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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE DATABASE OF STATE INDOOR AIR QUALITY LAWS DATABASE EXCERPT: RADON LAWS Environmental Law Institute ® Copyright © 2014 Washington, D.C. February 2014

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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE DATABASE OF

STATE INDOOR AIR QUALITY LAWS

DATABASE EXCERPT: RADON LAWS

Environmental Law Institute®

Copyright © 2014 Washington, D.C.

February 2014

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The  Environmental  Law  Institute’s  Database  of  State  Indoor  Air  Quality Laws contains a broad cross-section of laws on the subject of indoor air quality. The following chart collects those laws included in the database that address the subject of radon. The chart does not purport to include every state law that addresses radon. The chart highlights laws that deal directly or exclusively with radon, and does not include laws that may affect the problem of radon indirectly. For example, a law that authorizes a state agency to undertake research on indoor air quality generally may result in radon-related activities but would not be included here. For a fuller compilation of IAQ laws, see the complete database chart at http://www.eli.org/Buildings/iaq_databases.cfm. Like the complete database, this excerpt covers laws enacted through December 2013. The abstracts for documents that were added or substantially amended in 2013 appear in bold type. To read other ELI summaries and analysis of state radon policy, see http://www.eli.org/buildings/publications-topic#radon.

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