Table of Contents 1 82

MALB_2014 with 1-21 Revisions

Introduction 2
Table of Contents 4
1.0 Scope 5
2.0 Before You Test 6
2.1 Which buildings? 6
2.2 When to test? 6
2.3 Test devices 6
2.4 Who should conduct the testing? 7
2.5 Summary of testing procedures 8
2.6 Client communications 9
2.7 Assemble building information 10
2.8 Test device quality control 10
Coordinate notifications 12
3.0 Test Locations 13
3.1 Ground-contact locations 13
3.2 Upper floors 13
3.3 Locations not to test 13
3.4 Large rooms/areas 14
3.5 Multi-zone HVAC 14
3.6 Inaccessible ground-contact locations 14
3.7 Choosing a room 14
3.8 Choosing a location within a room 14
Table 3.8: Test Locations Within a Room 15
4.0 Test Conditions Required 16
4.1 Closed-building protocol 16
4.2 HVAC ventilation 16
4.3 Upper floor rooms and dwellings 16
Table 4-A Essential Closed-building Requirements 16
Table 4-B New Construction, Renovations and Repairs 17
Table 4-C Additional Clarification 17
5.0 Test Procedures/Options 18
5.1 Test deployment periods 18
5.2 Occupied versus unoccupied concentrations 18
5.3 Time-sensitive testing 19
5.4 Extended testing option 20
5.5 Testing a single room or dwelling 21
5.6 New construction 21
5.7 Post-mitigation testing 21
6.0 Conducting The Test 22
6.1 Quality control of required test conditions 22
6.2 Quality control for number of valid tests 24
6.3 Quality control for devices 24
6.4 Test site documentation 25
6.5 Submitting detectors to a laboratory 25
7.0 Actions Based On Test Results 26
7.1 Action level guidance 26
7.2 When two test results disagree 26
7.3 Post-mitigation testing protocol 27
8.0 Test Reports 29
8.1 Conventions 29
8.2 Summary reports 29
8.3 Summary report attachments 35
8.4 Additional test-data 36
8.5 Other reporting and disclosures 37
8.6 Retention of records 37
9.0 Definitions 38
Exhibits 44
1. Authorizations 44
2. Client commitment 45
3. Notice prior to testing 46
4. Poster notice 47
5. Building staff instructions 48
6. HVAC descriptions 49
7. Floor plan diagram 52
8. Door hanger notice 53
Normative Appendices 54
Appendix A: Building Operating Conditions 54
A-1.0 Reporting operating condition comparisons 55
A-2.0 Calculating test conditions 55
Table A-0 Climate-zone overview 57
Zone 8 Subarctic 58
Zone 7 Very cold 59
Zone 6 Cold 60
Zone 5 Cool 61
Zone 4 Mixed 62
Zone 3 Warm 63
Zone 2 Hot 64
Zone 1 Very Hot 65
Appendix B: Occupied Versus Unoccupied 66
Appendix C: Sources Other Than Soil Gas 67
Consensus Body 69
Companion Guidance 71
CG 1 Introduction to Radon 72
CG 2 Guidance for Building Managers 74
CG 3 Descriptions of Test Devices 78
CG 4 Chain of Custody 79
CG 5 Calculating Average Operating Conditions 80

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