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February 14, 1990
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Thomas J. Marey
R. 13116 Everett.
Spokane, WA 99216
Dear i§.'. Haney:
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You have elected to receive this radon detector and to pursue monitoring of
your home which was built under the requirement.a of the Northwest Energy
Code. The radon detectors and the evaluotion of such detector are provded by
the Bonneville Power Administration at. $onneville'6 expense and at no cost to
you on a "one detector per dwelling unit" basis. The pursl..5 t of radon
reduction measured or additional detailed monitoring is your f`fs:a{arSilriiity
and is at your expense.
The followin;, procedures shall be used in the installatic;r wid iatkasllilag of
your radon detector:
1. The radon detector shall be placed in the dwelling in acc'irda; r+e with
the following guidelines;
(a) Remove the detector from the aluminum packet. (The detector
package may be hung with the detector tag as long as it does not
ehi.eld the detector itself.)
(b) The detector shall be placed in a centralized living space, ouch as
living room, dining room, kitchen, den, family room, or hallway,
etc.
(c) The monitoring location shall be on the first floor of tho dwrllinb
completely above grade level.
(d) The detector shall be hung on the wall, placed on an open: shelf, or
suspended from the ceiling 4 feet to 7 feet above the floor, away
from windows and doors, and away from possible drafts from heating
or cooling vents.
2. At the time the radon detector is placed in the dwelling, the date
should be written on the tag Where indicated, denoted as Section 1.
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Similarly, the date of removal shall be written in Section 4 of the tag. DO
till out the monitor tag blanks pertaining to starting and ending dates. DO
NOT fill out the remainder of the tag. This area is for agency use only.
3. The radon detector shall remain in place for at least three months
during the period September through March, but should not remain in
place longer then 12 months.
4. When the monitoring period it completed, the radon detectors shall be
placed back in the aluminum packet that they came in. The top of the
foil packet shall ba folded over and taped or held shut by similar
means. Jr the foil packet has been lost, than wrap the detector in
beavy slumirmw foil to help reduce additional alpha particle
cont-;,ination during shipment. Mail or deliver the radon detector with
the tag to the Spokane County Health District.
5. At least once a month, the Health District will submit all detectors
received from consumers to a processing agency. Reaults will be
returned to the Health District, and you will be notified by a "radon
results notification letter".
For more information, please call 456-6040.
Sincerely,
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
Daryl E.y, ireR.S.
Assietan etor
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c: George Webster, Spokane Property Development, City Hall
Marty Robinson, Energy Code Coordinator, SC Building & Safety