) By no later than July 1, 2024, the division shall:
39 (i) develop an online radon test data collection mechanism; and
40 (ii) map online, in a manner that is accessible by the public, the radon test data that the
41 division collects.
42 (b) In developing the online data collection mechanism and map, the division may not
43 require testing for radon.
44 (3) (a) A state agency that owns, operates, or oversees a public building is encouraged
45 to test for radon and mitigate radon levels in the public building that are above the federal
46 indoor gas action limit.
47 (b) If by June 30, 2023, the Division of Facilities Construction and Management has
48 not provided for testing and any necessary mitigation of radon levels in the state's public
49 buildings, the Division of Facilities Construction and Management shall:
50 (i) (A) prepare a plan to test the state's public buildings for radon and to mitigate radon
51 levels that are above the federal indoor gas action limit; or
52 (B) document the reason why testing for radon or mitigation of radon levels is not
53 necessary for a specific state public building; and
54 (ii) report the information described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) to the Natural Resources,
55 Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee by no later than the 2023 November interim
56 meeting of the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee.
57 (c) The State Board of Education in relation to public schools within the state shall:
58 (i) (A) prepare a plan for testing public school buildings for radon and for mitigating
59 radon levels that are above the federal indoor gas action limit; or
60 (B) document the reason why testing for radon or mitigation of radon levels is not
61 necessary for a specific public school building; and
62 (ii) report the information described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) to the Natural Resources,
63 Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee by no later than the 2023 November interim
64 meeting of the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee.
65 (4) The division may upon request assist efforts to test public buildings for radon and
66 mitigate radon levels in public buildings that are above the federal indoor gas action limit.
67 Section 2. Repealer.
68 This bill repeals:
69 Section 79-2-405, Radon study.