N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-27.17

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:28-27.17 - Reporting

(a) A certified radon measurement business shall submit, to the Department, on or before the first day of each month:

1. The results of all radon tests performed during the second previous month, and for those tests, the information required to be recorded on the chain of custody form in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.9(g). For example, the results from the May testing shall be submitted by July 1. Data shall be submitted in the format and the media required by the Department. Radon test results shall be reported in picocuries per liter (pCi/L); and

2. A letter signed by a certified measurement specialist that states he or she has reviewed, verified, and approved the report.

(b) A radon mitigation business shall submit to the Department, on or before the first day of each month:

1. A report on all mitigation work performed during the second previous month. For example, the mitigations conducted during May shall be submitted by July 1. Reports shall be submitted in the format and the media required by the Department and shall include:

i. Mitigated location including address, city, State, zip code, incorporated municipality, and county;

ii. The type of building mitigation was performed in: residential, non-residential, or school;

iii. If the building is residential, whether it is a single-family, condominium, townhouse, apartment, or other residential building type;

iv. If the building is a school, the school name and New Jersey Department of Education school code;

v. Whether the mitigation was conducted at a child care center

vi. Pre-mitigation radon concentration, including the floor where the test was conducted (zero is the basement, one is the first floor, etc.), the date the test was conducted, the device or devices used for the test, and the certified measurement business that conducted the test;

vii. Type of mitigation system installed;

viii. Date of mitigation;

ix. Post-mitigation radon concentration, including the floor where the test was conducted (zero is the basement, one is the first floor, etc.), the date the test was conducted, the device or devices used, and the certified measurement business that conducted the test;

x. Structure type (basement, crawlspace, and/or slab on grade); and

xi. The certification number of the individual who installed the mitigation system;

2. A letter signed by a certified mitigation specialist that states he or she has reviewed, verified, and approved the report; and

3. Any post-mitigation radon test results that were not included with a previously submitted mitigation system.

(c) A client report issued by the certified radon measurement business, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-27.3(b) and (c), shall include the following:

1. Business name, address, telephone number, and certification number;

2. Device;

3. Device calibration expiration date, for portable devices and electret readers;

4. Laboratory name and certification number, for non-portable devices;

5. Owner's address;

6. Address tested, if different from (c)5 above;

7. Test start date and time;

8. Test stop date and time;

9. Floor tested;

10. Test results in pCi/L;

11. Printed name, signature, and certification number of the measurement specialist who reviewed the report;

12. Report date; and

13. The statement: "This notice is provided to you by a business certified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to perform radon measurements. N.J.S.A. 26:2D-73 requires that no person shall disclose to any individual, except the Department of Environmental Protection or the Department of Health the address or owner of a nonpublic building that the person has tested or treated for the presence of radon, unless the owner of the building waives, in writing, this right of confidentiality. In the case of a prospective sale of a building which has been tested for radon, the seller shall provide the buyer, at the time the contract of sale is entered into, with a copy of the results of that test and evidence of any subsequent mitigation or treatment, and any prospective buyer who contracts for the testing shall have the right to receive the results of that testing."

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-27.17

Amended and recodified from 7:28-27A.17 by 55 N.J.R. 165(a), effective 12/3/2022