SGM-SF_2017with 12/20 Revisions

General Practices 5 ANSI/AARST SGM-SF 2017 (with 1220 revisions) Soil Gas Mitigation Standards for Existing Homes 4.3.3 Occupant sealant advisories Informative advisory —It is recommended that the contractor post or leave notices for affected occupants when using sealants. See Exhibit B for an example of such notice. 4.3.4 Material safety data sheets (SDS) Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS or SDS) shall be made available to the client upon request. 4.4 Jurisdictional Authorities 4.4.1 Jurisdictions The contractor shall comply with all applicable testing, mitigation and reporting requirements issued by the federal, provincial, tribal, state or local jurisdiction that apply to the contract where the mitigation is being performed. The contractor shall notify the client of any reporting requirements published by the state or local jurisdiction where the mitigation is being performed. 4.4.2 Local jurisdictions ( informative ) Radon—Information to locate State Radon Offices in the United States can be found at www.epa.gov/radon/find-information-about-local-radon-zones-and-state-contact-information#stateradon Vapor Intrusion—Information to locate State Offices in the United States can be found at www.itrcweb.org/Team/Public?teamID=50 4.4.3 Building codes All components of the mitigation work shall be in compliance with the applicablemechanical, electrical, building, plumbing, energy and fire prevention codes, or any other regulations of the jurisdiction where the work is performed. For localities having no relevant code requirements, the most recent version of nationally published codes shall be observed to help assure safety of occupants and building integrity. 4.4.4 Licenses and permits required by local ordinances shall be obtained. 5.0 SYSTEM DESIGN 5.1 Health and Safety Mitigation systems shall be designed and installed to avoid the creation of health or safety hazards. 5.2 Long-Term Considerations Note—The design and resulting operations, maintenance, and monitoring plan ( OM&M ) should include consideration for facilitating and easing the client’s ability to conduct maintenance. 5.3 Appropriate Systems Appropriate design features shall be considered, such as: a) Practicality Observance that controlling pollutants at their source rather than after entry to the indoors becomes more important as buildings are designed or retrofitted to be more energy efficient; b) Durability ; c) Acceptable aesthetics (including system appearance, noise and occupant comfort); d) Ease of service; and e) Long-term cost (that includes power consumption, conditioned air loss and maintenance and future replacement costs of system components). 5.3.1 Other building systems The mitigation system shall be designed and installed to avoid compromising the function of any mechanical system or ground water control system and to avoid obstructing doorways or windows and accessibility to switches, controls, electrical boxes or equipment requiring maintenance. 5.3.2 Permanent systems required Mitigation systems shall be designed and installed as an integral, permanent addition to the building. Exception: See Section 13.6 for guidance immediate health concerns and related limits on temporary system use.